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Even the best golfers will spend a lifetime tinkering with and trying to perfect his or her golf swing. It’s what makes golf so challenging and rewarding. We’ve already given you a glimpse into a putting lesson and the chipping techniques that our coaches use in class, so now it’s time to look at the […]
Chipping can often be a difficult lesson for our coaches to teach beginner students because it’s not as fun as swinging the club as hard as you can (like driving) and there’s rarely immediate satisfaction by the result (like putting). It also has the potential to be extremely frustrating. Well, TGA uses two key teaching cues […]
Did you know that the odds of an average player making an ace is 12,000 to 1? If you’re not familiar with the term “ace,” it’s another way of saying “hole-in-one.” It happens when a golfer hits the ball in the cup on his or her first shot. Scoring a hole-in-one is a fantastic feat […]
There’s an old saying in golf: Drive for show, putt for dough. Translation? The driver may be the most exciting club in a golfers’ bag, but the player who can putt the best will find themselves near the top of the leaderboard more often than not. It’s a concept that TGA coaches try and reinforce to […]
Golf fans around the world are in for a treat because the Ryder Cup is back! The event pits teams from the United States and Europe against each other in a multi-formatted tournament taking place September 28-30. Teams are competing for pride and bragging rights, as the event is only held every two years and […]
Golf is a sport rooted in honesty. Without a referee, umpire, or official watching every shot a player takes, the sport relies on its participants to call any infractions and make sure fair play is maintained. Perhaps more so than in any other sport, it’s important that both competitive and recreational golfers know the rules […]
Everyone needs a little help remembering this from time to time. That’s why at TGA, we make things as simple as possible for our students. One of the best examples of this comes at the very beginning of our golf programs. The first lesson we teach our students is how to properly setup over the […]
In a city rich with memorable championship moments, TGA student Greyson Szokoly chipped in with a moment of his own at this summer’s Drive, Chip and Putt qualifier in Pittsburgh, PA. Greyson, who has been participating in TGA programs for three years, secured a razor thin victory in the boys 7-9 year old division with […]
