For our final Skills Development session of the semester, we were back out at Bear Creek in Chandler to practice what we learned in Mechanics of the Short Game about scoring wedges. Your scoring wedges are the shots you hit inside 100 yards. Right now, I’m reading Dave Pelz’s Short Game Bible. He recommends using the …
A: Each team consists of five players organized by handicap. The No. 1s, No. 2s, No. 3s, No. 4s, and No. 5s from each team play together. The four best individual gross scores for each team count towards the team score.
Go back in time. The year is 1986, and Jack Nicklaus is well into the back nine of his illustrious career. Nicklaus played in his first Masters Tournament as a 19-year-old amateur back in 1959. But that was 27 years ago now. At age 46, Nicklaus is a legend seemingly caught between waves of golfing generations. Former …
Place a semi-circle of coins or labels around the back of the hole measuring 18″ past the hole. From 20′, 30′, and 40′ away, practice hitting putts that get to and just past the hole, without finishing outside the “gimme” range.
Sports fans have some crazy superstitions, and I’m no exception. I can tell you exactly when I where mine started too – September 5, 1983. Monday Night Football. Cowboys at Redskins. And yes, to answer your question, I did have to look it up, but I do remember the game, the score, and the where it was, …
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