Bare minimum clubs to buy when starting outMay 6, 2025 8:55 amSo, you that have been to the range a few times and are now getting a little hooked on the game. You are starting to think about buying some golf clubs so you can take that next step of going out onto the golf course. But you don’t want to spend a King’s ransom on them. Here is my suggestion... View Article
Group coaching to improve your gameApril 14, 2025 6:49 amDuring my 40 plus year career I have delivered coaching both 1:1 and in groups. I honestly believe that the better way to learn is to come to a group class. This is especially true for those new to the game. By and large they have more faults to work on. When they receive individual coaching, there is a danger... View Article
Best courses to play in the wet seasonMarch 10, 2025 9:46 amIt is amazing how different golf courses, even just a few miles apart, are to play in the wetter season. There is little pleasure in scraping mud off your trolley and having the wheels looking like one of those monster trucks after half a dozen holes. Neverthless, it is becoming more and more a part of winter golf. The courses... View Article
A different way to assess your roundFebruary 1, 2025 7:21 amThe most reliable marker of how you played a game of golf will always be the ultimate score you shot. But sometimes it can be fun and a little more flattering to use other KPI’s of success or failure. One that I like to reflect on is: what was the shortest iron that I missed the green with? Like most... View Article
Jon’s golfing predictions for 2025January 27, 2025 9:02 amSpring is on the horizon. It’s time for Jon’s golfing predictions for 2025. Will they be as hopeless as ever? The PGA Tour has kicked off in the Hawaiian Islands and the European Tour (now known as the DP World Tour) is underway in the middle East. So, it must be time for me to make my usual appallingly bad... View Article
Practice and the “Closest to the Pin” gameJanuary 1, 2025 10:21 amI am always impressed by the Toptracer technology we have at World of Golf London. By far my favourite of the games that you can play in your bay is the Closest to the Pin. Most of my customers in the group classes use the same club for dozens and dozens of shots in a row when they are practicing.... View Article
The mental gameNovember 8, 2024 11:45 amThere are many things I admire about the best golfers in the world. But their ability to leave the previous shot behind is the best of all. What is done…is done. It’s the mental game. I bet you behave similarly to the way I do. When I hit a poor shot that has ruined the hole or I miss a... View Article
That’s Why You Have a HandicapOctober 9, 2024 3:15 pmIt is only fools like me, who supposedly play off scratch, that are meant to par every hole. You will have a handicap, so use it. Let’s make the maths easy. If you are an 18-handicap that means you have a shot a hole to play with. So, on that terribly difficult 425-yard par 4 hole, you do not need... View Article
Enjoy putting like you used toSeptember 17, 2024 7:02 pmWe are in an age of technological analysis. But that doesn’t mean we need to turn the art of putting into a scientific exercise. If you, like me, were lucky enough to start playing golf as a 9-year-old kid, then you will have spent plenty of time putting. Both on the practice putting green and the golf course. In my... View Article
Short game, Short game, Short gameAugust 12, 2024 5:47 pmWhether you are Rory McIlroy or a new beginner player, 66% of your shots will be taken on what we call the short game: chipping, pitching, bunker shots and putting. Yet none of us ever spend anywhere near 66% of our practice time on this vital area of the game. At World of Golf London, I’m afraid we can’t offer... View Article
Bare minimum clubs to buy when starting out
May 6, 2025 8:55 am
So, you that have been to the range a few times and are now getting a little hooked on the game. You are starting to think about buying some golf clubs so you can take that next step of going out onto the golf course. But you don’t want to spend a King’s ransom on them. Here is my suggestion... View Article
Group coaching to improve your game
April 14, 2025 6:49 am
During my 40 plus year career I have delivered coaching both 1:1 and in groups. I honestly believe that the better way to learn is to come to a group class. This is especially true for those new to the game. By and large they have more faults to work on. When they receive individual coaching, there is a danger... View Article
Best courses to play in the wet season
March 10, 2025 9:46 am
It is amazing how different golf courses, even just a few miles apart, are to play in the wetter season. There is little pleasure in scraping mud off your trolley and having the wheels looking like one of those monster trucks after half a dozen holes. Neverthless, it is becoming more and more a part of winter golf. The courses... View Article
A different way to assess your round
February 1, 2025 7:21 am
The most reliable marker of how you played a game of golf will always be the ultimate score you shot. But sometimes it can be fun and a little more flattering to use other KPI’s of success or failure. One that I like to reflect on is: what was the shortest iron that I missed the green with? Like most... View Article
Jon’s golfing predictions for 2025
January 27, 2025 9:02 am
Spring is on the horizon. It’s time for Jon’s golfing predictions for 2025. Will they be as hopeless as ever? The PGA Tour has kicked off in the Hawaiian Islands and the European Tour (now known as the DP World Tour) is underway in the middle East. So, it must be time for me to make my usual appallingly bad... View Article
Practice and the “Closest to the Pin” game
January 1, 2025 10:21 am
I am always impressed by the Toptracer technology we have at World of Golf London. By far my favourite of the games that you can play in your bay is the Closest to the Pin. Most of my customers in the group classes use the same club for dozens and dozens of shots in a row when they are practicing.... View Article
The mental game
November 8, 2024 11:45 am
There are many things I admire about the best golfers in the world. But their ability to leave the previous shot behind is the best of all. What is done…is done. It’s the mental game. I bet you behave similarly to the way I do. When I hit a poor shot that has ruined the hole or I miss a... View Article
That’s Why You Have a Handicap
October 9, 2024 3:15 pm
It is only fools like me, who supposedly play off scratch, that are meant to par every hole. You will have a handicap, so use it. Let’s make the maths easy. If you are an 18-handicap that means you have a shot a hole to play with. So, on that terribly difficult 425-yard par 4 hole, you do not need... View Article
Enjoy putting like you used to
September 17, 2024 7:02 pm
We are in an age of technological analysis. But that doesn’t mean we need to turn the art of putting into a scientific exercise. If you, like me, were lucky enough to start playing golf as a 9-year-old kid, then you will have spent plenty of time putting. Both on the practice putting green and the golf course. In my... View Article
Short game, Short game, Short game
August 12, 2024 5:47 pm
Whether you are Rory McIlroy or a new beginner player, 66% of your shots will be taken on what we call the short game: chipping, pitching, bunker shots and putting. Yet none of us ever spend anywhere near 66% of our practice time on this vital area of the game. At World of Golf London, I’m afraid we can’t offer... View Article