This is the last of my 7 Essential Golf Swing Skills to be posted. You will find it below and also at our Golf Lessons and Golf Tips page. For the others, go to www.newrulesgolf.com and click the Full Swing tab. Width is the distance from the sternum to the grip end of the club. When this distance is maintained throughout the swing, it is the radius of the swing circle. To have a picture in your mind of a circular swing is helpful and leads to consistency. I explain it more in depth in the ...

This is our second installment of “The Adventures of O.R. Smith, Old Rules Golf Instructor.” In this video, O. R. gives his version of a “simple” lesson to Nancy Nowconfused. These videos were meant to be funny but also a direct blow to the kind of golf instruction that hurts our success rates for helping golfers. We also let you go inside the mind of O.R. as he gives the lesson and Nancy Nowconfused as she is taking the lesson. Some irony and humor follow. Please watch the video below (and then pass it around).

Do you find yourself nervous on the short putts? When we get nervous, it creates a tentative, shaky stroke. Here’s a drill that can help. And it proves that you don’t have to be perfect, which is good news for all of us. Take two clubs and create a track between your ball and the hole. To hole these short putts, just try to keep the ball between the tracks, because this is a much easier task than trying to putt to a precise spot. Trying to be too precise or perfect leads to tentative strokes. This drill can be invaluable. Once ...

When you don’t trust what you’re doing, you tend to tense up, tighten your grip and try to steer the ball. Think of it this way: When you strangle the golf club, the club goes slower not faster. I want you to start monitoring your grip pressure. On a scale of 1-10 (10 being the tightest), try to stay at a five all the way through - a five at address, five on the backswing, five on your downswing. To get feel for what 10 is, hold the club as tight as you can and then as loose as you can. ...