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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

In Essentials of Food Service Management with Denise Duarte, we’re learning about costing. Denise is the General Restaurant Manager at the Radisson Phoenix Airport Hotel in Tempe, and she really knows her stuff. Costing is the most important part of running an efficient, cost effective operation. It’s important to have food and beverage costs that

This semester, our Advanced Rules of Golf class is attempting a very ambitious project – simplifying the Rules of Golf. We are taking the Rules, as they are currently constituted, and are trying to “dumb them down” into layman’s terms. We’re calling the project Rules You Can Actually Use (RYCAU) The Rules were written in very precise

Last week, we learned that there are eight club fitting variables we will be learning this semester. We’re covering the variables in order of importance, and No. 1 is length. Length is measured from the ground to the end of the grip cap with the club placed in the normal playing address position. Length primarily