Scott's Golf Blog

“I mean listen, we‘re sitting here talking about practice, not a game, … We‘re talking about practice man.” Practice indeed. I wonder how much thought we actually put into our practices. I ask because I can guarantee we’ve all been at the range when the guy next to you plops down a humongous bag  and [...]

Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take “hits” against a bucket of range balls… “Swing” vs “Hit” One of the more famous questions we, the teaching staff at Harbor Links,  ask our  students is , ” Are we supposed to hit the ball or [...]

 I like long putts and I can not lie You other players can’t deny That when a  putt you face is like a winding chase And your opponent’s in your face You get ________ So, what word did you fill in the blank with? Tense? Tentative? Scared? Nervous? or Confident? How many times a round [...]

“Pick up on one and leave the other behind It’s not often easy and not often kind Did you ever have to make up your mind” The answer is, we all have. Each and every one of us have all been faced with the “which club” question during a round. Sometimes the question arises numerous times [...]

With tangerine trees and marmalade skies. Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly, A girl with kaleidoscope eyes. …” OK so maybe you can’t picture “marmalade skies” per se, but I’ll bet you can picture your ball taking the break and rolling in. Or, how about the short sided flip wedge over a bunker to [...]

“Hit me with your best shot! Why don’t you hit me with your best shot! Hit me with your best shot! Fire away!” You know the song, but do know how it relates to golf? Well sing these lyrics instead. “Stick to your pre-shot! You’d better stick to your pre-shot! Stick to your pre-shot! Fire away!” THE [...]

SPRING!!!!! I’ve always used Super Bowl Sunday as the proverbial “Line in the sand” and despite about 40′ of snow still on the ground here in the Northeast, this year is no different. Today is a day that we can all look at as the day we begin our preparation(s) for the upcoming campaign. It’s [...]

“…Yeah sweet calendar girl…” As we slowly turn the pages of our calendars towards spring,  this is a good time to lay out your season. I find that by placing my events on a calendar, it helps direct and motivate me through my practices. KNOWING when an event is coming up tends to get me [...]

”…Something for everyone: A comedy tonight” I’ll bet you never knew that when Zero Mostel sang those words that they would become a golf lesson! OK, maybe not the words, but certainly the music. So let’s all sing along… “Tempo and Timing, Tempo and Timing, Something for everyone: A better ball strike” Tempo and Timing. You can be [...]

I just want SET, the club at the top… Maybe those aren’t the exact words we know from The Ink Spots, but they are the words that we all need to keep in mind. Set the club at the top. Ever watch tennis? Baseball? If so, I’ll venture a guess that you’ve heard the announcers [...]