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March/April 2025: Breaking 100

Ted Odorico May 19, 2025

Golf Milestones

Breaking 100

Proper Balance

You’ll need to understand the role balance plays in your golf swing if you’ll have any chance of breaking any scoring milestone. Why not start in 2025, while trying to break 100 more often? Remember, you’ll only swing as fast as your body can balance the speed you can produce.

Can you stand on 1 leg at a time? Try this with one leg out in front of you. Doing so, you lose the ability to use the other leg acting as a counterbalance mechanism.
When you set up to the golf ball, close your eyes/ If you’re too far out on your toes, you’re probably too far away from the golf ball.
Close your eyes again, this time asking yourself are you well-balanced left to right from your waist down

Tip provided by: John Hughes, PGA Master Professional, Golf Tips Top 25 Instructor.

Contact: john@johnhughesgolf.com

January/February 2025: Breaking 70

Ted Odorico May 12, 2025

Golf Milestones

Breaking 70

Breaking 70 Requires at Least One Statistic in the 70’s

When you examine sub-par rounds, there typically is at least one major statistical category that topped the 70% threshold. In turn creating more opportunities to reduce the total number of strokes it will take you to break 70 in 2025. Based upon last year’s stats, is there a category you can get closer to 70%?

Become more accurate off the tee? And doing so without sacrificing more than 5% of your total distance average.
Increasing your greens in regulation percentage?
Increasing your GIR Proximity to have at least 70% of your shots land within 20 feet of the target?
Learn to “flight” your approach shots to gain control over the spin of the shot. Not being able to control the spin of an approach shot can increase the distance your first putt is from the hole.

Tip provided by: John Hughes, PGA Master Professional & Golf Tips Top 25 Instructor

Contact: john@johnhughesgolf.com

January/February 2025: Breaking 80

Ted Odorico May 5, 2025

Golf Milestones

Breaking 80

Enhance Your Impact Position

To break 80 consistently in 2025, it’s not enough to understand impact. You must start studying how you can flatten the face of any club, while having your hands in the correct position to create maximum leverage.

Ball position is critical to enhance your chances of improved impact. Is the ball position for irons slightly behind the low point of your swing?
Are you teeing the ball too high or too low with your driver, causing your angle of attack to not be effective?
Is the club being released properly? Or are you manipulating the release, causing the club to close or open just prior to impact?

Tip provided by: John Hughes, PGA Master Professional & Golf Tips Top 25 Instructor

Contact: john@johnhughesgolf.com

January/February 2025: Breaking 90

Ted Odorico April 28, 2025

Golf Milestones

Breaking 90

Understand How Impact Feels

2025 should be the year you fall in love with your impact position. With every club. But doing so with your short and mid-irons will almost insure your break 90 more often this year.

Learning to create “forward shaft lean” is an essential part of creating a good impact position with your short and mid-irons. Dragging and releasing an alignment stick provides you with the feeling of your hands being in front of the ball and club at impact.
Placing a tee in front of the ball with the objective of hitting the tee out of the ground provides a forward shaft lean while you are placing the ball on the center of the club face.
Hitting shots from a downhill lie will always set you up in a great impact position. If you can learn to swing down the hill with a forward shaft lean, the ball will fly in the air and enhance your chances of repeating this position anywhere on the golf course.

Tip provided by: John Hughes, PGA Master Professional & Golf Tips Top 25 Instructor

Contact: john@johnhughesgolf.com

January/February 2025: Breaking 100

Ted Odorico April 21, 2025

Golf Milestones

Breaking 100

Basic Driver Set Up

You’re chomping at the bit to hit your new driver Santa brought you. But how do you hit it? And Keep it in the fairway? At your skill level of trying to break 100 more consistently, it’s all about your set up in 2025.

Ensure you aim the “Leading Edge” of the Club to your target.
Set Up to the club. The club hits the ball, not you.
Tee it higher than you think. At least half the ball should be above the crown of the club.
Ball position should be in line with the instep or big toe of your front foot.
Hands centered in your body, which produces a bigger shoulder tilt, with your trail much lower than your front shoulder.

Tip provided by: John Hughes, PGA Master Professional, Golf Tips Top 25 Instructor.

Contact: john@johnhughesgolf.com