Entries Tagged as 'Improve your golf game'

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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The perfect golf swing?

Recently I had been going for lessons in golf as if trying to find the elusive answer to hitting better and more consistent. Why do so many people go down this route, when they don’t need to? Yes, there are times when you need someone to look at a basic consistent fault, or if just learning, but not getting swing analysed into submission.

Here are a few reasons; [Read more →]

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Crazy Golf Swing by Padraig

How about trying this…

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Motorised Golf Trolleys

Motorised Golf Trolleys

 

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Lately motorised golf trolleys have become more and more accepted in the younger aged market.  These powered trolleys were originally seen as a retirement purchase or similar is now frequently used by younger aged groups.

 

Lately the electric golf trolley consumer growth area has been for the 30 – 50 year old category who have put vanity behind them and the old hard man adage of ‘you’ve got to carry your clubs son’.  Not only this age group but even younger, down to youth and juniors have been getting converted.  They notice and realise if single figure handicap players are using golf trolleys, then [Read more →]

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electric golf trolley will it make your game more pleasurable

Make your golf game more pleasurable by buying an electric golf trolley.  Once purchased, a golf trolley will benefit your game by allowing you to keep your concentration on the game without feeling exhausted.  When your energy levels are down it is often due to lack of energy due to dehydration or food levels.  If this is occurring more often then it would be advisable to get yourself fitter. 

Having an electric golf trolley is fine, but try not to use it for every game. I would advice to carry the clubs when not playing a competition then use the electric golf trolley for the competition only.  This will adapt your body’s conditioning to expect a golf round to be more difficult, thus when playing with the golf trolley it becomes easier and therefore you last the whole round without a problem. 

Well that’s my theory, hope it works for you.

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Golf Swing is it too technical

Is the golf swing being taught too technical?

Today many coaches are falling into the trap of teaching too technically.  This is called a trap because, when a golf student is first learning the coach has to start somewhere within the instruction process.  Think about it - one of the first things taught is the grip.  How do you teach someone without sounding technical - its not easy!

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Benefits of having an electric trolley

Many better golfers are realising the benefits of having an electric trolley, not only for one golf round but for 36 holes, i.e. two rounds of golf.  A well known fact throughout the sporting world is; your stamina drops over the time of playing in proportion to your mental strength and clarity of thinking.  This lack of both mental and physical stamina can lead to poor physical co-ordination hence poor swings resulting in poor shots.  You only have to look at Andy Murray the tennis player to see the difference in 2009 of having better strength and stamina does to ones paying abilities.  As most of us don’t have the resources, time and age to allow us to train like Andy Murray, we have to look elsewhere for us to save our energies. 

As your mental ability decreases with lack of mental stamina as does your concentration leading to poor judgement and also poor co-ordination.  This all leads to a golf round which loses shot after shot due to these factors, especially in either the last few holes of a round or a second round.  An electric golf trolley should [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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