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Benefits of Stretching before your Golf Game

2009-05-03T06:09:00.000-07:00

The body is flexible. It is supposed to be flexible. You must be able to bend and reach your ball on the grass. You must be able to swing back with your wood. You must be able to reach into your golf bag.

These are simple activities. Nothing grand about them, you merely stretched out a bit. However, if there are difficulties in doing such simple motions, then you have to stretch your limits. You already need a stretching program.

What Is Stretching?

Stretching is simply the act of extending to full length the body or simply a part of it. This activity involves straightening or stretching the structure or the limbs.

How Does One Do the Stretching?

Stretching is fairly easy. As mentioned in the introduction, it is involved in the normal activities. It can be done by any people, regardless of age.

However the extent of stretching and flexing differs. The muscles tighten as a person ages. The range of joint movements can be minimized. This can very well obstruct a golfers game. That is why as the person grows older, bending or flexing becomes more limited. This is why stretching regularly, as part of a routine is very important.

Simple stretches can be done everyday. It can be incorporated in the lifestyle and the daily activities. It does not require much of your time.

Stretching exercises can also be done while waiting to tee off. Actually, stretching is an essential part of any exercise. It must be done first before anything else. Stretching the body and the limbs is a good preparation for a more productive game of golf.

Most serous golfers would do the sit and reach, wherein they position on the floor, extend their legs and reach the tip of their foot with the tip of their hand. Actually, most golf instructors actually encourage their pupils to really do the stretching before playing.

There is actually an ideal length of time in stretching. It is best to do it in 10 minutes. This will give the body enough opportunity to move and flex the muscles, thus preparing it for more complicated and strenuous movements.

Experts however would frown upon going way beyond 10 minutes. Stretching the exercise to 30 minutes or more will already wear out the body, and not favourable for a good game of golf.

So What Are the Benefits of Stretching?

1. Increase the Range of Movement
As one constantly do the stretching exercises, the length of the muscles and the tendons are also increased. This will help in increasing the range of your movement. Thus, the limbs and joints will be able to allow your swing to progress much more smoothly and allow you to strike the golf ball sweetly and allow a correct follow through, also protecting you from those back injuries that can take place. You will definitely feel much fitter and supple.

2. Increased Ability to Perform Skills
When you have a wide range of movement, the more you will be able to do more things. For example, striking the ball in the rough or on sloping ground even jumping high when you achieve your hole in one without feeling any pain when you land back on the grass. Your game of golf will improve with the free natural movement and be able to concentrate on other parts of your game. Stretching in this aspect also allows you to have a more active lifestyle outside of golf.

3. Injury Prevention
One can prevent injury to joints, tendons and muscles with stretching. When the muscles and tendons are well-flexed, they are considered in good working order. This will help in a faster recovery and decreased soreness. The muscles of the body will be able to take more exhausting and rigorous movements with less probability of being injured.

4. Reduce Muscle Tension
If the muscles are given their regular exercises and stretching, it is less likely that

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The Benefits Of Golf Driving Nets

2009-04-29T08:12:00.000-07:00

The Benefits Of Golf Driving Nets

The drive can be one of the hardest shots to master in golf, so it is worth taking a moment fully appreciate the benefits of golf driving nets.

It could be said that any shot in golf is the hardest to master, and that's probably a fair point. Different people have difficulties with different shots, and most golfers will be focusing on a different point of their game at various times in their lives. From the putt to the approach shot, the fairway shot and the drive, if you improve any one of those, your score will come down, and let's face it that is the bottom line of what we all want to see!

However, the drive is the one shot that sets the tone for each hole, and therefore the round. If you can send your drive away crisply every time, you will set yourself up psychologically for the rest of the task. Going into your second shot from a good position and with an upbeat attitude can shave a point off your score at almost every hole.

Practice makes perfect, or at least it makes better, especially in the game of golf, and it's no exception with the drive. Because it tends to be played with a longer club, and with more speed, the margins for error come down dramatically. Playing 12 drive shots a round is just not enough, you need repetitive practice. So should you hit the driving range and fire those balls into the nets?

Yes, is the short answer.

You need your mind and body

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So Do Warm Balls Travel Further?

2009-04-20T13:50:00.000-07:00

So Do Warm Balls Travel Further?

It is a fact that a warm golf ball will travel further than a cold ball all things else being equal.

The reason for this is the fact that the added heat affects the compression of the ball.

It is hard to say how much heat would be needed to gain extra length and the gain in distance would be relatively minimal anyway.

Having said that, golf is all about making gains, no matter how big or small in as many areas as possible.

There are some golf pros who prefer to carry their golf balls in their pocket as this helps to retain heat in the ball, so whether it helps mentally or actually enhances the actual distance they get, it is going to benefit them at the end of the day.

If you are playing in particularly cold conditions the ball will lose it's heat quite fast so you will only get the benefit of the first shot in all likelihood.

Once again, even if you can make one gain in one area of your play on each hole, that can add up to a lot of good when the score card is tallied after a round.

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Lets Maximize Your Practice Time For Success

2009-03-29T10:05:00.000-07:00

Lets Maximize Your Practice Time For Success

We all have limited time and the only way we can expect to improve our golf is through practice.
With limited time you need to maximize your practice to achieve the best results on the course.

So what should you concentrate on mastering in your game?

The obvious choice for those in the know would be your short game where you learn to become proficient with the use of your pitching wedge and the 8 and 9 irons.

These clubs can not only get you out of trouble from wayward shots, they can negate a lot of the benefit that others might gain with better drives off the tee.

The mid-range approach shots are the ones that unravel most players.
It is not only the novices who struggle to master these clubs though.
I have seen many low handicap golfers lose games from their inability to control the approach shots to the green.

The high trajectory irons of pitching wedge, 8 and 9 iron are the hardest to master and for that reason many people are reluctant to spend the time required to put in the necessary practice.

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Let Me Get You Out Of The Bunker

2009-03-21T07:44:00.000-07:00

Let Me Get You Out Of The Bunker

Until you discover how to hit out of a golf bunker, You are in for a very frustrating gameof golf. Of course ideally you would not hit into the bunker in the beginning, but even the champions find their balls rolling into sand from time to time. Some courses have so many bunkers that there seems to be no other place for the ball to go.

Even on a course that has only a few bunkers, many golfers find that their balls seem to be attracted to them as if they were magnetic. What is sometimes happening here is that even if consciously we are thinking that we must avoid it, focusing our minds on the bunker leads our body to direct the shot there. Therefore, when you are playing past or over a bunker, ignore it and keep your focus fixed on the flag.

If your ball does land in the sand in spite of your best efforts, here is how to get it out. As ever, the stance is vital. To avoid your feet sinking or slipping, work them into the sand a little to have a firm stance. Keep the weight more toward the left leg if you are right handed, or the right leg if you are left handed.

If you have an open lie, take a sand wedge and keep its face square to the flag as you swing down steeply. Swing and follow-through are smooth and equal. Have the club enter the sand around two inches ahead of the ball and exit an equal distance beyond the ball. The exit must be correct in order to send the ball flying straight up out of the bunker.

To practice this shot, start by marking two lines in the sand, around 4 inches apart. Without using a ball, practice having your sand wedge enter the sand on the first line and exiting on the second line. The depth should be just about a half inch. When you are consistently taking out sand at the right depth and distance, place the ball and repeat the shot so that the ball is simply carried out with the sand.

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Pivot One And The Golf Swing

2009-03-14T09:33:00.000-07:00

Pivot One And Golf Swing

Players on a golf course use the pivot tactic, which is the way the player moves the body. The player will pivot the head and toes and not the arms or hands.

Pivots may seem easy to understand for the expert player but to an amateur the motions are extremely complex. Pivots enable the player to move all of his muscles in a second. It is difficult to focus in this short of time.

Another technique is the elbow drill. With the elbow drill, the player is able to slow things down. This drill is the replica of the exact pivot.

The elbow drill demonstrates while reinforcing the golf swing. It is an automatic drill, which gives the player a great feel so that he can repeat his action.

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Importance of Hydration – Are You Getting Enough Water?

2009-03-08T08:10:00.000-07:00

Importance of Hydration – Are You Getting Enough Water?

One of the aspects that many people fail to address on the golf course is remaining hydrated.

For many reasons, golfers fail to drink enough water to remain sufficiently hydrated and correspondingly their quality of play suffers.

Whether it is due to the inconvenience of needing to go to the toilet, or the fact that most people just don't even think about drinking enough water when they are playing, it is a fact that your game will suffer if you become, even slightly, dehydrated.

You don't need to consume gallons of water, but you do need to drink sufficient to maintain the correct balance of fluids in your body.

The hotter the climate where you are playing, the more likely you will need to address this issue, as you will be losing a lot more moisture from your body when playing in hot conditions.

It's quite simple to carry a water bottle around with you and get in the habit of taking a small sip before or after each time you play a shot.

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Do Long Distance Golf Drivers - Work?

2009-02-28T11:35:00.000-08:00

The long distance golf driver is a development in golf club design that has been welcomed with open arms by many golfers. Up until about 20 years ago, the only way to increase your distance was to improve technique, but since then there has been an endless development of long distance golf drivers.

But do they actually work? Let's take a look at the theory and the facts.

The short answer is that if the long distance driver is going to work for you, there is an essential proviso. This is that your swing needs to be consistent and accurate.

The long distance driver works due to basic laws of physics. The shaft is longer, which means that the speed of the club head as it strikes the ball increases, and therefore the ball goes further. The modern equipment has lighter shafts too, meaning you can swing faster to increase this impact speed even more.

All well and good, but here's the kicker - with a longer shaft and higher speed, you get a bigger arc of the swing, and the sweet spot on the ball gets smaller and smaller! This means that to get the advantage of the physics of the design of this club, you need to consistently hit the ball at the exact correct point. If you don't, you not only lose the advantages, but the same laws of physics start to work against you, and you actually lose distance instead of gaining it!

So the bottom line is that with a long distance driver, if you strike the ball at the wrong spot, even by a tiny fraction of an inch, all the advantages will disappear, and you may find yourself worse off than with a regular driver.

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My 10 Golf Accessories Gift Ideas

2009-02-21T10:19:00.000-08:00

My 10 Golf Accessories Gift Ideas

Golf accessories make a wonderful gift for the golfer in your family or among your friends. There are so many different golf-related items that you can buy, it is never possible for somebody to have them all! This list will give you a sure way to provide something that will bring a smile to his face.

Of course, most golfers do have the basic equipment that they need, including clubs, golf shoes and a golf bag. You may have noticed that they often buy new clubs, even when you think they must have enough - but they will want to choose these themselves. So unless they tell you exactly which club to buy, it is best to think again.

Golfers are constantly needing more balls and tees so for a small gift, you might choose those. However, for something a little more imaginative, consult our list below.

1. Umbrella. Although he probably has a golf umbrella already, if you look closely at it some time you will probably find that it is torn or broken in some way, so you can get him a new one. He will probably appreciate a new umbrella that looks a lot like the one he has now.

2. Specialized golf gloves. These are a good gift if his current gloves are worn out. He may be very attached to them and take a while to get around to adopting the new ones, but worn gloves do not give such a good grip so you can be pretty sure he will switch soon.

3. Pinseeker (also called a scope or rangefinder). Point this gadget at the flag and it tells you the distance to the hole from where you are standing. This is useful for deciding which club to pick.

4. Digital scorekeeper - a special calculator for recording scores of up to 4 players as they go around the course.

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How to Get your first Hole in One

2009-02-07T10:54:00.000-08:00

How to Get your first Hole in One

I've played some excellent golfers in my time but none impressed me quite like the old guy I played with on a weekend tournament.

Soon after we started he hit a hole in one and while everyone else was impressed he didn't seem overly excited.

Assuming it was his first hole in one, we all congratulated him only to find out that he had hit many holes in one in his playing career.

"How did he do it so often" was the question everyone asked.
Simple - everyone else was trying to hit his or her golf ball into a small hole and he was shooting for a bucket.

Let me explain. He always visualized the hole as the size of the bucket and having that mindset made it possible for him to get so many holes in one.

After hearing that way of thinking I immediately used the same visualization for myself that day.
I didn't get any holes in one but my putting was out of this world.

Every time I got on the green I knew the ball was going to land inside that huge hole, the size of a bucket, I could see in front of me.

It's a fact that good golf is more about your mind than any other factor.
Sure you have to know how to hit a golf ball correctly.
You need to have a good stance and swing, but those things can be taught to anyone.

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Just How Do You Keep Your Head Still?

2009-01-31T13:08:00.000-08:00

One thing we are all taught when getting golf lessons is to keep your head still when you hit the ball..
Obviously this is not completely possible and even the best players in the game have some head movement during their swing.

Observe them next time you see them play and you will see what I mean.
There is one thing that all good golfers do manage to do and that is, they keep their head behind the ball at the point of impact.

They might have some movement on their back swing but they will ensure that their head is behind the ball when they strike it and that is what is most important

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Golf Training for Your Success

2009-01-24T08:01:00.000-08:00

Golf Training for Your Success

How does anyone become better at what they do? Anyone knows that get to the top of your game you need practice and the more you want to succeed the more you will need to practice. Vijay Singh has been known as the golfer who practices more than any other.
He has stated that he might not be the most talented golfer in the world but his dedication to practice more often and longer than most others enabled him to succeed beyond the expectations of many people. Vijay got to the top of his game by practicing from morning until night.

Before tournaments here would be practicing for hours.

Michael Campbell won the US Open and in his early years when he was a youngster he would practice so much in his yard he would literally wear the clubs out and have to replace them for more practice.

The more you practice the higher the probability that you will naturally make the right moves without having to think about the actions you are taking.
And the less you have to think about your stance, swing and so on, the more likely you are to hit the sweet spot more often and get the ball sailing through the air as though Tiger has just hit it.

Practice can be both cheap and convenient with driving ranges allowing you to hit a bucket full of golf balls to naturally program your mind and body to perform better once you hit the course in the weekend.

Here's the fun part - while your mates are watching television during the week you can sneak off to the driving range and sharpen your skills and then trounce them on the weekend and they will be none the wiser where your newfound skills have been honed.

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Lets Use Golf Technology

2008-12-27T12:46:00.000-08:00

Lets Use Golf Technology

There is a lot of technology that goes in to the development of many golf products, from the clubs to the golf balls, which have more technological input than any other type of sports ball.

Sometimes you wonder where it might end but there is a lot more exciting development yet to come.

Imagine never having to worry about losing your golf ball again, unless of course it lands in a water hazard.

GPS tracking might be the next step to help you find your golf ball no matter where you might hit it.

The technology is already there to embed devices into golf balls so they can be tracked via GPS.

There will be the inevitable increase in price but think of all the money that you could save by never losing a ball again.

If you consider the number of balls that are recovered on golf courses each week that could add up to a substantial saving across the board.

As these devices become smaller and smaller their applications become more plausible with items such as balls that can be tracked.

There would be a market for such a ball, and where there is a demand someone will certainly decide to supply it sooner or later.

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Do You Get the Right Feel for Putting

2008-12-20T10:31:00.000-08:00

Do You Get the Right Feel for Putting

Putting is all about 'feel' and there is no better way to get the feel of your putter than by blocking out all other outside distracting factors.

You are probably wondering how you might be able to do this.
Try closing your eyes for a moment and see how you can focus more easily something.
Just the action of closing your eyes will eliminate more than half of the distraction that we encounter constantly throughout the day.

So this is lesson in playing golf with your eyes closed.
Seriously - this is a great way to perfect your putting by getting the right 'feel'

You won't need the ball initially - just the putter and you standing on the green.

Now get into your normal putting stance and visualize a ball on the ground and line it up with the hole.
Swing your putter, as you would do if you were to hit a ball.

Now do it again with your eyes closed and become aware of the pressure of your hands on the grip.
Feel the lightness of your grip and the weight of the putter hanging in your hands.

As you swing gently, be aware of the club as it grazes the grass on the green.

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Lets Get Out of Trouble

2008-12-13T10:05:00.000-08:00

Lets Get Out of Trouble

It is always best to stay out of trouble in the first place and that is why learning to control the ball and place it where it should be is the fastest way to a better score rather than relying on big drives off the tee.

Unfortunately that is not always the case and as golf is constantly challenging us to perform better and better we strive to go for more distance or attempt shots that we aren't 100% comfortable with.

Obviously the inevitable will happen and we will need to decide how to get out of the rough and salvage the hole.

All too often golfers make the wrong decision by not erring on the safe side and accepting that one more shot or a different iron might be a better solution.

You might think you can clear that tree with a 7 iron but if there are any doubts whatsoever it will be wise to select a 'safer' 8 or 9 iron just to be sure.

Consider using a pitching wedge if you aren't completely sure you will make the shot with the 9.

A safe shot can set you up for a good recovery by placing

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So Get a Grip On Your Game

2008-12-07T04:52:00.000-08:00

So Get a Grip On Your Game

More precisely the title of this should be to get the 'Right Grip' and that means get one that is specifically correct for you.

You can't expect the grip on your golf club to be the optimum size for both you and someone else with bigger or smaller hands.

How can the grip on the golf clubs of a large man be the right size for both him and that tiny old lady playing alongside him?

What is right for her will probably be too small for him and a grip that is too small will make him tend to hold the club too tight.

Instantly there will be a problem with his swing if he is holding too tight.
Just changing the grip to a bigger one can alter a game dramatically.

Your hands are your link to the golf clubs and everything that goes on below that point.
Your contact point with the clubs needs to be correct if you are expected to play well.

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Yes Even Tiger Gets Advice

2008-11-30T05:55:00.000-08:00

Yes Even Tiger Gets Advice

When you know that the best golfer in the world takes advice from others it makes you wonder why so many people think they can play golf without any instruction.

Golf is a highly technical game that involves all aspects of the mind and body yet people still think they can 'sort it out' themselves.

The reality is; Tuition from a good golf professional, not one of your mates, can do more for your game than any amount of advice that you might get from fellow players.

In fact, getting advice from other players, no matter what their handicap is, could be the worst thing you could do.

You need someone experienced, who can see the faults in your stance and swing and then teach you what is needed to correct those problems.

The longer you continue to play with incorrect action the harder it will be to retrain yourself later on.

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So Do You Slice

2008-11-23T05:33:00.000-08:00

So Do You Slice

The problem with most poor golf techniques is the fact that they get worse the longer they are left unaddressed.

Many people have a problem slicing the ball when driving off the tee than virtually any other area.

Go to and public golf course any day of the week and you will be sure to find someone slicing the ball.
Even players with single digit handicaps can slice the ball on a regular basis.

Some people even adjust their game to allow for a slice that they can't seem to cure.

The more most people try to cure their slice the worse it seems to get and even professional tuition from golf pros can take quite some time to resolve this issue.

What makes it all the more frustrating is the fact that during the week when you were at the golf range all your drives where as straight as a die.

So you arrive at the course for your weekend game and it all falls apart again.

The majority of golfers just accept that they have a problem and do nothing about it, resigned to the fact that it is an inherent problem with their game that they can't seem to fix.

Unfortunately problems like this put a dampener on the pleasure you can get from your game, so it is certainly worthwhile addressing the issue.

Spending money on new golf clubs, or changing the types of golf balls you use won't solve the problem.
It needs to be addressed as soon as possible as it will generally tend to get worse.

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Do Warm Balls Travel Further?

2008-11-15T14:14:00.000-08:00

It is a fact that a warm golf ball will travel further than a cold ball all things else being equal.

The reason for this is the fact that the added heat affects the compression of the ball.

It is hard to say how much heat would be needed to gain extra length and the gain in distance would be relatively minimal anyway.

Having said that, golf is all about making gains, no matter how big or small in as many areas as possible.

There are some golf pros who prefer to carry their golf balls in their pocket as this helps to retain heat in the ball, so whether it helps mentally or actually enhances the actual distance they get, it is going to benefit them at the end of the day.

If you are playing in particularly cold conditions the ball will lose it's heat

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So Do Balls Make a Difference?

2008-10-26T06:32:00.000-07:00

So Do Balls Make a Difference?

What are the benefits of changing your golf balls?

As there are continuing developments in all aspects of the sport, from the design of the golf clubs to the type of golf balls we use, it becomes all the more important that you use what's best for YOUR game, and that can even mean a change of the type of golf balls you use.

To ensure consistency with your game you will need to use the same balls in practice that you intend to use when you are playing in tournaments.

This is not quite so imperative when practicing at the driving range where you won't be expected to lose a bucketful of high dollar golf balls amongst the driving range hacks.

You will need to use your preferred balls when practicing your short game, as the type of ball you use will determine the distance you can expect from your swing.
You need to be assured that the practice swings you do in training, will equate with the same performance on the course.

Golf balls have had more development than any other sports ball and that development continues to improve the quality of our game beyond what many golfers understand.

You need to choose the ball that best suits your swing and this decision can have as big an impact on your game as choosing the correct golf clubs.

There are three main categories of golf balls.

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Constant Small Improvements = Long-term Success

2008-10-22T11:12:00.000-07:00

Constant Small Improvements =
Long-term Success

You should analyze your game after each and every shot.
Look where the ball went and question what you did to get that result, yes both right and wrong.

Information and education will assist in improving your game.
Get that information from recommended books and videos.
Get it from golf professionals who know what they are talking about, but always be wary of getting advice from friends and playing partners.
There are always people willing to give you advice but bad advice is a lot worse than no advice at all.

If the ball has gone somewhere other than the right direction, check your alignment and see if your final stance is correct.
There will be a lot of information as to why your shot has gone astray.
You can look at the ground and observe the path of your club.
Look at the position of your feet after the shot.

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Consistency is the Key

2008-10-18T08:21:00.000-07:00

Consistency is the Key

Consistency is the hardest part of golf.
It is not possible for any human, Tiger Woods included, to hit the golf ball perfectly 100% of the time.
What good golfers can do however is consistently hit the ball very well most of the time, and near perfectly quite a lot of the time.

It is this consistency that sets them apart and even those at the top of their game have days when they don't get their shots right enough of the time.

There is only one thing that can really help any golfer get that consistency and that is through practice.

But there is another matter that needs to be addressed when talking about consistency and golf and that is - Consistently bad shots.

The more you do anything consistently the more it will become natural behavior and this applies to poor technique too.

The sooner you address poor golf techniques, the sooner you will be able to practice the correct methods that will replace them and make those actions second nature.

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Are You Playing with the Right Golf Balls?

2008-10-15T07:00:00.000-07:00

Are You Playing with the Right Golf Balls?

Many people buy their golf balls based on economics ( expensive mistake ). Not only in cost but also confidence
If your game is not up to par and you think those water holes are looking a little ominous, you are more likely to buy a box of cheaper balls knowing that the pain won't be as great if a few of them get lost in the 'drink'

If you are looking for peak performance, then your choice of golf ball is crucial.
Golf ball selection can be as important to the success of your game as the clubs you will be carrying around the course.

Your golf balls need to be matched to your swing and your style of play.
If your style and golf balls are mismatched then you cannot hope to get the best results (plonk your in the water ).

Sure, they might all look the same, but golf balls are technologically advanced balls, and all of them are designed with a specific purpose in mind.

There are balls for all different levels of skill, from the beginner to the pro, and within those levels there are balls designed specifically to match various playing styles.

The balls are designed with different densities that allow for varying levels of spin, distance and control.
The various types of covers on the balls
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Are You Still Thinking about Your Last Shot?

2008-10-11T10:37:00.000-07:00

Are You Still Thinking about Your Last Shot?

Will the last shot you played determine where the golf ball goes this time?

You might be surprised to realize that for many people the shot they have just played will have a major impact on their next shot.

The golf player who can switch his mind off that last shot, and move on, will always have a decided advantage over the competition.
If you are one of the many golfers who let their previous performance affect the rest of their game, then retraining your mind will do more for your game than all the tuition that any golf pro can give you.

How many times have we seen Tiger Woods play winning shots from out of the rough?

How many times have we seen him come from behind to win major tournaments?

There is one thing that other players will never do, and that is to write Tiger off if he has not been having a good game. This is because they know he has the mind power to put everything behind him.

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Perhaps You Are A Leftie?

2008-10-08T07:28:00.000-07:00

Are You a Leftie?

We can't blame the golf club manufacturers for targeting their most profitable market of right-handed golfers, but it is quite difficult for those golfers who play left handed to find the selection offered to the mainstream players.

I have known a few golfers who made the change early on by training to play right handed but this is unrealistic for most people.

You should be playing in the most natural manner possible and if that means left handed then so be it.

Unfortunately with everything these days it all comes down to economics and profitability and there just isn't enough money to be made for many manufacturers in the left-handed market.

The percentage of left handed players to right handed players is somewhere in the region of 8 percent so the market is quite small, although it is a niche market that some manufacturers are targeting albeit at more expense in most instances.

But there is always a silver lining to the problems that we might encounter.

At a recent after tournament function I was introduced to an elderly gentleman who was playing on a low handicap and had done so for many years.

During the discussion he mentioned left-handed clubs and the fact that he had started playing left handed initially

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Which Are You Better on the Front or Back Nine?

2008-10-03T12:33:00.000-07:00

Looking at the way you perform through the course of a game can give you a lot of powerful information that can be transferred into results the next time you play.

I have talked to many golfers and there seems to be a consistency with a lot of them relating to their performance on the front nine compared to the way they play on the back nine in most tournaments.

Not that there is a consistency in their game, but a consistency in the part of the game where they consistently fare worst.

Some people struggle to get their game right for the first nine holes and then improve on the back nine, whilst others start off fine and then fade on the last nine holes.

It is like there is a switch that gets flicked half way through the game and their performance changes in one direction or another.

There is always a reason why this is happening and targeting that reason can result in some excellent improvements to your score.

More often than not the second nine holes result in a poorer performance and this can be due to a number of factors.

Those factors can be fatigue or a lack of hydration.

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Importance of Grips And Golf Swing

2008-09-09T04:50:00.000-07:00

Importance of Grips And Golf Swing

The grip of the club has a lot to do with the effectiveness of the golf swing. When a player has a good grip on his club it makes it easy to swing at the ball at the right angle.

The hands must be set on the club. You should not move your hands. The hands duty is to grip the club like a clamp. Your hands will not manipulate the club if you snap your wrist or compel the golf club. Most professional golfers will use three basic grips.

One of the most popular grips is the overlap. It is usually called the single overlap. The right hand pinkie is used to overlap the club along with the index finger of the left hand.

The interlock is another grip popularly used. The right hand pinkie and the player's
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The Golf Swing ( Building to the Game of Golf )

2008-09-06T05:57:00.000-07:00

The Golf Swing ( Building to the Game of Golf )

Golf is mainly an outdoor sport, which involves individuals with clubs in their hands, balls as their weapons and holes as their targets.

The battle is won when one completes 18 holes in the game, in accordance with the games rules.

A single play is called as a Round. Golf is one of those few games, which is not confined by a specific playing area. The rich man's game is a little complex to understand, learn and play; but if you're seriously up for it, then you're in for some big money. So, let's look at one of the most important aspects of golf-play, the Golf Swing. A Golf Swing, in a broad sense, is the rotation of the player's body, while he's aiming at accelerating the club head and hitting the ball with it. The first swing of the game starts at the teeing box. A teeing box is an area marked for initiation of the first shot of the game, called as the tee shot. How to do it right

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Fixes For Golf Swing

2008-09-03T11:42:00.000-07:00

Sometimes a golfer will slice a golf ball, which requires a quick fix. Usually a professional will adjust his grip to strengthen the position. Hook grips are used also.

Usually when a player slices a ball, it is a clear indication that there is a problem with his golf swing. The player must identify the problem to make some corrections.

If the problem is in the pivot it will cause hook balls, but also hurt the players back in time. The prime goal for a professional golfer is to hit the ball straight and hard.

The player uses his control and power combined with the correct fundamentals.

The professional golf players often watch other players at the tournaments to improve their skill. They will imitate a better player. Professional players also practice

regularly to improve their golf swing. Practice enables them to stay in control of their game.

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GOLF EQUIPMENT :- To start playing the Game of Golf

2008-08-30T22:51:00.000-07:00

GOLF EQUIPMENT: GEARING UP PROPERLY FOR GOLF

Like any other sports, golf requires that you are geared up correctly to be able to properly play the game. This article will give you an idea of basic golf equipment one requires to be able to learn and play golf.

For starters, the basic golf equipment is a golf ball. Golf balls are dimpled tiny balls, use in to play golf. They are dimpled to reach farther length when driven by golf clubs.

Another important golf equipment is a golf club or golf driver. Golf drivers come in different varieties. This is because a golf course has different landscapes and different golf clubs are required to make the proper drive. Depending on the landscape, either sand, grass or cement, a golf club is essential to make the perfect drive. Professional golfers usually have a bag or two of golf clubs to cater to their golf needs. Most golf stores and sports equipment store sell golf clubs. Some golf clubs are sold in sets while other are sold individually.

To protect your golf equipment, such as your golf club, a golf bag golf and club covers is essential. A golf bag will, of course, hold your golf club in one place and will make it easier for your caddy to carry your many golf clubs. Golf bags can also hold golf balls and other golf equipment like water bottle to quench your thirst while under the sun or extra shirt or your regular shoes. On the other hand, a golf club cover covers the edge of your golf club. This is done so to protect your golf club from unwanted scratches and dents. Dents can cause your drive to go from ok to bad. Dents in golf clubs can affect the drive of your golf ball. With these simple pieces of golf equipment, you can take care of the state of your club and your game.

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Realy I Am Not a Good Driver

2008-08-17T05:18:00.000-07:00

The problem with most people who have trouble driving well off the tee is the fact that like me they haven't mastered their swing before using a driver.
If you are having trouble with your driver a good way to get back on track is to leave it at home and tee off with a 3-iron instead.

While you won't get the same distance initially you will have more room for error and you will have a better chance of hitting the ball a lot straighter.

The idea is to swing your 3-iron in the same manner, as you would do with the 7-iron.

When you have the right control with this club you will begin to get more distance and you will be swinging in a slower more controlled manner.

Once this is translated to the driver you will realize that you don't have to 'hit' the ball.
You will focus more on control with a slower swing and let the club do the work that you might have been expecting your body to do.

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Feminine and Fun Golf Accessories For Her

2008-08-09T05:20:00.000-07:00

Feminine and Fun Golf Accessories For Her

This last bastion of male dominance has been forever shattered, ruptured and disfigured beyond all hopes of redemption. First the board room, and now the playground.

Ever since this all-man, macho sport was invaded by women; things have never been quite the same again.

So men are not really surprised that there have been multitudinous golf accessories designed exclusively to keep the fairer sex, well, fair.

Golf caps were never important golf accessories for the players from Mars. However, shade from the sun is critical for the Venus golfers.

So you have designer caps and custom tailor-made shades, all color coordinated down to the Nth hue. And this is just for caps.

You have the same mind-boggling variety in golf umbrellas, glares, sun-block and other things that make this sport so feminine these days.

If a lady's delicate legs and pretty muscles tire themselves out driving a golf cart, well, you can see how a motorized caddy is almost a life-saving golf accessory now.

Tight-fisted housewives may not pay for a caddy and they will not expend extra energy in navigating and peddling a bulky golf cart.

So a motorized caddy with simple push-button on-off switches is suddenly the most important thing on the greens today.

And don't faint with shock if you see pretty, pink customized golf carts puttering all over the course. And of course separate His and Hers washrooms, coordinated outfits for both golf partners, pink tees, and other excesses are almost common-place now.

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Lets Add Variety to Your Practice

2008-08-03T04:50:00.000-07:00

Lets Add Variety

to Your Practice

I observe many golfers practicing the same shots over and over again.
That's Ok if it is an area that needs concentrated attention, after all the more you practice a shot the better you will become at it.
The idea being if you practice a shot enough you will virtually do it on autopilot when you get to the course, but you must also remember that variety will make you a better all round golfer.

The more techniques that you can master the better you will be on competition day.
You can do this by trying new techniques when you practice.
Observe the results you get when you use different clubs or try different techniques.
Try adding some spin to the ball and see how this affects the flight.
Use different types of golf balls to see whether your level of expertise has changed and allowed you to get more benefit from the different ball compressions.

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My Tip :- Accuracy First and Distance Will Follow.

2008-07-05T06:53:00.000-07:00

My Tip :-
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Accuracy First and

Distance Will Follow.

Most beginners have one thing in mind, hitting the ball over the horizon, thinking that distance is the key to great play.
For this reason many golfers never quite get out of this mindset and this is one of the main reasons why they will never get the distance that they are more than capable of hitting the ball.

The wise golf coach will always teach the need of practice for accuracy first, and then only concentrate on the distance once they have mastered the art of direction control.

It's not much point hitting the big yards off the tee if the ball is going to end up on another fairway or in the rough.
All you will succeed in doing is

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Golf - The most low - impact sport of all

2008-06-27T09:16:00.000-07:00

Golf - The most

low - impact sport of all

There’s no doubt about it that the game of golf is one that is massively popular all over the world. Golf is a low-impact sport that can provide participants of all ages not only a fun recreational activity but also some type of exercise. What other sport is so good for body, good for the mind, good for social activities, and so good for business. Golf has it all.

So its not supprising there has been a renewed interest in golf lately among the younger generations with the rise in popularity of golf phenomenon Tiger Woods. These days, golf is enjoyed by young and old alike. It gives fathers time to spend with sons and daughters, brothers with sisters, and friends with other friends.

The game of golf is played on both the amateur and professional levels with notoriety coming to good players locally and nationally. The professional golfers who are most famous are well-known world-wide, and often people strive to emulate them and their amazing play styles.

Of course, golf isn’t without its stressors. It’s nice to be out on the course when it’s a sunny spring day with a mild breeze, but it can be spoiled by bad shots, horrible lies, water hazards, and missed putts. You see, golf isn’t an exact science. There are many variables that go into a good golf swing, and it’s nearly impossible to perfect them all – all at the same time.

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Is it necessary for Amateurs to know the Biomechanics of the Golf Swing??

2008-06-21T07:48:00.000-07:00

Is it necessary for Amateurs to know

the Biomechanics of the Golf Swing??

You may think that the biomechanics of a golf swing are only of any interest to the professionals - perhaps too technical for the amateur or one time per week golfer. Perhaps, if you think like that, it may explain why you could sometimes spend most of your round in the sand or trees!

Yes, of course the professionals need to understand the way the body works when he swings the club, which is what biomechanics is all about. However, it is just as important for the fun golfer. You may be surprised to find that a few subtle changes can take strokes off your round on a permanent basis, now that makes for real fun golf.

Although there are certain basic principles, the swing is individual to the person. To prove this you only have to look at all the different types of swing on display by the players at major championships. If you follow championships for any length of time you will also know about the top players who have changed their swing due to loss of form or an injury. This means you need to find the swing that works best for your own body, and anyone teaching you needs to know this too.

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Anti Slice Golf Drivers - Good Or Bad?

2008-06-10T14:05:00.000-07:00

Anti Slice Golf Drivers

- Good Or Bad?

Anti slice golf drivers have become increasingly popular in recent years, and it may seem strange to ask if they are actually a good thing or not. You may be surprised to hear that not everyone thinks that they are.

One of the reasons for the popularity of these clubs is that the drive is a shot that has a huge impact on a player's overall score. Of course in a sense you could say that about every type of shot, but if you hit a straight drive you are on your way, while a pull or a slice will put you in trouble right from the go.

The slice is the most common problem that players tend to have with the drive. The extra heave to get more power into the shot simply means that the club face does not hit the ball square on.

The simple advice may be to work on the swing, and of course this is a very logical answer and also the traditional way to go. However, with new developments in club design and technology, people have begun to wonder why not just use a club which corrects the problem for you?

An anti slice driver will be shaped in a particular way so that what would have been an off straight shot with a regular driver, with this club hits the ball straighter. It also tends to get the ball higher with more backspin, and the backspin will counteract the side spin of the slice.

Great! So why do some people not like them?

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My Unique Putting Tip

2008-06-07T09:24:00.000-07:00

My Unique Putting Tip

Here's my simple technique to improve your putting.
Before you can expect to putt well on greens with a slope, you need to learn to putt well on the flat.
This will train you to swing your putter through a straight line and hit the ball squarely on the face of the putter.

Now you need to get a putter that has a line on it that you can see clearly, as this will be the line that you will follow through to the center of the ball.

On the practice green (preferably one that you have at home, as this technique might not be appreciated) you will mark straight lines with a builders chalk line in several directions from the center of the hole spanning out around the green.

Getting someone to hold the chalk line at the center of the cup will make the process easier.
Now move around the green flicking the line to leave chalk marks along the ground.

Next - place your golf ball on the line leaving some of the line on the ground visible behind the ball.
This will help you to guide your swing.
You will then be able to swing your putter using the line on the ground as a guide and the line on the putter itself to connect with the center of the ball.

In a very short time you should find that you are managing to putt from a relatively good distance and get the ball in the hole most of the time.

This will help you to develop the correct posture and consistency to putt well.

After doing this for a while from different positions on the green, move the ball off the line and visualize that there is still a line on the ground by creating it in your mind, looking from the ball to the cup and back again several times.

Line up your putter as before and look at the line on your putter to hit the center of the ball with this spot on your club.

You are now retraining yourself to see an invisible line from the ball to the cup that you can use on any green you play on.
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Business on the Golf Course

2008-05-28T08:45:00.000-07:00

Business on the Golf Course

There’s probably no better place in the world to conduct business than on the golf course. Business executive all over the world know that sharing a common frustration with their golf game promotes the perfect environment for business talk. More partnerships and businesses have been changed on the golf course than you could ever imagine.

When you are conducting business on the golf course, you have the luxury of sharing a common goal – to beat each other. Yet at the same time, when you are playing with business associates on the golf course, you really need to practice some decorum when playing golf with a potential business affiliate.

So how do you balance business with sport on the golf course? Unfortunately, there is no easy answer to this question. Just as with any decision in business, you have to weigh the outcome with what is happening. If you are trying to land a big account, you probably won’t want to make fun of your potential client’s missed chip shot.

However, you won’t want to gain a reputation as a suck-up either. If your potential client makes a 7 on a par 3 hole, you really don’t want to whoop and holler because it will be obvious you are just trying to stroke his (or her) ego. Conducting business on the golf course is a delicate proposition, so start with a plan in mind.

DO NOT – and we stress this a lot – DO NOT begin your golf match with a declaration of what you hope to accomplish by the end of the round. If you want to insure that you will be landing that big account, don’t put on your golf glove on tee #1 and declare your intention. The idea behind conducting business on the golf course is to make friends first and then do your business.

As you are playing, keep in mind that you will want to bring your “A” game as much as is humanly possible. Sure, you might be playing against a person who is head and shoulders above you, but if you are the better player, DON’T let them win just because you want to gain their business. Play golf like you mean it and gain that prospect’s respect.

There is much business that is done on the golf course every day of every week. You won’t find a better place to make a business deal than on the links. However, you will want to use some form of decorum to insure that your business goals will come to reality. Taking business on the golf course could be the best business decision you ever make!
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A Few important Putting Tips

2008-05-27T06:33:00.000-07:00

A Few important Putting Tips

How often have you been frustratingly close to sinking a putt only to come up inches short?

Or maybe you have closely missed the hole only to see your ball go sailing past adding even more distance for the return putt.

A lot of games have been lost on the putting green and in most instances it has been due to the wrong distance, rather than the direction of the ball.

Most beginners quickly get a feel for the direction the ball will travel, even on sloping greens.
You've probably seen it yourself when a newcomer to the game places the ball within inches of the hole on a sloping green time and time again.

What you won't see quite so often is the ball stopping a few inches past the hole when they miss.

There are many factors that come into account when determining the distance a ball will travel on the green, from the slope, to the preparation of the green and whether it is wet and slow or dry and fast.
It can make a huge difference depending on the time of the day with greens getting faster as they dry off in the afternoon sun.

So reading the distance of a putt is what you really need to concentrate on to get your ball to drop in that hole.

Once again it all comes back to practice and there is no better practice than on the day of the tournament in the conditions that you will be playing in.
Always take some time to have a few practice putts before you start play to 'dial in' your distance.

One thing you must always remember; the golf ball will never drop if it doesn't reach the hole.
Sounds too obvious to even need mentioning doesn't it, but more often that not putts will come up short.
Always aim for the back of the cup so that, provided you have your direction right, you are going to have a chance of making the putt.
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What Your Golf Bag Can Do For you the Owner

2008-05-22T11:10:00.000-07:00

What Your Golf Bag Can Do

For you the Owner

As a golf player do you appreciate your golf bag. While we are willing to spend a lot of time and money selecting our clubs, we are reluctant to do the same for other equipment. In fact it makes no sense to buy high quality clubs and then look around for the cheapest bag to carry them.

Golf bags are not usually an expensive item and there is not so much difference in money terms between a high quality bag and a cheap one. A good golf bag protects the clubs that the golfer has invested so much into, and is often so much more convenient that it can save you effort and trouble on the course and even improve your game.

You will see the value of this piece of golfing equipment if you consider the possibility of traveling with your golf clubs. Perhaps I should say the probability of traveling with them, because most every golfer loves to try out a course wherever he goes. You may want to take a golf vacation from time to time and even if your spouse does not play, you will be able to find many resorts which include attractions for your spouse along with a good golf course.

If possible, you will want your own clubs along when you travel. You could surely hire them at your vacation or conference resort but you would be unlikely to play at your best with a strange set of clubs. When you think of taking your clubs on a plane or even with a trunk full of other luggage in your own car, you will see the importance of having a strong, high quality bag to protect them on the trip.

Even if you never travel, you will always be driving to and from your own course with your clubs in the trunk. You will want your favorite clubs to last a lifetime if possible, and for that you will need the best golf bag to house them.

Another advantage of having a good golf club carry bag is that it will allow you to keep everything organized as you go around the course. The clubs will be well stored so that you can immediately pick out the one that you need. A good bag will also have plenty of pockets to store other items and keep them easily accessible, including balls, tees, and other things that you will be carrying like a water bottle, notebook, rangefinder, etc. It is very important to have all of these well organized and easily accessible. This helps golfers to keep their focus and concentration on their game, instead of having to take time out to search for items in their golf bags.

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My Tips Involving Your Golf Equipment

2008-05-17T11:41:00.000-07:00

My Tips Involving Your Golf Equipment

Are you not blaming your moves, shots and swings for your golf mishits and mishaps? Well, no matter how much time and effort you have been spending over practicing your moves to perfect your game, you still won't achieve your goal if you use unsuitable or defective types of golf equipment, will you?
Come on, when we first started we bought the best, but after a time we accepted what we thought was OK. Oh but we need to think once again

Now is high time for you to consider the following golf tips that involve checking on your equipment's quality.

If you plan to choose used golfclubs as beginner's tools, scrutinizing before purchasing is a must. The clubheads, the shafts, and the grips are golfclub parts that should pass inspection first before landing a decent spot in your golf equipment cabinet. Another excellent golf tip that will get you through the game is making sure that the set of used golfclubs you're eyeing have set consistency. It will also help a lot if you check first the price of new clubs vs. used.

A golf tip for a golfer that plans to regrip his clubs: Be cautious. This is because the grips are the only contact points one can access to affect the shot. Before carrying out the regripping, know the core grip of the club and your hands grip size. To determine your core size grip, measure the diameter of the butt of the shaft you're going to re-grip. The shaft's diameter should match the grip's core diameter. In determining your hands grip, the available size grips are regular, mid-size, oversize and jumbo. Use only the best re-gripping materials that will provide optimum performance for your golf clubs.

Another golf tip or advice is that using ill-fitted clubs will be an obstacle to your golf playing success. A golfer must consider his or her body type in choosing the best-fitting equipment to support and deliver his backswings efficiently. Too steep angles in carrying out backswings may be avoided if one selects the perfect fitting equipment available.

Custom golfclub fitting makes a better option than just buying new golf clubs. Getting custom fitting golfclubs is a golf tip that translates to a very worthy investment. The uniqueness of each person is attributed to the need of this way of buying new golf clubs. A custom fitting produces golfclubs that specifically suit the height, strength, swing characteristics and clubhead speed of the golfer.

The type of club shaft also helps in predicting whether you'll do good in a game or you won't. There's a choice between a steel club shaft and a graphite-made club shaft. This golf tip aims to make you realize which type of golfclub shaft will benefit your game. Observations tell that the steel club shafts are more preferred by professional golfers while graphite shafts become more popular with women, senior players and beginners. Steel shafts are less expensive than graphite shafts though.

One more golf tip that could help you is that the golf clubs that must be the main content of your bag must suit your skill level. Since various skill levels need various golf clubs, it won't be wise to just use or bring a golf club that is just lying around. And, don't ever forget about the maximum golfclub load your bag is allowed to hold. You can only bring 14 golf clubs in your bag. No more. No less. Aside from your skill level contemplation, your mastery of a certain golfclub and your being comfortable with using it must also be put into consideration in deciding which golfclub to hit.
A good combination of the right moves and good choice of equipment will better arm you to become the best golfer you could ever be.Its not money that buys good GOLF it always the right equipment.
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THE GOLFING STORE

2008-05-14T10:47:00.000-07:00

THE GOLFING STORE

With an increasing market of high-end retailers selling golfing equipment, one could possibly miss a "real" golf store.

Normally, golfing stores carry the latest, if not the best, golfing equipment and accessories needed by everyone who plays golf. These could range from golf clubs to golf balls, to even posters, shirts, and wallpaper.

Most golf stores focus on having the everyday equipment and clothing for the interested golfer. They will provide hints on how to choose the right club and the appropriate golf ball. Golf Stores do not only supply things relative to golf but some also offer services and knowledge about Golfing in its area.

Additional services could include club repair, club fitting, and swing analysis. Most of these golf stores use the True Temper Shaftlab and Achiever Launch Monitor swing analysis. These machines measure everything, from ball speed, club head speed to carry distance. They also provide printouts illustrating extreme deflection, shaft loading, downswing time and face angle.

Also, there are other golf stores that offer golf classes being thought by local pros.
Golf tutorials can also be offered for juniors along with women's clinics on the sport.

Golf collectors will find many interesting items in a golf store as well. Hobbyist may find collector items like golf balls used by some of the world's most renowned players. Signed items may be available too.

Plus, there are golf stores that offer unusual golf gifts. These things range from the most common to the most creative golf gifts one could get for just about any occasion.

Most golf storeowners are actually golfers themselves. Usually, they put up a golf store after retiring from playing golf. Like most businessmen assert, it's good to be passionate about what you are selling. This "passion" will give feelings of satisfaction and gratification to the golf shopper and this is something money cannot buy.
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An Overview Of The Ping Golf Club:

2008-05-10T16:12:00.000-07:00

An Overview Of The

Ping Golf Club:

The most important things a golfer needs to address is his golf clubs, because according to experts, it is one of the main reasons why they do not strike the ball. For this exact reason the Ping golf club was born.

Karsten Solheim was the one who invented the ping golf club with different intentions. The story has it that Karsten was practicing golf but he could not hit the ball so he started to practice up to the time that he began to design and experiment his very own putter so that he could play better through it. He thought of designing his own putter without a figment of a thought that it would be known worldwide. By the year 1959, his putter experiments had evolved into 1A design. While deciding for the name, he heard the sound of his putter and declared proudly to his wife that he would name the putter from its sound, hence the name "ping". At that same year, Sports Illustrated published an article in their August issue regarding the ping golf club dubbing it as a musical putter.

So was the beginning of success for the ping golf club. At present, the Ping golf club is manufactured in Phoenix, Arizona by Karsten Manufacturing Corporation. There are more than 400 patents registered for the ping golf club and each of these designs are all innovative and very original designs that are suited for each and every golfer. Here are some of their key patents and products:

The reason for this type of ping golf club is that the perimeter weighting is able to increase the moment of inertia thus when a ball is not struck squarely on the face it makes the club more forgiving. Another innovative movement for the ping golf club was the application of investment casting in the manufacture of the K Series Irons. This is not really a new technology in fact; the old name for it is the lost-wax process. The purpose of this type of method is to ensure precise detail and consistency to all of the parts of the ping golf club. Another type of patent for the Ping golf club is the Cushin Selective Filtering Insert. This is a patented invention which screens out and disperses the unwanted frequencies that can harmfully affect muscle, bone, and connective tissue. Through this invention, the golfer receives less vibration with greater feel on each shot.

The reason why the ping golf club is popular and widely used is because of its innovative, ever-changing yet reliable design. These designs are what people, particularly golfers, recognize about ping golf club. lost one of your ping golf clubs? Do not worry because serial numbers are here to save you! In every ping golf club, there are serial numbers which are etched on every PING iron. If ever there is a need to replace one club, the company has the exact specs at the time of manufacturing on file and could actually build a new club to match your set.

Happy tee off!
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Come Tee Off at a Great Golfing Resort

2008-05-03T03:38:00.000-07:00

WHY NOT TEE OFF AT A

GREAT GOLF RESORT

Greatest things come in greatest packages, so to say.

Golf resorts in particular, provide a great deal more than a golf player would generally ask for. It caters to different kinds of people and not just golf enthusiasts. Golf resorts can really stand out in the vacation business.

Due to its very nature, golf resorts literally have rooms and villas situated in a secured place. The rooms and villas are full of necessary services usually seen in a typical resort: large air-conditioned rooms, luxurious bathrooms, cable televisions, and internet connections.

Most of these golf resorts have magnificent views coupled with mild and healing climate. Landscapes and ornamentations are carefully drawn in the most luxurious way. There are beautiful pools and ponds that captivate visitors.

However, unlike other types of resorts, a golf resort caters to the specific needs of a golf player or a golf aficionado. These golf resorts are specially made for people who want to relax, have fun, and at the same time enjoy playing golf.

There are golf resorts that offer a variety of golf packages. They have several golf championship courses. Generally, most golf resorts have 18-hole course, par 63 Challenge course, and an 18 hole live turf Putting course.

Because of its specialized nature of market, golf resorts are dedicated to make every golf player a better player by trying out their different golf courses in a more comforting manner. They always have Golf lessons available that will help each level of golfer improve their playing skills, such as swing and putting.

Some golf resorts offer an even wider range of golfing instruction and help by offering individual instruction, group clinics, corporate clinics, junior clinic or multi day golf instruction packages.

On the other hand, there are golf resorts that can give practice facilities to beginners or to those that just want to try playing golf for the first time. In this type of golf resort, their practice facilities can give you the chance to work on all aspects of your game from wedge to driver. These golf resorts could offer you a place where you can practice your putting, chipping or pitching on a large two tier putting green.

In the United States, the most well known golf resorts are situated in Central Florida and Southern California where the climate and views are a perfect concoction so as to make golf resorts very entertaining.

Other golf resorts are Avila Beach Golf Resort in California, Eagle Crest Resort in Central Oregon and Championship Golf Resort in Central Florida.

The Eagle Crest Resort boasts of its golf courses carved out of an ancient juniper forest huddled at the foot of the majestic Cascades. Eagles Crest Golf Resort is also known for its meticulous grounds keeping, fast true greens, and beautiful summer wildflower displays. And because of their lower elevation, Eagle Crest Golf Resort have the longest quality golf season in Central Oregon making them adept in keeping one of their championship courses open all year round.

The Avila Beach Golf Resort, on the other hand, has lavishly landscaped greens. The Avila Beach Golf Resort driving range has great teeing areas and is open from dusk till dawn. They also offer various golf instruction programs.

The Championship Golf Resort likewise caters to most golf fanatics and players. This golf resort is easily within 20 minutes of all the top attractions such as Disney and Universal Studios. And because it is situated at the west of the attractions, Championship Golf Resort could be easily reached using Florida Turnpike and Osceola Parkway toll roads, with which vacationers could avoid the heavy congestion often experienced when approaching from the east.

Aside from these three marvelous golf resorts, there are still many other golf resorts waiting to be discovered and enjoyed. You could try looking for them at the Web because most of them have Web sites already; or you could ask for brochures and pamphlets of different golf resorts.

You will be very surprised on how many places can offer a Golfing holiday, from the big well known to the smaller places like the Isle of Man, where on a small Island in the middle of the Irish Sea they boast 7 courses all very different and yet within a few miles of each other.

The Web was made for golfers to find their perfect golf course

With the options we have mentioned, you are assured that golf resorts will be the great alternative way of taking your vacation or golf trip and also make it that little more enjoyable.

Happy tee off!
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My Golf Tips Involving Golf Equipment

2008-04-26T09:11:00.000-07:00

Golf Tips Involving Golf Equipment

Blaming your moves, shots and swings for your golf mishits and mishaps? Well, no matter how much time and effort you have been spending over practicing your moves to perfect your game, you still won't achieve your goal if you use unsuitable or defective types of golf equipment, will you?

Now is high time for you to consider the following golf tips that involve checking on your equipment's quality.

If you plan to choose used golfclubs as beginner's tools, scrutinizing before purchasing is a must. The clubheads, the shafts, and the grips are golfclub parts that should pass inspection first before landing a decent spot in your golf equipment cabinet. Another excellent golf tip that will get you through the game is making sure that the set of used golfclubs you're eyeing have set consistency. It will also help a lot if you check first the price of new clubs vs. used.

A golf tip for a golfer that plans to regrip his clubs: Be cautious. This is because the grips are the only contact points one can access to affect the shot. Before carrying out the regripping, know the core grip of the club and your hands grip size. To determine your core size grip, measure the diameter of the butt of the shaft you're going to re-grip. The shaft's diameter should match the grip's core diameter. In determining your hands grip, the available size grips are regular, mid-size, oversize and jumbo. Use only the best re-gripping materials that will provide optimum performance for your golf clubs.

Another golf tip or advice is that using ill-fitted clubs will be an obstacle to your golf playing success. A golfer must consider his or her body type in choosing the best-fitting equipment to support and deliver his backswings efficiently. Too steep angles in carrying out backswings may be avoided if one selects the perfect fitting equipment available.

Custom golfclub fitting makes a better option than just buying new golf clubs. Getting custom fitting golfclubs is a golf tip that translates to a very worthy investment. The uniqueness of each person is attributed to the need of this way of buying new golf clubs. A custom fitting produces golfclubs that specifically suit the height, strength, swing characteristics and clubhead speed of the golfer.

The type of club shaft also helps in predicting whether you'll do good in a game or you won't. There's a choice between a steel club shaft and a graphite-made club shaft. This golf tip aims to make you realize which type of golfclub shaft will benefit your game. Observations tell that the steel club shafts are more preferred by professional golfers while graphite shafts become more popular with women, senior players and beginners. Steel shafts are less expensive than graphite shafts though.

One more golf tip that could help you is that the golf clubs that must be the main content of your bag must suit your skill level. Since various skill levels need various golf clubs, it won't be wise to just use or bring a golf club that is just lying around. And, don't ever forget about the maximum golfclub load your bag is allowed to hold. You can only bring 14 golf clubs in your bag. No more. No less. Aside from your skill level contemplation, your mastery of a certain golfclub and your being comfortable with using it must also be put into consideration in deciding which golfclub to hit.

A good combination of the right moves and good choice of equipment will better arm you to become the best golfer you could ever be.

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Young People in Golf

2008-04-21T14:20:00.000-07:00

Youth playing Golf

Tiger Woods arguably the best golfer ever to have graced this wonderful sport. The greatest noticeable advantages Tiger Woods had over others was the fact that he started playing and training at a very young age. Today many children are becoming interested in the sport because of Tiger, and they to are starting to learn the game of golf at a very young age. Children are starting to play courses with their parents and there is a big rise in children’s golf lessons being offered at courses throughout the world. Even schools are adding both boys’ and girls’ golf to the roster of available extracurricular sporting events that are available.

So for children who are interested in golf, their first step is to get a set of clubs. Yes children are smaller than adults, and so to are their golf clubs.

The same set of clubs will be used in their golf bags, mainly being a driver, fairway woods, irons, wedges and the putter. Most golf supply stores carry smaller sized golf clubs designed specifically for young people. The golf clubs can also be made, creating the shaft at a length that is ideal for the child’s heath. As they grow, they will be able to use standard sized clubs.

As with any sport, the only way to get better at the game is to practice. So young people should first have a fundamental understanding of how the game is played and the rules. If they are playing at a golf course, they should also be educated in the etiquette of the game including any particular rules found at the course in which they are playing including dress codes and acceptable behaviour.

The basics of the game should be practiced with the use of drills. While this may not be as exciting as a full round of golf, it will help the young people to hone their skills so that when they are able to play full course , it will be more enjoyable for them and less frustrating. Practicing swings at a driving range can be just as much fun as playing a full round of golf if done with the right spirit.

The most important emphasis for young people should be on fun, especially if they are younger just getting interested in the game. Parents can look for day camps and private coaching opportunities at their local courses. This is a great way to spend some time in the summer teaching skills and having fun. As they progress in the sport, more practice and detailed lessons may be advisable to get them ready for more competitive play and to join the pleasurable game of GOLF.

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Important Golf Putting Tips: - To improve Your Game

2008-03-29T02:08:00.000-07:00

Improve Your Game Today: -
Important Golf Putting Tips:

Most putting tips that you will find in golf books or online concentrate on improving your aim. well this is not the only thing that you can do to boost your putting technique, although accuracy is important.

The best way to increase the accuracy of your aim is to improve the contact between the putter head and the ball, so that it is straight and you are using the right area of the putter head. Every shot becomes a hit or miss if you are constantly compensating for a tendency to hit the ball slightly off.

Something that you can do when practicing (and even in a match, under most rules) is to draw two parallel lines on the ball with about a half inch between them, and corresponding lines on your putter. Practice until you can hit the ball so that the lines exactly meet, every time. You are pretty sure to find that this increases the accuracy of your putts, and when it has become natural you can stop drawing the lines with equal success.

Another useful tip is to use a different putter, or even a few different putters, although you may be happy with the one you are using.You could do this by perhaps borrowing or even renting them. Try them out. If you have stayed with your old putter for a long time perhaps you have out grown it, or your game has changed some what. Give the new one's a fair try ,then decide which you need to use.

Most professionals advise taking a bold approach to putting, and shoot strongly. Even on a fast smooth green you should not make your shot too soft. Remember its generally better to send the ball past the hole than to stop before it.

Its worth keeping in mind that if your putt is accurate, but not strong enough, it will always miss the hole. But if your putt is accurate and too strong, it will probably go in. Dave Pelz (aka Professor Putt) used a robot to carry out a study that proved that the best putts were strong enough to have carried the ball as far as 17 inches beyond the hole, if they had not been sunk.

A strong putt that misses the hole will also provide you a lot about the green. You can learn from this to have a better chance of sinking the return shot. You will also find out more about your style and any tendencies or bad habits that you are developing. If your putt stops short of the hole, on the other hand, you learn almost nothing.

Its only with constant practice as with all golf shots the correct technique is mastered, and never more so than with putting. This does not mean you have to hit the ball exactly the same way over and over. Your practice sessions can bring flexibility and new ideas to your game, because you can vary your usual style in practice time and try out all the putting tips that you find.

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How To Correct Your Golf Slice

2008-03-15T12:28:00.000-07:00

How To Correct Your Golf Slice

Most beginning and even experienced amateur golfers need to know how to correct golf slice from time to time. It is the most common mistake in the swing and even after correction, can reappear with frustrating frequency.

Many problems like this would be avoided if everybody took professional lessons right at the beginning of their golfing, but of course most of us didn't do that. Most golfers start out playing in a casual way and only take lessons after they find that they enjoy the game. At that time, many bad habits have already developed.

Slicing the ball creates a side spin that sends the ball away from the intended direction of the shot. It is a very common mistake because it is difficult to correct.

It is possible to buy a wrist band or elbow strap that will restrain the arm so that it follows a more correct path during the swing. This will often help and it is worth trying these restraints, which you can easily find online.

You can also practice some drills for the swing which have been developed by researchers at the University of Southern Carolina. These exercises divide the swing into a number of different sections which are practiced separately. After the body has learnt the correct movement for each part, they are put together to form a full swing. The theory is that the brain learns the individual actions more easily this way, and will co-ordinate them better.

Often a golfer will find that they have particular trouble with just one part of the swing. In that case, the drill for that section can be worked on by itself. Many golfers know from friends or a coach that they have a particular swing fault. There is the 'toe-in' drill that affects the position of the body during the swing. The 'split hand' drill allows the golfer to correct the release by becoming aware of the path of the swing.

Seeing the path of the swing can be very effective as a corrective measure, especially if you swing from outside in. Here is how to do it. Stand in front of a mirror so that you can clearly see, without being so close that you risk breaking it in the follow-through. Take a club - but not a ball - and swing very slowly as if you wanted to drive a ball through the center of the mirror. Stop at the half way point of the follow through. Without moving your head, look to see if you can see your nose. You should not be able to see it, because the head of the club should cover your view of it in the mirror.

Another drill involves looking at the mirror right through the swing. You should see the image of the club going through the line of your eyes in the mirror, on both the swing and the follow-through. Practice your swing until this happens consistently.

Maintaining good flexibility in your body can have a very beneficial effect on the swing. The back, hips and shoulders are particularly important. If you are stiff or have restricted movement in any joints, your game will suffer. Yoga exercises are very good for improving flexibility, or ask your coach to suggest some exercises to help you loosen up and correct golf slice.

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TEE YOUR WAY TO GREAT GOLF RESORT

2008-03-09T10:23:00.000-07:00

TEE YOUR WAY TO GREAT GOLF RESORT

Great things come in great packages, so to speak.

In particular, golf resorts provide more than a golf player would ask. Generally, it caters to different kinds of people and not just golf enthusiasts. Golf resorts can really stand out in the vacation business.

Due to its nature, golf resorts literally have rooms and villas situated in a secured place. The rooms and villas are full of necessary services usually seen in a typical resort: large air-conditioned rooms, luxurious bathrooms, cable televisions, and internet connections.

Most of these golf resorts have magnificent views coupled with mild and healing climate. Landscapes and ornamentations are carefully drawn in the most luxurious way. There are beautiful pools and ponds that captivate visitors.

However, unlike other types of resorts, a golf resort caters to the specific needs of a golf player or a golf aficionado. These golf resorts are specially made for people who want to relax, have fun, and at the same time enjoy playing golf.

There are golf resorts that offer a variety of golf packages. They have several golf championship courses. Generally, most golf resorts have 18-hole course, par 63 Challenge course, and an 18 hole live turf Putting course.

Because of its specialized nature of market, golf resorts are dedicated to make every golf player a better player by trying out their different golf courses in a more comforting manner. Nearly every golf resorts offer golf lessons that will help every golfer improve their playing skills such as swing and putting.

Other golf resorts offer a variety of golf instruction programs for golfers of all skill levels. Golf resorts may offer individual instruction, group clinics, corporate clinics, junior clinic or multi day golf instruction packages.

On the other hand, there are golf resorts that can give practice facilities to beginners or to those that just want to try playing golf for the first time. In this type of golf resort, their practice facilities can give you the chance to work on all aspects of your game from wedge to driver. These golf resorts could offer you a place where you can practice your putting, chipping or pitching on a large two tier putting green.

In the United States, the most well known golf resorts are situated in Central Florida and Southern California where the climate and views are a perfect concoction so as to make golf resorts very entertaining.

Other golf resorts are Avila Beach Golf Resort in California, Eagle Crest Resort in Central Oregon and Championship Golf Resort in Central Florida.

The Eagle Crest Resort boasts of its golf courses carved out of an ancient juniper forest huddled at the foot of the majestic Cascades. Eagles Crest Golf Resort is also known for its meticulous grounds keeping, fast true greens, and beautiful summer wildflower displays. And because of their lower elevation, Eagle Crest Golf Resort have the longest quality golf season in Central Oregon making them adept in keeping one of their championship courses open all year round.

The Avila Beach Golf Resort, on the other hand, has lavishly landscaped greens. The Avila Beach Golf Resort driving range has great teeing areas and is open from dusk till dawn. They also offer various golf instruction programs.

The Championship Golf Resort likewise caters to most golf fanatics and players. This golf resort is easily within 20 minutes of all the top attractions such as Disney and Universal Studios. And because it is situated at the west of the attractions, Championship Golf Resort could be easily reached using Florida Turnpike and Osceola Parkway toll roads, with which vacationers could avoid the heavy congestion often experienced when approaching from the east.

Aside from these three marvelous golf resorts, there are still many other golf resorts waiting to be discovered and enjoyed. You could try looking for them at the Web because most of them have Web sites already; or you could ask for brochures and pamphlets of different golf resorts.

With the wonderful things mentioned, you can be assured that golf resorts are great alternative ways of making your vacation or golf activities truly an invigorating one.

Happy teeing!

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Golf Tips Involving Golf Equipment

2008-03-02T08:50:00.000-08:00

Golf Tips Involving
Golf Equipment

Blaming your moves, shots and swings for your golf mishits and mishaps? Well, no matter how much time and effort you have been spending over practicing your moves to perfect your game, you still won't achieve your goal if you use unsuitable or defective types of golf equipment, will you?

Now is high time for you to consider the following golf tips that involve checking on your equipment's quality.

If you plan to choose used golfclubs as beginner's tools, scrutinizing before purchasing is a must. The clubheads, the shafts, and the grips are golfclub parts that should pass inspection first before landing a decent spot in your golf equipment cabinet. Another excellent golf tip that will get you through the game is making sure that the set of used golfclubs you're eyeing have set consistency. It will also help a lot if you check first the price of new clubs vs. used.

A golf tip for a golfer that plans to regrip his clubs: Be cautious. This is because the grips are the only contact points one can access to affect the shot. Before carrying out the regripping, know the core grip of the club and your hands grip size. To determine your core size grip, measure the diameter of the butt of the shaft you're going to re-grip. The shaft's diameter should match the grip's core diameter. In determining your hands grip, the available size grips are regular, mid-size, oversize and jumbo. Use only the best re-gripping materials that will provide optimum performance for your golf clubs.

Another golf tip or advice is that using ill-fitted clubs will be an obstacle to your golf playing success. A golfer must consider his or her body type in choosing the best-fitting equipment to support and deliver his backswings efficiently. Too steep angles in carrying out backswings may be avoided if one selects the perfect fitting equipment available.

Custom golfclub fitting makes a better option than just buying new golf clubs. Getting custom fitting golfclubs is a golf tip that translates to a very worthy investment. The uniqueness of each person is attributed to the need of this way of buying new golf clubs. A custom fitting produces golfclubs that specifically suit the height, strength, swing characteristics and clubhead speed of the golfer.

The type of club shaft also helps in predicting whether you'll do good in a game or you won't. There's a choice between a steel club shaft and a graphite-made club shaft. This golf tip aims to make you realize which type of golfclub shaft will benefit your game. Observations tell that the steel club shafts are more preferred by professional golfers while graphite shafts become more popular with women, senior players and beginners. Steel shafts are less expensive than graphite shafts though.

One more golf tip that could help you is that the golf clubs that must be the main content of your bag must suit your skill level. Since various skill levels need various golf clubs, it won't be wise to just use or bring a golf club that is just lying around. And, don't ever forget about the maximum golfclub load your bag is allowed to hold. You can only bring 14 golf clubs in your bag. No more. No less. Aside from your skill level contemplation, your mastery of a certain golfclub and your being comfortable with using it must also be put into consideration in deciding which golfclub to hit.

A good combination of the right moves and good choice of equipment will better arm you to become the best golfer you could ever be.

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What Makes a Good Golf Course

2008-02-24T10:19:00.000-08:00

What Makes a Good Golf Course

The game of golf is played on a golf course – obviously. But have you ever thought what goes into making a good golf course? I mean, what makes a good golf course, and what makes a not-so-good golf course? While we don’t have the space to go through specific design layouts, we can touch on some of the aspects of a golf course that makes it fun to play yet challenging too.

Like the miniature golf course, a regular golf course should be fun. You really can’t add the fun windmills or other hazards on a regular golf course, but you can use the natural elements of the land to help build challenges into the layout.

Obviously, the first thing you’re going to need is land. I mean, you’re going to need A LOT of land! The golf course must have some long yardage holes as well as some shorter yardage holes. However, most golfers will agree that having mostly longer holes is a great challenge. But they also need those short par 3s for a little ego boost!

Having several sand bunkers is a great way to present challenge on the golf course. Most bunkers are located around the hole, but they can also be placed in the fairway for added headaches! Having to hit out of the sand provides for all sorts of stroke modifications, and golfers love to have the challenge at hand!

Water hazards are another great way to give golfers a challenge on the golf course. Natural lakes and rivers can be found all over the place, but you can also create man-made water hazards by digging out a large area and filling it with water – obviously! Water hazards make a player have to use finesse to avoid them and make a golf course fun to navigate.

The golf course that we play most often used to be a cow pasture. The rolling hills that used to have Holstein’s instead of golf carts make this particular golf course a lot of fun to try and get “up and down” on. Rolling hills cause a golf ball to – take a guess here – roll! You may have a great drive, but if your ball lands on the side of a hill, it will either stick there making your shot hard or it will roll off the side. Either way, this is another way to make a golf course challenging.

Natural trees and woods are also part of the golf course environment. There’s nothing worse to hear on a golf course than the sound of your ball hitting a tree. Then you have the fun task of trying to find out where the ball landed. Did it go further in or did the tree propel it out into the fairway? Either way, you have another great way to challenge yourself with natural elements.

Designing a golf course can be great fun – for both the designer as well as the player. Take in the natural elements of your favorite golf course and then navigate through those hazards with a positive attitude. Then you’ll be having fun!
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The Importance of the Golf Grip

2008-02-21T14:14:00.000-08:00

The Importance of the Golf Grip

To play a good game of golf its essential to have a good grip. If you are gripping the club incorrectly or too hard, you will end up with your golf ball going to places a golf ball should never go. There is no one exact science to the golf grip, but there are three basic golf grips that golfers use today:

1* The overlapping grip is the most common golf grip used. It is used mostly by male golfers and those with strong wrists and forearms. The little finger of the right hand lies on top of or overlaps the index finger on the left hand.

2* The baseball grip is most commonly used by younger golfers, females, seniors, and those with weaker wrists and arms. The index finger of the left hand and the little finger of the right hand meet but do not overlap or interlock.

3* An interlocking grip will be used by golfers with shorter hands and fingers, those with thicker or chunkier palms, and golfers who have difficulty with the overlapping grip. The index finger of the left hand and the little finger of the right hand overlap each other and interlock.
Here is the basic way to grip a golf club no matter which grip you use. Start by holding the club directly in front of you with your right hand with the club head pointing away from you at about a 45 degree angle.

Next grip the club with your left hand. The club will be mainly in the palm across the pads at the base of the fingers. However, the club will lie across the first section of the index finger. The thumb will be positioned straight on top of the golf club shaft. Relative to the golf club, the thumb will be in the twelve o’clock position.

Now, with your right hand, grip the golf club just above your left hand with the fingers, not the palm, of your right hand. The thumb will be positioned slightly off to the left. Relative to the golf club, the thumb will be in an eleven o’clock position.

If you have gripped the golf club correctly, only the first two knuckles of your left hand will be visible. Also, your left thumb should be completely hidden under your right hand. The index finger position of your right hand will look and feel like a gun trigger finger.
If your golf grip pressure is right, the club could almost be pulled out of your hands, but not quite. A correct golf grip will make you feel as if you are holding the club mostly in the palm and last three fingers of your left hand. Regardless, both hands should hold the club with equal pressure. The correct golf grip will not guarantee a successful golf swing; but its a guarantee that a defective golf grip will almost always result in a failed golf swing.

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Benefits of Golf Instruction

2008-02-16T05:01:00.000-08:00

Benefits of Golf Instruction

There are many ways you can go about receiving instruction for your golf game. Many of us – even those who have been golfing for a long time – can benefit from some type of golf instruction. The good news is that there are all sorts of options open to getting effective instruction on your golf game.
Most golf clubs have club pros on staff who are more than happy to offer lessons for a fee. The advantage to instruction like this is that you get one on one advice as well as specific fixes to your swing tailored to how your body moves.

Golf seminars and schools are often found in many places around the country. Professional instructors often travel around the country holding week long golf schools on local courses. This type of golf instruction is also advantageous because you are utilizing the skills and knowledge of a golf professional.
A student’s success comes from having an instructor that that he or she can relate to, understand, and can ultimately see improvement in their own game. In some cases students enjoy instructors who are rigorous and demanding while others enjoy an instructor who is patient and pushes the student at a slower rate.
Find an instructor that you are comfortable with and who has the credentials and experience to effectively provide the golf instruction you need. Ask questions before you sign up. Where did the instructor get his or her training? What kind of scores does he or she make on a consistent basis? You will want someone who knows what he or she is talking about so you don’t get bad advice and training.
Believe it or not, you can find some great golf instruction online at various websites in articles published by professionals in the game. These articles address specific parts of the golf game, so if you are looking for a way to improve your stance or get more distance from your drive, you can certainly find it online!
If you want to get better at the game of golf, you can’t go wrong when you seek out golf instruction. There are a lot of people who have learned about the game both in seminars as well as through playing. Above all, the most important part of golf instruction is to get out on the course and test out what you’ve been told. Learning through doing might be the best instructor of all.

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Joining a Golf Club ( Memberships )

2008-02-13T11:57:00.000-08:00

Joining a Golf Club ( Memberships )

Most golf club offer memberships to players making them part of the club. Having a membership in a golf club can be very advantageous both monetarily as well as socially!

A golf membership will give you access to certain things non-members won’t have. Your greens fees may be reduced or, more often, included in the membership. That means you can play as much as you want and not have to pay greens fees. Most golf memberships don’t include the use of a cart, so you’ll probably pay extra for that.

Having access to programs with your golf membership is another great perk. That might mean reduced fees for league play, free entry into tournaments, and access to the club’s facilities for other events like meetings, dinners, and more.

There are a lot of golf courses that won’t let you play unless you have membership with them. These are called private clubs and allow members and their guests only to play. That means without a golf membership to that club, you have to know someone who is a member in order to get on the course.

Even small, public courses offer golf memberships. This is a great way for them to generate more play as well as make some guaranteed money. They will offer up some of the other advantages that private clubs do in the form of free or reduced greens fees, etc.

Sometimes, golf memberships can be quite steep. For example, one of this author’s local golf clubs sets membership fees at $700 per year for a single membership. The course is run by a Senior PGA pro and it is a beautiful place to play. When you consider the amount of golfing we do, we have paid for our membership in just a few weeks just by saving on greens fees since we don’t pay to play as a member of the club.

When we speak of a golf membership, we can also refer to membership in a golfing organization. You have to be a pro to join the PGA, but amateurs can join amateur organizations. Most areas have regional golf organizations where you can buy a membership to become part of them. These associations often hold sanctioned tournaments and can really help get your name known at least locally as a good golfer.

If you’re an avid golfer, you really should consider buying a membership in your local golf club. It can be a very good move and can save you tons and tons of money while allowing you to enjoy the game you love!

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Golf Schools

2008-02-09T06:14:00.000-08:00

Going To Golf School

So you’ve decided to take up golf and think you need to attend a golf school to learn about the game and the mechanics of the game. You will be amazed by the number of golf schools to choose from you may find yourself overwhelmed and unsure which way to turn. Just how do you find the best golf school for your needs?

First, consider the cost. Obviously, you won’t want to “break the bank” on a golf school that you can’t afford. See what they charge and compare that cost to what they offer as well as what’s included in the price. The more perks included in the package, the more valuable the golf school will be for you.

You may want to find a golf school that caters to your specific situation. They do have specific schools that teach only women, only seniors, or only youth. These types of golf schools are located all over the country and can be great if you want someone to specifically address the problems or limitations that your situation might include.

What type of credentials does a particular golf school have? Are they sanctioned by one of the major golf associations? How are their instructors taught? A good golf school doesn’t have to be run by a famous golfer, but it should have instructors who have taken accredited courses on the effective teaching strategies that they need to know.

Class size, practice time, and techniques taught should also be considerations when you choose a golf school. If you will be put into a class of a hundred students, you won’t get as much one on one time with the instructor as if you were put in a class of 5.

Golf schools are often affiliated with country clubs and run through them. Some are resort based where students stay at the resort in a vacation setting and receive daily lessons. Some instructors will travel the country making stops at various country clubs where they will conduct week long schools for instruction.

There are many places you can go to when you are looking for a golf school. Many golf publications will feature golf schools prominently in their advertisements and they generally list the itineraries of the traveling instructors. Your local golf club will probably have information about golf schools in the area and even out of the area. Of course, you can also utilize the Internet when you are looking for a golf school. There are all sorts of websites that can guide you toward a golf school that will fit your needs and get you well on the way to a great golf game.

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Golf Score, does it realy matter

2008-02-06T16:37:00.000-08:00

Golf Score,
does it realy matter

When you are playing golf, your golf scores become both your best friends as well as your worst enemies. Many players live by their golf scores and judge their progress according to what the score card says. While you might think that your golf scores are the best gauge of how you are coming along as a golfer, that isn’t necessarily the case.

The way golf scores are tallied can mean so many things. Just because you shoot an 8 on a par 4 doesn’t necessarily mean you are a bad golfer. It might mean that you had a bad drive and a mis-aimed chip – but it doesn’t make you a bad golfer. So don’t put too much stock into what the scorecard says. Judge your golf game by how you play rather than what your scores are.

Golf scores are only meant to help you keep track of the strokes you take to get from tee box to the hole. They don’t ever take into consideration things like hazards, weather conditions, or anxiety. Sure, you can’t keep track of how you are doing without paying attention to your golf scores, but you still need to keep in mind that there are a million variables that can make your score fluctuate.

Of course, if you’re a golfer, you know all the terminology – birdie, eagle, bogey, double eagle (if you’re really lucky) – but the real story in golf scores lies in how you played the course and navigated the hole. Instead of keeping track of scores, why don’t you keep track of where you were for a particular shot and how that shot came out?

Let’s say, you make a horrible drive on a par 4 and only end up 100 yards off the tee box. Let’s hope it’s past the women’s tee – if you know what I mean! So now you are faced with a long fairway shot. You pick up your favorite club and smack a beautiful flyer right on the green. Who’s going to say that wasn’t a good golf shot? You end up with a par on the hole, but your score doesn’t really reflect that amazing shot now does it?

The point is, don’t put too much emphasis on the amount of strokes on your scorecard. Think about your golf score as a reflection of the amazing shots you’ve made as well as the flubbers you’ve had to live through as well. Then you can find out what kind of a golfer you are and not have to live by the golf score alone.
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Golfing for Entertainment

2008-02-02T00:51:00.000-08:00

Golfing for Entertainment

We live in a stressful world, so it’s only natural that we look for new venues of entertainment to ease our minds. You can get a lot of entertainment when you play the game of golf. Especially if you’re willing to have a little fun with it!

Some people get plenty of entertainment when they simply play the game of golf. But it can be made so much more fun when you put twists on regular games. You can modify the way you play and get a lot more enjoyment from the game.

For example, why not play a game of “monkey golf”. For this game, you put slips of paper in a hat that bears the name of each club in a normal bag. Players pick out a slip of paper and they have to use only that club for the entire round. The entertainment possibilities here are endless as you can imagine a person driving off the tee with a putter or chipping with a driver!

You can find great entertainment in the golf game when you play a little night golf. Golf courses aren’t lighted, but you can get glow in the dark balls and have grease pots on the greens so you can see where you’re going – well, sort of. It’s great fun to drive your ball and then have to navigate in the dark to see where it went! Let’s hope you didn’t slice into the woods!

A friendly game of Wolf is hilarious entertainment. With this game, you have the option of picking players to be on your team based on how they hit the ball. Teams can change often. But the most fun of this game is when a player is putting to win the hole. The other players are allowed to do anything they want as long as they don’t touch the ball. That leaves the field wide open. You can cover the player’s eyes, place obstacles in front of the hole – the possibilities are endless – and great fun!

Some friendly side bets can also increase the entertainment value of the golf game. Try making these bets with dares instead of money. Wouldn’t it be funny to make your opponent play with his or clothes turned inside out if they don’t make that putt? Use your imagination and be creative – however, keep it G-rated. The golf course is, after all, a public place!

Finding entertainment on the golf course is actually quite easy when you think outside of the proverbial box. Just remember that the whole point of a friendly game is to have fun. So go out and do it!

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Start using the Golf Driving Range

2008-01-27T05:08:00.000-08:00

Start using the Golf Driving Range

Many golf courses have driving ranges. These driving ranges are instrumental in helping you improve your game, and you should use them as much as you possibly can. Even though it’s called a driving range, you can practice all of your golf shots on the range. By taking advantage of this valuable tool offered by your golf course, you are sure to improve your game.

In the game of golf, it’s essential to know how far you are able to hit your clubs on a consistent basis. By taking advantage of the golf driving range, you will get a great idea of how far your driver can go as well as your 9 iron. Once you know how far you can hit your clubs, you will be able to practice some great course management skills when you are out on the course.

Start out with a bucket of balls and your driver. Try out various stances and see which ones help you drive the ball farther. Hit a lot of balls and pay close attention to what works and what doesn’t. When you find a shot you are pleased with, hit several more balls using that same technique to see if it was just a fluke or if you can replicate it over and over again.

Then you should move to your fairway woods or your irons. Practice the same technique with these clubs. You may have to buy another bucket – or bag on some courses – of balls, but believe me, it will be well worth the money when you are able to effectively know what clubs will give you the yardage you need and want.

Many golf courses have lighted driving ranges, so even if you can’t play the course, you can still work on your swing in the evening hours. Many people find that having a lighted driving range can help them work on their swing at inconvenient hours when daylight has left but they still feel the desire to swing a club.

One point you need to keep in mind when on the golf driving range is that you are playing in perfect conditions. There are no hills, there are no hazards, and you are concentrating to the best of your ability. Just because you can hit a 300 yard drive on the range doesn’t necessarily mean you can do the same on the course.

However, you can certainly learn a lot about your golf game when you are on the driving range. Don’t pass up the chance to practice as much as you can. Practicing is best done on the golf driving range, so buy a bucket of balls and whack away. You never know what you’ll find out!

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Golf Tips

2007-09-27T06:44:00.000-07:00

My Golfing Tip For You

People are always on the lookout for tips to make their golf game better. Golf isn’t an easy sport to master. Those of us who love the game know that the more information you have regarding the swing, course management, putting, etc. the more chance you have of playing better. That’s why we will take golf tips from almost anyone who’s willing to offer.

So what kind of golf tips can we offer up in this article? Space is limited, so we’ll try to focus only on those tips that are most asked for. First, if you have a bad temper, you probably shouldn’t take up golf. We’re just kidding, really. Actually, golf can be good for your mental state. You may find that you can take out your frustration on the golf course in productive ways and perhaps you can gain better control of that temper!

Since most people have trouble with their setup, our first set of golf tips will deal with the setup.

* Position your body so your body is parallel with the target line
* Your feet should be shoulder width apart
* With short irons, put the ball in the center of your stance
* Middle irons should have the ball placed one ball toward the target side from center
* For long irons and fairway woods, place the ball two ball lengths toward the target from center
* The ball should be three ball lengths toward the target from center
* Balance your weight on the balls of your feet
* Bend your knees slightly and keep your spine straight
* Move your body from the hips and make it a smooth, fluent motion

Keep your eye on the ball until well after you complete your follow-through swing. If you don’t do this, you will have a tendency to stand up on the ball which will cause you to top the ball. Do this with all shots. Look at the back of the ball and don’t take your eyes off of it until it’s natural to look and see where the ball has gone.

When putting, the best golf tips we can offer up are:

* Visualize the path your ball will travel so that it will go in the hole
* Read the green and take into account any dips that may cause your ball to change its direction. Then you can compensate with your aim.
* The putting swing is a smooth, pendulum-like action with no wrist break. You will swing with your shoulders and should always keep your head down.
* Be sure you put enough speed on the ball so that you will actually make it to the hole. There’s nothing worse than coming up short on a putt. These lead to three putt disasters and can be very frustrating!

There are all sorts of golf tips out there to be found. Take any tips on your golf game that you can find and then try them out to see if they work. You can never have too many tips if you really want to make your golf game better.

The Open

2007-09-03T06:17:00.000-07:00

The Open

For amateur golfers, having an “open” tournament is a great opportunity to break into the world of professional golf. But the U.S. Open isn’t the only open tournament – there’s also the British Open for the golfers “across the pond”. Open tournaments were designed to allow amateur golfers to perhaps break into the pro pool by winning one of these contests.

Many people think that the U.S. Open was the first open championship to be founded, but that just isn’t true. The British Open was being played 35 years before the United States got in on the open tournament phenomenon. Since the turn of the century, the British Open has included amateurs from all countries. The U.S. Open is currently trying to make a move towards this trend, but for years, The British Open has been known as “The World Open”.

Originally designed as a way for unknown golfers to make a name for themselves, the “opens” have long been touted as the greatest chance an amateur has for worldwide fame and fortune as a professional golfer. The British Open was the first tournament to bring forth this amazing idea, and golfers all over the world became excited at the prospect of becoming a pro.

The British Open is one of the four major golf tournaments of the year and winning it is a great honor. Just as with the U.S. Open, it is one of the championships that tournament professionals strive to achieve and wear the honor with pride. However, amateurs should beware. Because the British Open is an open event, the pros can play too.

The last time an amateur won a British Open was back in 1930 when American legend Bobby Jones won with an overall score of 291. Since that time, there have been many amateurs who have made good showings, but as far as winning the open, that hasn’t happened in quite some time.

To qualify for the British Open, you must strive for one of the 156 places that are available. Most of the field of players has achieved entry into the open through exemptions by playing well throughout the year on the tour. The rest of the field has won qualifying rounds in local events that lead them to the “big show” and perhaps the chance of the lifetime!

The British Open – just like the U.S. Open – is a wonderful way for excellent amateur golfers to break into the professional circuit by doing what they love – playing the game of golf. The British Open has a long and storied history and while considered one of the major events in the PGA, still holds a bit of mystery and hope for those who dream of a life as a PGA professional.

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Tiger Woods The No 1

2007-08-18T08:34:00.000-07:00

Tiger Woods

In August of 1996, the face of golf was forever changed when a very successful amateur player named Tiger Woods officially became a professional golfer. Tiger has been credited with renewing interest in the game of golf. At just twenty-one years old, he brought youth and vitality to the game of golf with his great game and his outgoing attitude.

Woods was a child prodigy who began to play golf at the age of two. In 1978, he putted against comedian Bob Hope in a television appearance on The Mike Douglas Show. At age three, Woods shot a 48 over nine holes at the Navy Golf Club in Cypress, California, and at age five, he appeared in Golf Digest and on ABC's That's Incredible.

At the age of 15 Tiger Woods became the youngest U.S. Junior Amateur Open Champion in golf history. He would go on to win the tournament three more times making him the event’s only multiple winner as well as the youngest. Continuing his record breaking career, Woods was the youngest to win the U.S. Amateur Championship which bought him a ticket into the PGA Masters. He tied for 41st making him the only amateur to make the cut.

His professional career has been just as prolific. Immediately upon turn pro, Tiger signed endorsement deals worth $60 million with Nike and Titleist. He played his first round of professional golf at the Greater Milwaukee Open. He tied for 60th place in his pro debut, but would go on to win two events in the next three months, and qualify for the Tour Championship.

Tiger Woods is the only golfer to win the PGA Player of the Year award in the year following his rookie season. The following April, Woods won his first golf major, The Masters, by a record margin of 12 strokes, became the youngest Masters winner, and the first winner of African or Asian descent.

He eventually set a total of 20 Masters records and tied 6 others, and has been the highest-profile golfer in the world ever since. He would go on to win an additional three PGA Tour events that year, and on June 15, 1997, Woods rose to the number one spot in the Official World Golf Rankings for the first time. Tiger Woods achieved this in only his 42nd week as a professional — the fastest ever ascent to the No. 1 ranking.

Currently ranked #1 in the world, there’s no doubt about it that Tiger Woods is one of the greatest golfers of all time. He has made the game of golf fun again as we all watch to see him continue to break records and win tournaments.

2007-05-18T16:48:00.000-07:00

Golf Tip That Will Improve

Your Game Instantly!

P>That's exactly what I'm going to tell you today. Have you ever had one golf player tell you a valuable advice, only to find the next day a different professional disagreeing and advocating the exact opposite? You are told to keep your head straight and then another pro gives you completely contradictory advice.

So what are you supposed to do? Listen to me, of course:)

No two people play golf exactly the same way and the worst thing you can do is to get too caught up in listening to all the pro's out there.

There are some very basic fundamentals that can make you or break you. The first thing you need to do is keep your head absolutely still and not move it from the spot in which you start.

Sounds basic doesn't it?

You can’t keep your head still if you stiffen your muscles. By keeping your head still, you loosen up and this allows you to finish your stroke smoothly and naturally. You simply can't focus on the ball if your head is moving back and forth. Another benefit of keeping your head still is that it prevents slicing since you don’t have to draw your hands in to keep your balance.

One championship winner ones admitted that every time he stepped up to the ball, at every shot he repeated to himself, “Keep your head still. Keep your head still.” When your head is still, your ability to see the ball at every point in the swing is enhanced.

Master this one detail and you will find your confidence and game improving quickly.

Keep your head so still that you wouldn’t jar a glass of water perched on top of it, and look at the ball when you make your stroke. You’ll see the ball clearly and hit it more accurately.

No matter how nervous you are when you’re playing - keeping your head still and your eye on the ball - will help you play a better game instantly.

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2007-03-31T15:00:00.000-07:00

How Resistance To

Deceleration Can Make

A Big Difference

First a small personal note. I have received emails from readers posing questions that I would like to briefly answer:

a. These reports are my own opinion, not Leslie King's. And I am not sure if Mr. King would have approved. So only I am responsible.

My defence is that if you simply look at pros which such different swings as Jim Furyk, Fred Couples, John Daly, Lee Trevino and Arnold Palmer, you can SEE that there are many different ways to successfully hit a golf ball and to win tournaments.

b. Also, I know that some of these power sources are not compatible with each other. My objective in these reports is simply to list and explain each power source. The golfer is free to use or reject whatever he or she wishes. AND I am not explaining in the reports the correct sequencing of the swings. I am only describing power sources.

Now, on to the meat of the report. Golf Pros will often tell a students - Swing all the way through the ball! Well, I want to be more specific WHY in this report.

This is going to be somewhat technical, so please have some patience.

When a golf ball is being hit by a club face, there are three separate and distinct phases of the collision.

Here is an overview:

First, the clubhead makes contact with the ball and COMPRESSES and DEFORMS the ball. This compression is stored energy in the ball.

Second, when the ball cannot be compressed anymore, the clubhead starts pushing the compressed ball along the path of the swing.

Third, when the clubhead is slowing down from the impact with the ball, the compression on the ball is released and the ball literally JUMPS (like a rubber ball) off the clubface. The energy of the JUMP comes from the materials of the golf ball returning to their original shape. How much the initial energy input into the ball on first impact is returned when it jumps off the clubface is called the coefficient of restitution (CR). If the CR is 100%, then 100% of the energy input into the ball is returned when it jumps off the clubface. In the real world, this is not possible due to friction and heat. High quality golf balls hit with a very clean impact can reach a CR of approcimately 80%.

So, lets now walk through the clubface hitting the ball with some speed. And I will simplify the numbers to make the mathematics easy.

Just assume for a moment that the clubface is traveling at 100 km/hour and hits a golf ball that is standing still. The clubface then comes into contact with the ball and starts to deform it. The energy from this deformation is stored in the golf ball.

The clubface starts to slow down from the impact with the golf ball and is now only moving at 50 km/hour. At a speed of 50 km/hour, the ball jumps off the clubface with an energy equivalent to 80% of 100 km/hour (the initial impact speed) = 80 km/hour. So the cumulative speed of the golf ball is 50 km/hour (clubface separation speed) + 80 km/hour jump = 130 km/hour.

Therefore, with a clubface swinging at 100 km/hour, we have been able to hit a golf ball with a speed of 130 km/hour by combining the energy stored in the ball with the energy of the swinging clubface. This is why a golf ball has more speed than the moving clubhead!

Now, how can a golfer get more clubhead speed without swinging faster? Answer: by resisting the deceleration to the clubhead (as the golf Pros say - swing all the way through the ball.) Let me illustrate.

All of the values in this second case are exactly the same as above EXCEPT the speed at which the clubhead is moving when the ball jumps off the clubface is not 50 km/hour, but 80 km/hour. The golfer has achieved this NOT by swinging faster, but rather by resisting the tendency of the clubface to slowdown during impact with the ball. The golfer has continued to either hit or swing all the way through and past impact.

Now the resulting speed of the ball is 80 km (clubface speed at separation) + 80 km/hour jump (80% of 100 km/hour the initial impact speed) = 160 km/hour.

WITHOUT SPEEDING UP THE SWING, the ball speed has been increased from 130 km/hour to 160 km/hour - a 23 % increase!

There are two lessons to be learned here.

1. Setting up your stand and body position to resist the deceleration of the clubhead can bring signficant increases in ball speed without swinging faster.

2. In the above example, I have always assumed a CR of 80%. In real life, only a few golf pros come close to this value. Many amateurs, because they are not cleanly impacting the ball on the sweet spot of the clubface, have values of between 30 to 70 percent. And this also results in lost golf ball speed.

Simply improving on getting a very clean sweet spot hit on the clubface with help you to get closer to the 80% value, and get more distance without swinging faster.

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Golf for the Golfers

2007-03-24T14:11:00.000-07:00

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Use These Golf Swing

Basics For Maximun

Effect In Your Game

Golf swing basics will lay the foundation to your game, there's no doubt about that. Ignore the basic principles as a beginner and you'll forever be "chasing your tail.

As a beginner, before you start to worry about the basic golf swing, you really need to start thinking about your body motion. How will your feet work, your hip action and arm action? This is the value of getting good coaching in the early stages of your game.

Learning The Basics Of The Golf Swing

Many inexperienced players come into the game of golf and head straight for the tee-off area and start blasting away! The ball skews left; it hooks right; it goes straight up in the air or even worse and embarrassing, they miss it completely. Have any of you faced this scenario?

So what am I talking about? I'm saying before you actually go out and start belting a ball off the tee you should seriously think about your body motion. The golf swing is important yes, but the backbone to a good golf swing is the movement of the body.

The Art Of Body Movement

A coach who concentrates on teaching body movement first is worth his/her weight in gold. Why? Because they're setting you up to develop basic golf habits which will eventually lead to a better golf swing. Try these basic body movement exercises. If you don't have a pro coach then use somebody you know with a little golfing experience.

1. You can either head to a practice range or simply do this in your backyard. Practice a few swings. Your coach will be analysing your body movement and making notes.

2. Footwork is vitally important. If you place your right foot closer to the ball than the left you will likely hook the ball. If the left foot is placed to far away from the right then the slice comes into play. You should be aiming for a square stance in most cases with both feet at an equal distance from the ball.

3. Next you will be aiming to get a synchronized action between knees, hips and legs. Knees should be slightly flexed. This should be practiced regularly in the initial stages. Just playing air shots will suffice as you get used to the action. Your right leg should remain flexed.

4. In combination with the previous action your arms come into play now. With your back swing winding up, your shoulders will be turning against your right hip. Don't bend the arms at the elbow. A good indicator for right-handed players is the positioning of the chin just above the left shoulder. It's the opposite for lefties.

5. Learning to adapt the swing routine in practice will get you used to these golf swing basics as well as develop a little flexibility in your body. For example, practicing hip movement without turning the upper body. It's a little strange I know but each area can be practiced individually before they're all combined to produce the basic golf swing.

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Getting Better with Your Golfing

2007-03-17T11:36:00.000-07:00

How Can You Fix

Your Golf Swing?

First, be sure to grip your club with your front hand (usually at the left hand, for right-handed players) so the thumb lies along the body of the club. Make sure the line between your thumb and index finger points towards your right eye. Then wrap your backhand (right hand) over the left so your left thumb fits directly into the cup of your right palm.

Second, spend some time fine-tuning your stance by pointing your knees slightly inside. Point your right foot straight ahead and the left one slightly to the left. Again, this is for right-handed golfers. Do it in reverse if you're left-handed.

Third, bring in your elbows and your arms as close to your body as you can get them. When you are in your stance, your right elbow should be pointing directly at your right hip, with the left elbow pointing directly at your left hip.

Fourth, begin the backswing with your hands, and then follow it through with your arms and your shoulders.

Fifth, during the backswing rotate your hips back towards the ball. If your swing does not begin with your hips, it will lack power. Your left wrist bone should point at the ball at the moment when the club makes contact with the ball.

Most importantly, you must practice as much is possible if you truly want to fix your golf swing.

Fixing your golf swing takes patience and time. It is not something that you can learn from a book, or even an informative and well-written article. To truly fix your golf swing, you must practice swinging out on the golf course while keeping these tips in mind.

Another good way to fix your golf swing is observing the swing of others. If you can watch yourself or others in slow motion on videotape, that can be very helpful in identifying particular aspects of the swing that may need work.

It can be very frustrating to try to fix your golf swing. You may not have the power that you want to send the ball as far as you would like to, or in the direction you believe it should go, but that will come with time.

Do not obsess over your golf swing as many people do. Remember that golf is supposed to be enjoyable, and should bring you some relief from the stress of your daily life. Every time you golf, focus on fixing the fundamentals of your swing and the speed, power and accuracy will follow.

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2007-03-11T08:35:00.000-07:00

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The Ideal Exercises

For Senior Golfers

The really tricky part about exercises for senior golfers, and getting them to do, is the fact they often suffer from various ailments and pains in various parts of their bodies.

It is like having to deal with the overworked engine of an aging car. Things always seem to go wrong all the time and there is always one problem after another. The situation is a little similar with older golfers.

Still, exercises for senior golfers have been known to have a major impact on their game. I have worked with golfers who are as old as 80 years and I can say with confidence that exercises have done a great deal for many senior golfers.

We've had cases where stretch exercises have helped ease and in some cases have completely eliminated nagging back pains in senior golfers.

The good thing about golf exercises is that they are not a burden in any way and they are usually quite easy to do. They are not a reserve of the young and physically fit.

In fact the exercises are designed for the unfit, to help the physically unfit attain a level of fitness that will impact on their golf game.

The exercise regime for senior golfers is therefore exactly the same one used for younger golfers and even the youngest ones.

It typically involves both stretch exercises and weight training designed to strengthen the muscles and parts of your body used for golf. The amazing thing is that in golf, you use a vast majority of the muscles in your entire body, right from the feet to the neck.

The result is that exercises for senior golfers not only help them dramatically improve their game of golf, but they also greatly assist them in living a better quality life with the aches and pains eliminated or at least greatly reduced.

This is proof enough that the impact of exercises for senior golfers on their lives goes well beyond the golf course.

About The Author: Mike Pedersen is one of the top golf fitness swing trainers in the country, author and founder of several cutting-edge online golf fitness sites. Take a look at his just released golf fitness dvds and manual at his proper golf swing site - Perform Better Golf.

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2007-03-02T13:50:00.000-08:00

Instruction Helps For

Hitting Your Golf Driver

Simple instruction is the key to hitting your golf driver. Every golfer wants to hit the long ball...but very few every do. Why? Because they "over-analyze" their swing and get "locked-up" when the get on the tee box.

How many times have you yearned to hit it longer...swung harder...and it didn't happen? Every golfer on the planet can say this. I know I've done it more times than I can count! Swinging harder isn't the answer! In fact...it's death to your dreams of longer drives.

Golfers are so infatuated with the LONG ball. So much that they will spend $500 on a new driver in hopes for more yards off the tee. The problem with this approach is the cause of your lack of distance. It's not your club, it's how you swing the club that's the problem!

Getting the proper instruction for your driver is critical to achieving your goals of more yards. There is so much junk, bad tips, and advice out there...you can be deluged with these inadequate thoughts, resulting in driving distances below your norm. Not what you want if you want more yards!

You need help from someone whose been there. Not the Harmons, Leadbetter's and the Rick Smith's of the world, but average golfers who have found a method that works! A method that can add up to 30 yards to your drives with minimal effort or change in your golf swing.

This type of instruction is out there, but finding it might be another issue. The Net is polluted with hundreds, if not thousands of websites, pages and articles that won't help. I don't mean to get you feeling like you can't find help, but you need some resources you can turn to you trust. And that will get you the results you're looking for.

You need simple instruction for hitting your golf driver! Nothing too complicated or confusing. No "62-point" checklist or redoing of your golf swing. If an instructor tells you that...run!

As an amatuer golfer, we don't have the time nor the money to be our absolute best. We all want to be, but it's not realistic. We don't do this for a living! I think a lot of the time we do it for the challenge to beat our previous score; hit our drives longer than before; make fewer putts in a round; or maybe just for the enjoyment of getting outside, away from the hassles and responsibilities of life for 4 and a half hours.

Either way, hitting your golf driver longer than you have before is a lot of fun! With a little bit of research, you'll find the instruction to hit those long golf drives!

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2007-02-28T11:52:00.001-08:00

Improving Your Golf

Happens With Confidence

If improving your golf was all about the swing, then why do we have balloon-score rounds right after taking our lessons and spending hours on the practice range? Because golf is a mental game right?

The meaning of the word "confidence" and how it applies to golf is everything for improving your golf and what happens to us on the course when we're playing. . The greatest shot killer is not bad mechanics, it's DOUBT!

Also remember Brad Faxon's words: "most golfers just suffer from too much doubt when it comes to putting."

If you haven't experienced doubt on the putting green before and seen it's ugly effects, then you are already the greatest putter in the world and I want to know your secret.

So many top pros have recounted in interviews that the best putting they ever did was when they were in their teens. Why? Because they had their best mechanics? Because they have a more steady nervous system in their youth? No, it's because they are full of confidence and have reached a basic fundamental skill level. They have very few past failures and disappointments that cut into their natural cockiness. And that's all you need! The best putters in the world have long recognized this.

Do you remember being a teenager and you felt invincible? Like you could do anything and nothing bad would happen to you? As we get older, things happen to us and we become more afraid to try things and we get closer to our own mortality.

When I was a teenager, I can remember being unafraid to go swim out to 10 foot waves in the ocean so that I could ride them in with my little blow up raft! Getting rescued by the lifeguard one time cured me of that real quick. I went river rafting once and after running a class 3 rapid, walked back up to the beginning of the rapid and SWAM it! I can also remember jumping off a 50 foot cliff overhanging a lake without knowing what was under the water. I look back at those times and think "how in the world did I ever survive being a teenager?"

Could you go back to that time, in your head and create that state that is stored in your unconscious mind for confidence? Of course you can, just call upon your memories of those events and re-experience them right there on the course.

And that's all there is to it. They are just feelings you've had in the past and your memories can bring you there again. Those memories are your most powerful weapon to managing your mental state when you are improving your golf game. Manufacture confidence and remove doubt and watch your scores drop!

By: Craig Sigl

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2007-02-28T11:52:00.000-08:00

Improving Your Golf

Happens With Confidence

By: Craig Sigl

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Effective Golf Stretching Exercises for Your Game

2007-02-24T13:07:00.000-08:00

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Effective Golf Stretching

Exercises for Your Game

The singlemost important golf fitness factor for your golf
performance is flexibility. The less golf fitness stretching
exercises you do, the less flexibility you have, the worse your
game. It's that simple. Ignorance of the proper golf stretches
and lack of flexibility are responsible for keeping the games of
many players from ever reaching their full potential - on all
levels.

No equipment breakthroughs, no magical flying golf balls, no
$300 lessons and no 'electrically charged' bracelets will ever
take the place of what a proper golf fitness stretching exercise
program can do for your game.

With the right golf stretching exercises, the easier and further
your body can turn, the better, more powerful, your swing is.
Period.

Moving the club head over a greater distance allows for the
generation of more club head speed, hence more distance on the
ball - WITH LESS EFFORT.

So, What Does The Ideal Golf Stretching Exercise Program Consist
Of?

1) It must include several key compound stretches - stretches
that elongate several joint areas at the same time - mimicking
natural movement patterns. Allowing the golfer to be more
accurate through enhanced fitness flexibility, body awareness &
control.

2) It must include a series of single or double joint golf
stretching exercises. The effects of these stretches increase
exponentially when the specific body movement requires several
of these joints to move in coordination with each other (ie -
the golf swing).

3) It must follow a symetrical protocol - the true key to
maintaining optimal muscle/tendon/joint balance on both sides of
the body. This allows for enhanced golf swing power without a
large increase in swing effort. And this is also very important
to chronic and acute injury prevention - and hence fitness and
playing longevity.

4) It must offer several golf fitness program variations. A long
version for regular training days and a short version for
Pre-Round Stretching. A few variations with the large exercise
ball should also be included (extremely important for the
golfer) along with a couple of club stretches to do just before
tee-off & between holes if necessary.

5) It must be realistic & easy to do for golfers at any fitness
level with no equipment except for a stretching floor mat (and
an exercise ball for certain stretches).

6) It should be thorough - addressing the head and neck all, the
way down to the feet. Remember, the golf swing is a full body
movement.

7) It should feel good - especially afterward. This type of
stretch routine should make you feel as if your posture is
immediately better & you should feel stronger - just because
your body moves so much easier & more fluidly. You should almost
feel like you could rip the cover off a ball if you were to hit
one right after your golf fitness stretch routine.

8) It should cause some of your golf buddies to become 'hateful
enemies'. Once you start bombing your drives & ripping your iron
shots 'the boys' are not going to be very happy with your
new-found golf fitness abilities - they will be 'green' with
envy.

9) Multi-plane, rotational floor stretches are a must. Glute,
piriformis & IT band stretches are a must. Heel (Achilles) and
calve stretches are a must. Hip flexor, quad, and groin
(adductor) stretches are a must and have to be included in any
golf fitness flexibility program.

10) Neck, trapezius & shoulder girdle stretches must be
included. Chest, arm, abdominal and oblique stretching exercises
must be included. Upper, middle & lower back stretches must be
included.

11) A complete golf flexibility exercise session should take you
no longer than 45 minutes on a long program and no longer than
14 minutes on a 'quick golf stretch'.

The starting point of your optimum golf fitness exercise program
should place priority on the flexibility component. A carefully
crafted stretching program, consisting of the right golf
exercises, should be the foundation for which the rest of your
golf performance conditioning program is built upon.

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Golf During Pregnancy

2007-02-18T04:10:00.000-08:00

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Pregnancy is a delicate phase of any woman's life but being active and keeping fit during pregnancy is beneficial. In all cases, though, consult your physician or gynecologist before considering any exercise or sport.

Of course, it's common knowledge that you have to avoid strenuous activity and exercises and routines that would be detrimental to the progression of pregnancy. These include any excessive weight-bearing exercises and routines that would make you extremely exhausted.

A general rule of thumb is that in most cases, if you have been physically active before your pregnancy, you can continue at a slightly lower pace of activity during pregnancy. In no circumstance should you try to exceed your pre-pregnancy level of activity while you are pregnant.

During early pregnancy, your little baby, in the form of a fetus, is very firmly attached to the wall of your uterus. So, you can definitely continue your getaways on the green. Your golf swing will definitely not dislodge baby. Only, don't swing with too much gusto! Why? During pregnancy, your body becomes more supple. You might feel more flexible but that's only because your hormones are causing your ligaments to relax and get softer in preparation for delivery. And, in this condition, your body is more susceptible to strain from activity. So, over-activity on your part could result in painful joints.

What about bumps and falls sustained during a sporting activity? Up to 10 weeks into your pregnancy, you do not need to worry too much about these little accidents. The precious fetus is still surrounded by the protective bones of the pelvis--it has insurance against accidental falls.

What if you are a newbie to the golf scene and you want to make your inroads when you just find out that you are pregnant?

You can safely take up golf during early pregnancy even if you haven't been all that physically active before. Bear in mind that your body is changing and there might be discomforts that you would have to put up with. These include tender breasts, frequent urination, getting easily fatigued, and in some cases, light-headedness and nausea.

If you have any back problems or varicose veins, those conditions could get exacerbated during pregnancy and it would help if you do not engage in activities that require you to be on your feet for extended periods. And that would make golf one of them.

As your pregnancy progresses, you may experience more of aches and pains. This is because your body shape is changing according to baby's growing needs. This will also affect your posture. You might experience aches in your back, neck, and legs as a result. Your lower ribs and spine may be displaced a bit to accommodate baby and this could put stress on your diaphragm, making difficulty in breathing something you notice for the first time.

And, it may not be as comfortable to make those swings once your bulge begins to show. Of course, you will feel heavier too. But, as long as you're not causing too much discomfort to yourself, swing away, girl!

If you are a golfer mom and you're pregnant again, and especially if you are in the later stages of pregnancy, you might find that your posture is different now than it was in your earlier pregnancies. This is because as baby finds less space within your abdomen to move about, he or she adopts the most comfortable position. This may not be the same position that your previous child adopted while in the womb. And, you have to make postural changes accordingly. If these changes conflict with your pers

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Play With A Fairway Wood You Can Use

2007-02-09T03:39:00.000-08:00

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Your Choice of

Wood

The modern golf ball and the launch dynamics (angle and spin rate) on your new Driver are all designed to get the best results from a golf ball that gets up quicker and then travels at a higher trajectory for longer. While the touring professionals understand that, most amateur MALE golfers are still driven by a testosterone-fuelled belief that less loft reflects on their manhood.

The fact is that most golfers should be looking at 11 and 12° and even higher lofts on their Drivers. Of course, embracing that theory has a knock-on effect. If you have a 12° Driver, what’s your first Fairway Wood?

I would like to start from another point. One that is based on the fact that there is a limit to the number of clubs you can carry and that every golfer should have at least three Wedges in their bag (Pitching, Gap and Sand Wedge). Assuming that you have Irons (or hybrid equivalents) through to 3-iron, that will leave you with space for two Fairway Woods.

You used to see a 2, 3 and 4 wood in the bags of the best players. Now many Pros carry just one Fairway Wood. The wiser amateurs can be seen with a 5 and 7-wood, there are even 9 woods and higher.

But ask yourself: are you carrying a Fairway Wood in your bag that you never hit off the fairway. If you are not prepared to take a lesson and practice then throw it out.

The lowest number on your Fairway Woods should be one that you can hit consistently from the fairway. I see a large number of golfers carrying a 3 and 5-wood and never using the 3-wood off the fairway. If that’s the case for you then junk the 3-wood and add a 7-wood or even another hybrid to your bag.

Golf is about playing shots that you can control and making sure you have the maximum range of clubs that you can play to make those shots. Have a think about the Fairway Woods in your bag and come chat to me if you think I can help with advice.

By the way, if you haven’t got a Gap Wedge, then please don’t wait. Get one now.

For the best advice visit your local PGA Golf professional

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Do You Want a Golf Swing Plane Training Aid?

2007-02-02T07:20:00.000-08:00

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A golf swing plane training aid is a fun way to improve your
swing. Many beginning golfers think that improving their swing
has to be a lot of work, but it doesn't. Swinging your clubs
around is supposed to be the best part of playing golf. Using a
swing training aid is a great way to get the feel of what your
swing should be like, but you don't want to become dependant on
it.

Just for the Fun of It

Golfing is a fun sport that many people take too seriously. When
you go out to play a round of golf, you are usually doing that
to help you relax. So instead of worrying about your golf swing
plane... have a little fun and relax.

A swing plane training aid can is a fun alternative to trying to
fix your swing plane on your own. With the training aid, your
swings will soon be exactly how you want them. PGA professionals
use training aids when they are working on their own swing.

If you're into sports, then you know how much dedication it
takes to get better at any sport and golf is no different. You
can't just pick up a club and expect that you will know exactly
how to swing it. By spending time on the golf course, you will
be able to pick up new tips and tricks from the other people you
are golfing with.

When to Use a Training Aid

A training aid should be used when you need that extra boost to
help you find the right swing. With a swing training aid you can
over do it, so you do not want to use it for hours at a time.
Only use the training aid for a short ten to fifteen minute
period, then try to mimic that swing with your regular golf
clubs.

It is important to get back to your regular golf club and
practice your swing. To improve your golf swing, you can
alternate between a swing training aid, swinging your own club,
and regular golf play. You will soon have the feel of what a
good swing plane looks and feels like.

Golfing is a great sport that is fun for the whole family. You
can spend an hour or a whole day at the course and never really
get tired of it. How many other sports can you say that about?

Although it may take many years to get your golf game to the
point that you want it to be at, you can have fun and enjoy the
process of becoming a better golfer. Every day that you are out
there playing golf, you will be getting better and better at it.

So the next time you are slaving over your swing and getting
angry at your slice... just remember that golf is supposed to be
fun. Also remember that every day on the golf course is a good
day!

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Indoor golf putting doesn't have to be practice

2007-01-30T09:02:00.000-08:00

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I have been known as the Golf Anti-practice expert

for some time now. What does that really mean?

Well, I'll tell you in a nutshell that it means that I

know that you can improve your game without going

to the practice range. That's really it. I teach folks

that most of what they should be doing for game

improvement lies in their head. The funny thing is

what they know it...and yet they still are fighting the

brainwashing that has been programmed over the

years into them.

So what I really mean is...you can improve without

traditional practice. That is throwing your clubs in

the car, driving down to the course or range, and then

getting a bucket to beat some balls.

For instance, can you improve your game on the green

by indoor olf putting? Of course! The beauty of it is

that because it is convenient (it's in your own living

room), you'll actually do it. How many of us say things

like "well, just as soon as that project at work is over,

then I'll get down to the range and work on my game."

And the projects never end do they? Another one comes

up right after the last one and after awhile, you stop

making promises to yourself and just live with the lousy

scores you're getting used to. It doesn't have to be this way!

Yes, indoor golf putting is not quite the same as putting

on a real green, I'll give you that. But what can we gain

from putting on your carpet at home? A lot. Here's 3 big

tips that if you start focusing on, will pay off in big

dividends in lower score. And you can do them right in

your own home.

1. For starters, whenever possible, inject some pressure

into your putting indoors. Make up a game with a friend

and put a few bucks on it. You will be training yourself

on how to play under pressure. Whether or not you are

on carpet or grass makes no difference there.

2. Take some time to putt for fun (not practice) while

totally just focusing on keeping your body still. You can

and should do this while watching TV. Pay attention to

how it feels when you are still and only moving your

shoulders. This is valuable no matter what method you

use. You always want minimal movement in putting.

3. Get one of those tools that puts a straight line on a

golf ball. Work solely on striking the ball and making

the ball roll so that the line stays straight as the ball

rolls and doesn't wiggle. Folks, this is huge! If you can

do this on your carpet, you can do this on a putting

green. And when you do it for real, the ball goes

exactly where you aim it. Many folks are totally

unaware that they put sidespin on the ball while putting.

Are you starting to get the picture? Use this kind of

idea at home, at your office, anywhere that you can

work on your game for just a couple minutes if nothing

else. Think out of the box on how you can improve your

golf. Many of us are just so busy with our lives and jobs

that going down to the range just never happens now

does it?

But you can lower your scores anyway.

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10 Simple Golf Swing Tips To Lengthen Your Drive

2007-01-27T08:33:00.000-08:00

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Need simple golf swing tips to improve your distance, and
overall game?

Here are 10 simple golf swing tips to lengthen your drive-

1) Visit the gym to improve your strength and stamina.

Consult with a personal trainer to tailor a program that mixes
both cardio and weights that are specific to golf. Look at
strengthening the core rotational body muscles and flexibility.

With improved strength, not only will your driving distance
increase, your level of endurance over 18 holes of golf will
improve, which will result in consistency.

2) Warm up before the first tee.

Every athlete performs exercises to stretch and warm up their
muscles, and so should you.

Not only will it prevent injuries, but more importantly it
relaxes the body and prepares it for optimal performance.

Perform warm up exercises such as squats, arm circles, lunges,
twists for maximum effect.

3) Perform stretches on the course

Stretches will keep your body relaxed.

It encourages muscle flexibility and helps increase swing motion
for that long drive.

Stretches such as pulling and extending your two arms behind
your back and hold for 15 seconds or practice your back swing
and holding it for 15 seconds.

Perform stretches on every hole to keep the body warm and
flexible.

A simple golf swing tip such as this can add yards to your game!

4) Keep the target side knee going out toward the target on the
backswing.

5) Rock solid knee

It is important to maintain the weight on inside of the
non-target side knee at the back swing and with a slight bend.

6) When the club is at waist height, ensure your right thumb is
pointing to the sky. This ensures a simple golf swing.

7) Rhythm is the key to a powerful swing. With a smooth swing
tempo and balance you will have power and acceleration for a
simple golf swing.

To accomplish this, at the top of the backswing, pause very
slightly before the down swing.

8) Use the club loft for a simple golf swing

Every golfer does not want to hit the ball along the ground.
Therefore, use the club loft to hit down on the ball and follow
through with the swing.

9) Use the big muscles of your whole body, that is, your legs
and trunk of the body to drive the ball. Employing only your
arms and wrist will not be a simple golf swing.

10) Swing through the ball.

At post impact, swing through the ball (and not at it). Swinging
through the ball will give a complete simple golf swing.

With these easy tips, start practising for a simple golf swing.

A simple golf swing keeps golf easy, less complicated and fun.
Once, you have mastered it, your simple golf swing will add
power and consistency that every weekend golfer dreams of!

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Scotland for a Golfing Vacation

2006-12-28T17:26:00.001-08:00

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If you love your golf and you love to travel

then one of the best things you can do is

combine the two and go for a golfing

holiday in beautiful Scotland. Scotland

allows golfers to experience some of the

most wonderful golf courses that can be

found anywhere in the world. As a golfing

enthusiast you can embark on Scotland golf

packages, vacations and tours, some of

which encompass the magnificent St. Andrews

- the holy grail of golf - where the great game

was first played in the 15th century.

If you decide to take a golfing vacation in

Scotland, there is just no doubt at all you will

be able to embark on some of the most

challenging golfing experiences around. With

this in mind, Europeans, Americans and even

Australians make the trek to Scotland on a

weekly basis, with the sole purpose of taking

up this once in a lifetime challenge.

The Old Course at St. Andrews and Royal

Troon are two of Scotland's most well known

golf courses. Well known because the world

renowned British Open is hosted on an

annual basis and both of these courses feature

regularly when it comes to hosting the Open.

These famous courses provide a haven for

professional and amateur golfers from golfing

fraternities all around the world.

Founded in 1764, St Andrews Golf Course is

essentially completely natural, with its layout

remaining relatively unchanged in more than

200 years since its inception. This course has

of course been modeled and molded by the

forces of nature that form dunes into unique

and changeable shapes.

If you are planning on traveling to Scotland for

a golfing holiday then you won't have a shortage

of options for accommodation. There is a host

of options from which you can choose - hotels,

country houses, and resorts. Many hotels will

even offer accommodation and golf packages

combined meaning that your green fees and

transport are included in the price you pay.

Golf is one of the main reasons that people visit

Scotland year after year. With the popularity of

golfing holidays continuing to rise, Scotland is

likely to see an ongoing demand for holiday

packages that include golf activities, tourist

activities like visiting castles and taverns and

generally seeing the sites of the region. When

you plan your next golfing holiday you should

ensure that Scotland is included as one of your

options.

Author: Gillian Fairley

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Golf in Dubai

2006-10-02T06:47:00.000-07:00

Dubai - Famous for Golf
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The Golfing Authority

2006-09-12T07:23:00.000-07:00

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New Golf Equipment An

Unfair Advantage?

There's been a lot of talk this year about some of the recent technological advancements in golf equipment. A few have suggested that the new clubs and balls make up for a lack of skill by many golfers. I disagree and here is why. The main people affected by the new technologies are the professional golfers themselves. As a recreational golfer, I more than welcome any advancement that allows me to keep my ball out of the woods. Throw in a ball that I can hit even farther and I'm quite pleased. The problem, some say, is the professionals. The courses are tamed much easier than in the past and the equipment makes up for some lack of skill. The truth is that as we move forward and make improvements on past products, we all move forward. Tiger Woods has access to the very same equipment that you or I can use as long as we want to pay for it. That levels the playing field in such a way as to eliminate any perceived unfair advantage Tiger has. The real show of skill is the ability to consistently play well, day after day, year after year using the same or similar equipment as everyone else. With respect to the length of the golf courses themselves, it again comes down the fact that when a competition is being held, all the golfers are playing the same venue. So, if in fact one golfer can reach the green on a Par 4 in one shot, so be it. That just shows he can hit the ball farther with more accuracy than his competitors using similar equipment. It is likely that a more unfair advantage is allowed when drastic weather changes affect a tournament than equipment. Sometimes a 7am tee time is much better due to lack of wind than one at 3 in the afternoon. Is it fair that the guy or gal teeing off at 3pm is forced to contend with a much stiffer wind? As with everything, there is a limit and an extreme that will eventually come to a head. It wouldn't be very enjoyable if the equipment gets so good that every professional golfer can consistently drive the ball onto a green 400 yards away. I agree there should be some limits but we haven't reached them yet and are a ways off from doing so. All in all, I think the new advances are great for the recreational golfer. As a spectator, it is really something to watch a professional hit the ball so far. As a golfer, it is even more special to smack the ball 250 yards down the middle ourselves.
Mike Wyman is co-owner of http://www.DateAGolfer.com and http://www.PuttingForPar.com

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2006-09-05T13:38:00.000-07:00

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2006-08-25T17:13:00.000-07:00

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How Woman Can Improve Their Golf Performance

2006-08-14T05:52:00.000-07:00

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Author: Joseph Mullen

Article source: http://www.californiastrengthinstitute.com/. Used with author's permission.

Everything else being equals a woman cannot drive a golf bail more distance than a man, because of one reason. Men are physically stronger than women. Strength and power connect to each other.

Power is a factor of muscle contraction. Muscle contraction moves the club over ones head and then as various muscle groups contract, the club accelerates making contact with the ball, sending it down the fairway. This is true of all golfing technique from driving to putting.

To improve the distance one drives off the tee all one needs to do is improve the strength of the muscles involved in that movement. It is that simple. Strength improvements call for a strength-training program. No amount of hours swinging the club will increase strength. It will increase ones skill connected to that specific movement.

Improved performance in sports participation needs special attention to several factors to change and enhance. These factors are (1) Physical Proportions (2) Skill Training (3) Strength (4) Flexibility (5) Endurance (6) Positive Imagery and Clothing.

Maximum performance of any sport demands a fitness training system that will consider these factors. The goal is, to improve strength, flexibility, muscle endurance, and concentration; therefore eliminating fatigue, reducing muscle and joint pain and improving mental focus.

1. It is impossible to change Physical Proportions. Bodily proportions are a result of genetics and contribute to success, even if the athlete lacks average amounts other certain elements. Genetics combine individuality such and the length of ones arms, torso, legs and other more complex elements such as the neuromuscular system, all which determines our "natural ability."

2. Skill Training calls for one to practice the sport of choice. Practice is very important and is a major contributor to improved performance. Skill levels come only from repetitive practice of the movements involved in golf. Consider that only perfect practice makes perfect. Seek the guidance of a professional.

3. Strength is about ones physical power and is of supreme importance for women, and often misunderstood. Property developed strength can prevent injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments and bones.

Strength is the major element needed to help the body absorb the impact forces connected to golf and other events in daily life. Strength also allows one to hold skill positions better, longer, enables rhythmic movements without fatigue, and reduces the chance of poor body positioning.

Proper strength training will produce a corresponding improvement in endurance

4. Flexibility is the complete range-of-motion around a joint or joints of the body. Stretching can improve flexibility. To do so, stretch slowly and hold maximum range positions for at least twenty seconds for best results. Do not bounce during the stretch. Fast movements in various directions will not improve flexibility. Proper strength training will improve flexibility.

5. Endurance is a requirement for some sports such as long distance running. Golf does not need high levels of endurance. However, high energy levels call for mental focus to sustain consistency in the skills needed for 18 holes of golf. Energy comes from the food one eats or drinks.

A major Improvement in high-energy food is the recent development of nutritionally correct food bars. These bars provide adequate calories and nutrition as found in a typically healthy, low calorie meal, prepared at home.

The nutrient balances provide just the right mix of protein, carbohydrate, and fat percentages. This blend of nourishment provides high energy and helps the body, mind, and spirit to function at maximum capacity, for extended periods.

6. Positive imagery is mentally focusing on the skills connected to golf, always focusing on getting successful performance. These mental skills are practiced anywhere, anytime and will contribute to improvement of ones sport performance.

First, however, you must understand the skills involved in the sport. Learn the skills from a competent instructor. Then, you must practice these skills in your mind's eye several times a day. Perfect mental practice makes perfect performance.

(7) Clothing which provides adequate protection from the weather is mandatory. It must provide freedom of movement to serve its purpose, and clothing makes one look cool on the course.

To achieve maximum performance in minimum time, consider adding a properly designed, total fitness regimen to your lifestyle.

Joseph F Mullen
Author/Consultant/Fitness Coach
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Joseph Mullen is a life long practitioner of fitness and sports improvement.

He has worked on the national level with major corporatios, such as Nautilus Sports Medical Industries and MedX West and owned several fitness and physical therapy facilitites.

He is the author of numerous books, national magazine and newspaper articles, with appearances on numerous radio and television appearances.

His latest book is The Da Vinci Fitness Code, which is available from him at --

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Just What Do We Wear For Golf

2006-08-07T10:09:00.000-07:00

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Author: Ron King

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Many of us recall old movie images of golfers in plaid pants, sweater vests, billed caps, and other stereotypical apparel of golfing lore. While clothing on golf courses has changed over the years, proper golf apparel is still expected. And the greater the prestige of the golf club, the greater the expectation you will abide by their dress code.

Most clubs and courses, even the public ones, require that golfers follow a dress code. The most common rule is the collared shirt. Many courses require long pants, not jeans, and golf shoes.

5 Minutes Early Is Late

When it comes to actually starting your game, the primary rule of etiquette is to show up on schedule for your tee time. That means you will have already done everything else in preparation for the start of the golf game. You'll need time to park your car, warm up, practice, buy balls, change, and pick up a cart. Being early is a matter of consideration for others.

Leave Cell Phones In The Real World

The exclusion of cell phones from golf apparel is another common courtesy on the links. Cell phones should be left in your car or locker. If you do need to bring 1 onto the course for emergencies, keep it turned off.

When you're on the course, you'll need to understand how the other golfers in your group want to play. Some let the best score tee off on the next hole, while others let whoever is ready tee off first. You can offend players by not following their rules, even if their rules are, from your perspective, wrong.

Time-Honored Conventions Make Golfing Unique

An obsession with quiet is another characteristic for which golfers are known. Like most traditions, this one is based on necessity. When your object is to hit a small object with a long pole, you need all of your concentration. Even when golfing with friends, respect the fundamental rule of keeping quiet during shots, and standing out of the direct line of vision.

Today's golfing rules of etiquette can seem archaic -- a throwback to days of old. They harken back to a slower paced time when consideration for others was perhaps easier. In the 21st century, golfing provides us a time away from the bustle of everyday living. Though golf is highly competitive, it is, nonetheless, a gentleman's -- and gentlewoman's -- game.