http://www.kikogolf.com/golfpro John White CPGA - Golf Blog Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:57:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I talked to a lot of avid golfers about their swing and they tell me that they “swing to fast” or “come over the top” and then I ask them whether they have ever seen themselves on video and the most common answer is “no”. Most of them watch golf ... http://www.kikogolf.com/golfpro/2008/11/07/have-you-seen-your-swing-on-video/ I meet many golfers and if I ask them what they are trying to do in the golf swing I get many answers. “Keep my head down”, ‘Turn my shoulders more”, “Slow down” are all things that I hear and my next question is it working? A lot of times ... http://www.kikogolf.com/golfpro/2008/10/31/is-what-you-are-trying-to-do-working/ GOLF PODCAST Listen to the following Podcast on the "Best Instructor" for your golf game. Download Podcast (1 min 25 sec) If you have a comment to make about this or any other post, please do so by filling out the Comment Form: http://www.kikogolf.com/golfpro/2008/10/27/the-best-golf-instructor/ One of the most important parts of playing good golf is the control of the clubface. The primary control is in your grip and how you place your hands on the club. Although you can certainly get the clubface out of position during your swing, gripping the club so that ... http://www.kikogolf.com/golfpro/2008/10/24/how-many-knuckles-can-you-see/ I was listening to the Golf Channel the other day and the gentleman was giving a tip on how to cure your slice. He was hitting a bag on the ground and he was saying that you had to swing in to out to cure your slice. This got me to ... http://www.kikogolf.com/golfpro/2008/10/23/golf-tips/ I had the pleasure of playing The National Golf Club in Woodbridge, Ontario last week and what a treat. I can see why it is traditionally the #1 golf course in Canada. I hadn’t been there in 20 years and I still remembered a lot of the holes. That is ... http://www.kikogolf.com/golfpro/2008/10/22/the-national/ One of the most important skills we need to master is the ability to stay in the present and focus on the task at hand. We need to get rid of the distractions and decide what specifically I want to happen and then act accordingly. This relates to life as ... http://www.kikogolf.com/golfpro/2008/10/14/focus-on-the-process/ I have been studying the game of golf for the past 40 years, read probably close to 2000 books on performance, golf, both mental and physical, and The Golf Machine is probably the best book ever written on golf. It is complicated when you first pick it up but its ... http://www.kikogolf.com/golfpro/2008/10/07/the-golf-machine/ One thing that I notice about amateur golfers is there inability to control distances with their clubs or their club selection. Most of the time they will come up short of the intended target on full shots and on short shots it could be either. I have written before that how ... http://www.kikogolf.com/golfpro/2008/09/30/distance-control/ If anything frustrates me in the game of golf, it is the constant stream of pupils that arrive at my door with the notion that the head should stay down. This one piece of advice is the single most misunderstood and hurtful advice someone could give someone. Let me explain. The ... http://www.kikogolf.com/golfpro/2008/09/25/keep-the-h/