Statistics suggest that roughly 65% percent of a player’s shots during a round of golf will come from 100 yards and in. Granted, 43% of those shots are putts, but you still have to be able to put it close to the hole if you really want to score. Pitching covers shots from 10-30 yards. […]

Let’s be honest, it wasn’t the best of ideas. A floater from the free throw line is a pretty ambitious effort almost anytime. A floater from the free throw line when you’re playing in a summer pick-up basketball game as a high school freshman against future NBA superstar LeBron James? Well, that was just not smart.

Golf has two rules governing bodies – The United States Golf Association (USGA) and the Royal & Ancient (R&A) Golf Club. In my opinion, two associations (and not just one) are needed for the following three reasons: Golf is a global game. The R&A can’t be everywhere. Neither can the USGA. It makes geographical sense

The 8-Step Swing by Jim McLean came out in 1999, and at one time or another, has been a topic of conversation among swing gurus. We recently watched the video in Golf Fundamentals, and one of our homework assignments was to identify the most important Swing Step (other than Step 6). I recommend you check

The topic of golf instruction came up again in our Golf Fundamentals class with PGA Instructor Jay Friedman. A lot of us, including myself, would like to be golf instructors when we graduate from the Golf Academy, so almost any talk of the teaching profession, whether it be from NBC’s Johnny Miller or Golf Channel Analyst