Think you know a lot about golf shafts? Think again! Did you know there are no standards for shaft flex? It can mean something different for every manufacturer. Playability tolerances in each category of stiff or regular are vast! To understand this better, I spoke...
Through my experience as a coach I would say that the majority of people I see who come to the Academy are not quite clear on what effective practice means. Effective practice is different for everyone and its crucially important to know what it means so you can...
Grill 254 at La Cantera Resort and Spa is in the plainest terms a sports bar. A sports bar that happens serves gourmet burgers, ginger soy brussels sprouts, grilled asparagus, great soups, salads, and has twenty-four artesian beers on tap, twenty-one...
Okay, so the members of Austin’s University of Texas Golf Club haven’t located the Fountain of Youth, exactly. What they have discovered, though, is a country club environment with a “Forever Young” sensibility and ever-improving collection of resort-caliber...
It is one thing to hit the golf ball hard and far, but a very different matter to teach anyone else how to do it. In fact, very few golfers really understand where clubhead speed is generated within the swing and rarely implement the principles in the proper sequence...
Most golfers could easily hit the ball further and more accurately, yet a Golf Magazine study found that 90% of U.S. golfers may be playing with improperly fit clubs. A Golf Digest study found that 8 of 9 Club Champion custom fit golfers lowered their score by as much...
If you play golf then you know the mental ups and downs you experience. The old saying “Golf is 90% Mental” is a popular phrase. I think that’s certainly exaggerated, but nevertheless, golf is very mental. Before we get started discussing some ideas to strengthen...
A San Antonio getaway comes with certain expectations. Great Tex-Mex. A connection with Mexican American (and frequently, German) heritage. The obligatory visits the River Walk, Alamo and area attractions like Sea World, Six Flags Fiesta Texas or Hemisfair Park’s...
Golfers have always known how to make a grand entrance at a famous or notable golf course. 1920’s superstar Walter Hagen would often turn up at a famous club before a big match in a tux and top hat after a full night of partying, ready to take on his next opponent....