Author: Herbert Walters

The year was 1986, golf schools were still in their infancy, and Mickey Powell was the president of the PGA of America. I had many golf school […]

“ There is no type of miracle that can’t happen at least once in golf.” – Grantland Rice (1880-1954), American sportswriter Every instructional occasion is […]

Normally if you play a “Mickey Mouse” course, it’s not the best endorsement of that layout. The exception is if you play on the fine […]

James Douris is known to USGTF members as a fourtime champion of the United States Golf Teachers Cup and the 2011 World Golf Teachers Cup […]

Have you ever called a business, only to get a long and complicated menu? After several wasted minutes, we finally think we’re going to be […]

You can come up with all kinds of reasons why the U.S. Team lost the 2014 edition of the Ryder Cup: Europe putted better, they got more breaks, […]

I wish there were more team match play events on the golf calendar. It is intriguing to watch and exciting to play in. The recent Ryder Cup […]

It seems everyone is enamored with distance these days. TV announcers gush over 300- yard drives, and we hear how Phil Mickelson is hitting a […]

In his book Golf: The Professional Approach, British professional Bernard Cooke recalls the first lesson he gave as a 16-year-old apprentice. Not knowing anything about […]

Most teaching professionals today are giving lessons much the same way that their counterparts from years ago did. They meet with a student, observe their […]