Author: jasonsutton

I am a P.G.A . Director of Instruction at Carmel Country Club in Charlotte, North Carolina. 2013 Carolinas PGA Teacher of the Year. I am an AimPoint Green Reading Certified Instructior, K-Vest certified, A certified Coutour Putter fitter, D-Plane certified. I am a christian, married with 2 children. I love to flyfish and am an avid runner

Early Extension Drill

December 1, 2009

Noodle Drill

Here is a great drill that will help you if you tend to lose your spine angle in your downswing. This is when your hips thrust forward in your downswing and your upper body moves away from the ground.  This is a preview of my upcoming article in Golf Illustrated (Jan/Feb issue) on posting and rotating. This is a key move in the downswing that all the players on tour make where they rotate their hips and push back as their upper body maintains it’s angle throughout.  This is why some players appear to squat or go down (Tiger for example).  The Noodle drill is easy to set up: Use a broken shaft and a pool noodle. Place against your rear end as you set up to the ball.  Start with half swings until you can hit the ball solid without coming off the noodle. Then grow it up to a full motion and enjoy hitting the ball solid. I will definitely do a show on this in the future but I wanted to give you a taste of what I feel is a often overlooked part of the swing. Let me know how it goes if you try this drill

Guru

Happy Thanksgiving (Guru Blessing)

November 26, 2009

Just wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving and wanted to let you know what I am thankful for.  So I made a list:

1. My lord and Savior Jesus Christ and what he did for us

2. My wonderful wife, Tiffanie and my 2 great kids, Brittanie and Nicklaus (I love you baby and my babies)

3. My mom, dad, brother and my in laws

4. all my friends

5.  my health

6. being able to do what I love and love what I do

7. running and still being able to do it

8. fishing

9. Tiger Woods and being alive to see the greatest golfer ever

10. I am the most blessed and am living the dream

What are you thankful for?

Alright, Let’s get this thing cranked up

November 22, 2009

The whole reason for this blog is to connect with my audience. I appreciate everyone who has visited and subscribed in the last couple of weeks and I know that I am new to this blog thing but I would love to get some golf questions or ideas for my next video.  I can certainly answer your questions via text or video (hence the reason I bought the flip cam which I highly recommend). I know this is an off week for the tour but any questions about a certain players swing or what I think about a particular swing error would be awesome to get the ball rolling.  So here is your homework for the next week. 1) come up with a golf or instruction question and 2) tell someone about my blog and our fine golf school if you have been there, if not you need to stop by.  I look forward to connecting with all of you soon..thanks and God Bless

Guru

Guru Golf Show episode 1

November 19, 2009

This is the first episode of Guru TV. My first guest is Mark Kane. Mark is an unbelieveable fitness instructor and physical therapist that I send alot of my players to. Mark is great at targeting  their weaknesses and helping them get more mobile and strong.  This in turn allows me to make the changes in their swings that they couldn’t make otherwise Check out his website if you want to work with Mark at kanetraining.com. I hope you enjoy my first attempt at a tv show. Feel free to suggest any topics or questions that I could cover in upcoming episodes.  God Bless, Guru

The weekend and my new flip cam

November 12, 2009

 

The weekend and my new flip cam

What’s up everyone, I had a great week teaching about 25 hours which isn’t bad for the first week in November. My son Nick finished up his football season by winning his bowl game against the Porter Ridge gold team which included his best friend playing quarterback for that team. He played his best game of the year with three quality tackles (including one big hit on his buddy) and a very near interception. I am very proud to have not missed a single game even though with my unusual job requiring me to work on Saturdays. I am pretty sure that I won’t look back and wish that I would have given those extra lessons, I know Nick appreciated me being there and I had a great time watching he and his team play. a few of the dads and myself got together and painted our chests spelling out RAVENS. I was the E. The kids thought it was funny and it was pretty cool to get a little silly to get them fired up. I got some great footage with my new flip cam that I just purchased to help with my video tips and blogs as I go forward. This thing is awesome. This video will not make the blog, sorry. I have recieved alot of great response from my new tip including a student that I haven’t seen for 4 years that was inspired to come out after viewing my tip, which makes it all worth it. I am still trying to improve my content, information and editing so bear with me through this process. I have lots of great ideas for upcoming episodes for what I am going to call GURU TV, so stay tuned and thanks for your support of my teaching and our fine golf school.

God Bless and I will see you on the lesson tee, Guru

Gary V “Crush It” book review

November 12, 2009

The King of Social Media…….Gary V

I am on chapter 11 of Gary Vaynerchuks new book (Crush It) and that inspired me to start this blog on tumblr. I have been using facebook and twitter most of 2009 but more for keeping up with students and friends which has definitely been great for my business but I had no idea the range of what I can do.  Gary’s book outlines all the ways to generate business through creating new markets and driving business to your blog and your websites. He makes it easy to understand and gives you the blueprint to success if you are willing to be creative and work hard with whatever you are passionate about.  I am very passionate about golf, teaching golf and I love my students and care about their golf and their lives.  I am inspired to try some of the ideas from this book and stretch myself and try to provide my current customers and friends with excellent information and content but hopefully reach new people that don’t know me yet.  I look forward to another great year of sharing and helping people learn this great game of golf

GURU