by tony | Jun 2, 2020 | Golf Tips from the Pro, News
Introduction In 2015 I discovered Fred Shoemaker of Extraordinary Golf fame. Now, you don’t call your company Extraordinary Golf unless you are pretty confident that something special is going to happen. What was really exciting was that Fred claimed (in his books and...
by tony | Jun 2, 2020 | Golf Tips from the Pro, News
Introduction Most golfers would like to improve. However, without solid data, how do we know we are actually improving or what to work on? In my first two blogs this year (Time for Reflection and A Cunning Plan) I suggested how you might analyse “where am I now” and...
by tony | Jun 2, 2020 | Golf Tips from the Pro, News
From Tennis to Golf I had the privilege to meet with Timothy Gallwey (on the left), author of The Inner Game of Golf and arguably the founding father of the mental side of golf at Betchworth GC in May last year. Tim was a proficient tennis coach and player but a...
by tony | Jun 2, 2020 | Golf Tips from the Pro, News
Do you struggle to take your driving range game onto the golf course? If the answer is “yes” perhaps it’s time to question your approach. I was in Seville, Spain recently and was watching four Flamenco dancers. Each dance started a similar way, one of them would...
by tony | May 1, 2020 | Golf Tips from the Pro, News
Today I’d like to focus on where your mind is just before you are about to play a shot on the golf course. Past “Last week I had a similar chip over this bunker and duffed it”. “Whatever you do don’t duff it again”. So sure enough you duff it as our golf brain doesn’t...
by tony | Apr 24, 2020 | Golf Tips from the Pro, News
The pressure of a score card in your hand Here’s a golf related exercise you can do away from the course. Does this sound familiar? “I play well till there’s a card in my hand” Conventional thinking of front 9, back 9 and overall score can heap a huge amount of...
