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Yours truly was honored as a Top 100 Teacher for the WGTF for the 11th year in a row. Here's a link to the list in the Winter Edition of our Teaching Magazine WGTF 2020-2021 Top 100 Teacher List. There are a few good articles in there too if you have the time to scroll through.
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There's an old saying in golf "Drive For Show, Putt For Dough", but it's simply not valid anymore.
Of course you can't score well unless you are at least a competent putter, but there's a direct correlation between distance off the tee and money earnings on the PGA Tour. Generally speaking, the longest hitters make the most money.
- More distance off the tee means
- Shorter approach shots, which means
- Shots landing closer to the hole, which means
- More one putts, which means
- More birdies (and eagles), which means
- Lower scores
If you are serious about lowering your scores, hitting it further off the tee should be a large part of your plans for improvement in 2021.
Here are several components involved with hitting the ball further that can be developed or enhanced.
- Pure body strength. This can be improved with a good progressive resistance weight training regimen that can be done twice per
week, for about an hour or less per session. My extensive research on this subject as it relates to golf has indicated that a full
body routine with traditional exercises that work pushing and pulling weight on a vertical plane, pushing and pulling weight
on a horizontal plane,
and some leg work is totally sufficient. There is really no need for some of the exotic "golf specific" workouts that I
often see
advertised. Traditional weight work done correctly is absolutely and totally sufficient, and it doesn't need to be a huge time
investment. If anyone wants a copy of a good twice weekly full body workout, send me an email and I'll send you
my own routine. It's good for any age, only the amount of resistance will vary.
- Stretching After years of researching this subject, I believe that a lot of extra stretching is not necessary. You should
execute a brief rehearsal warmup for a movement you intend to execute for a golf swing or an exercise. One caveat - the
older you
get, the more important it is to do a brief rehearsal warmup of your intended motion done at slow, then medium speed.
- Pure Swing Speed this can be developed. Here are a couple of older newsletter articles that will get you on
the right track: Issues 590, 591, 596, and 599. They can be found here:
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- Center Face Contact You can enhance this skill by actually practicing hitting balls of the toe, the heel, and the center
of your driver clubface. Spray the clubface with Dr. Scholl's Foot Powder to monitor the ball contact point on the clubface,
and practice with deliberate intention.
- Use a Long Shaft on your driver, It will add yards of carry distance, but it does take some practice to get used to.
- Use A Tee That Offers Minimal Resistance This is a real thing. When I coached college golf, our team used "Launcher Golf Tees". You pick up a bit more ball speed due to the reduced friction between the ball and the top of the tee, and every little bit counts. And another plus for these tees is that they are virtually indestructible. That's probably why they raised their price from when I first got them in 2010.
Try it, you'll like it.
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