4th Alternate: Stories from the 2011 Principal Charity Classic
When you last heard from me, I shared the wonderful discussion I had with Tom Kite during our Monday practice round of the PGA Senior Championship. The tournament concluded on Sunday with Tom Watson defeating David Eger on the first hole of sudden death. It was ironic to me that Tom was the champion after […]
Playing Valhalla: A Good Walk with Tom Kite
I teed off the first tee at Valhalla Monday afternoon around 1:00 p.m. for my first practice round of the 2011 Senior PGA Championship. My trip to Louisville, Kentucky was far from ordinary. After experiencing a hydraulic failure on take-off Sunday morning at the RDU airport, I returned to land my 1986 Piper Malibu and […]
Holistic Golf – the Five Facets
IMPACT ZONE GOLF® was founded to build upon Bobby Clampett’s The Impact Zone: Mastering Golf’s Moment of Truth. Finding maximum enjoyment and realizing one’s full golfing potential is within reach for those who embrace what we call The Five Facets – an integrated improvement program that includes:
Stronger Core, Stronger Impact
Do you want to hit the ball more solidly and gain an extra 10 to 20 yards on your drives? To solidly hit long irons and woods you must be able to sustain the lag as you deliver the club through impact. The faster the clubhead speed, the more difficult it is to sustain the […]
The Pivot and a Flat Left Wrist
What is the pivot? The pivot is a blend of weight shift and a circular turning of the body. Or said another way, the pivot is both a lateral and a rotational movement of the hips, and the rotational movement of the torso and shoulders.
Champions Tour First Major of 2011
Alabama’s renowned Shoal Creek is the site of the Champions Tour first major of 2011 – the Regions Tradition. A Jack Nicklaus-designed layout, Shoal Creek played host to the 1984 and 1990 PGA Championships. In the final round, Loren Roberts made a huge run, firing a 7-under 65. However, Roberts fell just short of Tom […]
Insight into the Champions Tour
Recently, I’ve had a number of inquiries from friends and fans wondering why I didn’t get into the last Champions Tour Event, The Outback Championship in Tampa, Fl. The truth is that I got down to 1st alternate on Tuesday afternoon when Tom Watson withdrew (Leonard Thompson took his place). But none of the 78 players […]
Quitting Hands
Has “it” ever happened to you? Whether it was an important tournament round, or one with a few guys that made you nervous, or a special day when you were on track to have your best round ever, and then, “it” hit you. You started playing scared.
A Word on the Pivot
When was the last time you’ve heard the word “turn” in reference to the ideal motion of the body in the golf swing? How about the words pivot or rotation? Our golfing grandfathers seemed to use the word turn, yet in contemporary circles we seem enamored with the words pivot and rotation. Here’s the interesting […]
It’s All About the Divot
Have you “sworn off” taking divots? I must ask you to reconsider that decision as your golfing health depends upon it. Recreational golfers take no divot at all, or if they do, the divot ends up in the wrong place. Please etch this into your golfing consciousness: a divot, when properly taken, falls in front […]
