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There are many brands and types of golf clubs including drivers, fairway woods, rescue clubs, irons and putters. Each type of golf club has a relevant purpose on the golf course; the driver for example is used from the tee for long distance shots, the irons are used for short approach shots – approaching the green and naturally the putter is used for finishing. Which golf club you choose and at which stage of the game is a combination of personal preference and experience.

A golf bag is used to transport and protect your clubs to and from the golf course and throughout the game. There are four main types of golf bag including carry, stand, trolley and light editions – which bag you select is usually down to both personal preference and requirements e.g. number of golf clubs or how you intend to transport the bag and clubs around the golf course. If you prefer to not use a golf trolley then a stand Read the rest of this entry »

You usually find that you pick up the game quicker and make greater strides forward with your golf game in the beginning. This is why it is important to start correctly as any bad habits you may have were probably ingrained when taking up golf. But the good news is you can change the faults through instruction and practice and learn the correct way of doing things. Better golf is just around the corner as there is plenty of advice to be found online to get your golf questions answered. There are 7 tips to better golf provided here.

1. It is imperative your alignment is correct. Not being able to hit the ball to your target is going to be a big problem if you want to improve. Aim the clubface to your target first and then align yourself keeping the knees, hips and shoulders all parallel to the target. Try to imagine a railway line with your toes touching one side of the track and the ball to target line Read the rest of this entry »

Despite their similarities all golf balls are not manufactured to identical specifications; there are in fact some 4,900 and counting patents in existence of which a majority were registered in the past decade.

A golf balls overall appearance may not have changed in that time but we can vouch that any golf ball manufacturer like Srixon, Callaway and Nike have spent millions of dollars and invested huge amounts of time in research and development – in fact a golf ball is quite literally one of the most researched and state-of-the-art piece of golf equipment in use today.

As much as it is important to select the correct set of clubs to match your game – so it can be said that a choosing a golf ball is equally as important, it is imperative to find a golf ball that matches your style and swing. Different balls have varying degrees of spin with different cover materials used at ever-changing Read the rest of this entry »

A lot of golfers write me and ask about various golf training aids that they have seen or that their golfing buddies have recommended.  First let me start out by saying that I am not against swing trainers.  There are some that I use and recommend, but I also have seen a lot of junk on the market that many golfers buy and see zero results from using them.  But I don’t position myself as an expert on swing trainers, so if there are some out there that I am not familiar with, please feel free to email me about them and I will check them out and get back to you.

First I want to talk for a minute about who, in my opinion, should use swing trainers and for what purposes.  Then I will mention a couple that I like personally.  What I am attempting to do in this article is give you an objective opinion that will help you to determine what is best for your golf swing.

I believe that players of all abilities Read the rest of this entry »

If you know anything about golf, then you know that in order to hit the target you are aiming for there are many components that go into the swing.  One thing that is completely necessary to help you hit your target is to get some very good alignment tips.  If you are not aligned correctly at your target, then you will never stand a chance when it comes to hitting your actual target.  This means that you will miss a lot of fairways and greens.  Here is what you should know about aligning properly.

First, most golfers do not know what should be aligned with the target.  It is not your feet, your shoulders, or your hips.  In fact your entire body should be aligned parallel left of the target (for a right handed player) just like railroad tracks.  The part of the club that you want aligned with the target is the face of your club.  This should make perfect sense since you are going to be hitting the Read the rest of this entry »

I am fortunate to live in the sunny southern part of the United States. So we get to pretty much play golf year round.  Some years it is colder and wetter than normal, but most years there aren’t any months we can’t play several rounds a month.

But many of our members and golf friends of mine live in colder parts of the United States and other parts of the world.  In some cases they stop playing golf in the September-October timeframe and start up again in April or so.  Wow, I can’t imagine not playing for that period of time, but as I said, I am very fortunate.

So for all of you golfers who can’t play for months at a time, what should you be thinking about or doing during those cold winter months when you can’t play a round of golf.  I have some suggestions for you that I recommend to my students.

The first area that I encourage all golfers to consider is overall conditioning. Read the rest of this entry »

There are many reasons why you may be looking to become a golf master. Perhaps you have been at the receiving end of one-too-many golfing jokes. You may hope to impress your boss at the next company outing. Unless you want to pay hundreds of dollars in golfing lessons, you are out of luck, right? Wrong! There are a few things you need to focus on to become the golf pro you have always wanted to be. Everything from developing a positive attitude to using the proper clubs and stances are imperative to educate yourself on if you hope to see improvement in your golfing.

You might be surprised to learn that simply obtaining a positive attitude can be a contributor in transforming a flop stroke into one that could earn you a par on that particular hole. Confidence and a strong mental attitude are reflected in the way the body of a golf master responds. Have you ever tried to run a mile when you Read the rest of this entry »

Most golfers are obsessed with golf club distance. They seemed to think that their game hinges on how far they can hit that ball. In an effort to increase their average club distances they will try almost anything, including wasting a lot of money on clubs that are supposed to help them get more distance. 

Here’s the problem with that: most golfers are not hitting the ball as far as they could be with the clubs they already have. Buying a hybrid club will just mean that they will have one more club in their bag that they are not hitting as far as they could with. That can be fixed in our swing. 

The key to hitting a golf ball far is in your club head speed. The faster the club contacts the ball the more distance you will get from that golf club. Here’s where the amateur makes his first mistake. Hitting the ball harder is not the same as hitting the ball faster. When you attempt to hit the ball harder Read the rest of this entry »

One of the things that I have really come to enjoy over the years is playing a round of golf while walking.  Sure it is much more convenient and easier to use a golf cart, but if you have never walked a round of golf, I encourage you to give it a try.

I have lived and played most of my golf in the deep South.  This makes it a bit of a challenge to walk a round of golf due to the heat and humidity.  During July and August the heat and humidity can make playing at all a challenge. Sometimes the best you can do is to tee off early in the morning and finish you round before it just becomes unbearably hot.

For this reason, I played golf for several years as an adult before I walked my first round.  I have always stayed in good shape and didn’t feel guilty using a cart since I knew I was getting my exercise elsewhere.  Then one summer evening a friend asked me to play nine holes after work and he Read the rest of this entry »