The Beauty of Online Golf Lessons
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010If you’re anything like me, then you first met the notion of online golf lessons with healthy skepticism. I thought the whole idea seemed ridiculous to be frank, and I wouldn’t have tried it had the wife not purchased me a subscription for my birthday. For her, I gave it the old college try, and now I?m extremely glad that I did.
For what is a nominal fee compared to live lessons, online golf lessons give me 24/7 chat access to a golf pro along with regular video analysis. The video analysis of my swing is as good as anything I have received from in-person instruction. And the chat is enough to answer most of my questions. Perhaps the coolest thing is that I can access the pro right from my phone while on the course.
Golf Clubs Help
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010If you’re in the market for a new set of golf clubs and need help in deciding on the makeup of your set, consider adding hybrid clubs to your bag. Hybrid golf clubs are a combination of fairway woods and irons, making them versatile weapons in your arsenal.
A hybrid club has a club head that is similar to a fairway wood, with a low center of gravity that can help to get a ball airborne. However, unlike fairway woods, hybrids have shorter shafts like irons, which make them easier to control. Consider swapping out the long irons in your golf set with hybrid clubs. They will help you to hit the ball farther and with more control than hard to hit long irons, which require greater skill to hit.
A Brief Golf Book Review: The Greatest Game Ever Played
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010Most of you have read The Greatest Game Ever Played by Mark Frost. For those that have not, I implore you to rectify that, and offer this brief golf book review as a reason why. If it whets your whistle, read another golf book review or two about this book. There’s no shortage of them.
The Greatest Game Ever Played tells the story of the first amateur golfer to win the U.S. Open tournament. The winning of the 1913 U.S. Open by Francis Ouimet is one of those great sport moments like the Miracle on Ice or Bobby Thompson’s shot heard ’round the world. The sheer amount of detail in this book is amazing, but the most impressive aspect is that Frost is able to relate all of it while maintaining a riveting story.
Anti-Slice Golf Instruction
Monday, August 30th, 2010A slice for a right handed golfer is a shot that starts to the left of the target line and veers off quickly to the right. Most amateurs suffer from the slice, causing them to shoot bad scores. One of the fundamental tenets of anti-slice golf instruction is that the slice is caused by an open club face. However, with modern cameras and physics, it has been shown that this thought is flawed.
Indeed, the main cause of the slice is a closed club face, which causes the ball to start to the left initially. What imparts the slice spin is the path of the club head relative to the club face angle. In the case of a slice, the path is too out to in, which imparts the spin.
Use Muscle Memory to Train Your Golf Swing
Saturday, August 28th, 2010When learning to swing a golf club or trying to improve your swing, practicing the technique known as muscle memory can help you improve your swing. A repetitive motion, done over and over will eventually become a natural motion. You will not have to think about it, so, you can concentrate on other aspects like ball placement or proper club selection.
A good approach to golf swing training is to add weight to the club. You can either buy some small weights that slip over your club or simply swing two clubs at the same time. When you swing with the weights, it might feel a bit awkward. After a while you will adjust and the swing will be more natural. Remove the weights and you’ll be able to swing faster and generate more clubhead speed.
A Golf Tip Just for Women
Thursday, August 26th, 2010Most women can not hit a ball as far as a man. To compensate for the basic difference in physical strength between the sexes, women usually play from a tee that is considerably shorter to the green then the men’s tee. All other aspects of the game are unchanged. If a woman has 180 yards left to the green, she may have a difficult time getting the ball all the way to the hole. Instead of carrying all the usual irons in your bag, you might replace your 3 and 4 iron with a 5 and 7 wood. These clubs are actually easier to hit off the fairway and can get you greater distance than an iron. A 7 wood has the loft of an 8 or 9 iron, but can hit as far as a 5 iron.
The Perfect Golf Swing
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010What is the perfect golf swing?
You start with a set up whose whole purpose is to make you swing back straight away from and then back onto the target line, and still stay in the swing plane. At the halfway point of your backswing, when the club shaft is starting to move up, the shaft should point directly toward the ball. At the top of your backswing, the shaft should still be on the same swing plane and pointing towards the target. From the top of this great backswing position, you can drop the club into the slot, letting it accelerate just enough to reach a clubhead speed that isn’t too fast and isn’t too slow.
That’s the perfect golf swing.
Tips for Curing Your Golf Slice
Friday, August 20th, 2010True, today’s drivers allow you to hit the ball further. But, are your drives trailing off to the right, off the fairway… You’re slicing the golf ball, you’re losing distance, and you need some golf tips.
A slice happens because you’re swinging down on too steep a plane with a clubface that?s open at impact. To fix a slice, try this golf tip. Do some practice swings with the driver head a foot or so above the ground. Keep your arms and hands loose so that your hands turn over as they pass the center of your body and the clubhead moves over the ball. When you try a real swing, remember these tips, and your golf ball will move toward the middle of the fairway.