By Fred Altvater If you watch golf equipment commercials on television, you would think everyone should be able to hit it 300 yards. The OPEN Championship contested last month at Royal Liverpool in England proved that long drives aren’t always the key to winning and posting low scores. While Rory, Jon Rahm and Scottie Scheffler […]
By Fred Altvater Statistic prove that more women are beginning to play the game than ever before. They decide to take up golf for a variety of reasons. They want to be able to play golf with their husbands, or friends. Maybe they are nearing retirement and are looking for an outdoor activity. They may […]
By: Fred Altvater Once you have striped a drive down the fairway with your Weapon of Mass Destruction, do you routinely find the green, or are you forced to make a miraculous recovery from the fringe, rough or bunker, to avoid making a bogey, or worse? Everyone knows the old saying, “Drive for […]
By: Fred Altvater As a devoted and unrepentant golfer for over 50 years, it has been my contention that it is impossible to have fun and play golf at the same time. That’s not entirely true, but in my younger days I took my scores, or my inability to lower them, much to seriously and […]
By Richard Todd Sports psychologists have said for years that, “attitude impacts performance.” I never whole heartedly believed that until I recently reviewed some data on the topic. ShotScope, a world leader in golf GPS and automated performance tracking and analytics, has been studying data they collected. They have the ability to draw […]
By Fred Altvater How many times have you played a round of golf and used all 14 clubs in your bag? Do you have two or three favorites that you use most of the time? How many times have you tried to hit that 3-wood or 3-hybrid and ended up threatening the worm population […]