Lower Your Handicap with Short Distance Shots

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…

The Open Championship

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…

Control Your Fear by Not Being Afraid

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…

A Complete Golf Swing Requires Selective vs. Global Tension

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…

Don’t Forget What Your Golf Coach Tells You

By Bradley Turner Keiser University College of Golf Director of Online Golf Instruction, MBA, PGA An awesome first step in learning to play this great game is to get some help from a good golf coach. There are many quality golf instructors that are available to help you with your game. For golfers that seek…

Dealing with Your Dragons

By Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research Like every golfer, you probably have one or two swing dragons — faults that recur while you’re in the middle of the round, especially under pressure. To self-correct on the golf course, you need to know what your dragons…

Do You Have a Golf Coach?

By Bradley Turner Keiser University College of Golf Director of Online Golf Instruction – MBA, PGA This past weekend, I went to the local driving range to get some much-needed practice done. As I walked down the line of golfers to an open space on the range, I experienced a very common concern. While stretching…

My Top 10 Favorite Golf Experiences

Brad Turner, PGA Certified Professional and Director of Online Golf Instruction As a young golfer, I was fortunate to play a lot of golf at the local public golf courses. I grew up playing the municipal golf course in my hometown and consider myself to be a muni golfer at my core. As I played…

The Leg Swing Drill

By Dr. T. J. Tomasi, Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research When he was having swing problems a few years ago, Golf Magazine asked me what I would do if I were Phil Mickelson’s coach. My response was: “Under pressure and/or when he tries to hit the ball too hard,…

Lexi’s U.S. Open

By Bradley Turner Keiser University College of Golf Director of Online Golf Instruction – MBA, PGA I have always enjoyed watching the best athletes in their respective sports perform on the biggest stage. There is no bigger stage for women’s golf than the United States Open Championship known as the U.S. Open. This past weekend,…