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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

Deconstructing Putting

July 10, 2022 by Stephen Altschuler Leave a Comment

This post can be found at golf360.substack.com. Enjoy!

Filed Under: backswing, British Open, Famous Golfers, Fundamentals, Golf, golf and the mind, Golf courses, links golf, Meditation and Golf, mental game, Patience, Putting, short game, slow play, St. Andrews, Swing tips, The Majors, Tiger Woods, Women's golf

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 […]

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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

Compression Obsession

January 15, 2022 by Stephen Altschuler 4 Comments

It’s one of golf’s not-so-dirty little secrets. The pros all do it but few show you how. So at the expense of vilification from my betters, I will attempt to explain this technique that I’m sure goes back to Tom Morris and son in the bonny town of St. Andrews. The key to compression lies […]

Filed Under: backswing, Downswing, Famous Golfers, Fundamentals, Golf, Golf Improvement, Owning your swing, Practice, St. Andrews, The Downswing, The drive, Women's golf Tagged With: divots, iron play, Jack Nicklaus, sweet spot

My Left Wrist: A key to consistent and powerful golf

January 7, 2022 by Stephen Altschuler Leave a Comment

The left wrist (right for lefties) is perhaps the most fragile and vulnerable of all of our bones. Though delicate, much is required of it–sometimes too much, and it breaks or sprains rather easily putting most of us out of commission for a good long period of recuperation. We golfers often take the left wrist […]

Filed Under: backswing, Confidence in golf, Downswing, Famous Golfers, Fundamentals, Golf, Golf Improvement, Owning your swing, Practice, Swing tips, Tiger Woods, Women's golf Tagged With: Daniel Berger, Jon Rahm

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 […]

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Pace: Find your Model

June 15, 2021 by Stephen Altschuler Leave a Comment

When I was a kid, one of the pros I admired was Gene Littler who won the U.S. Amateur, scored 29 victories on the PGA Tour, including the U.S. Open in 1961. Gene the Machine, they used to call him, for his smooth, easy, repeating swing. For a time, he was my model for how […]

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