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Luke Donald practicing this week at Riviera. If you want to hit it straight, starting direction matters.

Anyone who loves the game of golf, has played competitively or just enjoy watching golf on television will love this interview with Padraig Harrington after his third round 63 at the Phoenix Open. He was asked why he tinkers so much with his swing and if he's made any recent changes. It's a...

Any advice for my friend's massive pivot stall?

I've been working with Shields on the Paul Lawrie trick at the .30 mark. Webb Simpson tried it first with disastrous results.

Much has been discussed about the benefits of hitting up on a driver, but very little has been made about hitting up on irons or hybrids. The reason being, most irons and hybrids are hit off the ground, therefore they must be hit with a descending blow. Par three's, however are a different...

Brian, I have been experimenting a bunch on FS lately with Gear Effect on the driver, intentionally hitting balls on the heel and toe, high and low, but with different angles of attack and club paths and charting the results. Is it possible that the golf ball reacts differently, sometimes...

Now that the PGA Tour has changed its rules on gaining Tour Cards through the Nationwide Tour and not Q-School, I was interested to hear how the player's ON THE TOUR feel about the changes. "If you play good golf, you shouldn't worry about it," said Sam Saunders, Palmer's grandson now playing...

Although much of what is discussed on this forum centers on what a golfer can do both biomechanically and scientifically for optimal results, far less is mentioned about those students whose lack of flexibility, range of motion, age or athletic ability prevents them from making a full backswing...

By now, much has been written and discussed about the benefits of a non-tugging, closed shoulders counterfall as it pertains to directing the proper handpath during transition. This was a terrific part of the Soft Draw Pattern and very beneficial to most students, especially those students...

Despite the potential for poor television ratings on Sunday, seeing the Match Play bracket for tomorrow's event really makes me wish there were more events like this. Dustin Johnson vs Jim Furyk David Toms vs Rickie Fowler Schwartzel vs Woodland Bill Haas vs Ishikawa Garcia vs Jimenez...

I spoke with Dr. Greg Rose from TPI at the PGA Show and asked him what, if any, exercises he would recommend that are great for nearly all golf swings and specifically for increasing clubhead speed. He said anything that involves pulling. He demonstrated several exercises using the cable...

From his book, "A New Way to Better Golf" circa 1946. "The center of the body, the shoulders, arms and hands must arrive at a certain point opposite the ball at the same time and since one member has a greater distance than the other to travel, the various members must move at a speed in...

I am continually amazed at some of the things that Tour Pros are "working on" from week to week. Many of them succeed despite themselves. Played with a PGA Tour veteran and multiple winner on tour last week in an event and picked his brain over some of his misses, especially his left misses...

Just my two cents, but I don't want to hear how he needs to spend MORE time on the range. When a player plays well for three days (leads the field in GIR) two events in a row and then struggles with all facets of the game on Sunday, its not a physical issue. Its a mental one. He's quickly...

Check out this great video of Luke Donald's golf swing last week at the JB Were Masters in Australia. Great pre-shot routine accentuating a free wheeling release. My question is...how many things do you have to do correctly to get the club in the position posted below. You have to be pretty...

The story goes that Leo Diegel, multiple PGA Championship winner and World Golf Hall of Fame member, made a lot of money gambling with people. The bet was that he could not put his left foot on the ground during the swing or it would cost him a shot. He began the practice after dislocating his...

As a recovering "handle-dragger", including for many years teaching "lag and drag", I have never seen a more instantaneous and immediate improvement in my ball striking than with the information that both Kevin Shields has shown me personally and that I've gleaned from this forum via BM and MJ...

Can the Acceleration Profile on Flightscope be used to determine whether or not a player has "gone normal" at impact or is it used for clubfitting purposes only?

There has been A LOT of discussion about Tiger Woods' recent swing changes and A LOT of discussion about The CP Release. Although no one may know exactly what Tiger is working on specifically, several bits of information have leaked out including Tiger hitting "up on the ball more" and...

Yesterday was my first day using Trackman for teaching/fitting. First of all, coolest thing ever. But I have some questions... 1- It seems that a players alignment has a "huge effect" on the Trackman readings. If a player consistently aims left but swings slightly inside out, Trackman will...