As an added feature this summer, I will be giving playing lessons for those of you interested in improving your golf I.Q.  You practice on the range to improve your muscle memory and work on a consistent swing motion; but I find that some can be a great range player but not so great golf…

There are 34 rules listed in the USGA Rules Book. Do you need to know them all by heart? No – but there are a few rules that you do need to know because these rules ‘situations’ occur all the time on the golf course: Out of Bounds. This is a ‘stroke and distance’ penalty…

You hit one shot great, then the next one ugly. Your friends tell you to ‘keep your head down’, but that makes your ball striking worse. You need to have a consistent and square strike of the ball in the middle of the clubface and on the proper path to be able to get more distance…

During practice on the range you are hitting great irons and your drives are fairly straight, but when you get to the course, it’s a different story. This not only happens in golf, but in all other sports as well. Practice is a different emotional climate that in competition. In practice, you are relaxed and focused on…