Welcome to the golf performance home at Golf Insider. Here you can find a wealth of information to improve your golf game. We cover golf fitness, golf psychology and many more golf performance areas where you can make 1 – 5% performance gains. Click on the links below to jump to a section.
5 Hidden Skills of Great Practice
The general consensus is that practice makes you better at golf, or any given skill. However, seasoned golfers will know this isn’t necessarily true – you can put in hours of work every week and not get better, or in some cases get worse… Read more
Golf Shot Pattern Dashboard
I built this tool to help you shoot lower scores. It will take a few minutes of work, but I promise it will be worth your while. It’s the same approach I use when working with elite amateurs and pros, reduced down into one dashboard that is free for you to use whenever you want…
Best Golf Universities in the UK
Here we review the best golf universities in the UK. Some students find themselves playing university golf as a hobby, and others are on the path to becoming a professional and chasing their dreams on tour. Whether you are looking for an elite golf program or a way to enjoy and improve golf alongside your…
Too many swing thoughts – What is the answer?
How do you think when you play your best golf? My guess is that you don’t have 92 swing thoughts in the 1.5 seconds it takes to complete your golf swing. So why do we sometimes think so much about our golf swing? Read more
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Break X Golf
A big passion of mine is helping golfers get better. We all know a big part of this is practice. But how can you make your practice more effective and fun? I set up Golf Insider UK in 2018, with the aim of creating the golfing resources I wish I had as a 13-year-old kid…
The Reason You’re Not Hitting Your Potential
This article is written for you. It might not be written for you right now, but at some point in the past or future, you’ll find yourself off track. You’ll find yourself on the path of not reaching your goals, at that time, consider the following. Read more
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How To Gap Your Golf Bag
Working out how far you hit each club (your gapping) is one of the simplest ways to lower your scores – you don’t have to spend hours changing your golf swing, one task and you will hit your shots closer! It will take you an hour, and you may have to pay for the use…
How Accurate is HackMotion? A Guide for Coaches & Players
HackMotion is an incredibly useful piece of tech, for both coaches and players. But how accurate is it? And how can you get the most accurate data when coaching and practising? We did the testing to save you time, I know most won’t want to analyse the full dataset, so below are the key finding…
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The Best Golf Tips To Lower Your Scores
The following golf tips are some of the most effective ways you can shoot lower scores without changing your golf swing. Some you can implement straight away, others take a small amount of work, but they will all make you a better golfer for the rest of the years you play this fine game. Read…
Golf Insider Stats by Handicap Dashboard
Welcome to the Golf Insider stats by handicap performance dashboard. A common problem golfers have when trying to get better is benchmarking aspects of their game. They often don’t know if they need to work on their driving, approach play, short game or putting. Read more
Golf Improvement Plan
This is a three-part article explaining the underlying process of how to lower your score. I must warn you, there are no swing tips, drills, or new clubs to buy. This is a deep dive into the thoughts, processes and decisions you should make to become a better golfer. This is the way I coach…
Golf Insider Performance Notes
This is an evolving set of notes, ideas and concepts surrounding golf practice, golf coaching and golf performance. Read more
How To Prepare For A Golf Tournament
In this article, we’ll explain how to prepare for a golf tournament. We cover the exact approach I take with the elite players and outline some top tips to help you optimise your performance – I hope it serves you well. Read more
PGA Golf Statistics – How Good Are They & What Can We Learn?
Reaching the standard of PGA Tour players is out of reach for most of us, however, it is still useful to know what that top-level looks like – sometimes you could be judging your own game too harshly, other times you have to stand back and applaud just how good the PGA Tour pros are.…
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7 Lessons From 7 Great Golfing Minds
In this article, we’ll cover seven lessons from some of the world’s best players, coaches and sports scientists. You don’t have to be a professional player to find value in this article. These tips are universally helpful for golfers of all skill levels and ages! Read more
The Best Golf Rangefinders 2023 [Data & Testing]
We’ve tested a lot of rangefinders. Here we review the best of the bunch and help you find the best rangefinder for your needs as a golfer and budget. In our testing, we rate each rangefinder for its features, accuracy, speed, visuals & optics, usability, build quality and value. Yes – we do sometimes drop…
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Golf Terms for Beginners
For beginners who are just starting to play golf, it can be hard to learn the terminology. That’s why we have compiled this list of golf terms for beginners! Read on to learn all about golf clubs, fairways, hitting the links and much more. Read more
My Golf – Sharing A Strategy
Trying to coach yourself golf is like trying to cut your own hair. You have blind spots and can never do as good a job as someone standing beside you. However, we as golfers have to take on a certain amount of control, as few of us can afford to have a golf coach follow…
A Modern Guide to the Best Golf Stretches
With the golf world focusing on ‘beefing up’ stretching can easily be forgotten. Here we’ll guide you through a modern approach to stretching, these stretches can increase your performance, club head speed, reduce the risk of injury and provide everyday benefits of having less aches and pains. Read more
SuperSpeed Golf Review & Case Study
** Our case study found a 27.5 yard gain in driving distance over a six week period ** The world is waking up to the importance of driving performance in golf. As Mark Broadie’s strokes gained research has shown driving distance is an important factor in scoring and becoming a better golfer. The key question…
Strokes Gained Explained
Historical golf stats, such as green in regulation and putts per round, have been replaced by shinier new metrics – strokes gained. Here we will explain strokes gained and look at how you can use these numbers to improve your golf game. Read more
How Far Do You Need to Drive to Play on the PGA Tour?
As 2020 comes to an end we are entering a new era. Golf – the game of precision, accuracy and mental toughness has been morphed into a game dominated by gym freaks swinging off their feet. It appears tour players care far less about fairways and far more about strokes gained statistics. Read more
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How to Become a Scratch Golfer
How do you become a scratch golfer? If you are reading this and are currently a single figure golfer breaking 80 then congratulations. Swinging a lump of metal around your body to hit a tiny white ball across a field is tough. You’re already better than most people will ever be. However, you’re here for…
How to Break 80 In Golf
Breaking 80 is a target many golfers strive for, but few manage to achieve on a regular basis. In this article we’ll cover my top tips for how to break 80 and how to push forward to become a single-figure golfer. If you regularly shoot a great front 9, then make a Dog’s dinner of…
Annual Golf Training Program – How To Build Yours
In this article we’re going to look at how to build an annual golf training program to improve your game and reach your golfing goals. The details in this article are what I’ve found works best after many years building and refining training programs for elite players. Read more
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Golf Club Distances [Tables & Calculator]
Knowing your own golf club distances and understanding how to control them is a simple but effective strategy to lower your scores. The first part of this article gives you average golf club distance charts for men, women and senior players. Read more
Best Golf Exercises For You
In this article we’ll cover some of the best golf exercises to improve your golf game. I’ve compiled these exercises into five golf workouts to improve your mobility, strength and power. Use the links below to jump to a particular section. Or feel free to have a good read through each section for more information.…
Golf Psychology – The Ultimate Guide
This is a draft version of the golf psychology book I’m writing. The introduction gives you a swift story to begin thinking about golf psychology. This is followed by the theory behind golf psychology (part 1) and secondly (part 2) how to develop yourself in to an elite thinker. Read more
Golf Warm Up Routine [A Pro’s Guide]
We all know that the first few holes of golf can set the tone for the rest of the round – for better or for worse. A great golf warm up routine ensures you make the most of your golfing ability on any given day. It also gives you a solid structure and process to…
Consistent Golf – The Journey From Beginner To Pro
If you ask any golfer what they need to do to get better, they will reply with – “I need to become more consistent”. However, this problem of consistency never goes away, golfers at every level of the game are searching to become more consistent. Read more
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Golf Course Management & Strategy Tips
Improving your golf course management is one of the easiest ways to improve your golf – no gym sessions, no expensive clubs, no hours at the range, just thinking a little differently about how you play golf and score. First, let’s explain two key concepts: Read more
Yoga For Golfers – Two Great Routines For You To Use
The benefits of Yoga for golfers are far-reaching. Yoga can improve your golfing performance, improve your ability to swing a golf club and increase your longevity as a player. In this article we’ll cover the benefits of Yoga, key body areas to target and I have a couple of great Yoga routines you can use…
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Golf Fitness Explained
Many golfers are searching for golf fitness ideas and the best golf exercises to help improve their golf game. However, there doesn’t appear to be much detail on why you should be doing these exercises, and how golf fitness links to your golf swing and performance. Read more
What causes us to play bad golf?
We all have them, we all dread them. Those days on the golf course where we feel utterly useless. Our golfing skill leaves us and we’re left flailing a lump of metal at the golf ball. No one likes playing bad golf, but what causes us to have a bad day on the golf course?…
The Ultimate Golf Journal To Lower Your Scores
In the age of modern golf apps is there still a place for a golf journal? There is something nostalgic and classy about a golf journal, but is a golf journal going to help you lower your scores? Read more
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Optimise your Pre-Shot Routine
What is the key to optimising your golfing performance under pressure? I wish I could tell you that there is a magic button. Instead there are 1,000 little variables, all of which can make a difference. Your aim as a golfer is to shift as many of these variables in the direction of a great…