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February 12, 2017
Planning Your Perfect Golf School Vacation
PLANNING YOUR PERFECT GOLF SCHOOL VACATION (Part II) It’s time to continue the conversation about planning your perfect golf school vacation at one of Bird Gold Academy’s exceptional sites, which combine picturesque settings, excellent accommodations, incredible golf courses, and top notch instruction in one. The previous article surveyed Bird Golf Academy’s golf schools in Arizona […]
January 29, 2017
A Return And An Arrival
It had been 17 months since Tiger Woods last played in a PGA Tour event. His game looked like it. Woods’ much awaited return to the PGA Tour and tournament golf (his December foray at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas notwithstanding https://www.birdgolf.com/tiger-woods-returns/ ) showed some positive signs but also some rust. Which is […]
January 18, 2017
Dynamic Duo
The two hottest golfers as we begin the 2017 PGA Tour season (which actually started in 2016) are not named McIlroy, Day or Spieth. With his second consecutive victory in Hawaii at last week’s Sony Hawaiian Open, 23-year old Justin Thomas set a new PGA Tour scoring record with a four round total of 253 […]
December 18, 2016
The Gift Of Better Golf
PGA Tour Break: Best Time To Improve Your Game by Enrolling in the Best Golf Schools With academies located in eleven states, including Arizona, California, North Carolina, South Carolina, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, and Tennessee, the PGA Tour Break is an excellent time to improve your golf game. Surely one of these […]
December 5, 2016
Sue Lawless
Sue Lawless retrieves her perfect shot! On December 4th another one of our amazing students, Sue Lawless, hit the game’s “Perfect Shot”. She made a hole-in-one at McDowell Mountain Ranch Golf Club, on the 97-yard, 8th hole with a 9 iron. Sue is taught by Bird Golf Academy’s incomparable Shirley Furlong and this is her […]
December 4, 2016
Tiger Woods Returns
Thursday marks the most anticipated return since the arrival of the new Star Wars trilogy when Tiger Woods returns to golf to hit his first competitive shot in over 15 months at the Hero World Golf Challenge. He would follow that shot up with another 72 of them to record a 1-over par 73 at […]
November 27, 2016
Giving Thanks to the Game
As the 2016 year draws to a close and we celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday, we thought it would be a good idea to give back. To do this, we’ve made a list giving thanks for the Top 10 things that the Game appreciates: The everyday golfer. The fan. The passionate pursuer of the little white […]
November 13, 2016
The Importance Of Sole
Because of the importance of balance and stability in the golf swing, the need for good golf shoes is a “no brainer.” Indeed, “golf shoes are specifically designed to give players stability, balance and flexibility during the unique motion of a golf swing”. As a result, the purpose of this post is not to convince […]
October 23, 2016
Back 9-Edition 15
Back 9-Edition 15 World #1, Lydia Ko, parted ways with her caddy of two years, Justin Hamilton, last week. Ko engaged Hamilton to be her full-time looper after trying out 7 other candidates in a year-long interview process in 2014. The pair has had extraordinary success together as Ko reached the top spot in the […]
October 2, 2016
The Chaska Champions
The 41st edition of the Ryder Cup was held this weekend at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota. Bird Golf has two connections with Hazeltine because one of our East Coast professionals, Jim Terry, was the teaching professional at the club for 15 years. Senior BGA West Coast professional, Craig Waryan’s uncle Don was […]
September 26, 2016
Second is Best? – Dustin Johnson Earns POY Honors, Falls to McIlroy in 3-Man Playoff
Typically, the player who wins the season swansong, the TOUR Championship, also wins the FedEx Cup. The TOUR Championship which is held at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, GA, (it was Bobby Jones’s home course, not Augusta National) is the fourth and final FedEx playoff event. The field is limited to the top 30 […]
