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The Wedge Guy
  How Does Your Short Game Stack Up? I am a big believer that knowledge is power, and that is never more true that when it comes to assessing your golf game. 2 comments more... A New Kind of Putting Statistic My idea is that the true measure of how good a putting round you had just might be to total up the cumulative feet of putts you holed out. 69 comments more... Understanding Face Angle As I watch many mid- to high-handicap golfers have trouble with their wedges, I typically see that their problems begin with the face angle at address. 3 comments more... The Versatile Hybrid The equipment industry has changed the way we play the game, for sure, but I don’t think any single innovation has done more to make this game easier than the development of the hybrid. 6 comments more... Manage Your Gaps I’m a big fan of knowing how to hit your wedges specific yardages with consistency. The key to the consistency is to build a repeating wedge swing. 10 comments more... Groovin' I seem to get more and more questions about groove wear and replacing wedges, so let me address this topic today. 1 comments more... More On Short Game Tempo I am a fast player, and despise five hour rounds, but don’t fault anyone for taking a minute extra to get “right” with their recovery shot. 5 comments more... Managing Severe Greenside Lies I just returned from a wonderful golf trip to the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail in Alabama. But this is about the short game, so let me share some thoughts with you. 5 comments more... Replacing Your Wedges I get a lot of golfer inquiries about the very same subject – “How often should I replace my wedges to optimize spin?” So let’s explore the subject. 9 comments more... Lies about Lie Angle This is my first post since TheWedgeGuy.com moved to its new home at oobgolf.com, so I thought I would get out on the edge for all you new readers. 9 comments more...Golf Instruction - 9/10/08 How To Handle Tight Lies With Your Wedges One of the most challenging golf shots for many amateur players is the wedge from a tight lie. 7 comments more...Golf Instruction - 8/24/08 More On Learning - The Grip I'm a big believer that the golf swing is much easier to execute if you begin with the proper grip, and learn how to put your body in a good starting position. 8 comments more...Golf Instruction - 8/20/08 The Difference Between Learning And Practice I've been in Virginia for the past few days, working on business planning and playing golf every day with my EIDOLON partner and close friend, Ralph Thompson. 5 comments more...Golf Instruction - 8/14/08 The Teacher Becomes The Student One of the most interesting things about golf to me is that you never learn it all, and in fact, you never stop having to re-learn what you already know. 6 comments more...Golf Instruction - 8/11/08 All You Gotta Do Is ... Act Naturally This is kind of a continuation of my last post, where I was talking about seeing something in my golf buddy's putting set up that triggered the light bulb to go off. 4 comments more... USGA Rules On Grooves After almost two years of research, notifications to manufacturers, collection of comments and a strange period of silence, the USGA has finally issued its official notice. 3 comments more...Golf Instruction - 8/6/08 A Putting Epiphany Even though I'm writing a book on putting (The Natural Approach To Better Putting – hopefully out next spring), my own putting had been disappointing lately. 3 comments more...Golf Instruction - 8/3/08 The Quest For Distance In my last post, I wrote about my EIDOLON partner, Ralph Thompson, so heâs going to stick around as my subject today, too. 1 comments more...Golf Instruction - 8/1/08 Learning About Learning Golf Last week my partner in EIDOLON, Ralph Thompson, came down to Texas for a few days of business planning and lots of golf, as we always do. 0 comments more...Golf Instruction - 7/25/08 More On "Keeping Score" Here’s a follow-up to the post I wrote on comparing your game and scoring to the PGA Tour players. 10 comments more...Golf Instruction - 7/22/08 Smart Golf Lesson #1: Manage Your Lay Ups As you probably know, I recently began a weekly Short Game podcast series on GolfSmarterTips.com, where each week we discuss an aspect of the short game, and answer questions from listeners. 4 comments more... Tour Statistics: How Do Average Golfers Compare? In yesterday's paper, a sidebar column listed the statistic top ten in various categories from the PGA Tour, Champions Tour and LPGA Tour. 5 comments more...Golf Talk - 7/16/08 My Favorite Major Championship It was only after my brother and I made our trip to Scotland in 1990 that this week's event 'The Open Championship' (British Open to most) became my ... 1 comments more...Golf Instruction - 7/10/08 Are You A Digger Or A Picker? I've begun to feel a little pain in my fingers of my right hand if I really get down into an iron shot and dig a deep divot. 12 comments more...Golf Equipment - 7/10/08
Discussing Swingweight: What Really Happens To Over Length Shafts This is the part of the swingweight discussion where I expect to get lots of comments, so don't let me down. 6 comments more... |
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