Sometimes, golfers talk about having a duck hook. Well, recently I witnessed something similar that could be called the “goose slice”. I was playing in a foursome of golfers who had all come alone to the course early – true hard core golfers. Despite their appropriately high level of golfing skill, one of them had …
At Pause-N-Throw, we like to talk about how curing a slice can help to avoid slipups and bad rounds. But, ironically, sometimes not being able to slice can really mess things up. Let’s look at on famous example, courtesy of this article. In the 2006 US open, Phil Mickelson found himself in a tough spot …
In one of our slice stories we wrote about how one golfer’s inability to cure a slice caused a massive traffic jam. Unfortunately, a recent golf round I played with a friend produced similar results. A golf buddy (who should also think about curing his slice) was facing a long second shot on the fairway. …
Sometimes I love going to the course solo to see who I get put in with. It´s always an interesting cast of characters, and you can count on at least one of them to have a wicked slice. In one round I recently played, however, I met a guy with an interesting approach to how …
The key to Pause N throw is to guide your hand into the flat wrist position. But why is the flat wrist position so important for a golf swing? Here are a few examples of why a flat wristed golf swing works so well. First, a flat wrist keeps the club head from twisting too …
Golfers spend lots of time training their muscles, hoping to bulk up enough to simply crush the ball farther out there on the fairway. But instead of trying to turn themselves into Hulk Hogan, golfers would be better off in many cases training their minds. In many cases, being able to think clearly will help …
A recent round of golf found me and a few links loving friends teeing off on a new and unfamiliar course. Like many courses, the first hole of this course was right near the driving range. But due to lax maintenance, there was a gaping hole in the net, resulting in a small patch off …
Watch a golf swing, and even if you’re a complete newbie golfer who has never even touched a club, you’ll probably think, “Not that hard, right?” And while it’s true that the essential motion of the golf swing is relatively simple, the details are nuanced, and even a slight, imperceptible change can make a big …
I recently spent some time checking out what others are saying on the internet about curing a slice. The search “cure a slice” on Google produces a number of video results, but also reveals this rather encyclopedic post at perfectgolfswingreview.net that, although it appears on a website that looks like it hasn’t been updated since …
I played golf with Walter “Smiley” Jones, a friend and student of long-hitter Mike Austin, and as I watched him swing it was clear he was hitting “out” on the ball. He wasn’t hitting the ball down the line, he was swinging as if he was hitting the ball to right field. This connected with …