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The Masters Golf Tournament at Augusta National is truly one of the greatest sporting events in all of sports and is the overwhelming favorite of not only professional golfers, but also spectators. Not only is the course ‘On Earth as it is in Heaven’, it’s one where the player has to have a strong mindset […]

(But did he really play that way?) What We Learned From Ben Hogan Ben Hogan is considered by many to be THE greatest ball striker of all time, and he’s probably the only Great player that I never had a chance to see in person from the early 60’s on. I’ve also asked many of […]

Because it’s the Arnold Palmer Bay Hill Classic this week, I thought I’d share a couple of the things that he worked on in his swing. #1 HE TRIED TO GET AS ‘DEEP’ THROUGH THE BALL AS HE COULD Although during the years that I worked with him we were primarily focused on his flexibility […]

(If you think too much like this………You may end up feeling like this) In my opinion, I think golf (like many other things in life), has gotten way too technical. In fact, when I hear some of the lingo that‘s been going on for the last several years, I sometimes think that some instructors sound […]

After having spent a lifetime playing with Great Players, Observing Great Players, and Coaching Great Players (not to mention Great Athletes in other sports), there is NO DOUBT that they ALL have one thing in common, and that one thing is IMAGINATION AND FOCUS. Without exception, they ALL ‘SEE’ things and visualize their shots in […]

Alice:  What road do I take?Cheshire Cat:  Well, where do you want to go?Alice:  I don’t know.Cheshire Cat:  Then it doesn’t matter, because any road will take you there. Take a good stock of your golf game in the coming year. This famous exchange from Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice in Wonderland‘ still very much holds true […]

“You don’t have to get old the way our society has brainwashed us into believing”, is what my late father Elmer Fredericks (shown below at around 90 years of age) used to always say.  And, after spending a lifetime with virtually thousands of men and women from every walk of life, I have to wholeheartedly agree! […]

With today’s modern lifestyle of sitting, whether behind the desk or on the couch watching TV, many golfers don’t possess enough strength or flexibility to perform a fundamental golf swing, and consequently end up with poor posture.  In my opinion, it’s very hard to play good golf with poor posture, and I believe that the […]