Golf Information

"Some will never learn anything because they understand everything too soon."
Blount

Golf clubs are designed to demanding specifications. The golf balls you play with are constructed of the finest materials and tested to give you the highest levels of performance under extreme conditions. Yet most players don't allow the ball and the club the opportunity to get together and show you what they can do. Striking a ball a quarter of an inch off center will reduce the distance it carries by ten percent or more. Just enough, I imagine, to put you in the lake or the bunker on your favorite par three.

The easiest way to prevent this from happening is to establish the correct ball positions and stick with them. You might be thinking, "I've tried a lot of ball positions and none of them works." Or, "I just use what seems to be working today." Let's keep in mind what we are working on here. The platform is a concept that works because the fundamentals work together. Each part contributes to the whole. The placement of the ball is as important to the whole as grip, stance, footwork, rotation, and alignment. Experimentation is done on the practice tee,