The coolest thing we do at the Golf Academy every year is operate the practice range at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. This is something I really looked forward to last year, and it’s something I’ve been looking forward to again this year. Because of the time of year we enrolled at the Academy, we get to work the
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Great players don’t stand over the golf ball. They set up and hit it. One of the worst things you can do as a player is stand over the ball for too long, tensing up. You lose your rhythm, and you start to think negatively or mechanically. What suffers is your feel for the shot.
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Bubba Watson’s not a fan of the changes to TPC Scottsdale. It’s probably because the narrower course puts a premium on hitting fairways.
After 86 years on this earth, PGA of America instructor Bob Toski says he’s always lived to learn. “While I lived to learn, I tried to learn how to live,” says Toski. “In living to learn through golf, it’s made me a better person because golf develops character.” Toski joined the PGA Tour in 1949 and
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This week’s Rules installment has to do with Rule 2: Match Play. As always, these scenarios are graciously provided by Dr. Robin Farran, who teaches Advanced Rules at the Golf Academy and is widely regarded as one of the top USGA Rules Officials in the country. The format in each of the following situations is
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