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ARTICLES BY DR. T.J. TOMASI

The magic 15 inches of a golf swing

There's a bad idea floating around in golf instruction circles that goes like this: The obvious variations in swings that you see when you watch a golf tournament are simply styles. Tiger Woods' swing is different from Sergio Garcia's, and Luke Donald looks different from both of them, but they …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

How to make a mental map

Golfers gather plenty of information about where the ball is, but not many collect enough information about where the target is. It's ironic that in a game where hitting the target is all that matters, many golfers hardly give the target a glance.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

The long and short of fairway metals

Fairway metals, such as your 3-metal, are often the most difficult clubs in the bag to hit effectively because they have the worst of both worlds - large metal heads and not much loft. This dangerous duality leads to a visual image on your mental screen that says, "I can't …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

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