Birdie or Par: Percentage from the Fairway

By Paul Myers One of the best stats on the PGA Tour that indicates how well a certain player is performing is their conversion percentage of birdies from the fairway. The equation is quite simple – of the total number of approach shots that a given player hits from...

Your Questions Answered

By Jaacob Bowden Member Question: Hi Jaacob, I have seen and enjoyed some of your articles on distance. I am in Minnesota and I got an Optishot simulator and am using it for training as well as fun. I am trying to work on tempo.  A general feeling I have is that when...

Top Touch Drills for Putting

By Geoff Mangum Distance control in putting is the foundation of all other putting skills (reading, aiming, and stroking). This is also control of the ending pace of the ball as it enters or passes the hole, so that this pace is all the way, affords a wide hole for...

Muscle Building for Golf

By Adam Young Hitting the ball far is a pre-requisite for top-level golf these days. While there are certain mechanical changes you can make to optimize ball launch (launching it high with low spin), increasing your swing speed goes a long way to hitting it incredible...

Graham DeLaet: Better late than never?

By Paul Myers Given the talent that is obvious when you watch Graham DeLaet play golf, you might think that he would have burst onto the PGA Tour scene a little bit earlier in his career. After all, he was a standout performer at Boise State University in his college...