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Sports Illustrated
April 8, 2002
John Garrity |
Caught between swings I didn't want to play this morning. Or rather, I wanted to play, but I was afraid I wouldn't have any fun. Whenever I make a swing change, I am in deep trouble for a couple of weeks...   |
Sports Illustrated
November 18, 2002
John Garrity |
A tuneup at the Lesson Tee Getting the golf club into the right plane. |
Sports Illustrated
March 13, 2002
John Garrity |
A lesson learned What's the point in being in Florida in March if you can't hit golf balls? |
Sports Illustrated
February 5, 2001
John Garrity |
Ready to come out swinging Here's my current swing thought: I'd like to take a swing at the airline employee who left my golf clubs sitting on the luggage cart in Phoenix yesterday... |
Sports Illustrated
October 17, 2002
John Garrity |
Shaking off the cobwebs My golf swing is suddenly like a beloved standard that I used to play on the piano and later forgot. Fortunately, I have people I can turn to. |
Sports Illustrated
April 3, 2000
John Garrity |
Back where it all started ...I then hit balls in solitude, enjoying the warm sunlight and the sight of my iron shots landing on target greens and my drives reaching the lower tier at the clubhouse end...Ten years ago, I left whatever game I had on that very patch of ground.... |
Sports Illustrated
June 4, 2002
John Garrity |
Derelict in my golfing duties I've been too busy with Sports Illustrated business to write about swings and things. |
Sports Illustrated
April 19, 2002
John Garrity |
Trying to find a groove Awareness of the target line is number one. Awareness of what the shaft and clubface are doing are numbers two and three... |
Sports Illustrated
June 17, 2002
John Garrity |
Taking hints on and off the range A visit to the Wyndham Wind Watch driving range. |
Sports Illustrated
August 10, 2000
John Garrity |
Two swings for the price of one So when you say, "I hope you find your swing," I take it to mean the swing that's right for me, the swing I deserve, the swing that will make me forget a decade of comic futility. And guess what? I have found that swing. To be honest, I have found TWO swings... |
Sports Illustrated
April 17, 2000
John Garrity |
Set adrift yet again Golfing in Savannah. |
Sports Illustrated
February 12, 2002
John Garrity |
Divoting images I still have divots on my mind. Two days ago I spent an hour watching tour star Scott Hoch hit balls on the range at Isleworth Country Club in Orlando... |
Sports Illustrated
November 28, 2000
John Garrity |
A virtual golf lesson I mishit every one of my hillside shots, chunking the ball or hitting it off the toe. When I got home at the end of the week, I ran to my computer and fired off an e-mail to Rob Stanger, hoping he could fix the problem overnight with an e-lesson... |
Sports Illustrated
July 16, 2002
John Garrity |
Mixing the best of both worlds As so often happens, I'm currently caught in a trough between two warring principles. On the one hand, I am totally committed to the swing method taught by Rob Stanger. On the other hand, I am a true believer in the tempo-training trail blazed by John Novosel. |
Sports Illustrated
January 23, 2001
John Garrity |
Working off the rust Tiger Woods and I have decided this is a good week to spend in the desert, working on our games. Unfortunately, he'll be tying up the range I normally use, the one at the Tournament Players Club. I'll have to settle for the mats at Cracker Jax, an automated range on North Scottsdale Road... |
AskMen.com
August 19, 2001
T.J. Tomasi |
Tee Shot Begins Before Your Driver Moves The biggest mistake you can make with the driver is not having a feel for what you want to do when you swing... |
Sports Illustrated
May 17, 2000
John Garrity |
Golfing with Grandpa ...Instead, I hit balls at three Chicagoland driving ranges.... |
Sports Illustrated
July 31, 2000
John Garrity |
Trappings of the Turnberry sand The day after the British Open, I played Turnberry, that coastal gem with the lighthouse and the view of Ailsa Craig. I hit the ball pretty well, both off the tee and from the firm, tight fairways, and had a terrific time. But I putted poorly... |
Sports Illustrated
October 28, 2002
John Garrity |
R-rated swing Narrow backswing leads to restricted motion. |
Sports Illustrated
July 18, 2000
John Garrity |
Hitting with Begay Notah Begay III has been so hot lately -- consecutive PGA Tour wins and now a fourth-place tie here at the Standard Life Loch Lomond -- that I thought we might follow him to the practice range and learn something. |
Sports Illustrated
April 24, 2000
John Garrity |
Something old and a lot of new The spirit of renewal extends to golfers... |
Sports Illustrated
December 28, 2000
John Garrity |
The year's worst ranges Some of the worst golf ranges. |
Sports Illustrated
March 21, 2002
John Garrity |
A scare on the course Heat exhaustion cuts short this writer's coverage of Bay Hill... |
Sports Illustrated
July 8, 2002
John Garrity |
Even Hall of Famers lose confidence On golfing with hall-of-fame third baseman George Brett. |
Sports Illustrated
November 13, 2000
John Garrity |
Home on the Range The author, an avowed range rat, learned plenty about a mostly mom-and-pop business while searching in vain for his swing... |
Sports Illustrated
May 29, 2000
John Garrity |
From the masses Answers to some emails about how to improve your golf game. |
AskMen.com
Judy Alvarez |
Playing Golf In Windy Weather |
Sports Illustrated
January 31, 2001
John Garrity |
All this for one lesson I flew to Palm Springs, Calif., for a lesson -- and, boy, did I get one, thanks to America West Airlines... |
Wired
April 2004
Steven Johnson |
The Swingers Club Virtual golf games are becoming so advanced that playing them can improve real-life skills. Links and Electronic Arts' Tiger Woods franchise are two amazing examples of these simulations. |
AskMen.com
July 22, 2001
Thomas Leen |
Getting Prepared For The Game Before you take that first swing with a golf club, there are some things you need to know. Although swinging a club may look simple enough, the mechanics that make a golf swing work involve several major muscle groups working together... |
AskMen.com
Tom Gibson |
How To Fix Your Golf Slice Forget all the infamous four-letter words you've ever sworn in a fitful rage. Golfers fear two things the most, and both are five-letter demons: the slice and the hosel... |
Sports Illustrated
February 26, 2002
John Garrity |
Hitting the range with Tom Fazio At the recommendation of golf architect Tom Fazio, I drove down PGA Boulevard and turned in at the lushly landscaped gates of the new Mirasol development... |
Sports Illustrated
October 30, 2000
John Garrity |
Users chime in My favorite golf book of all time is Rex Lardner's Out of the Bunker and Into the Trees... Search for the Perfect Swing... Several more readers have offered help with my greenside-bunker problem... etc. |
Sports Illustrated
March 5, 2001
John Garrity |
A Middle East adventure I drove out to the Emirates Golf Club outside Dubai for a quick look around, watched Tiger Woods hit some balls on the beautiful practice range, and then headed back into town for a little tuneup of my own.... |
AskMen.com
July 1, 2001
Thomas Leen |
What Is The Short Game? The short game is generally defined as any shot within or around 100 yards from the green. There are many aspects to the short game, and many different types of shots played from inside this distance... |
Sports Illustrated
September 3, 2002
Gary Van Sickle |
Hootie's Top 10 What? Yet another David Letterman ripoff? Yes, I'm afraid so. Here, then, are Hootie Johnson's Top 10 reasons why women aren't allowed to be members at Augusta National Golf Club |
Wired
May 2000
Chris Lewis |
Wired Golf Callaway's hired a team of aerospace engineers to help perfect its game. And they're not the only rocket scientists on the golf course these days. |
Sports Illustrated
December 15, 2000
John Garrity |
The year's best ranges From Week 1, when my driver swing magically reappeared on the range of the new Kapalua Golf Academy, to Week 45, when I got to warm up at a trio of pristine ranges at Reynolds Plantation, I kept finding green grass and rainbows. Here, then, are my top 10 practice plots of the year... |
Sports Illustrated
June 8, 2000
John Garrity |
Getting over an old friend I found my swing last night. My old swing, that is. I was strolling down the tee line at the Puerto del Sol Municipal Golf Course when it jumped out at me: the high hands, the firm wrists, the powerful pulling action with the left side.... |
Sports Central
April 12, 2009
Bobby Campbell |
What a Beautiful Game What started out as a phone call asking to play a friendly round of golf, turned into an all-out war. |
Sports Illustrated
June 10, 2002
John Garrity |
Getting by with three clubs Playing with a handful of clubs is recommended by some teaching pros -- the ones, I think, who don't have club-endorsement contracts. It forces you to play creatively and develop your shot-shaping skills. |
Sports Illustrated
August 20, 2002
John Garrity |
In the midst of a golf drought My swing is gone again. I haven't actually tested it, but the Force drains out of me whenever I don't swing a club for two or three weeks. I'll be lucky to get the ball airborne when I hit the range. |
Sports Illustrated
October 1, 2001
Gary Van Sickle |
Hits and misses Checking out some new golf courses and new equipment... |
Sports Illustrated
July 13, 2000
John Garrity |
Finding my game, if only briefly The Costa del Sol locals are dismayed because each new development squeezes out a little of the Mediterranean charm. But if you're an American looking for a tan, some golf and a good midnight meal, the Golf Coast is hard to beat. |
Home Toys
December 2004
Brandon Hetherington |
The QMotions-Golf Indoor Golf Simulator Instead of using the Mouse for controlling golf swings, The QMotions-Golf Indoor Golf Simulator uses patented electronic technology to recognize swing speed and measure club head directional impact to translate actual golf swings. |
Financial Advisor
March 2012
Mitch Anthony |
Exceptional Advice Advisors can learn about giving great advice from the approach taken by golf instructors. |
Sports Illustrated
April 27, 2001
Jaime Diaz |
Tigerproofing, ball spin and losing 'it' Why, then, is talk of toughening Augusta only raised after Woods' victories?... The best way to get adequate spin on your irons shots is to hit the ball solidly... etc. |
Sports Illustrated
October 12, 2000
John Garrity |
Strapped Scrambling for my swing deep in the heart of Texas... |
Sports Illustrated
August 28, 2000
John Garrity |
SI writers' range habits The big story out of Louisville last week -- Tiger Woods winning the three-quarters Slam at Valhalla -- overshadowed the news that SI senior writer Gary Van Sickle is hitting balls again. |
Sports Illustrated
June 16, 2000
John Garrity |
The fine line I shot a 99 yesterday morning at Spyglass Hill, and at one point my playing partner commented, "Six must be your favorite number." He was too polite to add that the repeated motif, "6-6-6," was a clear indication of Satanic influence. |
