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Video Steps!

Guest Video: Kay Cockerill & Effortless Power

Longtime Golf Channel ​⁠announcer Kay Cockerill shows us a few of her secrets to generating graceful power in the golf swing, even if you are a woman of slighter stature. How to use your torso and legs is probably the most common tip beginner women golfers struggle with but also the key to effortless power no matter your size. Let’s see a couple of her go-to drills on the driving range. 

Workouts With Ashley

Let's look at a fitness reel of some exercises over two workouts with my trainer Ashley Greene. At 51 for me the goal is to maintain strength, but also flexibility to allow golf frequently without pain. I'm lucky if I see her once a week, but even that has huge benefits and then supplement at home with weights and bands. The hardest part can be getting started!

Chipping With Kona

Are you brave enough to chip over your beloved dog? Let's learn how to loft it over an important obstacle and knock that ball in the hole.

Range Fundamentals

Sara and Kona take us through a longer range session where we are nailing down our fundamentals like Grip, Alignment, & Stance! 

Pumpkin Putting: Lag Putt Goals

A simple putting drill - put markers down 17" behind a hole and practice your speed and rhythm. Eliminating three putts, whether you are a beginner or experienced can really improve your score and doesn't take much time. Focus on speed not trying to make the putt. Dog not included.

Etiquette: Properly Fix Ball Marks

Even experienced players struggle with how to fix marks on the green properly. Let's look at how to bring the grass in, instead of pulling the dirt up. For the health of the green this is an important skill to know how to do as a golfer.

Taking a Free Drop vs Penalty Drop

Let's review a few common scenarios where you need to take a drop. Sometimes it's free like a cart path or sprinkler, and sometimes it's a one shot penalty like a hazard or unplayable lie.

Use the Rules: Taking an Unplayable Lie

Understanding what rules are available when you are a beginner is important! If you find yourself in an impossible shot, let's look at using the unplayable lie rule to help out for just one penalty stroke.

Hitting the Buried Lie Bunker Shot

Sometimes we get the 'fried egg' bunker shot. It will surprisingly come out if you square the clubface up and swing really hard!

An Easy Chip Shot and Inside Fun With Kona

An easy method for chipping around the greens with any club. Weight forward, hands forward and smooth back and forth. Of course also a little fun with Kona as we take it inside with rain headed our way.

Kona helps us with a short putting drill

Working on three footers involves having a goal and putting balls all around the hole instead of just one spot. Give yourself some metrics to hit while you are practicing. Also we work on lining up with the Eyeline putting aid.

Guest Video: Dana Dormann

Coach Dana from SJSU helps us learn how to feel comfortable on the putting green and how to get set up for success when you are looking to make that putt.

Dealing with a Tough Tee Shot

Some Aloha fun and how to pick a small target for a small miss on a tough tee shot.

Tips for Rainy Day Gear

Sometimes we end up with a rainy day but that doesn't mean we have to miss out on golf. Here's some gear to help you thru. What's your favorite go-to items?

Five Minute Warm-Up

Five minutes and a good H.A.B.I.T. can get you loose, even if you are running to the first tee from the car.

Getting Out of Deep Bunkers

Sometimes we worry too much about the mechanics of bunker shots, especially if we’re a beginner. 


Being in a deep bunker can be intimidating and the most important thing is to keep the speed up with your club through the shot, take a little sand and use consistent force. 


Don’t try to help the ball out, hit down on the sand and let the club do the work. 

Three Basic Etiquette Reminders

A few basic etiquette reminders that even the most frequent player sometimes forgets. 


Look where you’re walking on the green, learn how to span your ball, and don’t forget the tee off behind the markers

Putt Like A Clock

Putting shouldn’t include your favorite dance move! I find the image of a pendulum in a grandfather clock really helps a lot of beginners with some basic mechanics. 


Most people can picture how these clocks work and relate it to keeping their body still and solid with their arms and shoulders as the pendulum. Let’s take a look in the video.


Kona just wants to know if it’s dinner time. 

Drop Down and Give Me Five…Strokes That Is

Let’s Drop Down and Give Me Five…


What I see often is how many strokes people lose with simple mistakes chipping and putting every single round.


But it’s hard to know exactly where you’re losing the most strokes unless you start tracking a few basic stats. It doesn’t take a complex system, just use the scorecard for the day and add in a few plus minuses for fairways and greens, number of putts, and whether you’re hitting the green with your chip shots and shots inside 30 yards. 


Are you giving yourself the best chance to two putt by putting your first inside 3 feet? 


Take five rounds to get a handle on your stats and really see where you’re losing shots. From there let’s develop a strategy on how to focus on those items.


You will find a little attention to these areas will make a big difference. Challenge accepted!

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