Summer 2025

To set up like a pro, take a slightly narrower stance than usual with your heels under the hips. Place the ball just under your lead ear. With your narrower stance, the ball is slightly forward—perfect for solid contact. and none matters more than the one that gives you a look at par when things go sideways. You might not be Tiger, Rory or Annika—but with the right plan, you can start scoring like someone who knows exactly what they’re doing. Golf is a game we play for a lifetime—be a lifelong learner. Laird Small recently retired from a nearly half-century career as a golf professional. Most well known for his 19 years of leadership of the Pebble Beach Golf Academy, Small is a PGA Master Professional, one of GOLF Magazine’s top 100 teachers in America and was 2003 National PGA Teacher of the Year. C A R M E L M A G A Z I N E • S U M M E R 2 0 2 5 99 Photo: Sherman Chu