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Dr. Robin Farran is widely regarded as one of the top USGA Rules Officials in the country. He also happens to teach Advanced Rules at the Golf Academy, which is why we are fortunate to have access to his weekly Rules quandaries. This week’s involves determining which ball is in play. As always, there are […]

I know it’s not Thanksgiving, but one of the things I’m most thankful for on this Valentine’s Day is that I have a wife who loves to play golf – maybe even more than I do sometimes! I introduced her to the game about a year and-a-half ago, and now she’s hooked. Not to brag, but I

Todd Sones is a Golf Digest Top 50 Instructor and has been a Golf Magazine Top 100 Instructor every year since 1995. He also serves on the Golf Academy of America’s National Advisory Board. Last week, Todd and his top assistant attended the 2016 Golf Magazine Top 100 Teachers Summit at Timacuan Golf Resort in

It’s been said that golf is 90% mental and only 10% physical. Bobby Jones once famous remarked, “Golf is a game that’s played on a five-inch course – the distance between your ears.” At one time or another, we’ve all attempted shots we look back on and shake our heads. But it doesn’t have to

Until today, the one piece of golf technology that we really hadn’t been exposed to at the Golf Academy is the motion-capture system known as K-Vest. Since 2002, the New Hampshire-based company has dominated the world of swing capture, range of motion, and biofeedback to the point that it’s become an industry leader in human motion learning. There are three learning