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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

Posture: Priming the Tower of Power

January 16, 2017 by Stephen Altschuler 1 Comment

It’s often overlooked in the instructional manuals and magazines, but posture lies at the heart of power in the golf swing.

Filed Under: Downswing, Fundamentals, Golf Improvement, Golf professional, Owning your swing, Swing tips Tagged With: Brooke Henderson, Dustin Johnson, firing your glutes, game improving, Henrik Stenson, HIdeki Matsuyama, Justin Thomas, Lexi Thompson, posture, Rory McIlroy

The Toughest Thing About Golf

December 4, 2016 by Stephen Altschuler 3 Comments

Here’s some simple advice on overcoming golf’s toughest conundrum: the missing link between range and course.

Filed Under: Confidence in golf, Fundamentals, golf and the mind, golf consciousness, Golf Improvement, Swing tips, Tiger Woods Tagged With: Ben Hogan, Harold Varner III, swing thoughts

Henrik Stenson: Ball Striker Supreme…and what we can learn from him

November 27, 2016 by Stephen Altschuler 13 Comments

Henrik Stenson is one of golf’s greatest ball strikers. Here’s some elements from his swing that amateurs may want to learn from.

Filed Under: Confidence in golf, Downswing, Famous Golfers, Fundamentals, golf and the mind, Golf Improvement, Mindful golf, Owning your swing, pace, Practice, Swing tips, The drive Tagged With: Henrik Stenson, Kevin Durant, Open Championship

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

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