June

  • A-Z Putting (E): Easy Two Putt

    Monday 24 June 2019

    Become a better lag putter to give yourself easy two-putts more often This Tip comes from top 50 Teacher gareth Johnston Calcot Park, Berkshire PGA Professional and Director of Golf at Calcot Park The ability to lag putts dead from distance is far more about learning to trust your senses of sight and feel than gaining any specific technical skill. The drill...

  • A-Z Putting (D): Drills For Pure Putting

    Monday 24 June 2019

    Drills for Pure Putting: Five go-to exercises that have stood the test of time If you want some simple but effective drills to help you with your stroke, alignment and accuracy, then look no further.  These five drills all help with a different part of your putting, and are aimed to help you cut down the number of putts per round.  1. Belly...

  • A-Z Putting (C): Claw Grip

    Monday 24 June 2019

    Claw Grip… could switching help your putting? This tip comes from Top 50 Teacher Gareth Johnston Calcot Park, Berkshire PGA Professional and Director of Golf at Calcot Park With Claw grippers Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Rose and Sergio Garcia rolling Europe to victory in last autumn’s Ryder Cup, the hold is becoming increasingly accepted and practised. And no wonder; in reducing the in...

  • A-Z Putting (B): Blade v Mallet

    Monday 24 June 2019

    Blades were always used by the best players on Tour. Not anymore though The best putters in the business all used to use blades. Fact. Loren Roberts, Steve Stricker, Brad Faxon and of course Tiger Woods were all great at holing out, they also all used blades too. Today things are not so clear-cut; Justin Rose, DJ, Jason Day, Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy...

  • A-Z Putting (A): Aimpoint

    Written by Jamie Donaldson on Monday 24 June 2019

    AimApoint: The system that takes the mystery out of green-reading  (Jump to drill: Four steps to a better read with Aimpoint) A couple of things we already know. Putts break towards water or the sea or into a valley. They break more at the than they do at the beginning and no matter how experienced you might be, there is always an...

  • The A-Z of Putting

    Monday 24 June 2019

    The A-Z of Putting: Become a master of the greens with our guide to drills, equipment, mentality and more…  • A: Aimpoint • B: Blade vs Mallet • C: Claw Grip • D: Drills for Pure Putting • E: Easy Two Putts • F: Fitting • G: Grips • H: Hosels • I: Impact • J: Jason Day’s Set Up Secrets...

  • Phil Kenyon: Anyone can become a better putter

    Monday 17 June 2019

    Golf’s biggest stars are queuing up to work with Phil Kenyon, Britain’s foremost putting coach. Phil Kenyon is probably the greatest coach you do not know. Some of that comes down to choice, hence you rarely see him on TV screens, but it doesn’t help that he’s a master in the field of putting, the one part of the game golfers...

  • Pete Cowen: The key to a consistent short game

    Monday 17 June 2019

    Pete Cowen, the coach of U.S Open champion Gary Woodland and PGA Champ Brooks Koepka, has built a career out of turning golfers into serial winners. Now it’s your turn… Pete Cowen has had plenty to celebrate this year: Being the short-game coach of Brooks Koepka will do that, having picked up his fourth major and posting two runner-ups at the...