By Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research According to the National Golf Foundation, a bunch of people who get paid to figure stuff like this out, the average score shot by the 25 million or so American golfers is ~102. A mere ten percent of all…
By Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research In the photos below, I may be near the green, but from this lie, I’m ‘far, far’ away from making a par. In fact, I’m lucky to be able to see the ball in this long rough – but…
By Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research Collect three teaching pros in a room and ask them the correct position of the trail elbow at the top of the swing, and you’ll probably get three different answers: 1. let the elbow fly away from your side;…
By Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research Theme: The release is misunderstood because it has three parts that must be coordinated – they are: (1) wrist action (2) body action and (3) forearm action, all of which, when done correctly, combine to square the clubface to…
By Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research In the early part of your backswing, the club is moving so slowly that it’s easy to misdirect it. After they start their swing, many players make a mistake in the first foot or two and then spend the…
By Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research In a good golf swing, the club shaft approaches the ball parallel to the target line when the hands are waist-high. Mistakes occur when the shaft approaches too severely from inside the target line, or too much from the…
By Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research A common mistake students make in learning to play golf is to exaggerate the good until it becomes bad. Here’s an example: A new student of mine had previously had a lesson with another instructor. To fix an error…
By Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research You don’t have to reach too high to achieve an ideal position at the top of your swing. But most golfers try to swing their hands as high as possible on the backswing because they equate “high hands” with…
When Less is More By Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research Often golfers use too much conscious effort loading up their right side (left for lefties) during the backswing. Thus, they get out of position at the top of the swing, producing timing problems during the…
By Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research The challenge depicted in this week’s lesson is that my ball has run past the flag and is frozen against the fringe of the green, making it very difficult to contact the ball solidly with my putter because the…
