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The Secret To My Success
I remember listening to my parents tell friends, camp cousellors or coaches “Keep Doug away from Red Food Dye, pop and Chocolate he will be relatively “normal” and controllable”. Ahhh, now back in the 70’s little did they know what was actually causing the “hyper” activity, restlessness, impulsivity and my mischevious curiosity. Looking back at…
Read MoreCoach Doug’s 7th Annual: Top 50 Things I Learned This Year!
WOW! Another year has gone by and WHAT an incredible year it was! This will go down in the annals of history as one of the most unforgettable (some want to forget none the less and I don’t blame them!) years on record. While I learned the importance of washing your hands, wearing a face…
Read MoreWhen a student leaves…a Coach’s view
Butch Harmon, Hank Haney, Sean Foley. 3 of the most famous Golf coaches in the World because they had the opportunity to work with Tiger Woods. Every time that Tiger decided that he was going to change coaches it was an absolute media frenzy and made headlines across the Golf World. This has been well…
Read MoreThe Secret To My Success
I remember listening to my parents tell friends, camp cousellors or coaches “Keep Doug away from Red Food Dye, pop and Chocolate he will be relatively “normal” and controllable”. Ahhh, now back in the 70’s little did they know what was actually causing the “hyper” activity, restlessness, impulsivity and my mischevious curiosity. Looking back at…
Read MoreGolf Professional 2.0 – Part 3 “New Year…New You?”
WHAT WAS UNDER YOUR TREE? Wouldn’t life be simple if you were able to change careers by getting a gift certificate or a gift card under the Christmas tree? This would be easy. Just hop on over to the store and shop for that perfect job! But what if the job you…
Read MoreGolf Professional 2.0 – Part 2
Decisions….Decisions… It seems that from the time you approach High School the questions start coming, “What are you going to be when you grow up?” or “Are you going to follow in your parent’s footsteps?” Giving you the sense that if you DON’T have your life planned out by the time you hit your…
Read MoreGolf Professional 2.0 – Redux
I was speaking to a longtime colleague / mentor of mine not too long ago and he made a comment regarding the new crop of candidates who just successfully passed their playing ability tests. He said, “Well they’re one step closer to being OUT of the golf business”. I was floored at first but afterwards…
Read MoreStack & Tilt is the New California Condor
Lets dig into the back issues of Golf Digest for a second and pull out the June 2007 issue. The cover headline: “Hit it Flush Every Time: 20 Tour Pros switch to a Radical New Swing” Inside you’ll find the original Golf Digest Stack & Tilt article. Since that article was published, reactions from all corners…
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