Marino's Golf

One more thing: The center of the hole shifts based on break. Imagine the hole as a clock face: The center is 6 o’clock on a straight...

You can monitor your swing quickly. With their drivers, most golfers play the ball too far forward and stand too far away from it.This...

Here’s how: Swing a club halfway back and open your right hand on the grip. Your palm should be at a 45-degree angle to the ground,...

We learn fear vicariously, so when it’s our time to hit a similar shot, we’re often programmed to expect the worst. Instead, replay a...

So if there’s a threatening O.B. area to the left, tee up on the left side off the tee box, aim down the left edge of the fairway, and...

That open position abbreviates the backswing turn, which gives the upper body a head start on the downswing. When the shoulders rotate...

But amateurs often misinterpret the tip on sweeping and do it with an early release of their wrists on the downswing. They literally flip...

I don’t like to take deep divots and wouldn’t suggest you do either, because you can easily hit the ball fat or way off line. In the...

This gentle pumping of the elbows in and out (toward the chest and back out) breaks any tension running through your upper body. Watch...

Start with 75 percent of your weight on your front foot and play the ball about middle in your stance. Now you’re set up to catch it...

If you try to add extra wrist action and help it in the air, it’ll increase your chances of hitting it fat or thin. It’s not worth it....

Put two short-iron shafts on the ground on either side of a ball parallel to your target line, about six to eight inches apart. Now swing...

LONG SHOTS: Strengthen the grip, toe in the club about 30 degrees, play the ball back of center in your stance and make a steep...

Begin as you approach the green, observing the overall slopes and undulations. Then without distracting your playing companions, read...

If so, pick a tree or another standstill object to line your ball mark up with and move it a putter head or two to the right or left....