Symptom: You just can’t hit down on the ball, despite hearing time and again from well-meaning buddies that you must. So you try, but end up and scooping the ball instead, flipping your wrists, hoping to not hurt the grass too much, and cursing as you watch another weak shot tail off to the right… Description: Swing such… Read More »
Symptom: You dread the greenside bunker, having never really mastered the explosion shot. It mocks you and haunts you when you hit your approach shot into the green, causing you to question your club selection and your target line. You get a pit in your stomach as you slouch toward the sandy pit of doom. All this because… Read More »
Symptom: You are not good at visualizing and remembering your good shots. Your stomach starts to turn and your knees start to wobble as you eye the water hazard in front of the tee, the bunker in the distance, or the trees off to the right. You can’t remember ever facing such a tough shot or visualize how to… Read More »
Symptom: You hit a bad shot and then say to yourself, “I didn’t keep my head still and watch the ball that time.” Was that really the problem? Come to think of it, you don’t really know what it means to keep your head still and watch the ball. Overview: Hold a golf tee in your lips. At… Read More »
Symptom: You have the putting yips. Basically, you are not hitting your putts in the direction or the line that you had envisioned, and it is costing you precious strokes on the green. As you tally your score, you mention your three-putts too, as in “I shot a 93, but I must have had six three-putts. Take those… Read More »
