Marino's Golf

One of the biggest issues in missing the short ones is having an active lower body. The hips, legs and feet should be as still as...

Jan. 1, 2019 has arrived and golf rings in not only a new year but a new era as the most extensive revisions in decades to the Rules of...

Improve how you practice, and you won’t have to spend hours on the range f course tour players spend a lot of time practicing—hours a day...

Start by developing temporary amnesia One of the reasons is that golfers often give these holes higher regard than all others. They...

Holy shank! Don’t let one bad shot become an epidemic Hitting just one shank can put fear in your mind that another’s on its way, and...

A lot of golfers are playing hurt. Not broken-bones hurt, but with things like tendinitis, sore muscles and arthritis. These aren’t...

First, try this drill. The biggest difference between hitting out of a normal bunker and one with a high lip is the amount of sand you...

That’s the first fundamental of the short game, and whether those players know it or not, learning to strike the ball consistently set...

This drill requires three tees. Put one in the ground at the ball, one about 8 inches behind and one about 8 inches ahead. Try to swing...

LOW PITCH SWING SHORT Take a short, crisp backswing, hinging your wrists but limiting your arm swing. Then make the downswing firm and...

When it comes to power, there’s an epidemic of misapplied force that is ruining thousands of swings every day. It’s a basic piece of...

The head rotates in a tour-pro follow-through Well, maybe, but that isn’t why most shots are topped. In fact, a lot of times it’s the...

Most golfers get caught up in all the details of the shot—the carry, the roll, trouble over the green—and they forget that hitting the...

How to use it from the rough I The second adjustment you need to make is to play the ball in the center of your stance. The tendency is...

So much of golf instruction is this position, that position, it’s sometimes good to clear your head and think in broader terms. Put...

The head rotates in a tour-pro follow-through Well, maybe, but that isn’t why most shots are topped. In fact, a lot of times it’s the...

Take a lower-lofted club and make an easier, less-than-full swing. This is guaranteed to lower the trajectory of the ball—that’s the easy...

Create a gate with two tees just wider than your putterhead and hit putts without the club touching either tee. If you loop the...

One for long putts, one inside five feet From inside five feet, the biggest problem I see is a careless routine. It drives me crazy when...

Swing your right arm to the top and then back down as if you were simulating a downswing. When your right hand reaches the left hand,...