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December, 2024
Dan has recently returned from the world class Quinta Do Lago golf resort in the Algarve where he held both his short game clinics and 1-2-1 lessons. If you are interested in attending future events at QDL please email lessons@dangrieve.com
November, 2024
Hi everyone, I hope you are doing well as the Winter is fast approaching as well as the run up to Christmas! I have been lucky enough to be travelling quite a bit and enjoyed a fantastic two weeks at Apes Hill in Barbados. It is a spectacular golf course with some amazing undulation changes and it really feels like you are playing through the middle of a jungle! While I was there I filmed some content with former World Number-1 and Masters Champion, Ian Woosnam! What amazed me with Ian is the level of enthusiasm he still has for the game! He is in his late 60's now and has played golf all his life, achieving the very pinnacle of the game, yet even today he still works on his game every day. While enjoying helping him with his short game, what I did find very interesting, and it backs up what I have been saying for years, is you do not need so much loft around the greens. Ian won The Masters in 1991 and the highest lofted club he had in his bag was 53 degrees! When he started using more lofted wedges in the mid 90's his short game suffered. I found that fascinating and just shows how he was able to open the face up and change his release to play all the shots he needed around the green. Look out for video content coming soon on YouTube! I also enjoyed a fantastic week in Greece checking out Costa Navarino. This is regularly voted Europe's best Golf Resort and I can see why. Four equally fantastic golf courses and one of the best short game area's I have seen anywhere, the scenery and views are breath taking. There are four hotel's you can choose from and a selection of restaurants - it really does have it all. I will be arranging my first overseas DG Invitational event at Costa Navarino next year, if you are interested in coming along or to the Woburn one day Invitational events please email lessons@dangrieve.com. Remember these events are for DG Academy App members only. Thank you for all the engagement recently on Instagram on my coaching posts. I have also started doing more in depth analysis on each of the lessons on Instagram exclusively for my DG Academy App members which you may be interested in, as well as the ever popular 'What Would Dan Do series!' This is where I show a situation around the green and ask how you would play the shot and then my answer comes out a few days later, a great way to improve your Golf IQ! Thanks for your support this year and I would like to wish you and your families a wonderful Christmas. Best wishes Dan
Dan has just returned from a few days filming and checking out the Costa Navarino resort for future golf schools. Stay tuned for dates!
Dan has just enjoyed time coaching at the luxury golf resort Apes Hill in Barbados. Look out for lots of content filmed with former world No 1 and Masters Champion Ian Woosnam.
October, 2024
Dan's Instagram account reaches the milestone of 500,000 followers!
Dan spent the afternoon coaching TV presenter Di Stewart. Video coming soon!
Dan did a Q&A with Henni Zuel at the BMW Golf Cup National Final.
If you are in the UK the season feels like it is really drawing to a close now with the dark nights and incredible amount of rainfall! Conditions have become really soft and winter-like very suddenly. Remember to visit my Adjusting your short game for winter golf video to remind you of some of the subtle adjustments required to help you to achieve solid strike's around the green. Thank you for all the fantastic feedback for my 18 hole You Tube video from the round I played on the Marquess course. I had been receiving many requests for an 'on-course' video and I am glad it has helped so many of you as well as providing an enjoyable hour for you learning along with the beauty of Woburn. The key learnings I hope you can take from the video are how you can think a little more before every shot. Take a couple of seconds to simply consider where is the easiest place to play my next shot from. This game is all about managing your ball around the course, too many golfers simply lose too many balls! This is often due to poor course management, not playing to the widest part of the hole or leaving it the correct side of the green. Of course you still need to execute the shot, however, by playing to your strengths (as I did on the 9th when I hit a low draw which I knew wouldn't get my ball near the hole, but I could hit the green) you avoid the disaster. Many golfers would have elected to play over the tree to give the angle in to the pin, if the shot had of then been miss-hit, it would have hit the tree and could have gone anywhere! Also, asking simple questions around the greens, such as "if I land the ball there, at that height, what will it do?" By asking yourself a question, you then have the chance to see a shot in your mind and then decide on the club, release and landing spot accordingly. We all know the power of the mind in life, and of course golf, and if you have "painted the picture" first of the shot you intend to play, your mind and body have a much greater chance of executing that shot than if you just play it blind. The winter time is a great time of the year to take out half set's. I played last weekend with half a set, I took my Driver, Hybrid, 6 iron, 8 iron, Pitching Wedge, 56 and putter out with me. It makes you invent shots, it is so good for your game and a lovely light carry around the course as well! Let me know if you are interested in some winter coaching using Skillest, it is a fantastic platform where from your home you can get a lot better as we swap videos back and forth.
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