Pace Your Play Under Pressure

A Legacy Post by Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research Dr. T. J. Tomasi (1940-2023) As I have outlined previously, golf is played in four dimensions: height, width, depth (the three spatial dimensions), and time. Golfers have an elaborate system of sensors (eyes, ears, hands, etc.) that interprets the spatial…

Right Angles

RIGHT ANGLES By Dr. T. J. Tomasi Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research A good way to think of your backswing is that its role is to create certain power angles between you and your golf club — angles that multiply the force of your swing. Once you create these…

The Smallest, Most Important Move in Golf

The Smallest, Most Important Move in Golf by Dr. T. J. Tomasi Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research There are two types of motion that are combined during the downswing, and the timing of the transition from one type of motion (lateral) to the other type (rotational) is the key…

Angle of Attack’s Role in How Far You Hit Your Driver

Angle of Attack’s Role in How Far You Hit Your Driver By Dr. T. J. Tomasi Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research As you probably know, TrackMan technology measures what the golf ball is doing from impact to the time it stops rolling. I employed the TrackMan for a study…

Good Tips and Bad

Good Tips and Bad By Dr. T. J. Tomasi Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research Of course, as a teacher, I recommend that you take lessons from a qualified teaching professional – but most do not. It’s estimated that only about 10 percent of the ~26 million golfers in the…

Don’t Let Misconceptions Ruin Your Game

MISCONCEPTIONS CAN RUIN YOUR GAME By Dr. T. J. Tomasi Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research Concepts are so important when it comes to learning your golf swing that I invented an acronym to make it easier for my students to remember – YGSWNBABTYCOWAGGSI. It looks awkward, but it is…

The Paradox of Learning May Be Ruining Your Golf

The Paradox of Learning May Be Ruining Your Golf By Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research When a lesson goes bad, the teacher tends to blame the student, and the student tends to blame the teacher – so who is most often responsible? You guessed it,…

The Scapula Tuck, Plus a Few Teaching Tips

The Scapula Tuck, Plus a Few Teaching Tips by Dr. T. J. Tomasi Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research Measurements by researchers show that during the downswing the spine tilts away from the target causing a small curve or bow in the lower torso. To start the downswing, the back-shoulder…

May the PES Be with You

May the PES Be with You By Dr. T. J. Tomasi Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research A man nicknamed “Four-Finger Brown,” soon to be known as “Three-Finger Brown,” was mowing his lawn when his neighbor asked him how he got his nickname. The man stuck his finger into the…

Slower Than Evolution

SLOWER THAN EVOLUTION By Dr. T. J. Tomasi Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research So I’m watching the first round of a PGA tour event on one TV and a replay of a classic college football game (Alabama vs Florida State) on another. Ben Crane, a journeyman player, is on…