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This morning, our Golf Club Fitting class met out at the Bear Creek driving range in Chandler for a hands-on re-cap of everything we’ve learned so far this semester. Over the first several weeks, we’ve covered length, lie angle, shaft flex, and clubhead design and their importance as it relates to fit. Today, we finally got a […]

Overseeding season is officially underway in the state of Arizona. This is the time of year when the bermudagrass begins to turn a dormant yellow in favor of the bright green of ryegrass overseed. It’s also when courses begin charging more green for their greens fees as they look to recoup all the money they’ve lost over the slower,

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