Todd Sones is a Golf Magazine Top 100 Instructor who works out of White Deer Run Golf Club in Vernon Hills, Illinois. Todd is one of the reasons I enrolled at the Golf Academy of America here in Phoenix, and for his wisdom and career advice, I am forever grateful. From time to time, Todd emails out video […]
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Bear Creek played host to our final outdoor Skills Development session of the semester today, and it was a final exam of sorts. Here’s how the Skills Test is scored: Putting 20 Putts – North, South, East, and West around the hole from 3′, 6′, 9′, 12′, and 15′ Each make is worth 3 points 33 points
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Approximately ten feet from the putting green, place a circle of office labels or coins three feet in diameter 3-4 feet onto the putting surface. Use different clubs to work on landing balls into the circle. This is a great drill for tempo, contact, direction, and game management. Try using a metronome to help maintain a consistent
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John Wooden was arguably the greatest coach who ever lived – in any sport. As a head coach at UCLA from 1948-1975, Wooden won ten National Championships in a 12-year period including an unprecedented seven in-a-row (1967-1973). What sets Wooden apart is that just winning was never his standard of success. The definition of success
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Ernest Jones was an English professional golfer renowned for his accomplishments in teaching several famous pro and amateur golfers. His pupils included Virginia Van Wie, who won three consecutive U.S. Women’s Amateurs between 1932 and 1934, Glenna Collett Vare, Lawson Little, Betty Hicks, and Horton Smith, who won the 1st August National Invitation Tournament in
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