Play the Game - Golf Instruction.

Thank you for visiting the PLAY THE GAME GOLF web site. I'm CHUCK CASTOR, Director of Instruction at Bramble Ridge Golf Course in Lakeland, Florida and creator of PLAY THE GAME GOLF SCHOOL.

The great Ben Hogan once said "Most golf shots are missed before a player ever makes a backswing." So true! The majority of golfers have no concept of what an EFFECTIVE SWINGING MOTION is all about. What I see are golfers hitting at the ball rather than as Nick Faldo once commented," You must swing the golf club back and then through impact, allowing the club head to capture the ball and send it to the target." The key word there is swing, not hit.

An effective golf swing takes advantage of gravity and centrifugal force while swinging the club around your center. This can be easily accomplished once the golfer has paid close attention to the "set up". A proper "set up" is defined by GA/ASP (Grip, Aim/Alignment, Stance and Posture). To properly do those items takes professional guidance. If that weren't true, then why do touring professionals have coaches? It is practically impossible to improve at this game without professional help.

Is there really a "secret" to the golf swing"? I don't think so. I believe that there is so much conflicting golf instruction out there, professed by so many teachers trying to be different, that it confuses most everyone. For example: Did you know that you swing the golf club with your belt buckle? What is clubface awareness? Is swing path really all that important? All those questions are valid, but does it really help to finally understand the basic concepts of what it takes to make an effective golf swing? I will tell you right now, that there is no such thing as a perfect golf swing. There is a golf swing that will work effectively for you most of the time. That swing is unique to you; all we have to do is find it. Hogan said, "You have to dig your swing out of the dirt on the practice tee." Together, my students and I discover the correct way to dig. There are no "gimmies".

Call me or send me an E-mail and set up a lesson series. WE WILL FIX whatever is interfering with your ability to play better golf and have some fun doing it.