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Golf Instruction - All available forms of golf instruction from PGA Professional Mark Blakemore, online or in person

Golf Tips - menu of various tips
Golf Tips on irons - Golf tip on the iron game
Golf Tips on woods - Golf tip on the wood game
Golf Tips on the short game - Golf tip on the short game
Golf Tips on putting - Golf tip on putting
Golf Tips on golf fitness - Golf tip on fitness
Golf Tips on equipment - Golf tip on equipment
Golf Tips on the mental game - Golf tip on the mental game
Golf Tip Slideshow - Animated, slide-show golf tip
Guest Pro Golf Tips - Tips from guest golf professionals
- Guest Pro Golf Tips archive - previously posted guest pro tips
Golf Warm-Up Tips - Warm-Up Exercises from a Fitness Professional
- Golf Warm-Up (printable)
Golf Instruction article - Open stances, club faces and ball positions - Most recently posted golf instruction article on alignments and ball positions
Golf Instruction articles archive - previously posted golf instruction articles on a wide variety of topics
- Ambiguities in Golf Terminology - Golf instruction article on potentially confusing words or phrases
- Dealing with Nervousness on the Golf Course - Golf instruction article on playing more relaxed
- All Those Wedges - Golf instruction article on different wedges, their names and characteristics
- How to Get Good at Golf - Golf instruction article on step by step procedures for developing golf skill
- Pin Sheets and Yardage Books - Golf instruction article on hole locations and golf course yardages
- A Serviceable or Functional Long Game - Golf instruction article on develping an adequate long game - full swing performance
- The Importance of Putting - Golf instruction article on putting's role in scoring
- What It's Like to be a Beginner, Part Three - Part three of golf instruction article on being a developing student
- Why Can't I Keep My Left Arm Straight? - Golf instruction article on the principles involved in the forward arm of the golf swing
- Using the Fairway Woods - Golf instruction article on technique for hitting fairway woods, 3 wood, 5 wood, etc.
- The Practice Swing Phenomenon - Golf instruction article on why practice swings are different from swings intending to strike the golf ball
- Honor, Away and Whose Turn is it to Play? - Golf instruction article discussing how to determine the order of play
- Overswinging - Causes and Cures - Golf instruction - reasons and remedies for overswinging
- What It's Like to be a Beginner, Part Two - Part two of golf instruction article on being a beginning student and relating to beginners
- Punch Shots - Golf instruction on Punch Shots: What they are and why, when and how to hit them
- How to Read Greens - Golf instruction article on reading putts and greens
- Alignment - Using an Intermediate Target - Golf instruction article on alignment and intermediate targets
- What It's Like to be a Beginner - Golf instruction article on relating to beginners
- The Pre-Shot Routine - Golf instruction article on the importance and process of a pre-shot routine
- Curing the Slice - Golf instruction article on how to diagnose and fix a slice
- More Distance for Seniors - Golf instruction article on how seniors can hit the ball farther
Golf Schools - Golf school information, Long Drive Schools and Custom Golf Schools, features, schedule, cost, enroll
- Long Drive Schools - Private golf schools on hitting the ball long, increase your distance
- Custom Golf Schools - Private Custom Golf Schools on any area of your game, scheduled and tailored to fit each individual
Golf Lessons - Information on types of golf lessons, prices, details
Gift certificates - Purchase gift certificates for instruction with Mark Blakemore or other PGA or LPGA professionals
Golf Clinics - Group golf instruction presentations, clinics, exhibitions, corporate golf outings, seminars, workshops
Golf Instruction books - Golf instruction books by PGA Professional Mark Blakemore:
The "Your Golf" series covering the entire game in detail, and
"The ABC's of Golf" online primer for absolute beginners at the game of golf
- The 4-volume "Your Golf" series of paperback books covering the entire game of golf in detail
- Ordering the "Your Golf" series of paperback books online with a credit card, eCheck or PayPal
- Ordering the "Your Golf" series of paperback books by postal mail -- creating a mail-in form
- Your Golf - The Full Swing - enlarged back cover image
- Your Golf - The Full Swing - enlarged table of contents image
- Your Golf - The Full Swing - enlarged inside page image
- Your Golf - The Full Swing - enlarged front cover image
- Your Golf - The Short Game - enlarged back cover image
- Your Golf - The Short Game - enlarged table of contents image
- Your Golf - The Short Game - enlarged inside page image
- Your Golf - The Short Game - enlarged front cover image
- Your Golf - Beyond the Basics - enlarged back cover image
- Your Golf - Beyond the Basics - enlarged table of contents image
- Your Golf - Beyond the Basics - enlarged inside page image
- Your Golf - Beyond the Basics - enlarged front cover image
- Your Golf - Hitting it Longer: Getting More Distance in Your Golf Game, With the Driver and Throughout Your Bag - enlarged back cover image
- Your Golf - Hitting it Longer: Getting More Distance in Your Golf Game, With the Driver and Throughout Your Bag - enlarged table of contents image
- Your Golf - Hitting it Longer: Getting More Distance in Your Golf Game, With the Driver and Throughout Your Bag - enlarged inside page image
- Your Golf - Hitting it Longer: Getting More Distance in Your Golf Game, With the Driver and Throughout Your Bag - enlarged front cover image
- ABC's of Golf - Introduction
- ABC's of Golf - Page 1
- ABC's of Golf - Page 2
- ABC's of Golf - Page 3
- ABC's of Golf - Page 4
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- ABC's of Golf - Page 7
- ABC's of Golf - Page 7 enlarged photos
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- ABC's of Golf - Page 11
- ABC's of Golf - Page 11 enlarged photos
- ABC's of Golf - Page 11
- ABC's of Golf - Page 12
- ABC's of Golf - Glossary
- ABC's of Golf - Glossary - A
- ABC's of Golf - Glossary - B
- ABC's of Golf - Glossary - C
- ABC's of Golf - Glossary - D
- ABC's of Golf - Glossary - E
- ABC's of Golf - Glossary - F
- ABC's of Golf - Glossary - G
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- ABC's of Golf - Glossary - L
- ABC's of Golf - Glossary - M
- ABC's of Golf - Glossary - N
- ABC's of Golf - Glossary - O
- ABC's of Golf - Glossary - P
- ABC's of Golf - Glossary - Q
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- ABC's of Golf - Glossary - S
- ABC's of Golf - Glossary - T
- ABC's of Golf - Glossary - U
- ABC's of Golf - Glossary - V
- ABC's of Golf - Glossary - W
- ABC's of Golf - Glossary - X
- ABC's of Golf - Glossary - Y
- ABC's of Golf - Glossary - Z
- ABC's of Golf - Conclusion
Golf Handicaps - Free handicap calculators and all supplemental information about handicaps, get an official USGA Handicap
- Golf Handicaps - Other methods - Callaway scoring system, Peoria scoring system
Learn to Hit it Longer - Get More Distance - Top recommendations for increasing driving distance off the tee and get more length with all clubs

Ask the Pro Golf Questions - Golf questions and answers at PGAProfessional.com

Ask the pro FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
Ask the pro archive - Huge archive of over 500 golf questions and answers from golfers around the world, orgainized by year
Ask the pro archive index - Huge archive of over 500 golf questions and answers from golfers around the world, orgainized by topic and somewhat alphabetized
2012 archive - Questions and answers from 2012
2011 archive - Questions and answers from 2011
2010 archive - Questions and answers from 2010
2009 archive - Questions and answers from 2009
2008 archive - Questions and answers from 2008
2007 archive - Questions and answers from 2007
2006 archive - Questions and answers from 2006
2005 archive - Questions and answers from 2005
2004 archive - Questions and answers from 2004
2003 archive - Questions and answers from 2003
2002 archive - Questions and answers from 2002
2001 archive - Questions and answers from 2001
2000 archive - Questions and answers from 2000

Golf Pro Shop - All types of golf merchandise for sale

Golf Holiday Gifts - Golf gifts for the holidays for golfers
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Golf Training Aids - All types of golf training devices, gizmos and gadgets
Golf Bookstore - Golf Books and Videos
Golf Pictures, Posters, Photographs and Prints - Golf visual art
Used Golf Clubs - Buy and sell used golf equipment
Golf Product review - Reviews of golf equipment by various manufacturers
Home Golf Training Studio - Tools for developing your own home training and practice facility

Golf Entertainment - All types of golf entertainment

Golf Poems - Golf poems
Golf Cartoons - Golf cartoons, golf humor
Entertaining golf articles - Fiction and non-fiction golf articles for entertainment
Golf Entertainment Articles Archive - previously posted articles

Golf Blog - Random posts on topics that catch my attention
Professional Golf Tour Schedules - Yearly PGA Tour schedule and schedules of golf's main professional tours

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About - Biographical information on, and credentials for, PGA professional Mark Blakemore

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