Golf is a game that requires skill, mental discipline, the desire to have fun, and a little luck. The purpose of this article is to focus on a key skill - Greens in Regulation - that will allow you to better your game, have more fun, and more importantly knock a few strokes off your total. You don't have to pay hundreds or even thousands of dollars to improve; you just need to understand where your game needs improvement and how to improve it.
I believe the trouble most bogey golfers have is that they focus too much on their swing, their setup, their delivery, their "mental game" and not enough focus on having fun and improving specific key areas of their game. We spend countless hours working on our swing, chip, and putt at the driving range yet we don’t always know how to apply what we’ve practiced on the course. A key assumption I make in my articles is that you play golf somewhat consistently and practice your fundamentals at the range when you can.
Greens in Regulation
While it may sound like a simple and obvious skill, when you consistently hit greens in regulation, you are almost guaranteed to eliminate golf strokes from your game. For beginning golfers and even bogey golfers, I truly believe it is not always how far you hit the ball, but how accurate you are in hitting the fairway and then setting yourself up to hit the green in regulation. When you learn this skill, you will also begin to see all your range practice begin to pay off. Remember, focus on the specific skill and your fundamentals will follow.
Hitting a green in regulation means that your ball is touching any part of the green and the number of strokes you took to get there were 2 less than par. For example, on a par 4 you must hit the green in 2 strokes. Yes, that means on a par 3, you must hit the green in 1. Can you now see how you have a better than average chance of instantly improving your game? Unless you average 3 putts or more per hole, you have a high probability of par or birdie every time you can hit a green in regulation.
What to do
During your next round, simply keep track of the greens you hit by writing an "g" on your scorecard next to the hole played. Divide the total number of greens hit by the total number of holes played. Use this percentage as a baseline to set your "greens in regulation" goal. Keep this goal until you have consistently beaten it over several rounds. At that time, you are ready to set a new goal. For example, if after 17 holes you hit 4 greens in regulation, your baseline percentage will be 23%. You could set a goal of 30% fairways hit or 6/18 holes. Just two more greens.
Once you consistently hit 30% of greens it's time to change your goal. Before you know it, you will be on your way to a lower score. Only two additional greens per round can lead to an immediate 2 stroke improvement in your overall skill set. Ultimately, you should strive to hit 100% of possible greens during the course of a round and even hitting just two or three more over 18 holes will help improve your total strokes and better your game.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Monday, May 2, 2011
How Far Do You Hit Your Golf Ball?
If you want to score well, you need to know precisely which club to take to get the ball to where you want it. That is, you need to select the club that, with most probability, will propel the ball the distance you require it to go, in the direction you want it to go in.
Golfers love to tell you how far they hit the ball. However what they are really referring to is how far they can hit their best drives, and even then most golfers like to (slightly) exaggerate how far they can really hit the ball. It makes for great banter in the clubhouse!
When I ask "how far do you hit the golf ball?" I am not referring to how far you could hit the ball. I am not talking about long drives. What I am referring to is how far you hit the ball with each club in your golf bag.
You need to know how far you hit the ball with each club in your bag.
Calculate 'carry' distance.
When you are calculating how far you hit with each club, make sure you take the average distance. You need to know how far the ball will go with a club most of the time
Well watered or wet fairways get little or no run. Good greens will hold a ball very well. So what is more important is how far the ball carries in the air before it hits the ground.
The advantage of this is you will know, give or take a few yards, precisely where you expect the ball to land. This is critical if you are to fly the ball over hazards such as bunkers. It is not important that the ball goes a total distance of, say, 100 yards. It is far more important to know that the ball will clear the bunker at 95 yards!
You need to know how far the ball carries with each club in your bag.
Plan your way round
To score better you need to spend a little time on each shot calculating the distance to the target. When you know how far you have to go (to avoid hazards) then you can select the correct club more easily.
If you start to plan your way round the course based on how far the ball needs to carry on each shot you may find that you get closer to the pin more of the time, and your scores start to fall.
MARK PEARSON plays and coaches golf professionally in the UK. With over 25 years golfing experience, Mark teaches a combination of good technique and proper course management techniques to enable golfers to get the most from their games. Mark is the author of "How to Master Putting and Putt like a Pro" and offers a FREE 7 Day E-Course on "Course Management Keys". More information is available at http://www.masterputting.com/
(c) Copyright - Mark Pearson. All Rights Reserved Worldwide.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Mark_Pearson
Golfers love to tell you how far they hit the ball. However what they are really referring to is how far they can hit their best drives, and even then most golfers like to (slightly) exaggerate how far they can really hit the ball. It makes for great banter in the clubhouse!
When I ask "how far do you hit the golf ball?" I am not referring to how far you could hit the ball. I am not talking about long drives. What I am referring to is how far you hit the ball with each club in your golf bag.
You need to know how far you hit the ball with each club in your bag.
Calculate 'carry' distance.
When you are calculating how far you hit with each club, make sure you take the average distance. You need to know how far the ball will go with a club most of the time
Well watered or wet fairways get little or no run. Good greens will hold a ball very well. So what is more important is how far the ball carries in the air before it hits the ground.
The advantage of this is you will know, give or take a few yards, precisely where you expect the ball to land. This is critical if you are to fly the ball over hazards such as bunkers. It is not important that the ball goes a total distance of, say, 100 yards. It is far more important to know that the ball will clear the bunker at 95 yards!
You need to know how far the ball carries with each club in your bag.
Plan your way round
To score better you need to spend a little time on each shot calculating the distance to the target. When you know how far you have to go (to avoid hazards) then you can select the correct club more easily.
If you start to plan your way round the course based on how far the ball needs to carry on each shot you may find that you get closer to the pin more of the time, and your scores start to fall.
MARK PEARSON plays and coaches golf professionally in the UK. With over 25 years golfing experience, Mark teaches a combination of good technique and proper course management techniques to enable golfers to get the most from their games. Mark is the author of "How to Master Putting and Putt like a Pro" and offers a FREE 7 Day E-Course on "Course Management Keys". More information is available at http://www.masterputting.com/
(c) Copyright - Mark Pearson. All Rights Reserved Worldwide.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Mark_Pearson
Thursday, April 28, 2011
2 REASONS FOR YOUR BAD GOLF SHOT
1)ALIGNEMENT
2)THE MIND SET
Think about it for a moment, you know how to swing a Golf club properly don't you? You have had Golf lessons,read umpteen Golf magazines read every tip they give, practiced, so in reality you should be able to go round the Golf course pretty well, shouldn't you?
So what goes wrong? How comes you play 1 hole like a champ and the next like a chump?
Well the major fault is "alignment" Imagine you are on the Tee, you line the face of your chosen Golf Club against the Golf ball towards the target, now you set yourself up. You have picked out the place you want your golf ball to land, you check that your left(or right) shoulder, your hips,knees and feet are in line with that target, you take the golf club back and then you complete your golf swing, you follow the ball and Damn!! there it goes either sliced towards the trees and other hazards or Hooks to the hazards on the left. You scratch your head wondering what the heck went wrong.
Well this is where the MIND SET comes in to the equation.
If you are even slightly out with your alignment your brain will compensate for the error.
Think about it for a moment.
You concentrate on the target which is registered in your brain, you line up incorrectly, you start your back swing and your brain computes that you are slightly out so it will send signals to your your hands,arms,hips etc. to make undetected changes to your down swing so that the club face is as square to the ball as on your set up.
Now to do this you golf club comes from the inside or outside in hence the hooks and slices!!!
This my fellow golfer is where the problem lies. A L I G N E M E N T is the key.
Obviously if you are only fractionally out with your alignment it will be quite hard to detect the subtle changes but if you are
miles out that's when you almost fall over at the end of your golf swing.
ALIGNEMENT is the No 1 basis of a good golf shot.
Hi and welcome to my Golf Articles. I hope they will amuse or even help you in the quest for that perfect shot. I am not a professional player or teacher. For everything you need to know about Golf, Tips video tutorials, articles, reviews on the latest Golf Clubs, Golf shoes, Golf courses etc. check http://www.origingolf.net
2)THE MIND SET
Think about it for a moment, you know how to swing a Golf club properly don't you? You have had Golf lessons,read umpteen Golf magazines read every tip they give, practiced, so in reality you should be able to go round the Golf course pretty well, shouldn't you?
So what goes wrong? How comes you play 1 hole like a champ and the next like a chump?
Well the major fault is "alignment" Imagine you are on the Tee, you line the face of your chosen Golf Club against the Golf ball towards the target, now you set yourself up. You have picked out the place you want your golf ball to land, you check that your left(or right) shoulder, your hips,knees and feet are in line with that target, you take the golf club back and then you complete your golf swing, you follow the ball and Damn!! there it goes either sliced towards the trees and other hazards or Hooks to the hazards on the left. You scratch your head wondering what the heck went wrong.
Well this is where the MIND SET comes in to the equation.
If you are even slightly out with your alignment your brain will compensate for the error.
Think about it for a moment.
You concentrate on the target which is registered in your brain, you line up incorrectly, you start your back swing and your brain computes that you are slightly out so it will send signals to your your hands,arms,hips etc. to make undetected changes to your down swing so that the club face is as square to the ball as on your set up.
Now to do this you golf club comes from the inside or outside in hence the hooks and slices!!!
This my fellow golfer is where the problem lies. A L I G N E M E N T is the key.
Obviously if you are only fractionally out with your alignment it will be quite hard to detect the subtle changes but if you are
miles out that's when you almost fall over at the end of your golf swing.
ALIGNEMENT is the No 1 basis of a good golf shot.
Hi and welcome to my Golf Articles. I hope they will amuse or even help you in the quest for that perfect shot. I am not a professional player or teacher. For everything you need to know about Golf, Tips video tutorials, articles, reviews on the latest Golf Clubs, Golf shoes, Golf courses etc. check http://www.origingolf.net
Monday, April 25, 2011
Golf Basics For Beginners - Searching For Tips That Truly Work
Finding good golf basics for beginners can be a long, drawn out process that doesn't end well. While there is a huge amount of information about it on the web, much of it is conflicting. How do you even know which websites have knowledge and tips that have worked for other golfers and which ones have info that is useless and full of fluff? Here is a much better way to go about finding golf basics for beginners.
It's all going to start by taking a good look at how you are looking for knowledge and beginner information. I am going to take a wild guess and assume that you are using search engines of some sort. I say this because this is how over 90% of people look for golfing knowledge online. It just seems like the best and fastest way to get what you need, right? Well, it might be fast, but it's also how everybody wind up getting tons of conflicting information on golf basics for beginners.
All you get is a random list of sites and each one has different ways to go about improving your game. How do you know which ones are telling the truth? They can't all be exactly right and some are going to be much better than others. Finding out which golf basics for beginners are good is the hard part.
That's what I want to help you easily figure out. It's always better to find out what has truly worked for other golfers out there. To find this valuable information, you only need one thing. Golfing forums. It's the ultimate community, full of many golfers who have always found the info you need to know and many of them have already implemented it on the course. You can use these great forums to find the golf basics for beginners that have really worked for others out there. As a matter of fact, there will be tons of topics on this very subject.
You can read their stories, tips, techniques, the guides they used and links to the places they have found the most beneficial to their continued success. Heck, you can even start a dozen of your own topics if you need more input. It's a sensational way to find out which golf basics for beginners are really worth trying and have done the job for other people out there. It sure beats trying random, conflicting results you get from Google all the time.
Locating good golf basics for beginners is just the first part, because you must consistently implement them on the course if you are to see any good improvements.
Here is the revolutionary, most original tutorial/guide that teaches you the perfect golf basics for beginners. Including tons of step-by-step instructions, videos and tips.
Adam Woodham is the author of this article and always uses his site to tell people about the Online Golf Tips that truly work for improving your game. Learning to golf like a pro has never been easier.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Adam_Woodham
It's all going to start by taking a good look at how you are looking for knowledge and beginner information. I am going to take a wild guess and assume that you are using search engines of some sort. I say this because this is how over 90% of people look for golfing knowledge online. It just seems like the best and fastest way to get what you need, right? Well, it might be fast, but it's also how everybody wind up getting tons of conflicting information on golf basics for beginners.
All you get is a random list of sites and each one has different ways to go about improving your game. How do you know which ones are telling the truth? They can't all be exactly right and some are going to be much better than others. Finding out which golf basics for beginners are good is the hard part.
That's what I want to help you easily figure out. It's always better to find out what has truly worked for other golfers out there. To find this valuable information, you only need one thing. Golfing forums. It's the ultimate community, full of many golfers who have always found the info you need to know and many of them have already implemented it on the course. You can use these great forums to find the golf basics for beginners that have really worked for others out there. As a matter of fact, there will be tons of topics on this very subject.
You can read their stories, tips, techniques, the guides they used and links to the places they have found the most beneficial to their continued success. Heck, you can even start a dozen of your own topics if you need more input. It's a sensational way to find out which golf basics for beginners are really worth trying and have done the job for other people out there. It sure beats trying random, conflicting results you get from Google all the time.
Locating good golf basics for beginners is just the first part, because you must consistently implement them on the course if you are to see any good improvements.
Here is the revolutionary, most original tutorial/guide that teaches you the perfect golf basics for beginners. Including tons of step-by-step instructions, videos and tips.
Adam Woodham is the author of this article and always uses his site to tell people about the Online Golf Tips that truly work for improving your game. Learning to golf like a pro has never been easier.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Adam_Woodham
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Play Your Best Golf Tomorrow by Implementing These 3 Quick Tips
Golf is a game of the ego, and all men and women that play golf want to get better whether they will admit it or not! Even if your friends say they are not trying to get better, you can bet that secretly they are wanting to get better so they can crush you, and being the competitor that you are you cannot let this happen! If you want to play your best golf tomorrow then here are three tips to help you improve almost instantly.
1. The first thing that you can do to get better quickly is to check your stance and grip. Most golfers overlook this, yet if you go to a PGA or LPGA Tour event the first thing you will see is players on the practice green checking grip, stance, and alignment. These three elements are just as important as the golf swing itself for hitting better golf shots. Your stance should be square, and you should put to clubs down to in effect create a "railroad track" to check your alignment. Your feet and club face should be square to the target.
2. In addition to this you need to improve your putting. The main thought I have with putting is to actually putt with my shoulders. This is often referred to as a shoulders stroke which is more effective for controlling both speed and line. Your putting is the quickest way to improve your game, so you should make it an important part of your improvement methods.
3. To play your best golf tomorrow you need to get your head in the right place. Too often people go play golf and do not put themselves in the proper frame of mind to succeed. My advice is that you envision what you want to accomplish on the golf course before you actually go play golf, as this will help you have more focused goals and really improve your game.
These three tips should help you play your best golf by tomorrow, and if you do that then you can improve faster than your friends and we all know that is just too much fun!
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Matthew_Lord
1. The first thing that you can do to get better quickly is to check your stance and grip. Most golfers overlook this, yet if you go to a PGA or LPGA Tour event the first thing you will see is players on the practice green checking grip, stance, and alignment. These three elements are just as important as the golf swing itself for hitting better golf shots. Your stance should be square, and you should put to clubs down to in effect create a "railroad track" to check your alignment. Your feet and club face should be square to the target.
2. In addition to this you need to improve your putting. The main thought I have with putting is to actually putt with my shoulders. This is often referred to as a shoulders stroke which is more effective for controlling both speed and line. Your putting is the quickest way to improve your game, so you should make it an important part of your improvement methods.
3. To play your best golf tomorrow you need to get your head in the right place. Too often people go play golf and do not put themselves in the proper frame of mind to succeed. My advice is that you envision what you want to accomplish on the golf course before you actually go play golf, as this will help you have more focused goals and really improve your game.
These three tips should help you play your best golf by tomorrow, and if you do that then you can improve faster than your friends and we all know that is just too much fun!
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Matthew_Lord
Friday, April 22, 2011
Golf Swing Ball to Better Your Swing
Golf swing balls are weighted rubber training balls that golfers can use in order to improve their swing. Even though these balls are readily available at most sporting good stores, there are many golfers who do not try them. This is a shame, because to can really help out your swing-specific muscles and add distance and power to your swing.
The first thing that comes to mind when you think of a training ball is probably the big heavy leather medicine balls that were often used for boxing training. These golf training balls are similar, but on a smaller scale and made from rubber rather than leather.
These training aids are fun to use and can help work out your core rotational muscles specific to your swing. There are many things you can do with this type of ball. If you can use it to improve your swing, then your confidence when golfing will improve as well. Soon you will see your score lowering drastically.
Practice is very important when it comes to golfing. The best golf players in the world are where they are because they practiced often and perfected their swing. Different swings work for different golfers, and practice is the only way you are going to get better.
Joining a golf training program, such as "How to Break 80" can help you greatly improve your game for a small investment. Traditional training methods where you have a tutor can cost hundreds, and even thousands of dollars. By using online training methods, you can cut the costs and get the same education.
If you are looking for a training aid, then look no further than the golf swing ball. When you use it in conjunction with training and practice, your golf game will improve.
Want to know more about golf swing ball training? Rob Jeffries can help! Rob is on a golfer's diet: he lives on greens and very little else. He runs the popular website MyGolfGameNow.Com as an online resource for those who wish to improve their swing, lower their handicap, or simply have fun on the range. Check out the site for free golf tips today!
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Rob_Jeffries
The first thing that comes to mind when you think of a training ball is probably the big heavy leather medicine balls that were often used for boxing training. These golf training balls are similar, but on a smaller scale and made from rubber rather than leather.
These training aids are fun to use and can help work out your core rotational muscles specific to your swing. There are many things you can do with this type of ball. If you can use it to improve your swing, then your confidence when golfing will improve as well. Soon you will see your score lowering drastically.
Practice is very important when it comes to golfing. The best golf players in the world are where they are because they practiced often and perfected their swing. Different swings work for different golfers, and practice is the only way you are going to get better.
Joining a golf training program, such as "How to Break 80" can help you greatly improve your game for a small investment. Traditional training methods where you have a tutor can cost hundreds, and even thousands of dollars. By using online training methods, you can cut the costs and get the same education.
If you are looking for a training aid, then look no further than the golf swing ball. When you use it in conjunction with training and practice, your golf game will improve.
Want to know more about golf swing ball training? Rob Jeffries can help! Rob is on a golfer's diet: he lives on greens and very little else. He runs the popular website MyGolfGameNow.Com as an online resource for those who wish to improve their swing, lower their handicap, or simply have fun on the range. Check out the site for free golf tips today!
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Rob_Jeffries
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Sunday, July 26, 2009
Video HIghlights 1.1 - 7/26/09
What's a great golf shot if no one was there to see it? Check back every few days as we post some of our favorites from around the World Wide GeekNet.
Our first post is this unrepeatable shot from the 2005 Masters. Hopefully we see more of this type of golf from Tiger soon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaSQ20nH6VU
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Our first post is this unrepeatable shot from the 2005 Masters. Hopefully we see more of this type of golf from Tiger soon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaSQ20nH6VU
Send your favorite videos to membership@pasturepool.com
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