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Different players generate power from different places. Some guys, like Rory McIlroy, use their hips to create the speed through impact and some players, like Alvaro Quiros, have fast arm speed...
Unlike a lot of players who are into their launch monitor data and swing mechanics, I’d describe myself as a ‘feel’ player. That’s the way I’ve always been since my dad, who still coaches me,...
A Closer Comparison
The depth of the women’s game has never been greater, with so many good young players coming up. I remember when I was the youngest and now I’m more like the oldest! That’s...
Hear the name Luke Donald and thoughts of a magical short game immediately spring to mind. Modest in stature, the Englishman reached the summit of the world rankings in 2011 not by overpowering...
Without a doubt, the most common fault I see among amateur golfers comes at address. They don't pay enough attention to stance, posture or alignment and this has a knock-on effect on the golf...
I grew up playing at Esker Hills in the middle of Ireland. My short game is quite good as all the greens there are raised. I used to practise my chipping a lot. You’d always have to chip it up...
Over the past year or so, with Rory McIlroy performing so well and hitting it so far, a lot has been said about the importance of power in the modern game. But the reality is, you can’t worry...
Good driving is now essential to playing well, and I think the old saying ‘drive for show, putt for dough’ is kind of gone. Yes, putting is the most important part of the game, but if you’re not...
Tiger Woods is a little boy lost. "I can see it in his eyes and the way he walks. I know it because I've been there," so sayeth Shaun O'Hair in a beguilingly revealing interview during the Arnold...
There was an interesting stat at Doral a couple of years ago. On the 11th hole there was a big bunker in the middle of the fairway. There was fairway short and long, so most players were laying...