Top Hand Golf

There is nothing like a good smoke--especially on the golf course. I still smoke; having given it up for 25 years, I went back to it after a...

There was a time when I would let myself get mad as hell on the golf course.  Unfortunately, I have a temper.  It isn't easily roused, b...

I know I persist in writing about Bobby Jones, and sharing his writing.  Of course, I never saw the man play.  I've seen some old video ...

My buddy Spiros was a good soccer player.  He took up golf late in life after his soccer playing days were over.  His swing is definitely no...

Bobby Jones is often remembered for having said he never learned anything from matches and tournaments he won.  To me, that seems a bit of a...

Bobby Jones will always be regarded as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, players ever to play the game.  In winning the Grand Slam, ...

I'm sure I must sometimes must sound like a broken record.  Most of my golf references or discussions either begin with, or at some poin...

Bobby Jones had, by all accounts, a wonderful relationship with his father.  The two worked together, and golfed together.  And Bobby seemed...

Today, I was thinking about how often shots are made or missed before the club has even been swung.  When you think about it, how often have...

Golf is a game that is deceptively simple, and endlessly complicated.  While it surely shouldn't be, golf, as Bobby Jones said, is the o...

Concentration, or the ability to concentrate, is vital in playing good golf.  We know this to be true.  But the question is, what do we conc...

It seems to me that every round of golf offers you the opportunity to learn something.  In many cases what you learn is something you alread...

I played with Steve, Brian, and Tim again today at one of our favourite "away courses," Shelter Valley Pines near Grafton, Ontario...

Our golf course is actually quite difficult.  It is not long, playing only 6300 yards from the back tees, but it is designed in such a way t...

The first chapter of Bobby Jones on Golf  offers some very valuable information that golfers, including myself--perhaps especially myself--a...

One of the things you notice about most top players is how relaxed they appear as they prepare to strike the ball, and how smooth and effort...

Every golfer wishes he or she could play consistently well. And yet, the most consistent thing about golf is its inconsistency. There are an...