Putting guru Todd Sones recently published an article for Golf Channel Academy detailing why Jordan Spieth is the PGA Tour’s best putter. Among his reasons for saying so is that Spieth has a stroke that he can trust under pressure. I would argue that it’s because Spieth still has young nerves. Todd is one of Golf […]

Every month or so, the Golf Academy sends out an email newsletter to prospective students and alumni with some interesting or useful information. This month’s blast features an article on golf shoes, and since I’m a bit of a shoe addict myself, I thought I would pass it along: You Should Know The last few years have

Club fitting variable No. 2 is lie angle. If length (club fitting variable No. 1) influences distance, then lie angle primarily influences direction. If the lie angle is too upright, the ball flight will typically be a high pull (for right-handed players). If the lie angle is too flat, the shot will tend to be a

Fred Astaire was born Frederick Austerlitz in Omaha, Nebraska, right before the turn of the 20th century. Astaire’s mother dreamed of escaping Omaha by virtue of the talents of her children and in 1905, after Fred’s father suddenly lost his job at the Storz Brewing Company, the family packed up and moved to New York City to launch