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The Right Tool (Club) for the Right Job

July 20, 2020 by Stephen Altschuler 4 Comments

My Dad was a carpenter, by trade–learned it from his father–and one of his favorite sayings was “the right tool for the right job.” When you need a screwdriver, don’t use a damn butter knife! I have since pleased and amazed my wife for getting all sorts of things fixed around the house with the […]

Filed Under: Enlightened Golf, Famous Golfers, golf and the mind, Golf Equipment, mental game, Mindful golf, Patience, Practice, The drive Tagged With: Barbara Nicklaus, Bobby Jones, Bryson DeChambeau, coronavirus, Jack Nicklaus, Jon Rahm, Orange Whip Trainer, Seve Ballesteros

Putting Basics

July 6, 2020 by Stephen Altschuler 11 Comments

Inbee Park hit five buckets of range balls when she was first introduced to golf, but it wasn’t until she got to the practice green that she was hooked on the sport. She just liked the way the ball fell into the cup and the sound that made. The rest was history as Inbee went […]

Filed Under: Famous Golfers, Fundamentals, Golf Equipment, Practice, Putting, slow play, Suggestions for golf, Swing tips Tagged With: Brandt Snedeker, Brooke Henderson, Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau, Dustin Johnson, Inbee Park, Matthew Wolff, Webb Simpson

On Curing the Shanks Via a New Swing

February 18, 2020 by Stephen Altschuler 8 Comments

As I mentioned in my last post, I’ve been plagued by the shanks lately, and was at a complete loss about how to treat my affliction. Feeling desperate, I combed YouTube, viewing every solution I could find. But no dice. Nothing worked. Butch Harmon had the best explanation of cause–closing the clubface severely at impact, […]

Filed Under: Downswing, Famous Golfers, Fundamentals, Golf Equipment, Golf Improvement, Golf professional, inspiration in golf, Owning your swing, Practice, Swing tips, The drive, Tiger Woods Tagged With: Ben Hogan, Mickey Wright, Moe Norman, the shanks, Tin Cup, Todd Graves, YouTube

Loving and Hating the Driver

April 30, 2017 by Stephen Altschuler 2 Comments

One of my first drivers was a beautiful specimen. Persimmon head, painted glossy black, around 260 cc, connected to a steel stiff shaft of 42-43 inches in length. Custom fitted and produced by the renown clubmaker George Izett near Philadelphia. In its day, it was a formidable weapon to attack the mature parkland courses of Philly I […]

Filed Under: Confidence in golf, golf and the mind, Golf Equipment, Golf rules, Practice, The drive Tagged With: blades, cavity back irons, Lexi Thompson, Nicklaus, Palmer, persimmon

Bringing it to the Course

October 8, 2016 by Stephen Altschuler Leave a Comment

Many of us are fabulous range players, banging out shot after solid shot…to a field that has no obstacles–a far more forgiving playing field than the course itself. But isn’t playing well on the course that we all attain? Here’s how to bring more of our range successes to the course.

Filed Under: Fundamentals, golf and the mind, Golf Equipment, Golf Improvement, Swing tips Tagged With: Arnold Palmer, connected swing, Hogan, Rory

Losing Flexibility? Read On…

September 19, 2016 by Stephen Altschuler 1 Comment

With age, we often lose flexibility in our bodies, which begins to effect the efficiency of our golf swing. Here are some ways to compensate and keep our skills up to par.

Filed Under: Famous Golfers, golf and the mind, Golf Equipment, Golf Improvement, Mindful golf, Swing tips, The drive Tagged With: backswing, downswing, flexibility, impact

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