When many people think of a golf pro, they picture famous golfers like Tiger Woods. However, most golf pros do not play on the PGA Tour. They are the managers of golf facilities and provide lessons to amateurs, conduct local tournaments, and focus on growing the business of golf. If you are interested in becoming…
By Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research Two types of motion are combined during the downswing, and the timing of the transition from one (lateral) to the other (rotational) is the key to solid ball striking. The downswing’s lateral motion begins at the top of the…
By Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research Tiger Woods switches teachers far more often than any other great player. He’s had at least four that he’d admit to since he turned pro in 1997. Bobby Jones had only one teacher — Stewart Maiden, and he wasn’t…
By Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research I used to have a young student who would shout ‘Ball go far!’ every time she hit her driver. She turned out to be a very good player, and her golf ball did go far, primarily because she didn’t…
By Bradley Turner Keiser University College of Golf Director of Online Golf Instruction, MBA, PGA A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to play a very nice private golf course for the first time. The Country Club of Sapphire Valley is a beautiful mountain golf course in the western North Carolina mountains. The Head…
By Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research The key to this piece of instruction is simple: Keep your legs underneath you while you swing. As a reference point, visualize an imaginary line from the outside of each shoulder to the ground at address. When your knees…
By Bradley Turner Keiser University College of Golf Director of Online Golf Instruction – MBA, PGA Tiger Woods is involved in a new golf venture called “Popstroke,” which is a blend of mini-golf and TopGolf. Instead of asking customers to make full swings and hit golf balls out to targets, “Popstroke” is presenting realistic putting…
By Bradley Turner Keiser University College of Golf Director of Online Golf Instruction – MBA, PGA The 149th Open Championship was a bit different than so many other Open Championships when the wind and the rain have played havoc with the players. This year, the Open was blessed with perfect weather, resulting in Collin Morikawa…
By Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research To paraphrase Gordon Gekko in the movie “Wall Street,” let me say that “fear is good.” This is not to say, however, that “being afraid” is good. The two are very different in that fear is the mother of…
By Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research When you make a golf swing, your goal is not to be totally rigid or completely relaxed, but some combination of the two. At address, for example, you should feel somewhere between tripwire-tense and limp, a feeling I call…
