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The Practice of No Practice

January 8, 2023 by Stephen Altschuler Leave a Comment

My current post, The Practice of No Practice, applying the Taoist practice of wei wu wei to golf can be found at golf360.substack.com.  Thank you for your attention. Hey, y’all, I’ve been busy writing another book. I just launched it on Amazon and I encourage you to purchase it. It has a number of elements […]

Filed Under: backswing, Balance, Downswing, Famous Golfers, Golf, golf and the mind, Meditation and Golf, mental game, Owning your swing, pace, Practice

Possibly the Oddest Golf Tip I’ve Ever Given

October 10, 2022 by Stephen Altschuler 1 Comment

So, I’m at the range the other day trying to figure out what to do with my swing that’s been driving me nuts lately, and I stumbled upon something that shocked the shit out of me. I finally realized that my swing is not the problem and never has been. You see, for a long […]

Filed Under: backswing, Balance, Downswing, Famous Golfers, Golf, inspiration in golf, mental game, Owning your swing, pace, Practice, Rhythm, Swing tips, The drive

I watch the LPGA and you should too

September 20, 2022 by Stephen Altschuler 2 Comments

You could improve your game greatly by watching the LPGA more than the PGA, and be entertained as much or more. I’m addressing this more to men than women because women already know of the advantages of watching the LPGA.  I attended the Portland Classic the other day, and, once again, discovered why I like […]

Filed Under: backswing, Balance, Confidence in golf, Downswing, Golf, pace, Swing tips, The Downswing, Tiger Woods, Women's golf

Waking Up the Hips

August 8, 2022 by Stephen Altschuler Leave a Comment

The older we get, the lazier our hips get.That’s been true for me and I think many others as well. Perhaps if I’d been less shy as a teen, I would have learned the Twist–that dance craze of the 60s–better and perhaps retained that rotational expertise into my older age. But, alas, I could do […]

Filed Under: backswing, Downswing, Famous Golfers, Fundamentals, Golf, golf and the mind, pace, Putting, Rhythm, short game, Slowing down, Swing tips, The drive

The Stretch for Added Distance

March 23, 2022 by Stephen Altschuler 6 Comments

I must admit, I get lazy with my golf swing and can easily fall into a kind of default when it comes to the top of the backswing. For that is the point when my body needs to stretch to its maximum capacity. And those last few words are most important because what you don’t […]

Filed Under: backswing, Downswing, Golf Improvement, pace, Practice, Rhythm, Swing tips Tagged With: Cam Smith

Shaft Lean and Lag: More important pieces of the compression puzzle

March 11, 2022 by Stephen Altschuler Leave a Comment

Shaft lean is a sacred cow to tour pros, but is not well known or practiced by handicappers. And when done correctly, it is the main avenue to properly compressing the golf ball off the face of the club. But many handicappers are flippers, a term Lee Trevino uses to describe golfers who flip their […]

Filed Under: backswing, Downswing, Famous Golfers, Fundamentals, Golf, Mindful golf, Owning your swing, pace, Practice, Rhythm, Swing tips, The Downswing, Women's golf Tagged With: Dustin Johnson, Inbee Park, Jin Young Ko, Lee Trevino, Lydia Ko

What we can learn from…

February 20, 2022 by Stephen Altschuler Leave a Comment

Sahith Theegala had a great amateur career, won twice on the Korn Ferry Tour, but has never won on the PGA Tour, though he’s been in contention a couple times in this his rookie season. He drives to each tournament. His parents are immigrants from India. Sahith was born in Orange County, California. On Sunday […]

Filed Under: backswing, Confidence in golf, Course management, Downswing, Enlightened Golf, Famous Golfers, Fundamentals, Golf, golf and the mind, Golf Improvement, Golf professional, inspiration in golf, mental game, Mindful golf, Owning your swing, pace, Putting, short game, Suggestions for golf, The drive Tagged With: Bernhard Langer, Patrick Cantley, Sahith Theegala

Tiger and Charlie

December 22, 2021 by Stephen Altschuler Leave a Comment

For me, it was uplifting, in this time of doom and gloom, to see Tiger and his son playing golf at the PNC father/child event, as well as others like 86 year old Gary Player, 82 year old Lee Trevino, ageless Tom Watson, Henrik Stenson and his 11 year old son, and the eventual winners […]

Filed Under: Balance, Confidence in golf, Downswing, Famous Golfers, Fundamentals, Golf, golf and the mind, Golf Equipment, Golf Improvement, inspiration in golf, mental game, Mindful golf, Owning your swing, pace, Practice, short game, Swing tips, The Downswing, The drive, The PGA, Tiger Woods

Troubleshooting

October 12, 2021 by Stephen Altschuler 2 Comments

We’ve watched Phil get out of trouble time after time. We’ve watched Tiger get out of trouble often. And before these two magicians, we watched Arnold get himself out of trouble. But few of us have the skills of these experts, and practically all of us, handicappers and pros, get into trouble a number of […]

Filed Under: Confidence in golf, Downswing, Enlightened Golf, Fundamentals, Golf, Owning your swing, pace, Phil Mickelson, short game, Slowing down, Swing tips, The Downswing, The drive, Tiger Woods Tagged With: Arnold Palmer, Bryson DeChambeau, Jack Young

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