Play Like A Pro

Every week, TV audiences are mesmerized by PGA Tour pros. It’s easy to understand why.
Every week, TV audiences are mesmerized by PGA Tour pros. It’s easy to understand why.
PGA Tour member Ryan Moore demonstrates how to make solid contact.
On the PGA Tour, they call it Total Driving. That’s the stat that ranks players according to how far and straight they drive the ball.
Camilo Villegas and J.B. Holmes are two of the game’s longest hitters. Jesper Parnevik is one of the longest iron players. What can you learn from them?
I’ve seen so many different approaches to golf instruction that some things have come full circle. For every instructor who says keep your head down, another says let it turn.
Depending on whom you ask, the median amateur driver distance is about 200-210 yards. Shocking, right?
One of the great things about the game of golf is that, on occasion, all of us, even the highest handicapper, will hit a shot like a pro. It might be a well-struck drive, hitting a par-5 in two or holing out a bunker shot.
They may not know it, but several of the best golfers in the world are actually darn good instructors. They may not articulate their moves verbally, but in watching them play, there’s a lot that we as wannabe-Tour pros can learn and pick up from their amazing abilities.
Golf instruction usually is loaded with tips on what you need to do to optimize your downswing and impact position. And while that’s obviously important, I believe it’s just as important to know how to make a proper backswing.
Don’t get us wrong, Anthony Kim still has in our opinion, one of the
most compact and powerful swings on the PGA Tour. As is the case with
this shot, he actually just barely missed green, albeit a long ways to
the right and at the opposite end of the pin which was tucked in the
back left corner.