About Junior Golf
Getting Kids Started in the Game
January 5, 2005
People frequently ask me about the best age to get their children started at playing golf. The easy answer is that it is not really a question of age, but of interest and attention span, which is obviously different from one child to the next. I have given lessons to children as young as three years old, but in general, it seems that young golfers respond better from age six and up. Read more
Buying a Game
A Look at Golfer’s Priorities
October 13, 2006
In a world where golf club manufacturers daydream about things like coefficient of restitution and moment of inertia to make clubs that hit the ball farther and straighter; in a world where golf balls are engineered with two-piece construction and made of mysterious stuff like surlyn so that they fly unimaginable distances; in a world where people spend the equivalent of a college tuition to be properly outfitted for a round of golf; in a world where all this is true and yet the average male golfer shoots almost 100 and the average female shoots over 110—somebody needs to take a look at golfers’ priorities. Read more
Learning the Game
Learning Alone Might Not Be the Way to Go
December 1, 2004
The young man, about sixteen years old, was a cart boy and snack bar attendant at a municipal golf course in Maryland. He had a mess of sandy blond hair, and an earnest look about him. He begged the club pro to come down to the driving range and help him with his swing. The young guy was a beginner. Read more
Seeking Consistency
Beginning the search for the Holy Grail of golf
September 1, 2004
One of the things I hear repeatedly from golfers is that they want to be more consistent. They have hit those “tuning fork” shots when the ball comes off the clubface softly, like a warm marshmallow. Read more
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