Rinker’ s Golf Tips Oct 5th Brain Manzella Top 100 Teacher is the Director of Instruction at English Turn in New Orleans, Louisiana where the PGA Tour used to play the USF&G Classic. I asked Brian what were the five things that the club does to make the ball go where it goes. He said they were 1) Club head speed, …
Perfect Storm Sinks USA Ryder Cup 2014 Team
Perfect Storm Sinks USA Ryder Cup 2014 Team. A lot of blame is going around in “how to” fix the US Ryder Cup Team, but the truth is they ran into a perfect storm that no other team could weather. PGA decides to shake things up with an “Old School” Captain. Three of the top nine players didn’t play or make …
Rinker’s Golf Tips Sept 21 Top 100 Teacher Bill Harmon
Rinker’s Golf Tips Sept 21 Top 100 Teacher Bill Harmon. Bill’s brothers Butch, Craig, and Dick said that Bill was the best player of the four Harmon brothers. I asked Bill how close he came to making it as a player and he said that if there were two exits on the highway, he would take the “fun” exit instead …
Rinker’s Golf Tips SiriusXM September 14th Dr. Bob Winters
Rinker’s Golf Tips SiriusXM September 14th Dr. Bob Winters Dr. Bob talked about handling pressure. Do we welcome it, do we look forward to taking that shot, or do we shy away from it and try to avoid pressure? This approach avoidance mechanism really needs to be addressed. Another mental mistake from Dr. Bob’s new book, “Mistake Free Golf” is getting …
Rinker’s Golf Tips SiriusXM Sept 7th Guest Stan Utley
Rinker’s Golf Tips SiriusXM Sept 7th Guest Stan Utley. Stan Utley started playing the game like a lot of us with his father when he was 12 years old. When he was 13 he played in a tournament with his father and was paired with his soon to be mentor, Mr. Lanning, who was the guy to beat and always …
Rinker’s Golf Tips Guest Top 100 Teacher James Sieckmann
Rinker’s Golf Tips Guest Top 100 Teacher James Sieckmann. James Sieckmann had played professional golf all over the world but felt he didn’t really understand the short game. James said he was a disaster playing in Asia, pretty frustrated, and grinding away without getting anything out of it. In 1994 he caddied for his brother, Tom, at the Player’s Championship …
Rinker’s Golf Tips August 24th Guest David Orr
Rinker’s Golf Tips August 24th Guest David Orr. David Orr is Justin Rose’s putting coach and has worked with over 50 tour players. David said that everyone he works with has a different stroke and strategies. 3D research measures what people actually do. Everybody moves the putter differently and nobody is doing it exactly the same. The engineering model does …
Rinker’s Golf Tips August 17th Guest Gary McCord
Rinker’s Golf Tips August 17th Guest Gary McCord. Gary McCord played baseball and basketball as a kid, and was fairly good at baseball until his arm blew up. At 15 he needed to find a sport where he didn’t have to put his arm above his shoulder so, he picked golf. In the 70’s and 80’s not many players had …
Rinker’s Golf Tips August 10th Guest Darius Rucker
Rinker’s Golf Tips August 10th Guest Darius Rucker. Darius Rucker started playing golf at the age of 14 with his best friend and father, and they ended up giving him his first set of clubs. I asked him how long it was before he started breaking 90 and he said it took awhile, 10-15 years before he broke 90 for …
Rinker’s Golf Tips August 3rd Top 100 Teacher James Leitz
Rinker’s Golf Tips August 3rd Top 100 Teacher James Leitz. James Leitz is the only top 100 teacher and top 100 club fitter in America. He is also a Trackman and 3D expert. James recently purchased the new Gears Optical wireless 3D system which has eight cameras in the ceiling that capture data. There are markers on the golf club …