Diagnose and fix your most frustrating shot problems. From slicing and hooking to fat shots, shanks, and distance control issues, these troubleshooting guides explain exactly what’s causing each miss and give you practical drills to fix it on the range.
The thin golf shot – also known as a ‘wormburner’ or a ‘low screamer’ – can ruin any golfer’s scorecard if not properly addressed. You may have heard golfers say that they ‘caught that one thin’, or ‘thinned it’, while out on the course before and wondered what it meant, until it happened to you. … Read more
We have never seen you play golf, but we are comfortable saying that early extension in your golf swing is impacting your ability to play better golf. How do we know? The Titleist Performance Institute studies golf swings and golfers’ bodies to design fitness routines to help you play better golf. TPI has identified that … Read more
At some point in your golfing life, you’re bound to hit a few less than perfect shots when you play. When this happens, you need to have some golf recovery shots up your sleeve to get your ball back in play. We aren’t going to focus on the duck hook or banana slice that put … Read more
Golf can be a simple game when you are hitting fairways and greens – we all want to live our “golf life” in the short grass. For some golfers, however, this can be hard to achieve if you struggle with pulling golf shots. It is difficult to hit your target when your shot never starts … Read more
Bunker shots strike dread and fear into many golfers – but by keeping a few simple tricks up your sleeve, they can be much easier than you might think. Professional and scratch golfers prefer bunker shots over playing from the rough – so, what do they know that you don’t? That’s what we’re here to … Read more
Hall of Fame golfer Lee Trevino famously said, “You can talk to a slice, but a hook won’t listen.” This quote highlights the fact that professional golfers hate hitting snap hooks. Why do they hate a snap hook more than slices? The hook is impossible to control – it has over spin and goes too … Read more
The dreaded golf shank. It’s the word you are never supposed to utter out loud. Many golfers simply call it the “S-word” or might even spell it out loud (S-H-A-N-K). Why is the golf shank the most feared shot in the game? Why does hearing the word increase the chances you will do it? Duck … Read more
The golf slice is one of the most frustrating shots to hit on the course and it is even worse with the driver. Slicing your driver means your ball is not going very far and it is terribly offline. A golf slice often leads to penalty strokes (out of bounds, in a hazard, etc.) and … Read more
All golfers have their demons. We all have the one shot that keeps us up at night. For some, it is the duck hook (snap hook) and for others, it is the banana slice. Even worse, maybe you hit the occasional shank. The most embarrassing “bad shot” might be “the top”. You make a big … Read more
What are the scariest words to a golfer? Out of bounds, hazard, provisional, thick fescue, and shank can all make a player lose sleep, but they aren’t the worst. The one thing golfers want to avoid more than anything else is the golf yips! What makes the golf yips scary? It is the unknown. Why … Read more
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