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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

Further Thoughts on the Full Swing

April 20, 2018 by Stephen Altschuler 7 Comments

So what is the one element of the swing that separates amateurs from pros? Actually it’s a series of elements, which adds to its complication…and mystique. I do not have it all figured out–far from it–but I have observed that recreational golfers know little about getting the sequence of movements right. Pros often learn this […]

Filed Under: Balance, Downswing, Famous Golfers, Fundamentals, Masters, mental game, Phil Mickelson, Swing tips, The drive Tagged With: Bubba, Jon Rahm, Justin Rose, Patrick Reed, swing sequence

Making the Most of Injury

August 26, 2017 by Stephen Altschuler 2 Comments

Yes, you can have too much of a good thing. In late June, I traveled to Bandon with three buddies for a three day excursion into the heart of golf Valhalla. We had wonderful days of sunshine and temps in the low 60s while inland locales baked in the 100s. It was ideal for golf on […]

Filed Under: golf and the mind, Golf Improvement, mental game, Practice, short game, Swing tips Tagged With: bandon dunes, chipping, Dave Pelz, dealing with injury, playing in wind, Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods

Getting Unstuck

July 17, 2017 by Stephen Altschuler 4 Comments

One of the most common problems with a golf swing is getting stuck at the top, then compensating by coming over the top to start the downswing. This leads to a plethora of possible catastrophic results including a pull, a pull hook, a push, or a slice. Of course the hands can save the shot […]

Filed Under: Downswing, Golf Improvement, Owning your swing, Practice, Swing tips, The drive Tagged With: Bernhard Langer, Brooke Henderson, Brooks Koepka, Hogan, impact, irons, Swing plane, Tiger Woods

A Buddies Trip to Bandon

June 25, 2017 by Stephen Altschuler 4 Comments

Just returned from a buddies trip to Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, on the southern Oregon coast, and am in recovery from the monstrous winds we encountered. What a scene! Forty, fifty mile an hour winds pelted us almost every inch of the way, knocking our balls and our bodies about like sailboats in a gale. […]

Filed Under: Balance, Confidence in golf, Course management, Fundamentals, golf and the mind, Golf courses, inspiration in golf, links golf, Mindful golf, pace, Putting, Slowing down, Swing tips Tagged With: Bandon Dunes golf, Coore and Crenshaw, Pacific Dunes, playing in the wind, Tom Doak

The Eyes Have It: Keeping a Steady Head

June 17, 2017 by Stephen Altschuler 7 Comments

The head is one of the only parts of the body we only have one of. And it sits atop the torso like the keystone of an arch. Move the keystone, and the entire arch collapses. Such it is with the golf swing: Move the head and the sequences of the swing begin to lose […]

Filed Under: Downswing, Fundamentals, golf and the mind, Meditation and Golf, Mindful golf, Swing tips, The drive, U.S.Open Tagged With: bandon dunes, Coore and Crenshaw, eye on the ball, Pacific Dunes, Retief Goosen, Tom Doak

Onward to Solid Contact

June 12, 2017 by Stephen Altschuler 2 Comments

More than anything in golf, I love the sound and feel of solidly contacting a golf ball, and watching it take off like a jet rising into the cold morning air, and seeing it fall at its apex like a butterfly on a blossom. What are golf’s antecedents to achieve this state of near perfection? Jack […]

Filed Under: Downswing, Fundamentals, Swing tips, The drive Tagged With: ball position, Golf Magazine, Jack Nicklaus, Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas

From Unnerved to At Ease

February 20, 2017 by Stephen Altschuler 6 Comments

Ways to successfully take our games from the range to the course, via good practice and techniques for relaxing our minds and bodies for the challenge for playing this wonderful game.

Filed Under: Breaking 80, Confidence in golf, golf and the mind, Golf Improvement, Meditation and Golf, Swing tips Tagged With: Brendt Snedecker, Dustin Johnson, forward press, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, Kevin Na, Lannie Watkins, mindfulness, waggle

Swing Tips and other Tidbits

February 6, 2017 by Stephen Altschuler 6 Comments

Links Golf - players at St Andrews, Scotland

Good posture at address, bending from the waist, knees flexed, and keeping the back as straight as your body will allow. In starting the club back, I recommend extending the arc by directing the clubhead a bit outside the plane keeping the shaft relatively vertical with the arms in front of the body, before the club flattens out […]

Filed Under: Downswing, Famous Golfers, golf and the mind, Golf rules, Mindful golf, Swing tips, The Majors, Tiger Woods Tagged With: Arnold, Bobby Jones, Donald Trump, Jack, Jon Rahm, Justin Thomas

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