By. John K. Abendroth, PGA With appreciation to Original Joe's of Westlake and putterkey.com. We hear so much about modern golf instructors with modern players. My opinion we can learn some very important tips and information from golf instructors from many years ago. I can recall playing the PGA Tour in the 1970's, there were hardly any instructors on the range...we all helped each other. Harvey Penick was a Texas based instructor known most for working with Tom Kite and Ben Crenshaw. On...

By. John K. Abendroth, PGA Thank you to to Original Joe's of Westlake and PutterKey.com for supporting our efforts Recently I observed some amateur golfers putting strokes and was able to see how the path of their putter was causing some issues. At the American Century golf event at Lake Tahoe this was a rare opportunity to see the putting stroke of not-so-good golfers on television. In the event you could really see the difference as the top players had good putting fundamentals. A big thing...

By. John K. Abendroth, PGA When certain PGA Tour events are played, they bring to mind unique stories from when I played in them, with the Quad Cities, John Deere Classic being played this week I have good memories. Gary McCord had a bit of the kick off to his career as a charecter as he got invited into a TV studio and he showed up with his trademark mustache wearing a Tux. Gary had Hollywood conntections and with Ed McMahon the host, Gary was perfect to promote the event. In the final...