This week, Golfweek’s fitness guru and long driver Averee Dovsek demonstrates how to use alignment sticks or golf clubs to work on the entirety of your putting stroke.
Keep this tip in mind the next time you are practicing around the green. This is a great drill to dial the backswing and follow through of your putting stroke.
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Everyone has had a lie where the slope has you questioning how to hit it. The ball is naturally going to want to draw or fade based on the up or downhill lie.
This week, Golfweek‘s fitness guru and long driver Averee Dovsek demonstrates how to deal with those up and downhill lies with the Director of Instruction at Casa De Campo, Eric Lillibridge.
Keep these tips in mind the next time you have to deal with a sloping lie and adjust your feet placement. Hitting on a slope does not have to be scary.
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Every golfer has dealt with leaves being around their ball in the fairway or a rake being in the way near the green. Lucky for you, you can move those objects without getting a penalty for it, if you do it the correct way.
This week, Golfweek‘s fitness guru and long driver Averee Dovsek demonstrates how to deal with loose impediments and movable obstructions including the aforementioned leaves and rakes.
Keep these tips in mind the next time you have to deal with one of these objects.
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“I’d rather see a student for 10 minutes a few days a week than once for an hour.”
At almost every golf course and driving range, there are PGA professionals offering one-hour golf lessons.
Indoor golf simulators are the latest wave of high-tech training, but could technology put an end to the traditional one-on-one hour lesson with a pro?
The simulators provide a controlled environment that eliminates external factors such as weather conditions, distractions and other limitations. This allows for focused and uninterrupted practice sessions, enabling golfers to work on specific skills and techniques without any hindrances and with more data.
247 Indoor Golf in Stuart, Florida, is a prime example of how they are combining PGA instruction with advanced technology. There are five simulators, a 1,200-square-foot putting green with Puttview Technology and the opportunity for lessons. An affordable monthly membership, which could equal the amount of two one-hour lessons, has golfers coming and going as they please with 24-hour access.
247’s lesson model is one in which a PGA professional roams around and helps students as needed. Critiques are given and then the student has the freedom to practice them at their own pace with the PGA professional nearby.
247 Indoor Golf in Stuart, Florida. (247)
“I’d rather see a student for 10 minutes a few days a week than once for an hour,” says owner and PGA professional, Billy Ore. “Improving at golf requires a player to get uncomfortable. I make sure that happens every time someone comes in and asks for help to achieve results in their game.”
It’s not practice that makes perfect, it’s perfect practice that makes perfect. If you spend an hour repeating the same mistakes you will only find yourself frustrated. Changes take time for the golfer to fully embody.
“Feedback is essential to improvement and we can control that better indoors,” said Ore. While working in a controlled environment may improve your game it begs the question what happens when you take it outside playing against the elements? Can working with a PGA professional at your local golf course and driving range prepare you just as well?
If you are starting out or just the average golfer you know education can be expensive with a lot of lessons to achieve desired results.
The harsh truth of this model is that golfers don’t need to be watched during every swing when working on minimal changes. The student should take time to allow the information to digest and practice swinging with the changes.
Odds are after a few corrections the golfer knows what needs to be adjusted and it will take time for them to physically and mentally accept the change. Professionals can only repeat the same adjustments so many times within an hour.
The good news is there are options whether you are a traditionalist or someone who is willing to blend the two together for the greater good of being a better golfer.
Golfweek‘s Averee Dovsek demonstrates how to properly mark and move your ball out of your playing partners line.
Golf rules can be confusing and some golfers have been making simple ruling mistakes without even knowing it. It’s easy to get in the habit of incorrect rulings when there is no rules official playing with your Sunday group.
This week, Golfweek‘s fitness guru and long driver Averee Dovsek is demonstrating how to properly mark and move your ball out of your playing partners line.
When done incorrectly, this can cost you penalty strokes and upset your playing partners. Send this to a golfer who needs a ruling refresh or is brand new to the game.
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Averee Dovsek demonstrates a drill to challenge and practice your distance control with wedges and pitch shots around the green.
Figuring out the chipping motion is only half the battle when it comes to short game, but working on carry distance and visualizing shots is what separates the good and the great.
This week, Golfweek‘s fitness guru and long driver Averee Dovsek is demonstrating a way you can challenge your distance control with wedges and pitch shots around the green. You only need an object to mark two points on the green such as irons or alignment sticks.
This drill allows for the golfer to adjust their accuracy level by spreading apart or moving the markers closer.
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Averee Dovsek demonstrates how to properly open up the club when chipping in thick grass and how it can lower your scores.
Many people panic when their golf ball lands in thick grass and only have one style of chipping. It’s important to be able to manipulate the club face to allow it to glide through the grass with ease. Mastering different kinds of chip shots will dramatically lower your scores.
Many amateur golfers focus on adjusting and tweaking their swings when the ball starts to go offline. But, in reality, it may derive from how you’re putting your hands on the golf club.
This week, Golfweek‘s fitness guru and long driver Averee Dovsek and our director of instruction Steve Scott demonstrate how strengthening your grip could help you get rid of that nasty slice.
The key here is to be able to see at least a few knuckles on your left hand (if you’re a right-handed player) when you address the ball.
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