Here is a tip from IMG Golf Academy’s’ Gary Parrett, Senior Certified Instructor:
Golfers who hit a weak slice have two basic problems:
They cut across the ball with an out-to-in swing path.
They have an open clubface at impact.
Knowing this, you can eliminate one of these problems — the open face– from the start, simply by turning [...]
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Seven IMG Leadbetter golfers were invited to compete at the 2010 Kathy Whitworth Invitational which was held at the Mira Vista Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas yesterday and today (March 15-16).
Tanaporn “Mint” Kongkiatkrai put herself in good position after day one after firing an even par 72 on Monday. This put her a shot [...]
Ginger Howard, of the IMG Leadbetter Golf Academy, shot even-par 142 (72-70) at the FCWT Tanglewood Challenge (Championship Course) in Clemmons, N.C., to win the event!
She battled it out on the final day with her younger sister Robbi. They traded the lead throughout the final day, but with 4 holes to play Ginger took the [...]
After several days of rain showers, the sun was out in Clemmons, NC on Saturday (March 13)as the FCWT Tanglewood Challenge got under way.
IMG Leadbetter golfers, Ginger and Robbi Howard, who also happen to be sisters found themselves at 1-over par and tied for the lead after the first round of play on Saturday. [...]
Over the past two weeks the golfers at IMG Leadbetter Academy were exposed to a visual training demonstration that most golfers would not have considered as an important element of success.
From a broad range of research evidence, the visual system is one of the most important mechanisms in decision making because 80-90% of sensory [...]
Pitching Tip from IMG Leadbetter Golf Academy coach Gary Parrett:
The most common way golfers are told to regulate distance on pitch shots is to vary the length of the backswing.
But I’ve always found it extremely difficult to get players to know exactly how far back they take the club. How would they know? It’s not [...]
IMG Leadbetter Golfer, Zi Jun “Lucia” Yin, traveled just north of Jacksonville this past weekend to compete in the HJGT Amelia Island Junior Open.
Zi Jun “Lucia”, of China, won the Girls 10-14 Division for the second time in as many starts and now has taken the lead in the HJGT Player of the Year [...]
George Gandranata moved over to the U.S on his own at age 15 to attend the David Leadbetter Golf Academy at IMG Academies. When he arrived he was new to the game -having only started to hit balls for the first time at the age of 13. He came to the academy knowing little English [...]
James Leadbetter went wire-to-wire to win the FCWT Saddlebrook Open (13-15 age group) this past weekend. James opened with a first round 69 on Saturday and followed it with a 1-over par 73 on Sunday. His two day 142 total put him 5 shots ahead of his nearest competitor, Emilio Mauer of Mexico. This is James’s [...]