by Bradley Turner Keiser University College of Golf Director of Online Golf Instruction – MBA, PGA I was fortunate to spend a few days at Augusta National with some fellow golf professionals this past April. It is always a great experience as we watch the best players in the world test their golf skills at…
by Dr. TJ Tomasi, College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research In my opinion, of the great players, Ben Hogan had the most clubface control – but it wasn’t always that way; i.e., Hogan wasn’t always “Hogan.” In fact, early in his career he called himself ‘the terror of the field mice’ because…
by Dr. Eric Wilson Keiser University College of Golf Executive Director of Golf Operations Keiser University College of Golf (KUCOG) History of Golf class students recently had the unique opportunity to organize and participate in a putting competition using hickory-shafted putters and golf balls from different historical eras, beginning in the early 1800s and progressing…
by Bradley Turner, Keiser University College of Golf Director of Online Golf Instruction – MBA, PGA There are plenty of videos and articles on the Internet for the avid golfer to view and study. It is interesting that so much of the golf instruction today is focused on the latest technology in golf. This trendy…
by Bradley Turner, Keiser University College of Golf Director of Online Golf Instruction Have you ever been to a bookstore and noticed how many golf books are available versus any other sport? Golf may not be the most popular sport based on television ratings. But, if you account for all the books written on this…
Golf course superintendents must take it upon themselves to keep the course and the greens in the best possible condition throughout the year. The downside to this is that at least once a year, the greens have to be punched. This is also called aeration. Few things are more frustrating to golfers than having to…
by Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research If you stare at an object for, say, 30 seconds and then look away to a new focus, you can still see its image lingering on your mental screen for a few seconds. According to research by Gustav Levine and…
by Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research Golf is usually contested over five hours or so, and therefore a high level of persistence is difficult to maintain. And since golf is a series of tasks (shots) to be accomplished one after another, a golfer, without knowing…
by Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research In the lab of Carlos Brody, scientists figured out how a rat makes mistakes. His team found that making an erroneous decision is caused by errors, or “noise,” in the information coming into the brain rather than errors in…
by Bradley Turner, Keiser University College of Golf Director of Online Golf Instruction – PGA, MBA There has been plenty of conversation in golf coaching circles focused on clarifying the Golf Ball Flight Laws. The Golf Ball Flight Laws, as written in the PGA Teaching Manual by Dr. Gary Wiren, has served as a foundation…
