Members (and sometimes guests) often come into the golf shop at La Paloma with questions about the Rules of Golf. While we’re always happy to oblige, I like to direct them to my web site, and one of my favorite blog posts: Diary of a USGA Rules Official. In the state of Arizona, we’re lucky to have […]
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How many times have you hit a good golf shot or what felt like a good shot only to look up and see your ball heading straight for the rough, the trees, or even worse, out of bounds? Golf Digest Top 50 and Golf Magazine Top 100 Instructor Todd Sones will tell you that the real
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Once you return from the Level 1 Seminar at the PGA Education Center in Florida, it’s time to get to work on Step 6: the Level 1 Work Experience Portfolio. This is where you can really start to separate yourself from your Apprentice peers because sadly, only about half of the Level 1 students who
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The USGA Rules Official is back! Dr. Robin Farran teaches Advanced Rules at the Golf Academy of America in Phoenix and is widely considered to be one of the preeminent Rules Officials in the country. In this month’s installment of Diary of a USGA Rules Official, Dr. Farran ties up a few loose ends and
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Today was our last day! And we survived what felt like a pretty long week. With Olympic Golf coverage playing out in the Education Center lobby, we continued talking about giving lessons and how to best demonstrate new skills to our students. We also discussed practice – how, when, how much, and when to stop as well as
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