Golf Instruction

Playing Golf in the Thin Air

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I played 18 holes yesterday with my brother Ken and Jack, our putting coach. The day was beautiful with just a slight breeze, sun shining and perfect blue sky. By our 11:30 tee time the temperature was warming up nicely to the mid [...]

Hit Down or Swing UP?

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Just the Thought can DO IT!
John Walowac asked a question concerning hitting down on the ball, mentioning that all the pros take divots.
I have been told by hundreds of golfers, men and women, kids and seniors, that when they began playing golf and an iron [...]

Swing Up, Stand Up: Timing Is Everything

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The forward upswing in the PPGS is described as swinging up to the T-Finish. If you swing up too soon, too much or not enough, it can be a problem, as Ajit writes below. Let’s take a look at his problem and help [...]

Great Little HD Video

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They say a picture is worth a thousand words. I guess we could say seeing a video of a golf swing, and best of all YOUR golf swing, is maybe worth a MILLION Words. Well that is what is easily achievable now with [...]

The Future for Drivers

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The evolution of golf driver heads has really come a long way in the past 25 years. They have evolved from wood to metal heads with space age materials and have grown in size like an athlete on steroids. The first “metal woods” [...]

Great Mental Visualization Swing Concept

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I save comments and questions I read in the blogs to use later for the daily article. John OB wrote some good comments about forever being on the golf swing treadmill of tinkering and experimenting. But I really saved his comment because of [...]

Ladies Need Club Fitting Too

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When we completed the PPGS golf school at noon on Saturday, I headed up to Orlando with my brother Ken to watch DJ play on Sunday in the last PGA Tour event for 09 at Disney World in the Children’s Miracle Network Classic. We [...]

Shorter Drivers … The Way to Drive

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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 [...]

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 [...]