This morning, we were at Western Skies Golf Club in Gilbert for a Skills Development session on bunker play. PGA Instructor Jay Friedman showed us how to hit different bunker shots from different stances and out of different lies. He also showed us a great drill to demonstrate the bounce of the club. Jay took a 2×4 […]
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A: A four-person team event consisting of four golf balls, one of them yellow. On each hole, the yellow ball is assigned to a different player, while the other three team members play a scramble. At the end of each hole, two scores are added together for one team score – the yellow ball and the scramble. Teams
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The Golf Academy of America Phoenix Club Golf Team is back home after finishing 2nd in its first-ever trip to the National Collegiate Club Golf Association’s (NCCGA) Desert Regional at Oakcreek Country Club in Sedona. Trailing the Arizona State University Club Team by ten strokes after Saturday’s opening round, the Academy failed to make up
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Statistics suggest that roughly 65% percent of a player’s shots during a round of golf will come from 100 yards and in. Granted, 43% of those shots are putts, but you still have to be able to put it close to the hole if you really want to score. Pitching covers shots from 10-30 yards.
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Let’s be honest, it wasn’t the best of ideas. A floater from the free throw line is a pretty ambitious effort almost anytime. A floater from the free throw line when you’re playing in a summer pick-up basketball game as a high school freshman against future NBA superstar LeBron James? Well, that was just not smart.
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