The golf vacation package is rapidly becoming the number one type of vacation that people are seeking the world over.
Resort Golf Can Vastly Improve Your Game
There is more to a golf vacation than spending your day on the golf course and driving range. The golf course may be the main attraction for various golf resorts around the country, however many also offer fitness centers, spas, and healthy cuisine. The availability of onsite fitness resources, such as workout equipment and aerobics classes, has become common. Pleasurable amenities including spas and healthy menu options have brought depth to the golf vacation experience.
How to Find A Golf Partner
Finding a golf partner is harder than finding a life partner.
Improve Your Hands And Improve Your Golf Swing
It seems as though many golfers are unaware of the importance the hands play in the execution of the golf swing. Obviously, we know that the hands grip the golf club and attach the body to the club. But what is the importance of them during the swing?
The answer has to do with releasing of the club. Lets go back and do a quick golf biomechanics review. During the swing, from address position to follow-through, the hands are active in a passive type of manner.
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Four Good Reasons To Take Up Golf As A Sport
The Exercise
Golfing is one of the best exercises that you can do. I taught this fellow about ten years ago how to play golf. He had bypass surgery done on his heart, and his doctor told him to walk for exercise. So he asked me to teach him how to golf. He was a retired carpenter. Think about it for a second. There is 1760 yards in a mile. The average golf course is anywhere from 5000 yards to 6500 yards on some of the bigger courses, depending on which tee box you are pl…
Golfing Holiday Destinations.
With hundreds of golf courses to be found across the globe, golfing holidays in Europe, America and South Africa have become popular with enthusiasts of the game eager to experience playing a round in an entirely different location to their usual local golf course.
Golfing With A Confident Golf Swing Mindset
Youre just about ready to make the first step up onto the tee box and youre feeling great. Golf shoes are looking good and comfortable. Freshly new pressed golf pants and shirt, and youre feeling loose and limber, then all of a sudden this big dark cloud appears out of nowhere. You look down the fairway and all you see is water and trees and your asking yourself; how am I going to get this golf ball in the fairway?
I think we have all been there before. The all-importan…
Golf Balls - The Science Behind The Dimples
The dynamics behind the flight of the golf ball offers a fascinating insight into the physical interworkings of air pressure, turbulence, and aerodynamics.
Dimples were first added onto golf ball surfaces back during the gutta percha phase. Coburn Haskell introduced the one-piece rubber cored golf ball encased in a gutta percha sphere. Then in 1905 William Taylor applied the dimple pattern to a Haskell golf ball, thus giving rise to the modern golf ball as we know it today.
Golf Courses – Fun and Different Everytime
Another thing that makes the same course different every day is the weather conditions. Weather plays a big factor in golf, and how a course plays.
Golf Course Management
Playing a good round of golf comes with a lot of good golf course management. Sure it is great to know how to have a great golf swing, but if you havent got course management, then you havent got a game plan.
Have you ever noticed a professional golfer standing beside their caddie in a discussion about the next golf shot at hand? You can rest assured that they were not talking about Larry King live, unless he was in the pro-am the day before and he was leading the tourna…
Golf Tips Around Trees On The Golf Course
Playing a golf shot from behind a tree or a hazard leaves several choices for the golfer. Having several choices surely can create a big problem. Most salesmen will tell you, leaving too many choices on the table can confuse the sale. I know that I am way off topic here, but having more than a couple of choices can really slow down the decision making process, and trying to sell yourself can be quite the task at times. Especially when there is a golf stroke involved. That is …
Golf Tips – Getting Started
History has it that the game of “golf” was born in 15th century Scotland. Then around 1744, the first rules of play were codified and established in Edinburgh by The Company of Gentlemen Golfers. Golf has become one of the most popular sports in the world; played in countries as far reaching as Mexico and Ireland, South Africa and China. And, of course, Scotland. And the world has not been the same since. It’s come as no surprise that there are universities offering degrees in Golf.