In Golf Club Fitting with PGA Professional Gary Balliet, we have studied four of the eight club fitting variables: length, lie angle, shaft flex, and head design. Just four club fitting variables remain: loft, grip size, weight, and face angle. Today, we learned how loft, weight, and face angle impact the fitting process. Club Fitting Variable […]

We usually have Tournament Golf on Mondays at the Golf Academy, but occasionally, there are opportunities to work at events not necessarily affiliated with the school. Because Campus Director Tim Eberlein is such a well-connected member of the PGA’s Southwest Section and currently serves as one of its Directors, he’s always volunteering at tournaments across the state

A: A four-person team event in which teams are selected using A, B, C, and D handicap players. Holes are assigned. On the assigned hole, one player will play the pink ball, and the remaining players will play their own ball. The pink ball will rotate among the team members each hole. For example: on the first

One of the more interesting debates we’ve had in Managing Golf Facility Operations with PGA Professional Warren Pitman is whether to invest in gas or electric golf carts. Leasing vs. purchasing is another argument altogether, but if you lease, the company you’re leasing from is responsible for routine maintenance and repairs, there’s no capital expense, and

Golf is a lifetime sport, and it should be. But the activities we do and the positions we put our bodies into for an extended period of time at work or at school leave us susceptible to some nagging injuries that can pop-up out on the golf course or at the driving range. There are things we do in