John Rogers
Welcome to Golf Things Considered
John Rogers started at Lakeview Golf Club (Harrisonburg, Virginia) as an Assistant Professional in 1995. He began teaching in 1996, and became a full-time Teaching Professional in 2001, building a base of clients in the Shenandoah Valley.
He started writing the column Golf Things Considered in 2004, eliciting responses from around the country. John launched this site in 2009 as a home for his articles, and in 2011 added the “Tip Sheet”, a series of helpful thoughts and drills for golfers of all ability levels.
This website, and all the information found here, is dedicated to everyone who loves the game of golf.
A Note from John
Thanks for checking out my website! I hope you enjoy reading the articles. You might notice that there are not very many technical articles–ones that try to really break down golf techniques. This is mainly because I think it’s very difficult to do this with words only, especially without making a very drab article. This is why I plan to add more video sessions in the future for you readers who are looking for technical ideas.
In the meantime, please check out some of the other topics. My article about club lengths has had a large response, and you might get as much from reading all the comments as you do from the column itself. The biggest response to any of my articles was generated by the touching story of my friend Ian Frazier, a posting which first appeared in an online newspaper in 2006. Or you might be able to relate to the happy mayhem of an all-guys golf trip as related in my story about a visit to Mt. Mitchell. Whatever articles you read, I hope you enjoy them, and please consider leaving comments. I really appreciate your feedback!
You might also notice that I have not written as many articles in recent years. I have been blessed to be too busy on the driving range at Lakeview Golf Club to spend much time writing, but I am hoping to add more pieces soon.
If you have enjoyed this website, please consider keeping up by hitting the “Like” button on my corresponding Facebook page, which can be accessed on the right side of this page.
Thanks again for visiting, and best wishes to you for many enjoyable days on the golf course!
John
| For information on golf lessons and programs offered at Lakeview Golf Club, please visit John’s instructional website at RogersGolf.net |
Just came across your web site,really enjoyed the articles.
A newcomer to the game and taking the odd lesson with driving range practice.not a member of a club and playing infrequently,but love the game and making small in roads,any tips for method of practice.
Gary UK.
Hi, Gary. Somehow your message got by me, but I’m glad to hear from you, and to know that you have started a love affair with the game!! I would definitely encourage you to continue with lessons and range-time as often as possible. The full-swing part of the game tends to be difficult at the beginning, and takes a dis-proportional amount of our practice time and focus, but if your goal is to truly lower your scores, you cannot spend too much time chipping and putting. In particular, I would encourage you to focus your attention on learning to control the distance of your chips and putts (practice putting and chipping to the fringe line around the green to focus on distance as you can see in Tip #1 on my “Tip Sheet”). Good luck to you, and many years of enjoyment!
I would like to be added to your publications. Also would like to have Hunter and Logan added to your TPS class.
Hi, Sheila. Glad to have the boys joining our program. As for seeing new publications, I believe you can click on the “RSS Feeds” on the home page to be notified of new articles, and you are now on my email list as well. Thanks!
Hi there John just had a look through your site and its great. Reading the are your clubs too long article has made me wonder about the 1 iron golf system, seems like a very logical step to make. I was wondering what you thoughts on this are.
Hi, Tommy. Thanks for checking out my site!
I am also intrigued by the 1-iron system. From what I can tell, loft has the bigger influence on distance than length of clubs, especially by the time you take into account human error and the larger mistakes we make with longer clubs. I’ve never had a chance to demo such a set, and haven’t heard much feedback about the system yet, but I am curious. I have also wondered about a set with, say, three lengths throughout the set. The possibility of being able to swing almost all clubs in the same plane would be invaluable to those of us who don’t have the time to learn to swing in 14 different planes! If you give this a go, please tell me what you experience!
I just read your 4 tips from your Tips Sheet. With spring just around the corner I felt it might be an excellent time to get in some practice time and wanted to read your 4 tips to get my practice sessions off on the right foot. I must say I found all 4 of your tips to be very good. I doubt that there are many golfers out there that wouldn’t learn a thing or two or three if they read the tips. Thanks for doing a great job with this site. It’s really nice to come to a site and actually LEARN something. Most sites are mostly a waste of time but this site is actually wotth my time. Thanks John.
Thanks, Don. Hope the spring short-game practice goes well. Around here, we’re just hoping spring shows up!