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The textbook we’re using in Golf Performance Enhancement isn’t a textbook at all. It’s Every Shot Must Have a Purpose by Pia Nilsson & Lynn Marriott. In this week’s class, we discussed what it means to “send your mind on vacation.” Annika Sorenstam’s worked with both women to strengthen her mental game, and it was […]

The U.S. Open at Chambers Bay is less than a week away! It’s a links-style course overlooking Puget Sound in Washington state, and you better believe guys are going to be playing shots that bump and run – with and without spin. We recently learned (and it’s scientifically proven) that chipping with a lower-lofted club (such

This morning, we had our quarterly Student Affairs Meeting at the Golf Academy. Last semester, I was nominated class representative, and I will be attending an early morning meeting each semester. It’s a chance to get a behind-the-scenes look at the upcoming semester as well as an opportunity for students to address any and all concerns they may be having

We began the day out at the Ken McDonald Golf Course in Tempe for a Skills Development session on specialty chip shots: the bladed wedge and the hybrid chip shot. We learned about the shots last week in Advanced Elements of the Short Game, but it’s one thing to learn about a shot in a classroom and another

How many of you caught highlights of Tiger Woods’ 3rd Round at the Memorial over the weekend? In case you missed them, here they are: Let me tell you something. I sat down to watch early round coverage on Golf Channel Saturday morning thinking, “I know Tiger is 11 shots off the lead coming into the