Instruction tips from CT's best golf teachers

Watch Fox 61 WTIC-TV throughout the golf season for Golf Tips featuring PGA Golf Professionals affiliated with the Connecticut Section PGA. A new tip will be featured every Thursday during the sports report on "News at Ten" featuring Sports Director Rich Coppola. To improve your game, be sure to visit a CT Section PGA Golf Professional instructor.



This year's instruction tips:

Tip 1: Custom-fit clubs
Jim Bedus, Indian Hill CC

Tip 2: Conditioning and Stretching
Ken Doyle, Hop Meadow CC

Tip 3: The Grip
Mike Bailey, Wethersfield CC

Tip 4: Stance and Posture
Angelo Fiducia, Tunxis Plantation CC

Tip 5: Backswing and Follow-through
John Nowobilski, Tallwood CC

Tip 6: Tempo and Balance
John Buser, TPC at River Highlands

Tip 7: Visualizing the Swing and Shot
Daril Pacinella, CC of Wilbraham

Tip 8: The Drive
Kris Smith, Clinton CC

Tip 9: Fairway Woods
Tony Amaral, Woodbridge CC

Tip 10: Iron Play
Ralph Salito, Richter Park GC

Tip 11: Chipping and Pitching
Tom Gleeton, CC Waterbury

Tip 12: Wedge Play
Bill Schaaf, Stony Hill Long Drive

Tip 13: Putting Basics
Frank Selva, Race Brook CC

Tip 14: Complicated Putts
Gary Reynolds, Hartford GC

Tip 15: Sand Play
John Riordan, CC Farmington

Tip 16: Cure for Topping & Skying
Tony Rowe, Ellington Ridge CC

Tip 17: Cure for Slicing
Tony Rowe, Ellington Ridge CC

Tip 18: Popular Myths about the Swing
Bob Meheran, Wampanoag CC




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