The end of the year is always a good time to reflect on the things you have to be thankful for in your life. The end of December also happens to be my wedding anniversary so I am always thankful for my husband and the great relationship we have. Golf… more »

The world's No. 1 player has been absent from golf since the President's Cup. Tiger Woods said in an interview last week that he hadn't touched a club in two months. And like most of us, after taking a break from golf, Tiger said that when he did finally… more »

The golf swing in its most simple form is really only a circle. The radius of that circle, back and through the swing is the left arm (in a right-handed swing.) Good players create a wide arc on the backswing and maintain the radius that they created at… more »

For the beginner and probably for the majority of high-handicap golfers, the driver is the most difficult club in the bag to hit because it is the longest club and it has the least amount of loft. It will slice more often than not. Here are a few solutio… more »

High-handicap golfers make the rough rougher than it really is. Some try to "help" the ball out with a sweeping motion, only to have the grass grab the clubface and close it, sending the shot low and left. Others hit down, on top of the ball with a karat… more »

"Hit against a firm left side" is a classic piece of swing advice that many golfers misinterpret. They think it means that the left knee should be stiff and straight during the downswing- a mistake that forces tension into the leg, halts hip rotation, pr… more »

Just when the greens on your home course start getting fast and rolling smooth, it seems like the golf course superintendent purposely messes them up by punching and sanding them. Golf course maintenance can be frustrating for golfers. The other day… more »

I have taught golf for more than 14 years now and it is funny to me, but according to some of my students, their most memorable lessons weren't the ones where I spent hours pouring over video of their swings, trying to come up with the perfect swing anal… more »

Albert Einstein once observed that, "Imagination is more important than knowledge." The power of the mind in the game of golf is well-documented, but few players really tap into that power. In my next few blogs, I will present a few swing images that… more »

A lot of my students ask me how to get backspin with their wedges. They see the pros hit short shots to greens that back up towards the pin and they want to do that too. High-handicappers usually have a misconception of how to get backspin with a wedg… more »

The tendency I see with a lot of my students is that the men are not flexible in their hips and shoulders, so they usually move off the ball in their backswing and come over the top on the downswing which is a huge power loss. My women students, on… more »

Many people mistakenly think stretching is a warm-up to play golf. I always cringed when I see people stretching their arms over their heads and behind their backs, thinking that they are warming up their muscles, when they are potentially harming themse… more »

One of the reasons Tiger Woods creates a tremendous amount of clubhead speed in his swing is because he turns his left shoulder over his right knee at the top of the swing. To do this, one must be flexible in the shoulders and back. Stretching improv… more »

Most people know it is important to begin a strength training program to improve their golf games, but they don’t know where to start. In my next several blogs, I will introduce you to exercises that are golf specific and easy to incorporate into your… more »

I often hear golfers tell me that they can hit a series of good shots at the practice range, but then have a hard time taking their swing to the golf course. The reason is that the conditions on the course are different every shot from the consistent con… more »