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The coolest thing we do at the Golf Academy every year is operate the practice range at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. This is something I really looked forward to last year, and it’s something I’ve been looking forward to again this year. Because of the time of year we enrolled at the Academy, we get to work the […]

Great players don’t stand over the golf ball. They set up and hit it. One of the worst things you can do as a player is stand over the ball for too long, tensing up. You lose your rhythm, and you start to think negatively or mechanically. What suffers is your feel for the shot.

After 86 years on this earth, PGA of America instructor Bob Toski says he’s always lived to learn. “While I lived to learn, I tried to learn how to live,” says Toski. “In living to learn through golf, it’s made me a better person because golf develops character.” Toski joined the PGA Tour in 1949 and

This week’s Rules installment has to do with Rule 2: Match Play. As always, these scenarios are graciously provided by Dr. Robin Farran, who teaches Advanced Rules at the Golf Academy and is widely regarded as one of the top USGA Rules Officials in the country. The format in each of the following situations is

Golf Course Design is turning into one of my favorite classes this semester because we’re designing our very own golf course. Topographic maps were handed out during week one, and now, the rest is pretty much up to us. I’ve already spent a few hours analyzing my map and then laying out a routing for my