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PGA Professional Fred Barr took Golf Operations class out for a field trip to Leisure World in Mesa. Fred’s a brave man. This was no ordinary road trip. There are 30 of us in the class right now, and talking is never an issue. We always have lots of questions, but our class is different in a good

This morning, Advanced Elements of the Short Game met back at Ken McDonald Golf Course in Tempe for another outdoor Skills Development – this time on flops & lobs. The two shots are very different. The flop is a more V-shaped swing, while the lob is more of a U-shaped swing. The lob is the

Zach Johnson is the Open champion no one expected. He’s probably the Champion Golfer of the Year nobody wanted. But with a win in a four-hole aggregate, three-man playoff at St Andrews, his second major victory, Johnson put the finishing touches on what has been an incredibly successful, if not underrated career. Heck, Johnson is from

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 runs a scoring zone school outside Chicago. Every few weeks, Todd sends out video tips on putting and the short game. They’re

One of my favorite things about Rules of Golf is instructor Ed Ekis. He’s a PGA Professional, and he’s been there, done that, if you know what I mean. Ed has been around awhile. He likes to joke that he once played golf with Old Tom Morris, but he’s also had conversations with Ben Hogan. The