Tag Archives: Articles: Teaching

Most likely, many of you have watched that show on cable where the host brings out a golf instructor, has him or her tell the viewers his philosophy of the golf swing, then orchestrates an extended phone-in session where viewers call in to ask questions of the pro. In fact, you may have even seen me on the show a few years ago. Continue reading →

If you are like most of us who are afflicted with this maddening game you probably want to get better at it. You have but a few avenues to do so: you can teach yourself through books, magazines, videos, or TV; you can mimic better players and ask them to explain what they are doing; you can buy the best equipment and all the swing gizmos you see on infomercials; or you can take lessons. If you are going to go the lesson route you are immediately faced with a problem: how do you find a teacher? Continue reading →

How many people do you know who truly love their job? I’m sure you could think of one or even a few, but out of all the people you know it probably wouldn’t be a very large percentage. Well, you can count me among those who do. When I tell whoever I’m talking to that I love what I do they often seem surprised, since they know that I started out as a player with aspirations to make my living on the course, but ended up with my primary source of income being my teaching. Continue reading →