Why Aren’t Golfers Improving?

It’s Steve Bann here.
We have a problem. Golfers are NOT improving.
Recent USGA stats show that the average handicap has dropped by less than 0.5 of a stroke in the last ten years.
This is in spite of all the technological advances, improvements in sports science, vast amount of golf instruction and so on.
Why is that?
I recently [...]

Stableford at Kingswood 13/12/09

I played a Stableford competition at Kingswood GC on the 13th of December. Pretty solid ballstriking round (14 Greens in Regulation) but too many putts and 3 wipes (holes where I didn’t score a single point). Ended up with 36 Stableford points, but could have been much much better if I hadn’t putted so poorly.

Here [...]

The Evolution of my Golf Swing- Part 1

This video is  a summary of my first Improvement Cycle. A journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step, and I’ve just taken mine. Enjoy!

Pick a method, any method…

I was told by my coach Steve Bann recently that there is more instructional material published/produced about golf than all other sports combined.
I don’t find this hard to believe. Why? Because all that supply is only responding to demand, or desire, and what do most golfers desire? A quick fix that’ll have them playing the [...]

Aus Open: Appleby co-leader after 1st Round

Dec 4 2009: Victorian Stuart Appleby played one of his best rounds of the year to finish on top of the leader board in the 1st round of the 2009 Australian Open being played at the New South Wales Golf Club, La Perouse, NSW.
Playing with Greg Chalmers and American Steve Marino, Appleby shot -6 to [...]

Choi makes triumphant return to Asia

JOHOR BAHRU, Malaysia, Oct 25 – South Korea’s KJ Choi made his return to the Asian Tour a memorable one with a four-stroke victory at the Iskandar Johor Open on Sunday.
Choi posted an eight-under-par 64 in the third round, his second 64 in a row, for a 20-under total of 196 in an event reduced [...]

Watch Stuart Appleby train at BannLynch Golf

Stuart Appleby came down to Bann Lynch Golf here at the Melbourne Golf Academy last week to work on his game with his longtime coach Steve Bann,  before heading off to the U.S to play in the Fall Series on the PGA Tour.
It has been a tough year for Stuart on Tour with his best [...]

3 Year Old Prodigy Begins His Own Golf Journey

I apologize for not writing much the last few days. Things are insanely busy at Pure Golf Training at the moment. We are working day and night to get our new assessment system up and running and that has meant less golf and more time staring at my computer screen.
In the meantime, I thought you [...]

Some dude called Stuart Appleby

Here is a video of my coach Steve Bann analysing some guy called Stuart Appleby’s golfswing. I dont know…apparently he’s got the sweetest looking swing on the PGA Tour and won a bunch of tournaments…or something like that. Good for you… Get over yourself buddy!

All jokes aside, I really do think “Apples” has one of [...]

My Golf Swing before the Journey begins…

I thought it would be a good idea to give everyone an idea of where I currently stand, golf game wise, before starting my journey. The idea here is to establish a starting point, against which all future progress (hopefully) can be measured.
Below is a video of my golf swing taken by my coach Steve Bann [...]