KENT, Wash. -- It goes without saying that a golf stroke on the first day counts as much as a stroke on the last, so in a tournament lost by one shot it's not all about a missed two-foot par putt on No. 16. John Cassidy is not big on excuses, so, okay, it's not even about a woman in the … [Read more...]
Teacher’s Corner: The no-comfort zone
Dr. John is patient to a fault, even with a guy apparently resistant to the prescriptions he offers, the remedies with which the patient could surely lose 30 pounds, double his income, win friends and influence people at home and around the globe. I, the patient, can stay … [Read more...]
Cassidy on the job
My expectations for John Cassidy aren't huge: I only want him to light the path to total health and well-being. As I know you know, that is wholly based on the state of my golf game. I started working with Dr. John in 2014. It's a project. He said back then: Teaching … [Read more...]
Teacher’s Corner: Cassidy, Lesson 2
NEVER LET IT BE SAID this game is simple. John Cassidy, the teacher in this little drama, says often: “Golf is hard.” He makes it look so easy. Cassidy, of course, is not just Dr. John, teacher to the stars (and lowlife bloggers). He’s a player, in fact champion week before last against a … [Read more...]
Teacher’s Corner: Cassidy talks the talk
Lesson No. 1 with John Cassidy, a 32-year-old teaching professional at Alderbrook Golf Club in Union, Wash. First impression: He makes sense. And he’s kind, fully realizing it’s not just my golf swing he holds in his teacher hands. Golf is important, and I’m fragile … he could crush me like … [Read more...]
Teacher’s Corner: John Cassidy
BEEN THERE, tried that, found this, did that. At 32, John Cassidy is no old man. But he's been around. "I feel like I’ve spent a lot of time working and playing and learning a lot from a lot of different people," says Cassidy, a teaching professional at Alderbrook Golf Club in Union, Wash. "I … [Read more...]
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