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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

GolfNow came up in Understanding Golf Operations the other day. We were discussing marketing as it relates to golf courses and what courses are doing to fill their extra tee times and generate revenue. PGA Professional Fred Barr told us that while he was still at Superstition Springs Golf Club in Mesa, GolfNow was just getting

Each semester, the Golf Academy offers students the opportunity to pass a Playing Ability Test (PAT) like the one they will take in order to earn their PGA Certifications. While the PAT is usually played over 36 holes at the same course on the same day, the Golf Academy’s version takes places over two days at two

Golf Performance Enhancement was scheduled to meet at Western Skies in Gilbert this morning, but the weather had other ideas. We woke up to rain, lightning, and flooding – in June! That didn’t make the class any less interesting, however. After a discussion about positive self-talk, the conversation shifted to chipping and putting with your eyes