Last week, we learned that there are eight club fitting variables we will be learning this semester. We’re covering the variables in order of importance, and No. 1 is length. Length is measured from the ground to the end of the grip cap with the club placed in the normal playing address position. Length primarily […]
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Ancala Country Club (pronounced on-CALL-uh) is a private club tucked back into the foothills of the McDowell Mountains in Scottsdale. The course, which opened in 1991, is a Dye Design. Not Pete Dye, but his son Perry, who works with his famous father and is a pretty well-established golf course architect of his own. Unlike a lot
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Rule 33 is expressly reserved for The Committee. When hosting a tournament, the Committee is responsible for several items, all of which are described in detail in the USGA Rules of Golf. Here are the duties of the Committee in layman’s terms: Rule 33-1. Conditions; Waiving Rule Establish conditions of competition; Committee cannot waive a
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What if I told you that the golf shot your prefer to hit, whether it’s a draw or a fade, may be based purely on your perception of parallel? Allow me to explain. What I’m about to tell you isn’t in any textbook, and I haven’t read it anywhere on the internet. But it’s scientific fact.
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Advanced Rules of Golf meets every Wednesday, and during each class, we complete a Rules Puzzle. Here is this week’s puzzle: Ok = Permitted by the Rules Not Ok = Not permitted by the Rules Q1: A player in a stroke play event event asks his fellow-competitor the distance from the teeing ground to clear
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