Archive for October, 2007
Physical Conditioning for Golfers
Sunday, October 28th, 2007Gary Player was one of the first tour professionals to realise the importance of pyhsical conditioning in golfers.
These days, the modern players,lead by world number one Tiger Woods,train daily on their flexibility ( range of movement) and stengthening programs to maintain a high level of fitness as well as injury prevention measures.
Australian […]
AHPGA Junior Invited to Jack Newton Junior National Golf Championships
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007Australian High Performance (AHPGA) Junior Squad Member Elliott Smith has recieved an invitation by Jack Newton to compete at the Jack Newton Junior National Golf Championships in December.
This invitation follows Elliotts good recent performance at the Jack Newton Junior International, where Elliott Won the 13 years Nett. Elliott also finished in 4th postion in the […]
Golf’s Set Up- The Swings Foundation!
Thursday, October 18th, 2007How you set up directly influences everything that follows in the swing. If your set up is out, then your pivot and range of movement and direction of movement is seriously affected!
At Australian High Performance Golf Academy (AHPGA), our high performance students have been educated to make checking their set up as a part of […]
Golf’s Latest “Overnight Sensation”!
Monday, October 15th, 2007This morning 32 year old “Tour Rookie” George McNeill became the latest first time winner on the USPGA Tour with his victory in the Frys.com Open.
A 32 year old tour rookie?
I found his victory very inspiring and also very fascinating at the same time, so I decided to do some research on “Golf’s Latest […]
AHPGA Junior going to Greg Norman Junior Masters Golf Tournament
Monday, October 8th, 2007Australian High Performance Junior Squad Member Toby Moloney has won his way into the prestigious (invitation only) Greg Norman Junior Masters (GNJM) Golf Tournament.
Toby shot a fine 77 (nett 69) at the Burleigh Heads Golf Club GNJM Qualifying event and won the 15 years and under age category.
Toby will now join his other […]
Complete Golf Short Game Series
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007Recently I have been busy shooting a complete short game series for advanced high performance golfers.
In this series I will demonstrate and explain how and why improving skills around the green is indeed the quickest, easiest and most direct route to lower scores.
“I believe that Tiger has shown us all once and for all that […]
“Stop and Go” Golf Instruction
Monday, October 1st, 2007Is having a one hour lesson each week / month, really the best way for any golfer to learn how to shoot golf scores in the seventies?
It’s slow and monotonous. Golf students loose interest, and the drop out rate is high. In other words, most golfers just won’t take enough golf lessons for long enough […]