November 1st, 2007 | Published in Golf.com Pelz Vault
Keep it in the fairway at all costs, because when you have to play from rough your scores will suffer. Photo by Leonard Kamsler
How to hang tough on long par 4s, take advantage of par 5s and transfer your smooth range swing to the course. Read the rest of this entry »
October 1st, 2007 | Published in Golf.com Pelz Vault
A statistical look at just how well amateurs and pros really putt, and how you can get your biggest putting problem under control
Long putts are your weak link. Read the rest of this entry »
September 1st, 2007 | Published in Golf.com Pelz Vault, PGA Tour
THE SCRAMBLER: Recreational players get up-and-down after missing the green much less than Tour players, especially from the rough. You can use my "two-target" system to upgrade your short game to nearer Tour level.
Short shots are important! My new research using ShotLink to study the games of amateur players like you shows a dramatic gap in scrambling skills between Tour players and you. This is critical since the consequences of missing a shot are not dispersed equally across the four primary shot types: tee shots, approach shots, short-game shots and putts. Read the rest of this entry »
August 1st, 2007 | Published in Golf.com Pelz Vault, PGA Tour
"This data allowed us to assess amateur skills with an accuracy never before possible."
“If you want to improve your playing skills, you have to know exactly what needs improving. It won’t help to empty a bucket of range balls with your driver when it’s your putting that’s killing your scores.
I understood this 30 years ago, when I first began measuring the skills of the PGA Tour players I worked with. This was before laser rangefinders, so I had to walk off distances before tournaments then run outside the ropes during events to chart where players hit their shots. I used these shot patterns and scores to identify weak areas and help the players turn those weaknesses into strengths. This research-based instruction formed the foundation of my teaching career and Scoring Game Schools, and today it remains a driving force within both. Read the rest of this entry »
July 1st, 2007 | Published in Golf.com Pelz Vault, PGA Tour
The mantra of many hot putters on Tour has become, "I CAME, I SAWED, I CONQUERED!"
Too many of your missed putts miss left of the hole.
You swing your putter like your irons and woods, rotating your forearms through impact. This rotates your putterface through impact, which can send your putt left of target. Read the rest of this entry »