Understanding Weight Transfer with Irons

Most golfers watch the pros on tour and trying to imitate elements they see into their own golf swing…When it comes to watching a player’s weight transfer, though, that’s not always the easiest to figure out…

General, Instruction, Irons, WedgesEric PeytonApril 25, 2023golf, weight, weight transfer, weight shift, shifting weight, irons, wedges

Top Golf Swing Myths

There are a lot of different ways to swing a golf club. Just look at the guys on the PGA Tour; no two swings are the same.

Learn from Every Shot

They say that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.

Instruction, Irons, Wedges, WoodsEric PeytonDecember 2, 2019learn, improve, distance, ball flight laws, divot, ball flight, ball flights, club selection

Key to Aiming Your Golf Shot

A quality golf shot is a combination of correct distance and accurate direction. Get those two elements correct and chances are high that your ball will come to rest in a good spot.

General, Instruction, Irons, Strategy, Wedges, WoodsEric PeytonOctober 2, 2019golf, golfing, aim, golf swing, golf aim, golf aiming, target, Harvey Penick, secondary target

How to Juggle a Golf Ball with Your Club

Juggling a golf ball on the face of your club became significantly more popular when Nike released a commercial of Tiger Woods doing it in the late 90s.

General, Wedges, Instruction, FunEric PeytonAugust 2, 2019golf, juggle, golf juggle, golf wedge, golf trick, trick shot, fun

Put Backspin on the Ball

The ability to put backspin on a golf ball is an incredibly valuable one. It allows a player to safely fly their ball all the way to the green without risking a bad bounce on the ground.

Wedges, Irons, InstructionEric PeytonJune 3, 2019golf, wedges, spin, green, short game, chip, pitch, sand wedge, pitching wedge, gap wedge, irons

Correct Golf Ball Position

The position, or placement, of a golf ball in a player's stance is incredibly important to shot success. The problem is, it's also sort of vague. As a result, most amateur golfers lack consistency in their ball placement, leading to inconsistent ball striking.

Wedges, Woods, Irons, InstructionEric PeytonApril 5, 2019golf, ball, ball position, driver, long iron, mid-iron, wedges, short irons

Dial in Your Pitch Shots

Golfers end up playing the shot completely by feel and relying on their depth perception and hand-eye coordination to make the ball go the right distance. Unfortunately, this is an incredibly unreliable method for hitting pitch shots.

Hit a Greenside Sand Shot

For a lot of amateur golfers, the greenside sand, or bunker, shot can be extremely difficult. Most of the time, you’ll only hit a couple of these shots in a round of golf, so most people don’t spend a ton of time practicing these shots.

Wedges, InstructionEric PeytonFebruary 8, 2019sand, bunker, wedges, green side, short game, golf

Improve Your Golf Swing (part 2)

Once you've got your pre-swing fundamentals set, you're ready to tackle the in-swing tips. We'll break the whole golf swing in to four parts; backswing, downswing, impact, and follow-through.

Improve Your Golf Swing (part 1)

Amateur golfers all over want to know, "How can I improve my golf swing?" Depending on who you ask, the answers can be incredibly different and range in complexity. The golf swing really isn't super complicated though.