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
Fail to prepare, prepare to failJuly 22, 2024 7:27 amI always drilled into my daughters the old adage of the 5 P’s, Perfect Preparation Prevents Poor Performance. They used to hate me saying it, but in golf, like most sports, it unfortunately is very true. If you plan your round, you will perform better. Now, I know you don’t have the time like the professionals and their caddies do... View Article
Exercises for dealing with outer hip painJuly 19, 2024 7:29 amWorld of Golf London’s resident physiotherapist, Pat Gilham, takes you through some simple exercises to deal with outer hip pain Pat Gillham, Director and Specialist Golf Physiotherapist, Driving Performance Golf Ltd, based at World of Golf London pat.gillham@drivingperfgolf.co.uk
How to order from Costa while practicing on the rangeJuly 17, 2024 4:11 pmOrdering refreshments from Costa while practicing on the range has never been so easy. Tap, order, pay and they’re on their way. How’s that for service!
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
Fail to prepare, prepare to fail
July 22, 2024 7:27 am
I always drilled into my daughters the old adage of the 5 P’s, Perfect Preparation Prevents Poor Performance. They used to hate me saying it, but in golf, like most sports, it unfortunately is very true. If you plan your round, you will perform better. Now, I know you don’t have the time like the professionals and their caddies do... View Article
Exercises for dealing with outer hip pain
July 19, 2024 7:29 am
World of Golf London’s resident physiotherapist, Pat Gilham, takes you through some simple exercises to deal with outer hip pain Pat Gillham, Director and Specialist Golf Physiotherapist, Driving Performance Golf Ltd, based at World of Golf London pat.gillham@drivingperfgolf.co.uk
How to order from Costa while practicing on the range
July 17, 2024 4:11 pm
Ordering refreshments from Costa while practicing on the range has never been so easy. Tap, order, pay and they’re on their way. How’s that for service!