Golf Swing: From Transition to Impact – The Three Separations

A Legacy Post by Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research Dr. T. J. Tomasi (1940-2023) The quality of your release through impact is related to three “separations that occur” as you start back to the ball from the top of your swing: (1) Your hands must separate from your back…

Golf Swing Mechanics: “Shear” Torture for Your Back

A Legacy Post by Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research Dr. T. J. Tomasi (1940-2023) “Shear” is the force produced when two structures oppose each other and attempt to slide past one another causing a twisting force.  An Earthquake in Your Back Two hundred million years ago North America split,…

Golf Swing Mechanics: A Game of Opposites

A Legacy Post by Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research Dr. T. J. Tomasi (1940-2023) Golf is filled with misconceptions, more so perhaps than any other game. Why – because the game is counterintuitive. Even though your brain is problem-solver par excellence, it’s often fooled when it comes to golf….

Knuckles Down for Penetrating Ball Flight

A Legacy Post by Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research Dr. T. J. Tomasi (1940-2023) What the clubface is doing at impact determines the quality of the strike – in fact, where it’s pointing determines 75-85% of the initial starting direction of your golf ball. In addition to directional control,…

Ball Position in a Golf Stance: Awkward Lies

A Legacy Post by Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research Dr. T. J. Tomasi (1940-2023) The first order of business when you arrive at your golf ball is to examine your lie, i.e., the characteristics of how your ball is sitting. Since your lie dictates the kind of shot you…

Golf Divot: Be a Divot Devotee

A Legacy Post by Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research Dr. T. J. Tomasi (1940-2023) Hitting your ball into a divot may be a bad break, but playing out of a divot is not as difficult as most club golfers expect. Based on the position of the ball in the…

Strokes Gained Approach: The Strokes Gained Statistics Are Explained

By Bradley Turner, Keiser University College of Golf Director of Online Golf Instruction – MBA, PGA The College of Golf at Keiser University offers a Master’s degree in Golf Teaching and Learning. In a recent discussion in the Science of the Short Game class, a student commented that most of the best ball strikers on…

Proper Golf Stance: “I” Finish is Easy on the Back

  A Legacy Post by Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research Dr. T. J. Tomasi (1940-2023) I work with a number of students with bad backs, either from injury or simply due to advancing age. So, when the golfer’s history arrives at ‘body profile,’ one of the first questions I…

Golf is a Game of Geometry

  A Legacy Post by Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research Dr. T. J. Tomasi (1940-2023) Golf is a game of geometry; so, to facilitate the rotary action of the swing, a key element is that the ball must be in the correct position at address.  What Kind of Mathematics…

Golf Muscle Memory: From Harry Potter* to Jordan Spieth

A Legacy Post by Keiser University College of Golf Senior Faculty and Director of Research Dr. T. J. Tomasi (1940-2023)   A Pensieve is a magical instrument used by Professor Dumbledore* to manipulate memories. Is this merely the product of a childlike imagination that exists only in a Harry Potter* work of fiction? Not anymore! …