The COVID-19 pandemic and all its precautions have now been with us for more than a year. They’ve created new challenges to just about every aspect of our lives -- including the way we golf. But while quarantining and social distancing have profoundly hurt the restaurant, travel, and entertainment industries, the golf industry has actually seen a surprising and welcome uptick in business over the past year.

If you're a golfer living in the northern two-thirds of the country, this is a special time of the year. It's no longer dark at 4:30 in the afternoon, weather forecasts stop mentioning snow, and temperatures start to creep into the 50s and 60s. Winter is over and, well, it's time to hit some balls. But just because the calendar is telling you it's almost golf season, it doesn't necessarily mean your body is ready to hit the course. Fear not! Hit IT Great has you covered.

To be the best, you need to learn from and work with the best. In the culinary world, it means being in the kitchen with a Michelin-starred chef. In the film world, it means being on the set with an Academy Award-winning director. And when it comes to your golf game and your golf swing, it means working out with the top strength, conditioning, and biomechanics coaches in the sport. And that's what Hit IT Great is all about.

Bryson DeChambeau swings the golf club really, really hard. Should you be doing the same?

You're in the middle of your third of eight Zoom meetings for the day. Yes, you realize that having a meeting about planning the next meeting to review the minutes of an earlier meeting is vitally important, but -- deep down -- all you're really thinking about is the next time you'll be able to tee it up.