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Saving Shots Around The Green

June 5, 2010 By Eagle Leave a Comment

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Every golfer wants to excel when he or she plays. But learning to play golf well is hard. That’s why only a handful of golfers own single digit golf handicaps. These golfers rack up low golf handicaps because they know how to save strokes around the green, not because they hit the ball a ton. A great way to save strokes around the green is by mastering the art of getting up and down. Doing so can save you a ton of strokes over the season. To master the art of getting up and down, you must understand how your wedges work. For example, you need to know what “bounce” is and how it affects your shots. You also need to know the best place to hold your elbow during wedge shots. And you need to know how your right elbow affects short game shots pitches. Having learned all this, you can then go on to practicing drills that can boost your ability to get up and down. CB Advertisement Choosing The Right Wedge Some golfers carry as many as four wedges in their bags—a pitching wedge, sand wedge, gap wedge, and a lob or a flop wedge. The primary difference between these wedges is their “bounce.” Bounce is the part of the clubhead that hangs down behind the leading edge, as I’ve explained in my golf tips newsletter. It allows the club to skid instead of dig into the ground, making the wedges play differently. Generally speaking, a club with more bounce is easier to hit from the sand and rough because it doesn’t dig into the ground. Bounce often determines which club is best suited for making a short game shot.  For example, a 58-degree wedge with 12 degrees of bounce offers the most flexibility from sand and grass. That’s why many pro golfers use this club around the greens, instead of a 52-degree gap wedge or a pitching wedge. The 58-degree wedge is also more useful than a 60-degree wedge with no bounce, which is much harder to hit. That’s why many golfers use the 58-degree wedge as their “go to” club for short game shots. The Wrists And The Clubface  – Your wrists at impact and the face of your club work together. To see this relationship, hold a tennis or badminton racket with your lead hand. Use a golf grip. If you’re right-handed, grip the club with your left hand. A cupped left wrist adds loft to the racket for a higher shot. A neutral or flat left wrist produces a neutral face. A bowed left wrist reduces loft. However, in all these positions, the racket face remains square to the back of your left hand, as many learn in golf instruction sessions. The same holds true for the clubface. Your back elbow also plays a huge part in hitting good short game shots, which many golfers don’t realize—as I discovered in my golf lessons. Trying to manipulate the clubhead on the backswing is among the most flagrant short game swing flaws. The player either pulls the clubhead inside or pushes it outside, both of which lead to poor results. Instead, slide your right elbow along your side on the backswing and let your right wrist hinge softly. This keeps the clubhead under control, increasing consistency. Get Forward On Short Game Shots  – The key to hitting solid short game shots is setting your weight forward. Also key is keeping your shoulders level. To do that, hold the club in front of you in your right hand and slide your left hand down your left leg. When your left hand gets to your knee, move it to the club and take your normal grip. To get used to how this shift feels, hit some sand shots from this tilted position. This exercise trains you to avoid leaning back during your swing. If you’re serious about chopping strokes off your golf handicap, you must master the art of getting up and down. Doing so can cut a ton of strokes off your score during the course of a year. Use the golf tips provided above to help you understand how your equipment affects your shots. Once you understand the equipment side of the equation, making adjustments will be easier. Before you know it, getting up and down will be a piece of cake.

Jack Moorehouse is the author of the best-selling book “ How To Break 80 And Shoot Like The Pros .” He is NOT a golf pro, rather a working man that has helped thousands of golfers from all seven continents lower their handicap immediately. He has a free weekly newsletter with the latest golf tips , golf lessons and golf instruction . See the rest here: How To Break 80

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Golf Tips For Short Hitters

June 4, 2010 By Eagle Leave a Comment

Article By Jack Moorehouse

Fred Funk has been playing professional golf for almost 30 years. A veteran PGA and Champions Tour player, Fred has won more than $25 million dollars as a professional golfer. He’s also won 15 professional tournaments. His most notable win is the 2005 Players Championship against arguably the toughest playing field in golf. Fred has been a member of the 2003 and 2005 President’s Cup teams, and the 2004 Ryder Cup team. Although he’s not an odds-on favorite to win every tournament he’s in, Fred is a highly competitive professional golfer. Fred stands 5-foot-8 and weighs about 165 pounds. Obviously, he’s not among professional golf’s biggest players. Nor is he among its longest hitters, averaging only about 260 yards on his drive. These numbers make places him among professional golf’s shortest hitters. Yet Fred has been highly competitive since he went pro in 1981. How does he do it? Accuracy. Fred is among the Tour’s most accurate golfers. He hits about 80 percent of the fairways he faces from the tee—a nice number no matter what your golf handicap is. CB Advertisement Golf Lessons From Fred If your drives aren’t overly long, watching Fred play is like taking golf instruction sessions for free. Fred’s key is that he plays within his range of motion. He doesn’t try to do more than his body is capable of, focuses on swing fundamentals, doesn’t overswing, and maintains posture and balance throughout his swing. These factors help Fred achieve his incredible accuracy. Nevertheless, Fred could use 20 or 30 yards more off the tee. It would give him shorter approach shots, which in turn would boost his greens in regulation—a key to achieving a low golf handicap, if you’re a weekend player. Physics suggest that short hitters like Fred gain more distance off the tee using longer shafts. A longer shaft should increase clubhead speed, which in turn should boost the speed at which the ball leaves the clubface. Every extra mile per hour of ball speed adds about two or more yards to a drive. So if Fred’s clubhead speed is 108 miles per hour—the PGA Tour average—and his ball speed only about 160 mph, then a player would need to generate clubhead speed of about 112 mph to produce the 190 mph of ball speed needed to add 20 or 30 yards to a drive. Longer Shafts Are No Guarantee But using a longer shaft doesn’t guarantee that Fred would generate sufficient clubhead speed to produce more distance off the tee. In fact, there are instances where players have used shorter shafts and still generated more clubhead speed than before. So instead of trying a longer shaft, shorter hitters should take a golf lesson from Fred and work hard at maximizing launch conditions, including ball spin and launch angle. In other words, work on getting “dialed in.” Another way a short hitter could generate more clubhead speed is through physical conditioning. If golfers are fit and stretched, then their muscles are stronger and they can swing the club harder. In addition, he could plug any power leaks he finds in his swing and/or widen his swing arc. Widening one’s swing arc increases clubhead speed, adding more force to the clubhead when it hits the ball. Finally, short hitters can gain more clubhead speed by getting more of his body into the ball. Lengthening Tee Shots Short hitters have any numbers of ways to lengthen their tee shots off the tee—from physical conditioning to using longer shafts. Longer tee shots mean shorter approach shots, which in turn mean more greens hit in regulation, which you know if you’ve been reading my golf tips newsletter, is a great way to increase your up and downs and cut strokes from your golf handicap. Every time a golfer hits a green in regulation, she’s cutting two or more strokes from her score. But generating more distance of the tee is great as long as it doesn’t hurt your accuracy. It’s better to be 20 yards shorter in the fairway than 20 yards longer and in the woods. Also, take some golf tips from Fred and work on honing your swing fundamentals, improving your physical conditioning, increasing your flexibility, and staying within your self. Do all this and you’re sure to see a significant drop in your golf handicap.

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Be Aggressive In The Rain

June 2, 2010 By Eagle Leave a Comment

None of us can control the weather, so there will be times when you find yourself playing in the rain—whether your grinding it out in a tournament or playing in a grudge match with your buddies. You can gain a big edge over others when it rains, if you keep a few things in mind, such as be aggressive with your short game.

Below are five golf tips on playing in the rain:

* Be prepared for rain

* Keep your grips dry

* Have extra gloves in your bag

* Keep your balance

* Be aggressive in the rain

Always carry rain gear. A rain suit, a clean towel, and a pair of rain gloves help keep you and your equipment dry. If you can’t find rain gloves, store extra regular gloves and a pair of cotton gloves in your bag. The cotton gloves enhance your grip when needed. In addition, wipe your grip with a towel before hitting.

Once it starts raining, keep your equipment and yourself as dry as you can. Cover your clubs when not in use. Change your spikes periodically between rounds to prevent slipping. You don’t want to lose your balance. And use your umbrella to shield you from the rain when putting or while waiting to hit.

When pitching and chipping, be aggressive in the rain. Wet grass inhibits roll, so forget the bump and run. Instead, pitch and chip all the way to the hole. Putts run more slowly and break less in the rain, so make sure you get the ball all the way to the hole. If it starts lightning out, get off the course. Keep these golf tips in mind when it rains and you’ll have a big edge on your opponents.

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Short Game – Chipping Golf Instruction

May 20, 2010 By Eagle Leave a Comment

I believe that the setup is the key to hitting a great chip shot. Of course, you need the backswing and the downswing, but if you’re not standing to it properly, hitting the golf ball with the correct impact is going to be a very difficult thing to do.

I’m going to give you some chipping golf instruction. The next time you’re out playing, check your ball position. Critical, the very first thing, make sure that the golf ball is in the middle of your stance, not off your left foot, not off your front foot, and not off your back foot, but in the middle.

The next part of the chipping golf instruction is to make sure you put your weight on your left leg, not in the middle, not on your right leg, but on your left leg. And when you do that, take the butt end of the club, and push it over to your belt buckle.

So, you see the angle you have? This enables the golf club to swing up and down so you’ll make solid contact with the golf ball.

And then, this will enable the golf club to go up so it comes back down and makes solid contact with the golf ball.

Try that the next time you go to the golf course.

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Know More About The Golf Swing Tips

May 14, 2010 By Eagle Leave a Comment

golf swing tipsSo you want to know more about the golf swing? Most people will probably frustrated about the golf swing parts in the world of golf game.

Many people are endlessly changing their golf swing to gain more distance or to proper problems like a slice or a hook. Actually the golf swing is just mechanics issue and putting body motions together on the right way so you can be consistent.

But for many experienced golfer they know this issue is very easy to said rather than done. Let’s see what actually the basic of golf swing is:

  1. Your stance should be about shoulder width apart and your feet should be pointing slightly out – but not too much!
  2. Let your arms hang naturally down from your body and place the club behind the ball. If your shoulders hunch or you have tension in your arms, you are probably too close to the ball. Stand back a little bit.
  3. Place about 70 percent of your body weight on your back leg.
  4. Straighten your spine and have a bit of bend in your knees.
  5. Keep your eye on the ball during your entire swing
  6. Grip the club as if you are holding a small, delicate bird. You want to keep the bird in your hands, but you don’t want to crush it either. That’s how you should hold your club.
  7. A good golf swing will be a fluid, easy motion with your shoulders turning slightly in the backswing and your follow-through complete.
  8. Make sure you keep your feet planted and slow down in your backswing. Most problems with a golf swing are cause by swinging too quickly in the back swing and then not accelerating through the ball.
  9. You will want to hit the ball in the “sweet spot” or the center of the club. Hitting it anyplace else will cause your ball to travel in directions that you really don’t want it to go in.
  10. Then grip it and rip it!

These golf swing tips may helpful for you and you can take lessons on your golf swing exercise also you can watch those pros swing on the television. There are hundreds of golf articles on the internet and this article is one of them that will help you with your golf swing.

Learning to perfectly do the golf swings can take many years of exercise and practice just like enthusiastic golfer will say to you. A perfect golf swing need hundreds things to learn, know and they all have been up in the right ways and right time and consistent golf swing. And when it happened that would be a great feeling!

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Six Keys To Knocking Down The Flag

May 9, 2010 By Eagle 1 Comment

Hitting great approach shots is a good way to lower your golf handicap. Short of dramatically improving your putting, hitting great approach shots is probably the fastest way of cutting strokes from your handicap. In fact, some expert’s think hitting more greens hit in regulation is the fastest way to improve your game. Whether that’s true or not, we’ll leave for others to decide.

But one thing is for sure: you can’t hurt yourself by hitting great approach shots close enough for a one-putt, or at worst, a two-putt. To do this, you must hit crisp, clean irons. Some golfers improve their approach shots by hitting shot after shot at the range, studying golf tips in newsletters, and/or taking golf lessons from their local pros. Others do it by building critical keys into their swings at six key points.

Below are six critical swing keys you need in a good iron swing

1. Feel loose at address.

You never want to feel jammed up at address when hitting irons. You also don’t want to feel as if you’re reaching for the ball. You want your arms to hang loose and perpendicular to the ground. Also, bend from the hips and straighten your back. Feel loose at address and you’ll hit crisper irons.

2. Flex your knees for balance.

Flex your knees so your shoulders are in line with your hips and your knees are in line with the balls of your feet. Doing so improves balance. I encourage students attending my golf instruction sessions to practice this setup in the mirror. Also, narrow your stance to stay on top of the ball. You don’t want to use the same stance you use for your woods. If you do, you’ll tilt too much forward.

3. Keep your left wrist flat and slightly bent

During your backswing keep your left wrist (right, for left-handers) flat or just slightly bent. Think of your left arm swinging up and through your right shoulder. That keeps you on plane during your backswing. In practice, spend some time making sure your clubface remains square at the top. When you’re square at the top, you won’t need to get handsy at impact.

4. Create lag in your downswing

You want to create as much lag as possible in your downswing, as I explained in one of my recent golf tips newsletters. You can create lag in the takeaway by stretching both arms as far as you can during your takeaway while making little wrist hinge. This creates the widest possible arc. Then, when you drop your hands to start your downswing, your arc will go from wide to narrow.

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Practice Routine Eliminates Bad Chips

May 1, 2010 By Eagle 2 Comments

Poor chipping hurts your game more than you know. Catching chips fat or thin or hitting them off line can cost you. Poor chipping often stems from poor technique. If you don’t practice chipping as much as you should, you’re technique can slip and you can acquire bad habits.

But improve your technique and you’ll not only become a better chipper, you’ll also save a ton of strokes. Below is a six-step practice routine that improves chipping:

1. Sole your wedge on the ground

2. Raise your wedge on its toe

3. Stand closer to the ball with your feet together

4. Shift weight forward

5. Take club back like your putting

6. Make smooth forward stroke

Chips shots are specialty shots, so if you using your standard setup to chip, you’re making things difficult. Adjust your setup and you’ll eliminate bad chips. Practice the following routine to improve chipping.

1. On the practice green, sole your wedge on the ground. Grab your putter and do the same

2. Raise your wedge up on its toe until the shaft angel matches your putter’s shaft angle. (This removes the need to swing on an arc, minimizing the chance that you’ll hit the ball off line.)

3. Drop your putter and stand close to the ball with your feet together.

4. Shift your weight forward a bit

5. Take the club back like your putting, which is why you made the shaft more vertical

6. Make a smooth forward stroke using the same length and pace as your backswing.

Once you have a good feel for the angle at which you need to place your wedge, stop using your putter. But continue working on this practice routine until you ingrain its other steps. Eventually, it will be come second nature. Bad chipping can cost you strokes.

Don’t let it. Improve your technique by practicing the routine explained above. You’ll not only improve your chipping, you’ll chop a boatload of strokes off your golf handicap.

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