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And Now that the Hips are Awake…

August 16, 2022 by Stephen Altschuler Leave a Comment

As I mentioned in my last post, we have a tendency to get lazy with our hips. Thomas Jefferson once said that many physical problems started with human beings with the advent of using the horse for transportation for it was then that we started riding much more than walking, and consequently started getting out […]

Filed Under: backswing, Downswing, Famous Golfers, Golf, golf consciousness, golf values, Owning your swing, Practice, Suggestions for golf, Swing tips, The Majors

Why Long Pants?

May 30, 2022 by Stephen Altschuler 2 Comments

You don’t necessarily need to be intellectually smart to play good golf, which is true of most sports.  You just need to get the fundamentals of the swing down, learn how to chip and pitch, and figure out how to read and execute putts. Any moron can do that. You don’t need a college degree […]

Filed Under: Famous Golfers, Golf, Golf rules, Suggestions for golf, Women's golf

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

LPGA: Why You Should Watch These Players

November 29, 2021 by Stephen Altschuler Leave a Comment

I submit that the LPGA Tour is more interesting to watch than the PGA or the European Tour. Simply said, its players play more like us mortals, while still playing at a professional level. What I mean by that is their driving distances are more like ours, and their driving accuracy is more like we […]

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A Recently Discovered Secret to Solid Contact

September 19, 2021 by Stephen Altschuler Leave a Comment

The other day I attended a LPGA event south of Portland and I paused to watch one of the participants warming up at the range. Actually I was about to leave when her swing and its results caught my eye and my ear. The solid sound her irons made was captivating. I stopped and watched […]

Filed Under: backswing, Downswing, Fundamentals, Golf, golf and the mind, inspiration in golf, mental game, Owning your swing, Practice, short game, Suggestions for golf, Swing tips, The Downswing, The drive, Women's golf

Notes, Questions, and My Two Cents

May 31, 2021 by Stephen Altschuler 2 Comments

Long hitting Jason Kokrak won his second tournament of the year at Ben Hogan’s old haunt Sunday, beating Jordan Spieth and his cheering minions by two shots.  I think if Kokrak can figure out how to control the spin of his wedges, he may be close to unbeatable. Faldo thinks he should get new wedges […]

Filed Under: Enlightened Golf, Famous Golfers, Golf, Golf courses, Golf professional, golf values, Phil Mickelson, Suggestions for golf, The PGA, Tiger Woods, U.S.Open, Women's golf Tagged With: Cameron Champ, Harold Varner III, Jason Kokrak, Jordan Spieth, Joseph Bramlett, Matthew Wolff

The Essence of a Good Lesson

May 19, 2021 by Stephen Altschuler 2 Comments

As with any instruction, there are lessons which are effective and lessons which are not. I might be a concert pianist today if I stuck with lessons when I was six, but just didn’t connect with the teacher and his methods. On the other hand, my first golf instructor, though far from a top 100, […]

Filed Under: backswing, Balance, Confidence in golf, Downswing, Famous Golfers, Fundamentals, Golf, golf and the mind, Golf Improvement, Golf professional, golf values, inspiration in golf, mental game, Owning your swing, pace, Slowing down, Suggestions for golf, Swing tips, The Downswing, The Majors, The PGA Tagged With: golf lessons, Jack Young, Vanco

Match Play: For pros and perhaps for recreational players as well

March 29, 2021 by Stephen Altschuler 4 Comments

It was fun watching the pros competing one on one this past weekend. Match play involves more strategy, with each match, indeed each hole, a tournament within themselves. There was more of this format many years ago, and that’s too bad. I’d like to see more of it. I kind of picked and choose which […]

Filed Under: backswing, Breaking 80, Famous Golfers, Fundamentals, golf and the mind, Golf professional, Mindful golf, Putting, slow play, Suggestions for golf Tagged With: Harvey Pennick, John Daly

Go, Jordan, Go!

March 6, 2021 by Stephen Altschuler 2 Comments

A hole in one for Jordan at the Arnold Palmer! And last I looked he was tied for first. His driving still needs some sharpening, but his putting is starting to look like the Jordan we all remembered him by. He’s coming out of his slump, for sure, as the last three events and this […]

Filed Under: Confidence in golf, Enlightened Golf, Famous Golfers, golf and the mind, Golf courses, Golf professional, Golf rules, inspiration in golf, Mindful golf, Owning your swing, Patience, Practice, Putting, Suggestions for golf, Swing tips, The drive, Tiger Woods Tagged With: Arnold Palmer, Jordan Spieth

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