The latest thought leadership from Team Graff.
Curated by Sean Fairholm.
Q&A With Dennis Clark, Master PGA Professional
Less than 2 percent of PGA professionals can call themselves Master Professionals. To earn it, you have to possess the expertise and experience that Dennis Clark has. The current leader of the Dennis Clark Golf Academy on Marco Island in Naples, Fla., Clark was formerly the Director of Instruction at…
Q&A With J.C. Deacon of Florida Gators Golf
Being the head men’s golf coach at the University of Florida is a full-time job for J.C. Deacon, but that doesn’t mean he can’t play just as well as some the players he coaches. Deacon recently completed a wire-to-wire victory at the Florida Open, his second win at the tournament…
Using Analytics To Simplify Your Game With Alex Fortey
In this episode of The Club, our host Sean Fairholm talks with Graff Golf’s Alex Fortey about how ball analytics can help to simplify your golf game. Fortey delves into the specifics of carry yardages, spin rates and more to explain what you need to know.
In Dominating U.S. Open Victory, DeChambeau Proves His Daring Hypothesis
The way Bryson DeChambeau won the U.S. Open at Winged Foot defies conventional thinking, so much so that we need to redefine what that thinking says in the first place. To back up for a second, here is a recap of the DeChambeau story: A great junior player from California,…
Short Game Lessons With Pat Goss
In this episode of the Graff Golf Podcast, our host Sean Fairholm chats to Pat Goss, a PGA Tour short game coach. Goss explains why so many players — even the best in the world — struggle with consistency around the greens, and how the solution is often found in changing their…
Q&A With Jim Smith Jr. of Philadelphia Cricket Club
The game can bring a golf professional to a lot of locations throughout a career, but Jim Smith Jr. has been incredibly successful despite barely leaving his hometown zip code. Born and raised in southeastern Pennsylvania, Smith Jr. graduated from Temple University and has been running golf courses around Philadelphia…
Collin Morikawa Matches Harding Park’s Major Moment
As Collin Morikawa, just 23 years old, took command of the PGA Championship late on Sunday evening, I couldn’t help but think of two moments. The first was just a little over five years ago when we watched the coronation of Jordan Spieth as the then-21-year-old dominated the Masters for…
Mental & Physical Approach Featuring Conrad Ray
In this episode of the Graff Golf Podcast, our host Sean Fairholm chats to Conrad Ray, the head men’s golf coach at Stanford University. Ray talks about what he learned as a player at Stanford, keeping his current players motivated, the role of technology in the game and more.
Two Key Lessons Golf Can Learn From A Compelling Exhibition
Last Sunday’s match featuring Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Tom Brady and Peyton Manning drew an average of 5.8 million viewers, becoming the most-watched golf telecast in cable television history. The rain-soaked affair peaked at 6.3 million viewers, clearly drawing considerable attention from the sports-starved masses. These substantial numbers even eclipsed…
Thank You Everyone and Welcome to the Graff Golf Team
Speechless. But we’ll write something anyway. As I’m sure all of you can agree, 2020 has gotten off to a wild start.We started our Indiegogo campaign with a $20k goal in mind – hoping to achieve the bare minimum of funding that would allow us to launch our product. Our…
An Inside Look at Graff’s Development Process
Hey everyone, We know how uncertain this time is for everyone and wish that each one of you and your families are staying safe (and sane!). While COVID has undoubtedly paused some of our efforts, we would love to take this opportunity to tell you more about how we started…
Graff COVID-19 Updates
Backers, As promised, today we’re providing an updated timeline and schedule given the nationwide fight against COVID-19. Before we get into it, we want to just extend our deepest condolences to all of you. This pandemic is affecting all of us in one way or another. Due to precautions and…
An Inside Look at Graff’s Analyze Feature
Hey everyone, The family here at Graff wishes you are staying safe during these scary and uncertain times. We will be posting an update in the next week or so to explain how COVID-19 is affecting our business and timeline. Today, we want to give you a more in-depth understanding…
An Inside Look at Graff’s Improve Feature
Hey everyone, As previously mentioned, we will have an updated timeline and schedule for all of you by the end of this week. We thank all of you for supporting us during these uncertain times and hope each one of you is staying safe. That said, we want to give…
Looking Forward to Spring!
It seems like it has been a long off-season since Rory stormed past Brookes to win the Fedex Cup and wrap up the 2019 tour. We had a thrilling time watching everyone’s favorite, Tiger, power the Americans to a come-from-behind President’s cup win. We have a lot of really great…
5 Most Common Golf Swing Issues
Golf is challenging because many factors can affect your game. Your swing’s success depends not only on your technique, but also the clubs you use situationally. There are fourteen clubs from which a golfer can choose including drivers, irons, wedges, or putters. Each comes with its own challenges that a…
The Story of Graff Golf Pt. VI: Our Memory
This is the final chapter of our story, and by far the most important. Several members of Graff Golf’s founding team are student-athletes at Johns Hopkins University. Early morning on January 2nd, 2019, we received the shocking and sad news that our school’s beloved head coach, Jim Margraff, had passed…
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