Today, the topic of golf injuries and injury prevention came up in our Anatomy, Exercise, and Biomechanics class with Dr. Jordan Mackner. Dr. Mackner is a chiropractic physician who works out of Golfstretch Therapies in Scottsdale, and he’s well versed in the field of sports performance and rehabilitiation. In addition to working with golfers of all

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