Anthony Paolucci - AJGA Player of the Year

Congratulations to Anthony Paolucci on being named AJGA Player of the Year for 2010!

Player of the year article

Improving Junior Golfers

Helping junior golfers become better players is something I've enjoyed for the 26 years I've been teaching.  They have a thirst for the game and can't wait to get better every day.  Helping them with their attitude, emotions and short game is a good recipe for lowering their scores.  Getting junior golfers to understand the importance of a positive attitude and keeping their emotions in check will go a long ways in their development.  So many times, good rounds are ruined when just one bad shot consumes them to where they head south mentally for the remainder of the round.
Junior golfers with good short games are way ahead of their competition.  Knowing that you don't have to hit it perfect every round to shoot good scores takes so much pressure off your game at any level.  I work hard to instill good practice habits with my juniors in the short game department.  It's not an area that most don't like to work on.

October Issue - Avid Golfer Magazine

October's article in Avid Golfer is based on reading divots and what causes certain divots.  High quality fat shot in the avove picture.  Check it out!

October Avid Golfer Article

Reading Putts

Reading putts has always been a bit mysterious.  Should you pay attention to the grain, where the body of water is, the setting sun or just guess.  Well, I'm sure everyone at one point has done all of the before mentioned.  The reality is reading putts comes down to three things:
1.  Finding the slope in the green.
2.  Estimating how much slope there is.
3.  What angle is the ball in relation to the slope. 
These three keys are the essence to green reading.  When you do this correctly you suddenly can determine which direction the ball breaks.  There shouldn't be any more guessing involved.  Wouldn't it be nice to stand over a putt consistently knowing the direction the ball breaks.  It can be done.  More later.

The Perfect Golf Lesson

Giving golf lessons is my business.  It has been for the better part of 26 years.  Recently I gave an interview on the what I felt was important in selecting a golf coach.  As always, there's lots of ways to do things in teaching, these thoughts represent my views of what's important.
Golf Lesson Interview

Barney Adams

One of my longtime students Deb Mielke writes for a business website http://www.examiner.com/  Recently she did a piece on Texas Legend Barney Adams.  It's a very good read on a man who's been a visionary in the golf industry for 20 plus years. 

 

Barney Adams Article