Top 10 Instructional Tips of 2015

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1. 3 Keys To Shaping The Golf Ball Any Way You Want

This week’s PGA Tour event will be played at Colonial Country Club where last year’s winner was Adam Scott, with a final score of -9. He won in a playoff hole against Jason Dufner by making birdie on the second hole. The…(Read More)

2. 30 Seconds To Master The Proper Ball Position

The FedEx Cup Playoffs begins this week on the PGA Tour with The Barclays. To make it all the way to the Tour Championship, PGA Tour players will need to shoot low scores and do their best to minimize the bogeys…(Read More)

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3. 3 Tips To Hit The Stinger Off The Tee

When teeing it up in South Florida you’re inevitably going to deal with windy conditions. Now that The Honda Classic is over (did you see how many golf balls were hit in the water last week?!) the PGA Tour moves…(Read More)

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4. How To Hit More Fairways In 1 Minute

This week marks the fourth and final major of the 2015 season. This year’s PGA Championship is being held at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisconsin. Many remember the 2010 PGA Championship where Dustin Johnson grounded his golf club in one…(Read More)

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5. Coming Over The Top? Check The Shaft Weight In Your Clubs

It’s the dreaded “over the top” move – this is the most written about problem for a golfer. For most left-handed or right-handed golfers, the dominant hand gets too active causing an outward push of the club from the top…(Read More)

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6. How To Prepare For  A Tournament

Whether you’re playing in your club championship, state amateur, open qualifier, or a PGA Tour event, it is extremely important to be prepared for that impending event and what the course or nature can throw at you. We’ve all experienced nerves…(Read More)

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7. 6 Steps To Successfully Putt On Fast Greens

For any golf enthusiast Master’s week marks a special time of year. Not only is it the season’s first major but with the weather finally turning for the better, flowers blooming, and birds chirping, golfers are hitting the practice range…(Read More)

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8. Every Golf Should Do These 2 Things

The PGA Tour makes its way back to the mainland to La Quinta, California for the Humana Challenge in partnership with the Clinton Foundation. This week players will have to navigate around three different courses; Arnold Palmer Private and Jack…(Read More)

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9. 3 Secrets To Uneven Lies That Everyone Misses

This week the PGA Tour is in Kapalua, Hawaii playing the Hyundai Tournament of Champions. Kapalua is known for its severely sloped fairways which can create tough shots for even the best players in the world. I’ve pin pointed three…(Read More)

What Wedges Should You Carry

10. What Wedges Should I Carry

When it comes to the loft, today’s iron sets are getting stronger and stronger. With newer iron sets, it’s common to see pitching wedges with a loft around 45*(rewind to a decade ago and that would be a 9 iron)…(Read More)

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Alan Unruh

Alan Unruh is a Class “A” member of the PGA of America, and holds PGA Certifications in General Management, Golf Operations and Player Development. With these certifications, he is among the 1% of PGA members that hold multiple PGA Certifications. He has a profound passion for the game of golf along with extensive experience and knowledge regarding planning and strategy for golf operations, rules of golf, tournament operations and golf swing fundamentals. Alan has also played a crucial role helping manage multiple high profile tournaments throughout his career including the USGA Women’s U.S. Open, PGA and LPGA Tour events, and multiple NCAA and AJGA events.