The Golf Academy of America is back in session for the Fall Semester. After eight months, we are now halfway through our program, and it’s time to get serious. It’s time to start thinking about what we want to do when we graduate in April of 2016. Now, we’re upperclassmen. The start of this semester […]
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Chicago is the Windy City. Todd Sones would know. He works at White Deer Run Golf Club in Vernon Hills, Illinois, about an hour outside Chicago. Todd is one of Golf Digest’s 50 Best Teachers in America and has been a Golf Magazine Top 100 Instructor every year since 1995. He currently serves on the Golf
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Over the years, I have purchased several EyeLine Golf training aids: the Sweet Spot 360 (for putting), the Speed Trap (for swing plane and chipping), and most recently, the Putting Alignment Mirror. Since its inception in 2002, the company based out of Greeley, Colorado, has come up with some of the industry’s most ground-breaking training aids. EyeLine Golf
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In the golf industry, posture is a popular topic. Todd Sones is one of Golf Digest’s 50 Best Teachers in America and has been a Golf Magazine Top 100 Instructor every year since 1995. He currently serves on the Golf Academy of America’s National Advisory Board and says when it comes to playing posture, it’s easier to play
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It’s finals week at the Golf Academy, so we’re reviewing all the things we’ve learned throughout the semester. The two most technical classes we’ve taken have been Advanced Elements of the Short Game with PGA Professional Jay Friedman and Golf Club Assembly & Repair with PGA Professional Gary Balliet. Here are just a few of
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