Tag: 2022
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Hip Health! Exercises that help increase mobility and stability
ITS ALL IN THE HIPS! One of my favourite lines from Happy Gilmore is, “It’s all in the hips”. Chubbs, Happy’s coach, was onto something – our hips are incredibly important to the golf swing and hip health is a topic golfers should know more about. In this blog, I’ll take you through four key…
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Driving it Home! Cam Smith & the 150th Open Win
didn’t think I could celebrate any harder than the hours after my athlete, Cam Smith, won the 150th Open at St Andrews. To be part of a team and see a guy achieve his dream, at the Home of Golf, was a memory that will last a lifetime. But, as it turns out, my recent…
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Evaluating the LIV Golf Series from a Trainer’s Perspective
It might be the hottest topic in world sport: what’s going to happen to the PGA Tour as LIV Golf gains momentum? The opening event of Greg Norman’s rival golf league went off pretty smoothly in England and the second event is being held this week in Portland, Oregon. Everyone is interested to see how…
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What is takes to prepare golfers for the 150th Open Championship
Well, we’re at the business end of the 150th Open Championship and what an incredible week it’s been at St Andrews. Seeing my athlete, Cam Smith, at the top of the leaderboard after two rounds and in the final group for day three is why trainers like myself do what we do. I also have…
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Top 3 Warm-Up Methods On The PGA Tour
The reason for incorporating a warmup into a golfer’s routine is to physically prepare the body for the stresses it is about to endure. Even weekend players typically hit balls on the range as a warm up before a round so the body is somewhat ready to play the course ahead. On the PGA Tour,…
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Top 3 Recovery Methods For PGA Tour Pro’s
Trainers and physios on the travelling circus of the PGA Tour have to adapt to certain challenges in how we deliver recovery techniques for athletes. When I was working in team sports in Australia (Australian rugby league and cricket, for example), the trainers’ environment was always at a stadium or a high-performance center. Everything was…
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Movin’ It –> Hyper vs Hypo Mobility in Golfers
I want to talk about mobility. It is perhaps the most overlooked aspect of physiology on the PGA Tour – by the players themselves and perhaps by golf fans, too. But it’s so important. Mobility completely underpins the ability a golfer has to make a complete swing, consistently. Good golfers are generally blessed with mobility,…
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Feel Vs. Real
I was watching a fascinating video on YouTube the other day with former Masters champion, Adam Scott. In the video, Scott and his coach Brad Malone were discussing how Scotty has a tendency to develop a strong grip after several tournaments in a row, or if he hasn’t seen Malone in a while. When he…
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Planning Ahead
When it comes to training schedules in professional golf, athletes on the PGA Tour could certainly benefit by looking longer into the future. I often think about the Olympics. It’s the pinnacle of competition for many sports and some of the greatest athletes in the world aim to peak at the end of a four-year…
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HANDLING THE HEAT
I’m pumped for the PGA Championship to return to Southern Hills in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The last time the PGA was held there, I can remember watching Tiger Woods sweating buckets in the August heat in what was the hottest major on record. It was an amazing test of Tiger’s preparation and endurance to battle that…