2020-03-21 13:32
Symptom: Try as you might, you just can’t stop slicing. Especially, if your “no slice” swing evolves into a timid, three-quarter swing “just to get it int… Read More
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Stop hacking up the course and start breaking 80! Golf Swing Lessons, Tips, and Reviews for the Occasional Golfer Who Wants to Play Golf Well
2020-03-15 14:30
Symptom: Your golf downswing causes you to lose your balance as you swing. You start the downswing poorly, and so you can’t recover.
Your golf downswing doesn’t look l… Read More
2020-03-10 06:30
Symptom: You aren’t getting up and down enough when chipping.
Your erratic chipping leaves the ball too far from the hole too often, putting too much pressure on your short game… Read More
2020-03-05 09:00
Today we study the essentials of the golf downswing by learning the downswing sequence from Nick Watney.
Nick is a great ball striker who seems to produce effortless power with his simple, f… Read More
2020-02-27 09:00
Symptom: You frequently are told to “keep your head down” and “keep your head still” in order to improve your swing, and sometimes even say this to yourself aft… Read More
2020-02-21 09:00
Symptom: You pull out your sand wedge from the fringe, thinking its your best chipping club, but the results are no good. You seldom converting up-and-downs from just off th… Read More
2020-02-16 18:30
Symptom: You diligently try to improve your game, and are serious about wanting to swing like the guys on TV. Maybe you should try a new grip? But try as you might, you jus… Read More
2020-02-11 07:00
The starter move in the golf swing is very simple — to initiate your backswing, from a powerful setup position, you point your inside right knee at your inside left knee, ever so sligh… Read More
2020-02-08 08:30
Symptom: Erratic shots, losing your balance as you swing, a golf backswing that is too long, not reliable or powerful, and doesn’t hold up under pressure or from round to round.
People… Read More
2020-01-31 06:30
Symptom: The dreaded “spin-out” move, losing balance on your full golf swing. If you were to take a narrow golf stance width you would probably fall over on a full sw… Read More
2020-01-31 06:30
Symptom: The dreaded “spin-out” move, losing balance on your full golf swing. If you were to take a narrow golf stance width you would probably fall over on a full sw… Read More
2020-01-25 08:00
Symptom: Poor chipping, failure to get up and down from around the green. The frequent “you are still away”.
It may have taken you only two swings to get within ten f… Read More
2020-01-17 17:00
Symptom: Over the top downswings that results in slices, shanks, and other erratic shots, especially with longer irons and woods. Your over the top swing looks ugly and produces… Read More
2020-01-17 17:00
Symptom: Over the top downswings that results in slices, shanks, and other erratic shots, especially with longer irons and woods. Your over the top swing looks ugly and produces… Read More
2020-01-11 12:30
Symptom: Your golf stance setup doesn’t provide the solid base and connection to the ground that you need.
A proper golf stance would have let you turn against a solid lower half… Read More
2019-06-02 10:10
Today we take a look at the wonderfully simple, effective, and elegant swing of German golfer Martin Kaymer. A simple golf swing is a consistent golf swing. Occasional Golfers li… Read More
2019-05-27 10:00
Symptom: Poor putting on downhill putts, especially missing downhill putts on the low side of the hole because, yet again, you have underestimated the break. Or you over-read uph… Read More
2019-05-18 10:00
Symptom: You hit your tee shot from the middle of the tee box on every hole. But you have far too many missed fairways, especially on doglegs.
You say, “But I hit a good sh… Read More
2019-04-27 18:00
Symptom: You are topping, thinning, and scooping the golf ball despite all your best efforts to stop. You try to stop topping the golf ball but can’t seem to get it done.
Your se… Read More
2019-04-20 16:30
Symptom: Poor golf swing release on full shots, leading to weak shots that slice or tail off.
You know you ought to “get through the ball” and release the golf club better… Read More
2019-04-06 13:00
Symptom: You pull out your sand wedge from the fringe, thinking its your best chipping club, but the results are no good. You seldom converting up-and-downs from just off th… Read More
2019-03-31 16:00
Symptom: Your golf pitching technique is very poor. Your golf pitch shots from 80 yards and in are no good.
“How can I hit it close from 150 yards with a full swing but can… Read More
2019-03-16 14:00
Symptom: Your golf warm up routine is unstructured and scattered.
As a result, your round doesn’t really seem to get going until about the fifth hole, after you’ve dropped… Read More
2019-03-09 17:30
Symptom: You are obsessing about your left arm – is my left arm straight? Do I have a bent left elbow? All the while you are getting more and more tension in your arm… Read More
2019-03-02 16:00
Symptom: Your putting aim is not very good. You don’t align the line on your ball to your intended putting line.
You read your putts pretty well but somehow can’t see… Read More
2019-03-01 03:00
The day was bright and fine. Salt had been away from the course in the morning, but was back on the range in the afternoon.
His mission today was to help people with their golf sand shot.&nb&hell…Read More
2019-02-17 06:00
Symptom: You have heard of the no backswing golf swing drill but don’t know how to do it. You wonder if using a no backswing swing could help.
You sometimes lose your b… Read More
2019-02-10 07:00
Symptom: Your golf swing path is too steep, causing you to hit behind the golf ball, or worse. You long for a proper golf swing path that just works better most of the time.
Head… Read More
2019-02-02 06:39
Symptom: You don’t miss your putts on the high side of the hole. Instead you miss on the low side.
Seldom is there a need to watch your ball all the way to the hole because… Read More
2019-01-27 08:00
Symptom: You aim at the pin, even the sucker pin, no matter where it is on the green. You aren’t thinking about the pin placement, just about knocking it close like the guys on TV.
But… Read More
2019-01-19 09:00
Salt was musing at how nearly every high handicapper he met was obsessed with their golf swing speed. They wrongly equated a slow backswing with a slow golf swing. Nothing could… Read More
2019-01-13 09:00
Symptom: You want a power golf swing, but end up losing your balance quite often. When you have a balanced golf swing, you lose your power. Why can’t you seem to have… Read More
2019-01-04 10:00
It was getting late. Salt was looking for a golf beginner, someone who would be receptive to a golf beginner tip.
Most people at the range were pounding driver after driver, barely eve… Read More
2019-01-02 06:00
Salt was on the range early that day. He was studying some video tour players and noting their proper golf swing finish. Most of the golfers at his range couldn’t finish their go… Read More
2018-12-23 10:00
Symptom: You struggle with your golf alignment. Often you hit straight, solid shots, but they don’t go the direction you intended.
The feel and method of proper golf alignme… Read More
2018-12-01 14:45
Symptom: Breaking putts give you fits, because playing the right amount of break is elusive for you.
You often mutter things like, “I thought it would break more” or “… Read More
2018-11-25 08:30
Symptom: Your golf chipping technique leaves you far from the hole. Your golf chips are usually struck as intended but just don’t end up close enough.
And of course you don… Read More
2018-11-18 07:00
This video is just funny. It’s Rory vs. the Robot in a game of target golf.
Rory McIlroy takes on the robot in a game of target golf.
The Robot is pretty good at cracking jokes a… Read More
2018-08-19 08:30
Symptom: You are not sure which golf club to use on approach shots. You usually don’t choose enough golf club, and so are more often short than long.
You often say, “m… Read More
2018-07-29 11:00
Symptom: Your golf aiming is poor, because you have well struck shots that are straight but off target. Your misses are very repeatable, indicating a consistent aim point. I… Read More
2018-07-01 08:00
Symptom: Your fairway wood distance is almost as good as your driver distance. Plus your fairway wood goes a whole lot straighter.
Erratic drives are costing you strokes and causi… Read More
2018-06-28 07:00
Symptom: You lack confidence in your putting stroke. There’s almost no distance of putt where you can confidently say, “I can easily make this one”.
For you, every put… Read More
2018-06-10 08:30
Symptom: Try as you might, consistency on the golf course is elusive.
You hit great shots from time to time, but you also hit terrible shots, making you wonder if you have an evil twin that… Read More
2018-06-03 08:00
Symptom: Inability to hit your chosen landing spot when chipping. So you have too few up-and-downs, too many big numbers, and lose too much money on the golf course.
Description:… Read More
2018-05-26 08:30
Symptom: At the driving range, you tip over your bucket of balls and hit them where they wind up. The golf lie you practice from is a very tight lie. Then, despite swe… Read More
2018-05-19 09:00
Symptom: Your greenside bunker play is not good — you fear the sand shot. You would rather play any other shot besides a bunker shot. For you it’s a sandy pit of gloom… Read More
2018-05-05 09:30
Symptom: Your golf practice routine is not very structured. Your swing “felt good” on the range, but the results aren’t there on the course.
You sadly watch anot… Read More
2018-04-28 10:00
Symptom: You are often looking up right after you hit your putt. You should listen for the ball to drop instead.
Overview: Keep your head down until well after your putterhead str… Read More
2018-04-22 09:30
Symptom: Poor iron tee shots on par three holes.
You can’t seem to figure out why you can hit your seven iron so sweetly from the fairway, but when you tee it up you sky it high… Read More
2018-04-13 13:00
Symptom: Golf chipping is your nemesis. Your golf chipping technique results in duffing or chunking the ball around the green. You wonder how in the world golf ball ch… Read More
2018-04-08 10:00
Symptom: You can’t seem to hit the golf ball first. Instead you hit behind the ball, and watch in disgust as the ball scuttles along the ground instead of arching gracefully… Read More
2018-04-03 13:00
Symptom: Poor shots out of fairway bunkers. You always come up way short.
Or worse yet, a morbid fear of hitting into a fairway bunker, cursing when you end up in a fairway bunker, the… Read More
2018-03-30 08:00
Symptom: Your golf grip pressure is not something you think about much. In tense situations, your grip pressure gets tighter, not lighter.
You might even think that the longer clu… Read More
2018-03-22 20:00
Symptom: You having trouble with the s-word, the golf shank. You need to fix your golf shank and fast, but you are not sure why you shank the golf ball in the first place.
And you… Read More
2018-03-19 09:00
Symptom: Your golf downswing causes you to lose your balance as you swing. You start the downswing poorly, and so you can’t recover. Your golf downswing doesn’t… Read More
2018-03-16 12:00
In this video post, we take a look at Justin Thomas.
In particular, his golf setup and golf alignment routine that he goes through before he addresses the golf ball. Mundane, you say?… Read More
2018-03-13 12:00
Symptom: When chipping from a bad lie, your chip shots sometimes go two feet instead of the thirty feet you had planned, often nestling down in the grass to make for an even more diffi… Read More
2018-02-22 16:23
Symptom: Over-the-top downswings that results in slices, shanks, and other erratic shots, especially with longer irons and woods. For sure, nobody ever says, "Wow, how did you hi… Read More
2017-04-27 23:10
Symptom: Incomplete follow through, resulting in weak shots that slice or tail off to the right. You can't seem to get up on your right toe on the follow through to pose at the… Read More
2017-03-15 21:27
Symptom: You are topping, thinning, and scooping the ball despite all your best efforts to stop. Your iron shots just fly low and fast over the green, or skitter along the ground, or d… Read More
2017-02-16 10:24
Symptom: Erratic drives are costing you strokes and causing you to venture far from the short grass. What's worse, in order to "keep it in play", you find yourself being tentative with… Read More
2017-02-06 13:14
Today we take a look at the golf swing of Charles Barkley. If you follow golf, you have surely seen his very odd swing in action. His swing is usually the object of ridicule, and… Read More
2017-02-01 12:59
Symptom: Your golf swing is more like a hit or a slap, lacking fluidity and power. Nobody says anything like "how did you hit it so far with such a slow and easy swing?" Th… Read More
2017-01-26 18:10
Symptom: You diligently try to improve your game, and are serious about wanting to swing like the guys on TV. But try as you might, you just can't seem to get it done, despite fl… Read More
2017-01-19 18:18
In this article, we take a look at two very different approaches to the golf swing plane as demonstrated by Matt Kuchar and Fred Couples. Matt Kuchar has one of the flattest swing plane… Read More
2017-01-09 13:45
Symptom: Inconsistent full shots, losing balance, lack of crisp contact, backswing too long or past parallel. Your lack of balance draws sneers from your playing companions, who… Read More
2017-01-07 14:29
Today we study the essentials of the downswing by learning from Nick Watney. Nick is a great ball striker who seems to produce effortless power with his simple, fluid, and coordinated… Read More
2016-11-30 14:52
Symptom: Painfully erratic ball striking, often accompanied by bouts of chunking, duffing, shanking, and hitting behind the golf ball. Head shaking and cursing under your breath… Read More
2016-11-14 17:57
Symptom: Inconsistent chipping, duffing or chunking the ball around the green. You wonder how in the world such a short shot could be so difficult. After all, a shorter sho… Read More
2016-11-05 17:16
Symptom: Can't seem to hit long irons, knockdown shots, or get yourself to deliver a descending blow to the ball. Or, maybe you can do these things sometimes but not always, and… Read More
2016-10-24 15:30
Symptom: You hit a bad shot and then say to yourself, "I didn't keep my head still and watch the ball that time," but you don't really know if that was the problem. Come to think… Read More
2016-10-15 17:32
Sergio Garcia has been one of the best and most consistent ball strikers on the PGA Tour since his debut in 1999. Sergio's swing may look a little bit unusual at first. But in fact Sergio… Read More
2016-09-14 12:57
In this article we have a look at the sweet, simple, and powerful golf swing of Webb Simpson, 2012 US Open Champion.The Occasional Golfer has much to learn from Simpson's motion. He ha… Read More
2016-07-27 18:48
Symptom: Too few up and downs. Your erratic chipping leaves the ball too far from the hole too often. The frequently shouted "get going" or "hit something", or "&$^#@"… Read More
2016-07-18 13:08
The Starter Move is very simple -- to initiate your backswing, from a powerful setup position, you point your inside right knee at your inside left knee, ever so slightly and rather quickly… Read More
2016-07-12 16:04
Symptom: Slice, poor balance, falling over as you finish your swing. Maybe you are spinning out, or lurching at the ball, or making other awkward moves. And for sure, nobody says… Read More
2016-07-01 19:52
Symptom: You dread the green-side bunker. It mocks you and haunts you when you hit your approach shot into the green, causing you to question your club selection and your target line… Read More
2016-06-20 13:14
Symptom: Try as you might, consistency on the golf course is elusive. You hit great shots from time to time, but you also hit terrible shots, making you wonder if you have an evil tw… Read More
2016-06-13 12:51
Today we take a look at the swing of a true legend of the game, Lee Trevino. Lee is going to show us how to release your clubhead down the line.Trevino, winner of six major championshi… Read More
2016-05-31 21:11
Symptom: Erratic shots, a golf swing that is not reliable or powerful, and doesn't hold up under pressure or from round to round. If only there were some way to get a swing that just w… Read More
2016-05-23 12:46
Salt was on the range early that day. The day was cool; it had rained the night before and so the grass was a little soggy. The clouds hung low, but it was not too windy. Not a day for fair… Read More
2016-05-16 12:59
Symptom: Far too many missed fairways, especially on doglegs where you say, "But I hit a good shot, it just rolled too far..." And so once again you are hacking it out of the thick stu… Read More
2016-05-11 12:17
It was getting late. Most golfers were pounding driver after driver, barely even looking where their ball was going before teeing up the next one. Salt was not interested in thes… Read More
2016-05-02 12:25
Symptom: Poor pitch shots from 80 yards and in, characterized by duffing, chunking, shanking and cursing. "How can I hit it close from 150 yards but can't put it on the green fro… Read More
2016-04-22 13:31
Symptom: Your stomach starts to turn and your knees start to wobble as you eye the water hazard in front of the tee, the bunker in the distance, or the trees off to the right. Yo… Read More
2016-04-11 12:38
Symptom: Erratic shots, poor balance, and an inability to get into that "perfect pose position" on your follow through. You sometimes find that instead of facing down the target line o… Read More
2016-04-10 13:38
In this article we look at Jordan Spieth's golf swing, to see what the Occasional Golfer might learn from his example. Spieth's is a great swing to emulate, not just because of his hug… Read More
2016-04-07 20:15
Symptom: Poor release on full shots, leading to weak shots that slice or tail off. You know you ought to "get through the ball" better but just can't figure out what that really… Read More
2016-03-15 12:41
Symptom: Poor distance control when chipping. Your misses are much more likely to be long or short than left or right. And of course you don't get up and down as often as you wou… Read More
2016-03-08 14:12
Symptom: Poor shots out of fairway bunkers. Or worse yet, a morbid fear of hitting into a fairway bunker, cursing when you end up in a fairway bunker, the feeling of hopelessness as yo… Read More
2016-02-29 13:38
Symptom: Swaying off the ball on the backswing, which puts you out of position at the top, causing an inconsistent and weak downswing. You frequently say to yourself, "you would… Read More
2016-02-14 15:33
Symptom: You take several shots, or even several holes, to recover from one bad swing or errant shot. So, you end up with a scorecard with mostly good scores, but a few really bi… Read More
2016-02-09 13:46
Symptom: Your approach shots are usually short of the hole. You often say, "must be more uphill than I thought" or "I guess there's some wind up there" or similar lame utterances. &hell…Read More
2016-01-28 13:38
Symptom: You have an over-the-top or casting move on your downswing, which causes you to slice, or pull or shank. Ugh. And you don't like it very much and wish it would just stop… Read More
2016-01-21 13:59
Salt saw a curious gentleman in the distance. Or rather, he heard him. He was pounding drivers on the range, one after the other. He could hit the ball a long way indeed. Sometimes he wo… Read More
2015-11-13 13:57
Symptom: The dreaded "spin-out" move, losing balance on your full golf swing, swaying off the ball like a ballroom dancer, lunging at the ball with an over-the-top casting motion, or j… Read More
2015-11-04 14:01
Symptom: You frequently spend time looking for your ball on the course, saying things like "I thought it went over here" and "I could have sworn it was by this tree" and "I thought I w… Read More
2015-10-26 12:55
Symptom: Your swing "felt good" on the range, but doesn't work on the course. You sadly watch another well-struck shot miss the fairway and bounce into the woods. Yes, you hit it… Read More
2015-10-02 12:51
Here we contrast and compare the swings of two long hitters, John Daly and J.B. Holmes. Which one should you be looking at in your quest for more distance? (Spoiler alert -- J.B… Read More
2015-07-20 20:54
Symptom: Poor iron tee shots on par three holes. You can't seem to figure out why you can hit your seven iron so sweetly from the fairway, but when you tee it up you sky it high… Read More
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