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College Golf: Where are the Black and Brown Golfers?

June 2, 2021 by Stephen Altschuler 2 Comments

Please go to golf360.substack.com for the contents of this post. In fact, all my subsequent posts will be available via this new url. The archive at mindfulgolfer.com will remain intact for the time being. Thank you. Stephen

Filed Under: Enlightened Golf, Famous Golfers, Golf, Golf Improvement, Golf professional, golf values, Mindful golf Tagged With: Blacks in golf, George Floyd, Golf Channel, NCAA Division One college golf, racism, slavery, Tiger Woods

Back to Live Golf!

May 18, 2020 by Stephen Altschuler 4 Comments

It was a good, skins game, back-to-live golf match up. The underdogs, Rickie Fowler and Matt Wolff, almost pulled off an upset, on a very interesting golf course, the Donald Ross-design Seminole Golf Club in Florida. The winners, World Number one Rory McIlroy and his partner Dustin Johnson, squeaked out a win at the end. […]

Filed Under: Downswing, Famous Golfers, Fundamentals, Golf rules, golf values, Owning your swing, pace, The Downswing, The drive Tagged With: Brandel Chamblee, coronavirus, Covid-19, Donald Ross, Donald Trump, Dustin Johnson, Golf Channel, Mathew Wolff, NBC, Rickie Fowler, Rory McIlroy, Seminole, Vice President Biden

A Pretty Damn Good Time to Play

March 14, 2020 by Stephen Altschuler 4 Comments

With the PGA Tour shut down indefinitely and the coronavirus pandemic raging, it may be, to paraphrase Larry David, a pretty damn good time to get the sticks out and head out to your favorite course. Makes sense, really. The Golf Channel’s got nothing much going, and even if you’re in self-quarantine, playing a round […]

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Zen Putting: Overcoming Age and Doubt

October 6, 2012 by Stephen Altschuler 4 Comments

In my informal research as a student of the game, I have observed that the older we get, the less adept we are in reading greens. This, of course, doesn’t always hold true, but witness Tiger Woods, Steve Stricker, Vijay Singh, Davis Love III, John Daly, and other pros in their late 30s and 40s. […]

Filed Under: Confidence in golf, Famous Golfers, Fundamentals, Golf Improvement, Putting, Tiger Woods Tagged With: Davy Crockett, game improvement, Golf Channel, pace and line, reading greens, spot putting, sweet spot, the yips, zen putting

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