Entries Tagged as 'Golf tips'

How to JUDGE a chip and run

Many magazines and instruction articles talk about how to chip and run from just off the green using a system using various clubs. 

The general view is use a different club depending on how far you want the ball to fly and by how much you want it to run.  This is measured by, lets take for instance a wedge; 50% of the distance needed by air (up to the landing area – the green surface) then 50% of the distance by run (on the green surface), so depending on how far you are from the edge of the green and how far on the pin is on the green.  The idea is to get the ball running as soon as possible on the green.

 

I was having trouble making use of this method, although I understood how it worked technically, the judgement I found difficult.  I could understand the principle but could not judge for every club the end distance, UNTIL… [Read more →]

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This is the time to practice and have golf lessons?

It’s that time of the year when golfers should reflect on this year’s ups and downs, and what lessons can be drawn also what we have learned, golf or otherwise.  For golf - are we getting the most enjoyment out of our games?  How can we enjoy our golf better?  Do we need to look at our swing?  Should we go for a professional check-up? 

 

If you decide not to go for a professional ‘check-up’ lesson, then do yourself a favour, do the next best thing… [Read more →]

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How to improve at golf

How to improve at golf can be broken into many parts, most people learning, start with the swing.  (I would like to know how most tour professionals learned golf).

 

Golf consists of many parts and here is some of the main things to consider:

 

  • The swing
  • Long game
  • Short game
  • Putting
  • Course management
  • Tactics
  • Fitness
  • Experience

 

 

Firstly you can break the golf swing into various parts;

  1. Knowing how to hit the ball
  2. Being able to hit the ball
  3. Consistency of strike

 

 

There are so many golf swing gurus suggesting different methods, making sense of it all can be daunting.  Each coach, teacher, golf professional, has their own way of showing how to better your swing.  Who to go to for lessons or coaching is an almost impossible task to solve.  I’ve heard a story of one professional telling a 13 year old playing off a handicap of 2 [Read more →]

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Golf Visualisation

 

There are many articles and books written on golf game visualisation.  It seems the top sportsmen and women use this technique to help there results, but it doesn’t always work for amateurs; why is that?

 

Here is an explanation of visualisation in the golf game and how to use this technique to your advantage.  The professionals use it by looking into the future, either short term, medium and or long term.  Short term visualisation is [Read more →]

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