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Harold Varner III

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

Staying Down on the Shot

June 15, 2020 by Stephen Altschuler 2 Comments

You’ve heard the advice, I’m sure. “Stay down on it, Stay down on the shot!” And it really is important in achieving a consistently reliable swing. The other day on the course, I was not staying down and suffered the consequences–consistently lousy shots going this way and that. But before that round was over, I […]

Filed Under: Confidence in golf, Downswing, Famous Golfers, Fundamentals, Practice, Suggestions for golf, Swing tips, The drive, The Majors, Tiger Woods, U.S.Open, Women's golf Tagged With: Bryson DeChambeau, Daniel Berger, Harold Varner III, Hogan, Jon Rahm, Justin Rose, Lee Trevino, Lorena Ochoa, Tom Lehman

Golf as Meditation

March 7, 2020 by Stephen Altschuler 2 Comments

Golf can be part of a meditation practice. Here’s how.

Filed Under: Enlightened Golf, golf and the mind, golf consciousness, Golf Improvement, Meditation and Golf, mental game, Mindful golf, Putting Tagged With: Bernhard Langer, Bryson DeChambeau, Colin Morikawa, Dean Sluyter, emotions, exploration, Harold Varner III, Inbee Park, Justin Thomas, letting go, meditation, Sungjai Im, Tiger Woods, Viktor Hovland

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

Diversity in Golf, Examined

November 15, 2015 by Stephen Altschuler Leave a Comment

Harold Varner III is a damn good pro golfer who earned his PGA Tour card after his internship on the Web.com Tour. Same as many other guys on the PGA Tour. Harold got his start in golf almost before he could walk. Same as many guys on Tour. Harold had a dad who encouraged him early […]

Filed Under: Famous Golfers, inspiration in golf, Tiger Woods Tagged With: Calvin Peete, Charlie Sifford, diversity in golf, Harold Varner III, Web.com tour

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