Down the Target Line

MYTHCONCEPTION Looking down the target line from our stance just prior to the shot is a good thing. BUSTED Here is a tip that a lot of people have never thought about.When we are in our proper address position and we turn our head towards the intended target, our eyes are at a 45 degree angle and turned to the left (for right handed players). Our brain then interprets things more from one eye as we are looking at the target in what is referred to... [Read More...]

Hard Work Gets Rewarded

The kids I coach and have coached in the past are what fuels my passion to become a better coach and more efficient instructor. One of those young players is Jennifer Kirby. Sean Foley is the coach of Stephen Ames, Sean O'Hair, Hunter Mahan and others. He is also the 2008 Ontario PGA Teacher of the Year. Jennifer has had perhaps the greatest summer in the history of women’s amateur golf in this country. This is due to her insatiable work... [Read More...]

CPGA PRO[FILE] Leslie Painter

Getting a little perspective from one of the CPGA’s likeable Ladies. When did you take up the game of golf and who was most helpful getting you started in the game? I first started to play when I was a very young child as my parents were both avid golfers. However, it wasn’t until my mid teens that I became passionate about the game. My father was most helpful. He never pushed me, only encouraged and supported me. Golf was an activity we did... [Read More...]

Golf’s Impact …

FOR THOSE WHO STILL FEEL THE NEED TO STUDY from The Fall 2009 Magazine | talking in your backSwing : Ian Hutchinson Four days after the National Allied Golf Associations trumpeted the findings of their economic impact study, I went and played a casual round with a bud of mine, a typical Saturday morning pastime for folks who merely love the game as opposed to working within it. From what I saw that day, there were no high fives between golfers about... [Read More...]

Pride of Paris

Paris, Ontario’s Jennifer Kirby is quietly etching her name into the future of women’s golf in Canada When did you take up the game? When I was about 7 years old my brother played and my mom would bring me along. Eventually when I got a little better I took up the game a little more. Biggest Influence? Sean Foley. He’s my swing instructor, well coach. Ever since he changed my swing when I was 13 he has been there for me helping... [Read More...]

Between Rounds : a quick conversation with Graham DeLaet

Caught up to Calgary’s Graham DeLaet while he was in town for the Jane Rogers Championship (Canadian Tour event held at Greystone in Milton). Graham is having a breakout season on the Canadian Tour as well as other global events including a tie for 46th at this year’s Canadian Open — a showing he believes could have been better. You’ve won in South Africa, are leading the Canadian Tour order of merit, and put together a T46... [Read More...]

Fast Greens

‘QUICK’ ADVICE ON PUTTING Reg Millage from the Clublink Academy at Glen Abbey provides us with some sound advice on how to handle fast greens. Something Reg knows more than a little something about coming off of his 18th place finish at the Jane Rogers Championship. The Canadian Tour event had some of the quickest and most diabolical greens the tour pros had ever seen courtesy of the Greystone Golf Course in Milton. Reggie Millage, Teaching... [Read More...]

And I Golf … Kevin Costner

TALKIN’ WITH TIN CUP Contrary to perception, ‘Tin Cup’ Kevin Costner does NOT actually play much golf. But he does still make movies and now plays in a band. While in Oakville he did manage to do two of the three. WHAT TO EXPECT FROM HIS BAND : Modern West “Well if you like to bounce around and listen to original music, you like you’re rockin’ — bring your friends, bring your sweetheart and I think you’ll... [Read More...]

Exemption

There is always a worthwhile lesson in everything we do … and sometimes it is only uncovered at the end of the day story. When we started all of this I must admit it was more of a content exercise than a challenge if you will. The angle to the story was to participate in the sorts of activities that a touring pro would go through in an attempt to learn and then translate to you, the readers, a little bit about what it takes to compete at an... [Read More...]

Places to Play – Turtle Creek

If you are a regular reader of this space, you know I’m the first to admit that my golf skills – and hitting distance with all the clubs in the bag – has declined over the years. It’s a fact of life that I have learned to live with. Now, the first challenge I face when touring around the countryside visiting a variety of new and different courses, is to find a set of tees that I am happy with and comfortable to play. Therefore, I was figuratively... [Read More...]

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