Richard S. Tufts served as President of the USGA for two years in 1956 and 1957, but he is perhaps most famous for his role in the Rules Summit of 1951, in which the USGA and the Royal & Ancient agreed to uniformity. Tufts created the standard set-up for championships: tight fairways, graduating rough, and […]

We are going through the club fitting variables in Golf Club Fitting with PGA Professional Gary Balliet. Over the first few weeks, we’ve covered length, lie angle, and shaft flex. Club fitting variable No. 4 is head design. Different players prefer different clubs based on the way they look, but there’s a lot that goes

We’ve been exposed to a few training aids from time to time while attending the Golf Academy. The golf industry is flooded with them, and while some of them are ridiculous, some of them actually work. There’s even a web site dedicated solely to golf training aids. The thing is, if you know what swing flaw

Friday was one of the most exciting days we’ve had at the Golf Academy since we’ve been there. As part of our Managing Golf Facility Operations and Planning/Organization of Tournament Golf classes, we were invited to take a behind-the-scenes tour of TopGolf in Gilbert. The doors don’t usually open until 9:00a, but we were there