Beginner Golf Instruction around putting generally focuses on the mechanics of the putting stroke. This is dead wrong. Almost every golfer is worried about their putting stroke. What does it look like? Did I pull that? I pushed that one. Before looking at the mechanics of the stroke the target has to be considered first. [...]

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There is one thing that all beginner golf players have in common. That is when they play a round of golf they cannot avoid at least one hole that ends in disaster. Often a beginner will be able to play reasonable golf, shooting around two over par every hole, then disaster will strike in the [...]

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Where do you start when trying to fix a beginners golf swing? Usually a beginner has a poor golf swing mechanically, they struggle with consistent contact on the ball and have little control over distance and ball flight. Due to the complex nature of the game, it is difficult to decide which part of your [...]

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As a professional golf coach, I’m constantly being asked by beginner golf players: What is the difference between a chip and a pitch? The two shots can be defined in many ways, so lets discuss the difference between the two shots and when you’d decide to play them. The first way a chip or pitch [...]

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