One of the reasons I focus on this topic as a teacher, is because here we are centuries after golf was invented and golfers still have “You looked up” and “Keep Your Head Down” as the #1 diagnosis of poor shots in golf. There are a couple of key ideas to solid contact that I outline in my video golf lesson “Golf’s Most Important Lesson” (the link is below). I wrote a book in 2000 called “You’re NOT Lifting Your Head” to dispel this myth and contrast the difference between a poor instructor and a great instructor. I’ve decided to ...

January 1 usually brings us to contemplate and assess the previous year and make a plan for the year to come. I have been setting written goals since 1987 and have tried a variety of methods. A couple of key things have come from this that I want to share with you. I now set goals in several areas: family, spiritual, career, economic, emotional, mental and giving. These are my main ones and I sometimes add a category here or there. Career is where I include teaching golf and my own golf game. I brainstorm my potential goals in each area ...

Not everybody can win the Masters. There’s only that select one each year. For me, golf instruction is about helping golfers win their Masters, whatever that personal goal may be. It’s a distinction that has guided in how we have developed the programming for Reynolds Golf Academy. I have been fortunate enough to be ranked among the Top 100 Golf Instructors by GOLF Magazine and named to the top instructors lists by GOLF Magazines such as Golf Digest (2000, 2001, 2004) and Athlon Golf’s Elite Eight. I joined Reynolds Plantation in March 2006 as director of instruction. I have written two ...