Click here to listen to “Golf Tips Are For Monkeys” There are two types of Golfers in this world - One set of Golfers want to see dramatic improvement every time they go to practice at the practice range - the other set of Golfers are satisfied with seeing small, incremental improvement everytime they practice. Should you practice your Driver 100% of your golf practice time? Or should you practice your short game? Or maybe the best Golfers work on a combination of both?

The last place you’d expect to see a Golfer practice is on the short game area. Why? Well not just because they don’t like practicing the “easy golf shots” or that you find it “boring and tedious” - it’s because that there aren’t many places that have a short game area. Or if they do have a short game practice area - they’re little more than an after-thought and consist of nothing more than a small, circular shaped green that has seen better days. Yet, we see Golfers hanging around the Driving Range trying to “find the magic". ...

Click here to listen to “Golf Tips Are For Monkeys” There are major differences between how the best Golfers in the world (The Players) practice their golf games and how the most frustrated Golfers in the world (The Monkeys) practice their golf games. This difference is then revealed on the golf course as the Player continually scores better and enjoys the fact that they can see their golf game progress every time out! The Player enjoys golf because they’re usually in “Improvement Mode” when they go out on the golf course as they continually see progress with their golf game. The ...

How many golf tips have you tried in 2006? The average Golfer has tried 33 tips this year alone. Now 33 different swing thoughts are about 32 too many to be thinking about on every swing. Now I know there are a few Golfers that are saying – “Marc, I try a new tip from time to time, but if it doesn’t work to help me hit the ball better – I just stop using it. So, I’m only working on one tip at a time.” Unfortunately that’s not true. Every tip you’ve ever tried has become a ...

There’s so much Golf Instruction out there – anybody and everybody can be a Golf Instructor. It’s like half the Golfing World has a degree on Swing Plane 101. My belief is that as there was a Dot.com bubble that burst back in 2000 and some would say a Real Estate Bubble that might be leaking – we’re on the midst of having a Golf Instruction Bubble! It’s so easy today for someone to become a Guru. All you need to have is a computer and access to Internet. And then you can hide behind your computer screen and screen name ...

“It’s all in your left arm. I need to stop using my right hand. My right hand is ruining my golf swing!” That’s all we hear from Golfers coming to see us. Everything these right-handed Golfers have told us is that the power comes from their left side. And the sad part is that a right handed Golfer saying they’re using too much right hand is a statement that is way off-base and just underlines and boldfaces why Golfers continue to struggle. If you’re right handed and everything you do in your everyday life is done with your ...

Have you ever had a bad experience taking a golf lesson? Well join the club! I don’t think there’s a golfer out there that hasn’t had a golf lesson that frustrated them. Meaning, there are golfers who have given-up hope of getting help for their game because they took a lesson and progressively got worse from a result of that experience. So what’s a Golfer that had a bad experience to do? Just stop seeking help? I believe you shouldn’t lump all Instructors and Golf Schools into the same group. There’s a great disparity in the talent of Instructors that are out there ...

What are the Top 3 mistakes Golfers make when they’re looking to find someone to help them with their Golf Game? The number three mistake is being in too much of a hurry to improve. Many Golfers want to improve 15 strokes overnight, and that may not be a realistic goal. Small incremental improvements allow you to build confidence and a consistent golf swing that you’ll be proud of. To read more on how important we feel it is to not be in a hurry to improve – click here to read our article on “How To Continue ...

Did you learn how to play golf using a Results Based Approach or a Theories & Assumptions Based Approach? What’s a Theories & Assumptions Based Approach? Well, when you learned how to play golf, you most likely learned to play from a friend, spouse or Local Pro who because they had more experience around golf than you did – you assumed their theories about how to hit the golf ball better, would work for you. Even though at the same time they’re telling you that – “you’re going to have to get worse before you can get better!” ...

Number One - Perfection. Most Golfers would deny it, but we’re all trying to be perfect out on the golf course. You may say - ‘I know I can’t hit every shot perfect’. But how many times have you hit an OK shot onto the green from 125 yards away and grumbled because you were on the opposite side of the green as the flag? You should use your Green in Regulation to build confidence. You should be making your PLAN to make your putt - yet your thinking is stuck on not hitting the ...

Dear Golf Magazine, Thank you for the letter you sent me about induction onto your Top-100 Instructor list. Though please accept this letter as my refusal to be viewed as a Top-100 Instructor. To just about every Golf Professional in the world, it would be an honor to be on your list. For me – it’s not! I have a love-hate relationship with your magazine – meaning at times I love all the Golf Tips you produce and at other times I hate all the Golf Tips you produce. Now I don’t love your Golf Tips because they’re good tips, I love them ...

Here are some quotes that make me cringe on the golf course: I picked up my head - (It doesn’t happen). You need to swing slow to hit the ball far (OK, then why does Tiger Woods hit the ball farther than you - because he swings slower?). The follow-through makes the ball go up in the air (What happens after the ball is gone doesn’t affect how you hit the golf ball). I’m trying to lag this putt close within 3 feet of the hole (Why don’t you try to get it a foot past the hole so that it has a chance ...

What’s a Monkey? A Monkey is a frustrated golfer that continues to get more frustrated every time they step on the golf course. So in desperation they listen to the tips presented to them from their playing partners – “You’re lifting your head” – “You need to stay behind the ball” – “You’re swaying” – You need to set your wrists” – “You’re coming over the top” – etc., etc., etc. By the time the Monkey gets to the 18th hole they’re tired of golf because they’re so confused about their swing and so frustrated with their results – so ...