I'M JIM McMAHON. WELCOME TO MY WEBSITE
If you are visiting us because you want to play this wonderful game of golf to the highest level of your ability, I'd like to share with you some important concepts in achieving and improving your competence.
Many of us are first exposed to the game of golf as we tag along with Dad, teen age friends, or a husband or wife for 18 holes of errant shots and lost balls. Many do not survive the shock of that assault on self image or the harangues: "keep your: head down, arm straight, and eye on the ball". Those who get a more gradual introduction to golf, or who can see the sense of a stepwise path to competent play, accept the notion that "first there is the swing " and then "there is the game".
Click on Teaching Philosophy for an overview of our approach to learning to play.
Yes, first there is the swing. The student must understand and think through the fundamentals of the golf swing. Through repetition, that swing becomes ingrained - reliably sending the ball where you want it without really thinking about the elements anymore. To learn the swing you must think, but "if you have to think, you stink!" With a "no think, no stink swing" you're ready to think about how to play the game.
Click on About the swing, for ways to think about it.
As a new golfer, you may not have thought much about the rules for the use of the following tools involved:
Your golf ball
Your golf club
Your body
Click on Rules for the use of the tools for details on how they interact to form the golf swing.
While I have attempted to present important concepts on these screens, I won't be able to teach you the swing or the game here, but I certainly can in an interactive session with you which will incorporate a number of other helpful tips and ideas designed to refine your skills and course management such as:
The three D's of the pre-swing routine. Direction, Duff and Distance.
The only two things you need to know to become a phenomenal putter.
Who your friend is in all sand hazards
How the application of modern technology can help turn your whole game around.