Prairie Dunes Country Club

In 2012 & 2013, I had the privilege of serving as an assistant PGA golf professional at Prairie Dunes, a top 100 golf course in the world.

The Most Pointless Rule in Golf

A couple weeks ago, Thomas Detry was disqualified from the BMW PGA Championship on the European Tour.

Professional, Opinion, NewsEric PeytonSeptember 23, 2021usga, rules, r and a, rules of golf, golf, European Tour Comments

2021 Ryder Cup Preview

The Ryder Cup, the biennial team match between the United States and Europe, starts a week from tomorrow.

ProfessionalEric PeytonSeptember 16, 2021ryder cup, usa, europe, whistling straits, pete dye, golf, match play

The Case Against Rakes

If you played any golf in 2020, you probably noticed some changes to the experience. Throughout the pandemic…

Opinion, GeneralEric PeytonSeptember 9, 2021bunker, bunkers, sand, sand trap, rakesComment

Make Olympic Golf Great Again

At the 2016 Rio Olympics, golf made its return to competition after over a century-long absence.

News, Opinion, ProfessionalEric PeytonJuly 28, 2021Comment

Stop 3-Putting: Lag Your Putts Close

Imagine this…a magic genie offers you three golf-related wishes. What do you wish for?

Instruction, PuttingEric PeytonApril 9, 2021golf, putting, putter, lag, lag putting, short game

Top Golf Swing Myths

There are a lot of different ways to swing a golf club. Just look at the guys on the PGA Tour; no two swings are the same.

Hit Your Drives Farther

Everyone wants to hit their drives farther. Whether you average 100 yards or 300 yards off the tee, we’re all on the search for the next 15.

Woods, InstructionEric PeytonJanuary 15, 2020driver, drive, woods, distance, far

Learn from Every Shot

They say that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.

Instruction, Irons, Wedges, WoodsEric PeytonDecember 2, 2019learn, improve, distance, ball flight laws, divot, ball flight, ball flights, club selection

Finding the Right Swing Tempo

This is relevant because speed is an important part of the golf swing, but so is timing. You can have the fastest swing in the world, but if you can’t also time it…

Key to Aiming Your Golf Shot

A quality golf shot is a combination of correct distance and accurate direction. Get those two elements correct and chances are high that your ball will come to rest in a good spot.

General, Instruction, Irons, Strategy, Wedges, WoodsEric PeytonOctober 2, 2019golf, golfing, aim, golf swing, golf aim, golf aiming, target, Harvey Penick, secondary target

Winning Golf’s Mental Game

It sounds overly cliche to say this, but golf is mental. Not necessarily in the sense that you have to be a little crazy to play it, though that may be true as well.

Play Well When You Can't Play Often

I’ve talked to a lot of people who lament the fact that they can’t play a lot of golf. It’s tough to improve your game when you only play a couple times per year.

General, Instruction, StrategyEric PeytonAugust 12, 2019golf, golf tips, play better golf, instruction, golf pro, simplify your game

How to Juggle a Golf Ball with Your Club

Juggling a golf ball on the face of your club became significantly more popular when Nike released a commercial of Tiger Woods doing it in the late 90s.

General, Wedges, Instruction, FunEric PeytonAugust 2, 2019golf, juggle, golf juggle, golf wedge, golf trick, trick shot, fun

How to Break 100, 90, 80...

Every golfer has their number. It's the one that they just can't seem to shoot lower under. It feels like an invisible barrier that keeps holding you back.

Should Amateur Golfers Earn Paychecks in Professional Events?

High-level competitive golf is a unique sport. It’s one of the only sports where professionals regularly compete on the same stage as amateurs.

Put Backspin on the Ball

The ability to put backspin on a golf ball is an incredibly valuable one. It allows a player to safely fly their ball all the way to the green without risking a bad bounce on the ground.

Wedges, Irons, InstructionEric PeytonJune 3, 2019golf, wedges, spin, green, short game, chip, pitch, sand wedge, pitching wedge, gap wedge, irons

Playing Golf at Altitude

Playing golf at a higher or lower altitude than you're used to can dramatically influence how you play the game.

Correct Golf Ball Position

The position, or placement, of a golf ball in a player's stance is incredibly important to shot success. The problem is, it's also sort of vague. As a result, most amateur golfers lack consistency in their ball placement, leading to inconsistent ball striking.

Wedges, Woods, Irons, InstructionEric PeytonApril 5, 2019golf, ball, ball position, driver, long iron, mid-iron, wedges, short irons

Dial in Your Pitch Shots

Golfers end up playing the shot completely by feel and relying on their depth perception and hand-eye coordination to make the ball go the right distance. Unfortunately, this is an incredibly unreliable method for hitting pitch shots.