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Stan Falls Victim to the Infomercial

My hope is that Stan has been practicing more, both the long game and the short game, and that he has been paying attention to the things we went over in our last session. Continue reading

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Stan… Still Struggling

Stan is the epitome of the struggling golfer, taking lessons here and there, trying tips from magazines and television, falling victim to every infomercial promise. Continue reading

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Stan Struggles On

If you have read my articles in the past you might remember Stan, my imaginary student. Continue reading

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The Secret is in the Dirt

It’s been almost a year since I’ve seen Stan, my sometimes student who regularly promises to take lessons more than once a year and to actually practice what we work on. Continue reading

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The Best Lesson I Ever Had

Wayne: So, J., tell me how things have gone since our first lesson.
J.: Well, I played four rounds, and didn’t do so great. I hit some good shots, but it was very inconsistent. I really tried some of the things we worked on, but it was pretty hard to do it out on the course. Continue reading

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HELP ME, PLEASE. (Just Don’t Change Me)

We haven’t had a lesson together before, so tell me about your game. What kind of handicap are you playing to these days? Continue reading

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I Still Need Help, But I Still Don’t Want You to Change Me

It has been 6 years since I gave Stan a lesson, a half hour of torture full of so many memorable moments that I have been recounting them over beers ever since. Continue reading

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Doomed to Chop

Thinking of Stan’s golf game already has me unconsciously removing my cap and rubbing my forehead, something I am prone to do often in our hour of…what should I call it? Education? Instruction? Futility? No apt words of description come to me. Continue reading

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10 Questions From Stan

My first thought for a title to this article was “10 Dumb Questions From Stan”, but as I thought about it I realized that when it comes to golf there really aren’t any “dumb” questions, mainly because the subject matter is so innately counter-intuitive. Continue reading

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