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Video lesson: Get your 50-metre pitch closer
The 50-metre pitch is a regular shot for many of us and it should be one of the easiest shots in the game to play, but a lot of players butcher it simply by making a disconnected swing.
11 Oct 2023
Video lesson: The secret to better green reading
There is a real skill involved in reading greens successfully and if you can improve this aspect of your game, you will take great strides to becoming a better putter and shooting lower scores.
11 Oct 2023
Video lesson: Consider all your greenside options
One of the most overlooked aspects of scoring well is short game strategy.
12 Sep 2023
Video lesson: Your checkpoint for a better setup
A balanced address position is crucial for any golfer to make a good swing.
12 Sep 2023
Video lesson: Punching out of trouble
If you have the ability to punch a shot out of trouble, minimising the effect of your mistake, you can also limit the impact on your scorecard.
15 Aug 2023
Video lesson: The best way to avoid three-putting
Reducing the number of three-putts you have in a round of golf is as simple as becoming less fixated on the hole and more focused on distance control.
11 Jul 2023
Video lesson: A guaranteed bunker shot saviour
The greenside bunker shot is meant to be one of the easiest shots in the game to play.
11 Jul 2023
Video lesson: Where's your head at impact?
I’m often asked by students “where should my head be at impact?”
13 Jun 2023
Video lesson: Make the ideal takeaway
The takeaway in the backswing is critical as it sets the tone for the rest of the swing, influencing swing path, clubface alignment and rhythm.
13 Jun 2023
Video lesson: Chipping from a divot
It might be enough to break your heart. Your approach into a green trickles off the putting surface and when you arrive at your ball your shoulders slump to see it has settled in an old divot or depression.
13 Jun 2023
Video lesson: A 'shadowy' drill to improve your chipping
If you’re one of the many golfers who regularly hit it the two disaster shots for chipping .. ‘fat’ or ‘thin’.
16 May 2023
Video lesson: The REAL reason why you lift your head and hit bad shots
How many times have you heard, or been told by a playing partner, to keep your head down after you have duffed a shot?
16 May 2023
Video lesson: The swing secrets your divots reveal
Knowing how to read your divots is a great skill for any golfer looking to solve swing issues on the range or during a round.
16 May 2023
Video lesson: Get rid of your chicken wing swing
One of the most common issues with amateur golfers is the dreaded chicken wing, where the left elbow (for right-handers) bends through impact and into the follow-through.
11 Apr 2023
Video lesson: Roll your putts on the right line, every time
Putter face alignment and the speed you hit a putt are both variables within your control to get right and increase your chances of making any given putt.
11 Apr 2023
Swing Study: Jon Rahm
Spain’s Jon Rahm has continued on from his victory and eight PGA Tour top-10s last year with victory in the 2023 Tournament of Champions. Here, we examine his unique swing and analyse its finest attributes that make him one of the game’s great ball-strikers.
9 Jan 2023
A Stroke of Genius: How to putt like Cam Smith
Cameron Smith has has a career-high 2022 with victories at the year-opening Tournament of Champions, the Players Championship and the 150th Open Championship at St. Andrews.
7 Oct 2022
Swing Study: Min Woo Lee
The two-time European Tour winner has a swing that impresses all that witness it first-hand. Here, there are plenty of good lessons to learn from Min Woo’s powerful, yet efficient, action.
28 Sep 2022
Swing Study: Marc Leishman
Denis McDade has been coaching Marc Leishman for more than 20 years. Here, he takes you through what they have worked on to build and maintain fundamentals to succeed at the highest level and hone his shot-making skills. Here’s what you can learn from ‘Leish’.
14 Sep 2022
Swing Study: Jordan Spieth
The World No.13 has a swing that is uniquely his. It’s not textbook but it obviously works given he has won three majors and 16 titles around the world and he’s only 29. Here’s what you can take away from his swing.
7 Sep 2022
The Thing About Golf Podcast #68 – Denis McDade
In the past three decades the high profile golf coach has become a thing.
15 Jun 2022
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