Golf Instruction

Shorter Drivers … The Way to Drive

Continuing on with the PPGS golf school at The PGA Teaching and Learning Center in Port St. Lucie, Florida, only one student showed up with a driver shorter than today’s standards. He had already cut his driver down to 43 ½ inches as per my suggestions that have been written in these articles. [...]

Back Leg and Knee Must Stay Flexed in Backswing

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Now that you all have met my friend Anthony Netto, let’s get back to discussing setup and swing issues I saw with our students at the PPGS golf school last week.
One major problem that I see in golfers at all levels, including the professional tours [...]

Meet My Friend Anthony…The Epitome of the PPGS

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I met Anthony around 4 years ago at the PGA Merchandise Show’s Club Demo Day at the Orange County National Golf Club driving range. I was walking on the practice tee with Greg MacDonell, PGA, my head instructor, and saw Anthony getting ready to [...]

Swing Arms Faster!

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The first PPGS School had a number of students that had the same problem that I read in many blogs.  Basically, it is that they are hitting their irons and hybrids better and the driver, but are loosing distance.  They like the solid and straight [...]

BAD, FAD, & The X’ED out Factor in Alignment

Yesterday, we discussed how 7 of the 8 students had poor to bad alignment and were aimed no less than 20 plus yards outside wide or closed to their target, to the right for righties and left for the lefties.  Inside wide or open to the target would be aiming left of the target for [...]

PPGS Golf School

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We just got back from The PGA Teaching and Learning Center in Port St. Lucie, Florida where we held the first ever PPGS Golf School.  We had 8 students, all males, 6 righties and 2 lefties. All are members of the Inner Circle.  They all [...]

The (right) Big Stick.

Note: Port St. Lucie, FL, The PGA Learning Center. Seems impossible we’re in our final hours at the golf school. Weather yesterday was fantastic, if rather windy. (O.K. golf school students, it was really windy.) I was able to play with everybody in the afternoon and while not all shots were perfect, I saw some [...]

Playing in the Wind

Note: Port St. Lucie, The PGA Learning Center. We’re beginning our second day under beautiful, sunny skies. Yesterday was clouds all day, a big wind, and cold! But we didn’t sweat the small stuff. I can’t tell you how great these students are. They ask good questions all day and are determined to go to [...]

Cold Weather Playing Tips

Note: Down here at the PGA Learning Center in Port St. Lucie, FL — it’s our first full day for the school — we don’t need cold weather gear. Maybe a raincoat, but the weatherman says the sun is going to come out. While all the students are very capable golfers, guess what they all [...]

Side Hill Lies

Note: We down here at the PGA Learning Center in Port St. Lucie, FL with a group of Inner Circle members who are chomping at the bit to get to the beautiful lesson tees. The place is great and so are the students! One of the many features we’ll cover are side hill lies and [...]

Sacred Burial Ground: Clarification

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Dave Lyon says:
Don, on your homepage, the PPGS sequence shows the clubhead going behind your head into the Sacred Burial Ground (SBG). Is it only your left hand that musn’t go into the SBG? I was under the impression that the clubhead must not venture [...]

Putting Grip, Stance, Comments, Q & A

The daily article yesterday threw out the concept of using your playing grip for your putting grip. The article did not say this was dogma, but rather said we “advocate” the grip. Webster’s dictionary defines the verb advocate, as to speak or write in support of. The point is this is another [...]

Putting Grip: Another Approach

Some of you have called customer service and have spoken to Ken, my younger and only brother. As such, he is quite knowledgeable of the PPGS. Ken was a plus handicap golfer in his junior and college days and won many amateur tournaments. When I was the Head Professional at Pinetree CC [...]

Words from Warren

I was reading questions and comments following one of my daily articles and this one jumped out at me as it is quite long and chock full of good information. I decided to use this as an article of the day because I felt that since it was written by a reader, his insights [...]

Bifocals/Trifocals: Yes or No?

I saw this blog from John and his question hits home with a lot of golfers.
John Spurr says:
Don, I have been talking with a teaching golf pro about glasses. He noticed that I was wearing progressive bifocals and said flat out that they would have to go. He suggests having a pair of glasses made [...]

Jump Shot Golf Swing

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The other day, Elaine wrote her question (see below) saying that her husband, a good player, says that she always comes off her feet hitting the ball.  She asked why it happens and can I help her.  Ken wrote in yesterday about his wife coming [...]

Swing Up, Even Hitting Irons

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Rich Crossin says:
October 30, 2009 at 12:42 pm
Don,
I can not finish my swing with an iron. I can hit great tee shots with a full finish but I stop a foot past the ball with the irons. Any ideas?
The Surge says:
I saw this question Rich [...]

Physical Limitations

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The PPGS can find adjustments that will cure the problem.
ScottW says:
Don, I am an occasional golfer with a somewhat unique swing issue. I’ve got some titanium hardware in my lower back which has dramatically altered my ability to stand, address and swing properly. Because of [...]

Parallel Alignment Defined!

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Hello Everyone.  I read the comments after yesterday’s article on answering a question about timing that I felt was caused by bad alignment.  This led to a number of questions and comments, with a few helpful hints and suggestions about alignment, like how far left [...]

Timing the Swing

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The blogs after yesterday’s article had this interesting and important question.
Randy Pegram says:
Hey Don, I am having a heck of a time with the timing of my swing. I get too fast and my shoulders open (outside in swing plane) or too slow and hook [...]