Mental game lifts Villegas to third win on PGA Tour

Dr. Gio Valiante knows the value of finding creative ways to drive a message home to a client- each person is unique and sometimes you’ve got to think outside the box to get your point across. So about a month ago, he took one of his star clients, Columbian USPGA Tour [...]

Happy homecoming for K.J in Asia

Sunday 7th March| K.J Choi continued his recent run of strong play with a 2nd place finish behind compatriot Noh Seung-yul at the Maybank Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The experienced South Korean lovingly called “the tank” by his peers handled the severe heat and humidity impressively to finish at 13 under [...]

Leishman proves rookie season was no fluke

Sophomore slump? Don’t bother talking about anything of that sort to  Marc Leishman. The 2009 PGA Tour Rookie of the Year has started the 2010 season picking up right where he left off.
Leishman has made 3 out of 4 cuts with the highlight being a T2 finish in the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. [...]

Ogilvy wins while coach makes history from couch!

Geoff Ogilvy has successfully defended his SBS Championship title with a solid 6 under par 67 to finish the tournament at -22, 1 shot ahead of Rory Sabbatini.
While Ogilvy seemed so relaxed out there he could be sitting on a couch, his coach Dale Lynch was actually doing just that! “Lynchy” was at home in [...]

New Year brings many changes for Geoff Ogilvy

Geoff Ogilvy is the only player in the field at the SBS Championship this week who has previously won this event at Kapalua. One would imagine Ogilvy would be looking at familiarity with the course and fond memories as advantages in the defense of his title.
That may well be true but there are still quite [...]

Pick a method, any method…

I was told by my coach Steve Bann recently that there is more instructional material published/produced about golf than all other sports combined.
I don’t find this hard to believe. Why? Because all that supply is only responding to demand, or desire, and what do most golfers desire? A quick fix that’ll have them playing the [...]

Twitter Craze Spreads to Golf

Is nothing sacred? It seems that the Royal and Ancient sport of golf has has succumbed to the Twitter craze.
In fact, we have a confession to make. The team here at golf.com.au have to bear some responsibility…apologies to all the traditionalists out there!
Back in April of 2009 we (very quietly) launched our very own Twitter [...]

John Daly Twitters Up a Storm

It was getting late in my neck of the woods. I checked my email one last time to see if there were any alligators lurking there, needing attention before I hit the hay.
Nothing too urgent, so time to put my laptop to bed.
Little did I realize that I was about to get the lesson of [...]

Break Par in A Year? Dream on Baby

When Irishman, John Richardson told veteran Tour player, Sam Torrance that he planned to drop 33 strokes in 363 days, Torrance replied: “Dream On”
Well the breaking news today is that, not only did John reach his goal, but the book Dream On has just gone to #1 in the Amazon best seller list for Golf. [...]

Steve Bann provides Daily Skype Updates from The Masters

Steve Bann, coach to Stuart Appleby, K.J Choi and Nick Flanagan has done a world first by agreeing to conduct daily Skype interviews straight from Augusta. Steve is staying with Stuart Appleby and his family this week and has been very generous with his time during what is always a very busy week.
In this series [...]

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