Golf Course Superintendents With a Sense of Humor

 Golf Course Superintendents With a Sense of Humor

I have always loved golf course superintendents that have a sense of humor.  Since all too many golfers take the sport too seriously, it is always nice to lighten it up a little.  I have collected these over time and if you have any others please email them to me sam@essentiallygolf.com or send them to me on Facebook.

Hope you enjoy these as much as I do.

These are in no particular order.

 

This may be my personal favorite!

How To Keep The Ball In Play With The Driver

Here is a wonderful video on learning a quick and simple way to keep your driver in play.  It actually applies to every club in your bag, but I find it easier to learn by starting with the driver.

The most important key to this is taking practice swings.  You need to swing without the ball until you are comfortable taking a full swing at various speeds.

Take the practice swing and then hold the finish long enough to remember what it felt like.  Remember the feeling of being balanced and controlling speed.  Then just repeat that feeling.

Just remember that it is not a three-quarter swing - it is a full swing at three-quarter speed.

You will find out that when you start to relax and slow the club down you will start to make very solid contact.


The importance of this was taught to me by the legendary Mickey Wright.  How far I can hit a club and how far I should hit it are two different things.

The video only takes a couple of minutes and will be well worth your time.  It and several more are posted on my YouTube Channel.

A Simple Way To Check Your Alignment.

A Simple Way To Check Your Alignment.

I just ran across this and had one of those moments where you slap your forehead and say, "Why didn't I think of that."

I have noticed over the years that many of my students struggle with getting the club face square at address.  Most have it slightly open and then wonder why they slice.

Well, here is a simple and inexpensive way to help you check your club face alignment.  Simply buy some small magnets and glue long tees (the longer, the better) to the magnets.

It will help you train yourself to what proper club face alignment actually looks like.

Golf Instruction From 1953 With Hogan, Snead, and Others.

In 1953 the PGA released an instructional movie along with Life Magazine called "Keep Em On the Fairway".

The intro is by Bobby Jones and the explanation of the golf swing is as true today as it was then.  I love the way it uses what was then state of the art technology to inhance the instructional portion.

The film features a nice mix of footage where the pros are seen both attending to the common faults of some everyday golfers and demonstrating their techniques on the course. Included in the film are the giants of the game at the time: Ben Hogan, Sam Snead, Lloyd Mangrum, Jerry Barber, Cary Middlecoff, Walter Burkemo, Ed Oliver, Jimmy Demaret, Lawson Little, Byron Nelson, Lew Worsham, Pat Abbott, Miss Louise Suggs, Bing Crosby and Bob Hope.

Golf Rules for Non-Professionals

Finally, Someone Created A Realistic Set Of Golf Rules For Non-Professionals

By Douglas Charles • 09.22.15

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YouTube - Tripp and Tyler

Golf. It sucks the life right out of you, yet many of us keep going back for more punishment over and over again. I honestly don’t know why we do it, but we do.

As Tripp and Tyler astutely point out, “The vast majority of us suck at golf, yet for some reason we subject ourselves to the same rules as professionals.” Which, as they also state, “is silly.”

So to make life better for the average non-pro golfer they have come up with a new set of golf rules perfect for the average duffer.

According to Tripp and Tyler’s awesome new golf rules for non-professionals…

— You get one mulligan for every dollar spent on greens fees.
— You also get one do-over for every dollar spent on greens fees as well.
— When you hit your ball into the woods you no longer have to find your ball. You just need to find “a ball.”

You can also do this…

They also have new rules for sand traps, water hazards, course etiquette, the fairway and more.

Yep, golf just got a whole lot more and a whole lot more fun!