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Enter "The Zone": the six steps to accessing your golfing peak state
Some call it “The Zone”, others call it a peak state. Whatever the name, every golfer dreams of that magical space where everything flows. Here's how to access it on demand, according to mindset coach and author of Beyond The Fairways To Fulfilment, Chris Hynes
27 Nov 2025
Course Management tips with mindset coach Chris Hynes
Chris Hynes - Golf Australia magazine's mindset coach, golf professional and author of "Beyond the Fairways to Fulfilment" - on the importance of planning, discipline and trust when managing your ball - and your mind - around the golf course.
8 Oct 2025
Video Lesson: Channel sports champions in your golf swing
During his career, Tom Linskey has had the opportunity to play golf with so many of Australia’s great sports people – and so many of them play golf every chance they get. Here we learn what Linskey's learned from the movement of athletes in other ball sports.
30 Sep 2025
Video Lesson: Tiger's simple putting secrets revealed
What Tiger Woods was thinking before he rolled in THAT putt to force a play-off in the 2008 U.S Open at Torrey Pines ... and the two simple concepts you can take from Tiger into your putting routine, according to Tom Linskey, founder and head teaching professional at Australian Golf Schools.
1 Sep 2025
Video Lesson: Sound off clubface key to distance control in pitch shots
"When you hit a pitch, the sound equals the contact and the contact equals the distance," says Australian Golf Schools Senior Teaching Professional, David Gleeson. "When you practise, even if you’re off a mat, try to make sure you're getting a consistent strike, and thus consistent, similar audio feedback. Listen for the percussion of the strike."
27 Aug 2025
Video Lesson: Hear the swoosh past the ball
A good player does not hit at the ball or even think of hitting it. They swing the club from the top of their back-swing to the top of their follow-through via a plane where the ball happens to be. The ball is effectively in the way of their clubhead. Striking the ball on the way through is a by-product of their golf swing, says Tom Linskey of Australian Golf Schools.
30 Jun 2025
Personal Lesson: Stop your chips dead at the hole
Andrew Cooper, Head Teaching Professional at Victoria Golf Club, demonstrates the keys to gaining sufficient elevation and stopping power for chips around the green – a very common skill requirement around the tight lies of the Melbourne Sandbelt, but an action which can be applied on most surfaces around the green.
12 Mar 2025
PGA Personal Lesson: Stop Hitting It Fat (and Thin)
PGA of Australia member and head teaching professional at Commonwealth Golf Club, Marcus Hakkinen, has a simple and effective drill for improving the quality of your ball-striking and eliminating the dreaded fat chunk
16 Jan 2025
PGA Personal Lesson: the lost art of chipping with 5-iron
If you catch vision of Open Championships from the '60s and '70s, you'll see players of the day chipping onto greens with 4- and 5-irons. Chris Hynes, Head Teaching Professional at Sanctuary Lakes, calls it a lost art. And wants to bring it back. And, given its low margin for error and consistent results, particularly in the wind, you may wonder why you'd ever reach for lob-wedge again.
11 Dec 2024
Video Lesson: Sweep the floor when chipping on tight lies
This drill, demonstrated and explained here by PGA professional and Director of Instruction at Kingston Heath, Tom Corker, will teach you to use the sole of the club to make solid contact with the ball – without necessarily striking it first.
30 Nov 2024
PGA Personal Lesson - Andrew Cooper, Victoria GC
You’ve hit the back of the green and are now faced with a long, big-breaking, downhill putt which is well within three-putt territory. The keys from here are process, touch and feel, according to Head Teaching Professional at Victoria GC, Andrew Cooper
19 Nov 2024
Video Lesson: honing the feel of a repeatable putting stroke
Head Professional at Monash Country Club in Sydney's north, Torie Blakemore demonstrates a simple drill to hone the feel of a repeatable putting stroke.
23 Sep 2024
Video Lesson: Hit a stinger into the wind
Head Teaching Professional at Long Reef Golf Club in Sydney, Michael Infanti, offers up a quick tip on how to successfully penetrate a prevailing breeze.
30 Jul 2024
Video Lesson: Make putts with money
Keep your head down, the putter head square, and putt for dough with dough using these two simple drills performed by Cypress Lakes' Head Golf Professional and PGA of Australia member, Scott Cubis.
17 Jul 2024
Video Lesson: Chipping to a tee, with a tee
Many golfers, as soon as they’re over the ball and about to chip, have it in their heads to “lift” the golf ball into the air.
17 Jul 2024
Video Lesson: Hit your flop shots stone dead
You're faced with a tough up and down ... with very little green to work with between a bunker and the flag. What do you do?
19 Apr 2024
Video lesson: Maximise your driving power with a pitch
Have you ever considered that driving a golf ball off the tee is similar to throwing a ball?
26 Mar 2024
Video lesson: The key to perfect alignment
Proper alignment is vital for a good golf swing.
26 Mar 2024
Video lesson: Keep the 'golfer's gateway' open for a better swing
If you are fighting inconsistent ball-striking, where one good shot is followed by three or four bad ones, there is every chance you are closing your golfer’s gateway and restricting a good backswing as a result.
14 Mar 2024
Video lesson: Square up your alignment
If you are wondering why you never seem to hit a straight golf shot, it probably has something to do with your alignment.
14 Feb 2024
Video lesson: Stop hitting chunky shots now
Are you having trouble hitting the ball cleanly?
14 Feb 2024
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