It all started long ago in 1743 which was one year before the formation of the Company of Gentleman Golfers; there is an actual shipping record of 96 golf clubs and 432 golf balls delivered from Leith Scotland to a Mr. D. Deas in Charleston, South Carolina. This shipping order size obviously suggests that the shipment was destined for a group of golfers. Then again Mr. David Deas may have been an eccentric. It is also believed that another golf club or society was organized i…
Shaving Your Strokes Through The Advancement Of Golf Club Technology
Since golf is such a pleasurable and competitive sport where players are always looking to shave off that last stroke players have always sought to make better equipment.Golf is a hard enough game without making it harder with inadequate tools of the trade. Initially in golf history players actually carved their own clubs and balls from wood until skilled craftsmen assumed the task. Long-nosed wooden clubs are the oldest known designed clubs remaining in use from the 15th cen…
Proper Attitide Is The Key To Your Golf Game
Attitude – having a good and proper attitude can be the key to your golf game and to whether you play well or not. Whether you do well on the golf links, whether you play a good golfing game with your buddies ,or play or not play a good game of golf at a serious tournament will , in many if not most cases, come down to whether you have been able to cultivate a great and lasting golfing attitude.
Putting The Ball In The Hole The Final Step
You take almost half your shots around the green during your round of golf. Concentrate on that last fifty percent and dramatically improve your score.
Putt The Ball In The Hole
The strokes you take on the green during your golf game wind up being about 40 percent of your score. Wild, isn’t it? We spend $500 on drivers to gain 10 yards and give it all away in just one or two three-putts and/or missed four-footers. As a corollary, we could use a 1970’s laminated driver with some knock-off, found-in-the-garage irons and score the same as our most technologically advanced pals if we just shaved a few strokes off our putting game.
Read Greens Like The Pros
Putting is a combination of the mind, reading and execution. I have maintained my 12 handicap over the last twenty years simply by increasing my prowess on the green, while age has negatively impacted most of the other parts of my game. This article deals with the second aspect of the putting triad, reading greens.
Perfecting Your Performance On The Golf Course
The obstacles you face on the golf course range from sand traps to water and trees. Even though you will not usually encounter more than one obstacle during the game, having to move your golf ball from behind a tree or trying to get it out of a sand trap could end up costing you a higher score. Golf balls that are lost in the water cannot be retrieved, so you will have to place a new golf ball near the water and sacrifice a shot in order to get back on track. Because of these…
Learning To Control Your Swing To Improve Your Golf Handicap
The most difficult thing about learning golf is to learn to distract your mind from everything except the feeling of what you are about to perform.
How To Improve Your Golf Back Swing
When you are ready to start the swing, to uncover the first fatal flaws that appear, with the horrible shots they produce, and to learn the first of the magic moves that will cut strokes from your score.
How To Create A Good Rhythm In Your Golf Swing
Rhythm and tempo can be considered together, because in golf they mean very nearly the same thing.
How To Develop A Brilliant Golf Back Swing
Make the backswing at reduced speed and notice and feel how the wrist and hand position changes as the hands go up past the shoulders.
How To Develop A Brilliant Golf Swing
For a good golf swing we have not only to bring the club head down through the same line time after time; we must bring it down so that the club face is square with the ball at the instant of impactand because the path of the club head is a curve, this means that impact must be timed correctly to an infinitesimal fraction of a second in the sweep of the swing. Also the club head must be accelerating at the moment of impact.