May 30, 2008--About a month ago, Tiger Woods held his annual Tiger Jam event in Las Vegas that benefits the Tiger Woods Foundation. The event was held just days after his knee surgery, and in this video from ATT Blue Room Sports, you can watch as Tiger Woods and Las Vegas golfer Charley Hoffman give a clinic at Cascata, one of the best Las Vegas golf courses. Tiger serves as the emcee--while on crutches--while Hoffman hits shots, and the two discuss their playing philosophies. Hoffman is known as one of the Tour's funniest guys, and his personality comes through in the video. At one point Hoffman says, "I schedule my events around Tiger's ... I'm going to be playing a lot in the next month." To that Tiger responds dryly: "If that's the case, I'm coming back early!" Click here to watch the exclusive Las Vegas golf clinic video now (the video takes a few seconds to start rolling). The clinic was a part of Tiger Jam XI presented by AT&T that featured a concert by Van Halen in addition to other festivities.

April 1, 2008--We all want to "Go Big or Go Home", in just about anything, but especially when it comes to teeing off in golf. Even if the adage is "Drive for Show, Putt For Dough" we all love the long ball. And now VIP Golf Academy Director of Instruction Earl Svenningsen tells us the key to hitting it longer "is a function of clubhead speed, weight shift, and body turn or torque. Those three elements done together will give you the maximum power. The wider the arc and the faster the club is swung will result in longer tee shots." VIP Golf Academy offers Las Vegas golf schools at TPC Las Vegas (pictured). For more ...

February 13, 2008--TPC Las Vegas (formerly TPC Canyons) is a genuine PGA Tour experience in Las Vegas, and is a Las Vegas golf course where the best in the world have played and won PGA Tour tournaments on, including Jim Furyk and Hale Irwin, among many others. The course is open for play to all Las Vegas golfers, and now the head instructor at TPC Las Vegas PGA Tour Golf Academy, Las Vegas golf pro Sean Lanyi, says that a few simple tips and rules can help your game and lower you scores. "Follow the 20/20/20 rule and set aside 20 minutes to practice putts, 20 minutes for greenside chip shots and bunker shots and 20 minutes for full swing shots with a wedge, 7 iron, 5 iron or driver," Lanyi says about a proper warm-up routine. Complete Las Vegas golf packages and online Las Vegas tee times can be secured by visiting the TPC Las Vegas official website. For more Lanyi tips ... 

February 6, 2008--Legendary professional Bob Byman (L, pictured with Jack Nicklaus) was recently named the Director of Instruction for Las Vegas golf course The Legacy Golf Club, one of four 18-hole Las Vegas golf courses operated by OB Sports. Byman brings a lifetime’s worth of instruction and competitive experience to the club, as he assumes all golf instruction operations including individual and group lessons, golf clinics, multi-day golf schools and more. Over the years, Byman has amassed a long list of teaching achievements. He has successfully taught more than 40,000 lessons over a 22-year period; he as appeared on The Golf Channel’s Academy Live twice; and he has developed winning golfers at every level including junior club, men’s club, women’s club, junior state amateur, state amateur, U.S. amateur and PGA Tour champions. Plus he was an accomplished player who won several pro events and helped Wake Forest win two NCAA titles. Other OB Sports Las Vegas golf courses are the Mountain and Palm at Angel Park Golf Club and Aliante Golf Club. For more ...

November 24, 2007 (Portions of this article originally appeared in In Business Las Vegas)--"Golf is 90% mental; the other 10% is mental," legendary instructor Jim Flick once said. It's a funny line and one that emphasizes the mental challenges that come with playing golf. But one local guy, Dr. Edward Klein, is here to help us all. The first thing that you see when Klein walks up is the championship ring he earned with the Tampa Lightning when the team won the Stanley Cup in 2004. It seemingly shines as he walks, and could be taken as a monument to the success that can happen when athletes and/or teams utilize a sports psychologist. Klein, who recently moved to Las Vegas from Florida to be closer to family, has a long history of working with top level athletes in many sports including hockey, baseball, figure skating, and yes, golf. He received his MD from the University of Louisville Medical School and then served his psychiatric residency at the NYU Bellevue Hospital Center before a long and successful career in private practice. For about the last 20 years he has been working solely in the athletic arena. And now is very interested in helping Las Vegas golfers play Las Vegas golf courses better.

August 9, 2007--Clif Vanetti has been around golf in Las Vegas for a long time, and is now dedicated to helping the golf swings of all Las Vegas golfers as the director of instruction at the Badlands Golf Club, a Troon Golf-operated Las Vegas golf course. The Badlands Golf Club is also the exclusive host of the ESPN Golf Schools in Las Vegas. Vanetti offers a complete range of instruction options from individual lessons to group settings to junior camps and adult golf schools. Click here for more information about The Badlands Golf Club instruction and lessons.

June 11, 2007--Chris Eastman is a PGA golf professional at the Billy Casper-Greg Nash-designed Las Vegas golf course the Revere Golf Club. He realizes good course management is almost as important as a good golf swing, and offers the following "traffic stop" golf tip that will help you score better and enjoy the game more. In golf, you are faced with the decision of when to shoot for the target or when to play it safe. Using a traffic light metaphor can assist in the decision process. The lights indicate: Green for go for it, yellow for caution, and red for danger all around.

April 27, 2007--The weekend is here, and many of you will be teeing it up over the next couple days. In honor of the golf season being in full swing, Mike Davis, Director of Instruction at Las Vegas' Walters Golf Academy and a member of the prestigious GOLF Magazine Top 100 Teacher list, has provided a tip about how distance control will help you with your short game. Yes, that's right, distance isn't just for the tee box anymore. And as a special incentive to our readers, Davis is offering a special introductory value of 10% for his series of lessons.

Proper Distance Control Will Lower Your Scores

Every instructor will tell you that controlling distance is the key to a good short game, but most golfers don’t understand the steps needed to acquire good control of distance when putting, chipping or pitching.

April 17, 2006--With all of the new golf club technology, hitting it longer is everyone’s goal. Unfortunately, for most of us this means farther left or farther right. But by following these three simple steps you will gain distance and land in the fairway much more often.

Step one—(Don’t) Squeeze the toothpaste

Remember to grip the club lightly. A light grip will help promote club head speed and better timing. Feel like you are holding a tube of toothpaste upside down with no lid and you do not want to squeeze out the toothpaste on the floor.