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Making the Most of Time on the Range

June 24, 2020 by Stephen Altschuler 2 Comments

I enjoy time on the range as it allows honing your skills without the pressure of performance that playing presents. The range provides a significant level of privacy that we often don’t get in everyday life. You’re usually alone in your own hitting station, absorbed in your swing, your body’s reactions, how you’re doing, and […]

Filed Under: Confidence in golf, Course management, Fundamentals, Golf, golf and the mind, Golf Improvement, Meditation and Golf, mental game, Mindful golf, Patience, Practice, Rhythm, Suggestions for golf, The drive Tagged With: Abraham Ancer, Ben Hogan, Bobby Clampett, Cameron Champ, Covid-19, Daniel Berger, Dr. Joe Parent, Jordan Spieth, Mike Donald, Nick Watney, Nicklaus, Shivas Irons Society, The Travelers, Webb Simpson, Zen golf

Learning Golf from Tom Brady?

May 25, 2020 by Stephen Altschuler 3 Comments

OK, so the great quarterback was 13 over par after six at The Match on Sunday…in front of half the world watching safely on TV…with trash-talker supreme Charles Barkley hounding him every inch of the way. Brady couldn’t find a fairway or green with a hand wedge. But we’ve all been there, right? We’ve all […]

Filed Under: Famous Golfers, Golf, golf and the mind, golf values, Meditation and Golf, mental game, Mindful golf, Patience, Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods Tagged With: Buddha, Charles Barkley, Covid-19, Dogleg News, John Prine, Peyton Manning, Tom Brady

The Masters is Postponed!

March 13, 2020 by Stephen Altschuler Leave a Comment

Here is Masters Chairman Fred Ridley’s statement in full, as shared on Golf Channel: “On Wednesday, March 4, we issued a memo stating that our plans to host the Masters Tournament, the Augusta National Women’s Amateur and the Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals had not changd. Unfortunately, the ever-increasing risks associated with the widespread […]

Filed Under: Golf, Masters, The Majors

Incubator Tour to Majors

April 9, 2019 by Stephen Altschuler 4 Comments

Dropped in to an incubator Symetra Tour event the other day and got an education. First, these ladies can play. Long, accurate drives, most 250 or more. Powerful, classic, one-piece swings that, as a group, remind me of Justin Rose: methodical, workmanlike, efficient. Like any tour, some of these women have more game than others. […]

Filed Under: Downswing, Famous Golfers, Golf, Golf courses, Grand Slam, Masters, The Downswing, The drive, Tiger Woods, Women's golf Tagged With: Bobby Jones, Jon Rahm, Justin Rose, Rory McIlroy

Delivering the Clubhead at Impact

February 26, 2019 by Stephen Altschuler 3 Comments

A golfer who excels at delivering the clubhead at impact, effectively and consistently, is a golfer who will play the game well and have a lot of fun in the process. To do this is not all that difficult if you apply some key fundamentals and have the time to practice them. A Rocky Start […]

Filed Under: Balance, Famous Golfers, Fundamentals, Golf, Golf courses, Golf Improvement, mental game, Swing tips, The Downswing, The drive Tagged With: alignment, Bubba Watson, Cameron, Cameron Champ, Jason Schmul, Justin Thomas, Lexi Thompson, Nick Faldo, shank, Trevino

Playing Hurt

February 20, 2019 by Stephen Altschuler 9 Comments

Remember when Tiger won the ’08 U.S. Open on a broken leg. Or when Lindsey Vonn won a skiing championship after a serious fall. Well, I recently returned to golf after a cancer treatment that knocked me for a loop. Mind over matter. Overcoming fear. This blog tells the story of my successful experience.

Filed Under: Famous Golfers, Golf, Golf courses, mental game, pace, Rhythm, Swing tips, Tiger Woods Tagged With: Bode Miller, cancer, Lindsey Vonn, Mikaela Shiffrin, Nicklaus, playing hurt, Sam Snead, YouTube

The Marvelous Mr. Mickelson

February 16, 2019 by Stephen Altschuler 10 Comments

Phil Mickelson is truly a wonder, a phenomenon, a likable bloke who, at 48, plays a kind of all-out golf, like a youngster might. Phil takes chances, something we amateurs can relate to. We also take chances because a lot of the time chance, or risk/reward as we call it, is part of the equation […]

Filed Under: Famous Golfers, Golf, Golf courses, Phil Mickelson, Putting, The Majors, Tiger Woods, U.S.Open Tagged With: AT&T golf, Golf in the Kingdom, MIchael Murphy, Pebble Beach Golf, Sam Snead, Shivas Irons Society, Stimp, The Mindful Golfer

Happy New Year

January 1, 2017 by Stephen Altschuler 3 Comments

A healthy, happy, prosperous New Year, my faithful subscribers and others who have stumbled upon this humble but hopefully helpful site. I wish you all the best of golf experiences throughout 2017, full of the feels of direct and solid contact, leading to pars, birdies, good scores, and, maybe, a hole in one. Who knows? […]

Filed Under: Golf, inspiration in golf, Mindful golf, Tiger Woods Tagged With: Happy New Year

Loving Golf

February 14, 2016 by Stephen Altschuler 5 Comments

Whether birdie or bogey or double or par, whether topped shot or fat, not so terribly far, I love you golf even more than a Cuban cigar, and the times I pause for praying.   It’s a love that at times leaves bad tastes in my mouth. It’s a love that does grieve me, makes me rage […]

Filed Under: Golf, inspiration in golf, Practice Tagged With: birdie, Bobby Jones, bogey, Cuban cigar, game improving

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