Fundamentals

The fundamentals of the golf swing are universal. All golfers who swing the golf club well have these fundamentals in place whether or not they are aware of it.  What can be confusing is that the golf swing can look so different from golfer to golfer.  Generally this is due to differing body types.  The golf swings of Jim Furyk, Kenny Perry and Ernie Els may look quite different, but all incorporate the same fundamentals – the same ones I can help you understand, learn, master and then adapt to your own game.

Go to Instruction for an overview of my approach to learning to swing, for ways to think about the learning process, and for details on how learning and practice interact to form the golf swing. Video lessons will be available shortly.  Check back soon or register and I'll keep you informed on changes and additions to this site, lesson specials and schedules for exciting golf trips and outings. You can also check our special deals and offerings   available through this site. 

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'First, there's the swing -
and then, there's golf '

There's hardly a golfer on this wonderful planet that doesn't innately possess the mental ability required to skillfully play a commendable game of golf.   However, because of a couple of deceptions in the golf swing, many of these golfers, some with great potential to play the game,  cannot get the ball to go to where they want it to go.    This phenomenon causes many unenlightened golfers to wrongfully doubt their ability to actually play the game of golf.

All this can be avoided by golfers understanding that: 'first, there is the swing - and then, there is golf'. 

A golfer who has learned how to get the ball to go to where they want it to go, can now devote their full mental and physical resources to the actual act of playing the game of golf.  

Playing the game is guided by the innate intelligence of the human psyche.   Stuff like, selecting the most advantageous side of the tee box to play from.   Or, standing on the eighteenth tee, all even in a match and the opponent who is on deck, blasts one right down the middle, leaving less than a hundred yards to the pin.    Now what's the strategy?   A great strategy is to make sure to not out-drive the opponents tee shot.   Why?   Because, farthest away plays first opening up an opportunity to maybe cozy one in there close to the pin,  thereby putting the pressure right back on the opponent.   We've all seen even the greatest players miss the green altogether from less than a hundred yards when suddenly subjected to this kind of strategic pressure.

Golf, the game, has many elements.  But, you'll make playing the game much more difficult for yourself if you haven't first learned the swing, subsequently allowing you to more reliably get the ball to go to where you want it to go.

To do this, a golfer must be aware of some simple, yet at first, not very obvious golf swing principles.  In fact, these principles are so visually deceptive, but of such priority, that they have to be call 'First Principles'. 

Knowing these 'First Principles' will help you to more reliably hit the shot required and in turn allow you  to work on mastering the really intelligent and rewarding part of golf, actually skillfully playing the game.  

What are these 'First Principles'?    Let's go to 'Instruction' and we'll find out!