How I fixed my short game yips and how you can too. Part 2.

Well that’s because I was a ‘Yipper’ for 12 years until I finally decided that enough was enough and this frustration and ultimately embarrassment had to stop.It was then that I started out on my journey to to find out the true cause of this uncontrollable ( twitch, jerk, stutter, electric shock,stammer – insert word of your choice) feeling I seem to get just when I don’t need it.

Through many hours of trial and error and extensive research taking into account a wide range of subjects including Hypnosis,short game technique, wedge design, EFT,and nutrition I am now at the stage where my golf has improved, I am more confident and much happier in everything I do not just golf.But despite the worries and stress that the Yips where causing me now disappearing, my hairline is still migrating to the back of my head at an alarming rate. I think that just might be my next quest.

Follow this series of posts to help you get the short game you always wanted.

Mark Heinemann
PGA AA Golf Professional

How I fixed my short game yips, and how you can too. Part 1.

If you are reading this post then you have probably reached the stage where you have tried all of the quick fixes, watched all of the videos and received unsolicited advice from every ‘expert’ imaginable.

‘The chip and run, the pitch or even the lob I’ve practiced them all a million time so why can’t I do it now? Sure, I can throw it onto the green from here for Christ’s sake’.
How can such a simple shot seem almost impossible?

If you are currently suffering from the short game yips then I can help you.
Usually when I come out with a statement like this the response is often along the lines of –
‘Oh yeah, sure can!’
‘Nobody can help me, I’ve tried everything by now and I still yip a 20 yard chip shot.’
‘How can you be so sure that you can make a difference?

How can such a simple shot seem almost impossible? Sure, I can throw it onto the green from here for Christ’s sake.

If you are currently suffering from the short game yips then I can help you.
Usually when I come out with a statement like this the response is often along the lines of –
‘Oh yeah, sure can!’
‘Nobody can help me, I’ve tried everything by now and I still yip a 20 yard chip shot.’
‘How can you be so sure that you can make a difference?’

Powering up your golf swing

POWERING UP YOUR GOLF SWING

One of the negative consequences of getting older is a loss of functionality due to the fact that our bodies become weaker, less flexible and fatigue quicker. This, as you can imagine, detracts from our ability to move as efficiently as we once did thereby deteriorating our skill level and performance out on the golf course.

You can put off the loss of distance and errant hits and maintain, even restore functionality by focusing on the movement patterns and requirements needed to perform the desired task. When you break it down, there are several areas of concern that need to be addressed, however, two stand out in most of the golfers I’ve worked with over the years.

Where does this leave the European tour?

Give credit where credit is due: the PGA Tour is to be commended for recent measures that have helped expand its reach across the globe. It has brought the Canadian Tour into the fold in the form of the rebranded PGA Tour Canada and PGA Tour Latinoamerica has established PGA Tour hegemony in Latin and South America. More recently, the PGA Tour announced an associated tour in China. All of these entities are or will be formal feeders to the Web.com Tour.

But call a spade a spade: for all the PGA Tour’s new hands across the globe of golf, there is no “official” Web.com Tour feeder tour in the United States. To many, this is problematic.

Instead of a full season’s worth of American events through which aspiring stars can gain chances to ascend to the coliseum that is the Web.com Tour, there is Q-School, which, rather than sending its top finishers to the PGA Tour, feeds the Web.com Tour. This is a massive change that has accompanied the establishment of the four-week Web.com Tour Finals, which took place for the first time this past late-summer.

PGA Tour Latinoamerica will have held 16 tournaments that will serve as an official entrée to the Web.com tour. PGA Tour Canada has 10. In China, an even dozen. But in the United States, that number is one. And it’s an expensive one.

Those needing to pre-qualify owe an initial entry fee of $2,500. If they advance to the first formal stage of qualifying, it’s another $2,700 to $3,500, depending on when they sign up. Some players are exempt into the second stage of qualifying; their entry fee is between $4,000 and $5,000, again depending on their time of entry. Finally, some players are exempt all the way to the final stage of the grueling multi-week event. Their passage costs a mere $3,500 to $4,500.

In other words, given the exponential dropoff in purse size from the PGA Tour to the Web.com Tour and the colossal further dropoff from the Web.com Tour purses to those of the likes of the NGA Tour and the eGolf Professional tour, Q-School costs a fortune.

Consider that the eGolf Professional tour’s current money list leader, Frank Adams III, stands at just under $70,000 through 23 events, with No. 50 on the same list, Barrett Kelpin, at $13,620 after 14 events. Things are going a little better on the NGA Tour, but not much: Jon Curran, longtime friend of Keegan Bradley, currently leads with nearly $103,000 in 14 events, while Paul Brown sits in 50th at $18,447. Countless other mini-tours yield a fraction of that to their own top players.

Trying to play professional golf is daunting. Kudos to the PGA Tour for forging a more concrete path to the Web.com Tour through outlets in South America, Asia and Canada. Is it not time to open up an avenue at home in the United States?

Counting down to the grand opening of ‘Swing

Counting down to the grand opening of ‘Swing Studio Killarney’. Located on Mill Road this new multi pupose facility features the latest in golf learning and practice equipment all under one roof enabling golfers to work on their game whatever the weather. Flightscope X2, Tomi ball roll and a V1 multi camera swing analysis system are just some of the pieces of equipment available to golfers of all abilities to help them realise their potential.

Check out getgolfing.ie for more information.

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