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Golf Equipment and Golf Accessory – Play the Book

August 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Article by David Potts

So you have every golf accessory out there and your home is full to bursting with golf equipment – but have you read the book?

Golf equipment – is a book the ultimate golf accessory?

What do you buy the golfer who has everything? If he has every single item of golf equipment ever produced and every golf accessory ever made? Well, a book might be just the thing. The fact is it doesn’t matter how much golf equipment you have stacked up in your garage or whether you have the latest gadgets and accessories, if you don’t have the right technique.

Get the right golf equipment

Some of the best professional golfers who have ever lived have written training manuals and guides on how to play the best game of golf. If you’re having trouble getting your drive right, it can certainly help if you have the right golf equipment but you need the know-how too – and a book on technique might be the perfect accessory.

Tiger’s golf equipment and accessories

But if you Google, ‘golf books’ you can loose the wood for the trees. So how do you know which book to choose? If you are a keen golfer, you will have all the right golf equipment and every golf accessory going, but when it comes to choosing who to learn the game from which pro do you go for? The obvious choice would be Tiger Woods. Tiger is the world’s number one, who has his own range of golf equipment and golf accessories. He’s set to be the game’s first billionaire – who wouldn’t want to play like a Tiger?

How Tiger handles his golf equipment

How I play Golf by Tiger Woods is perhaps the best place to start. You don’t just want to know how to play physically – golf is a mental game, and Tiger Woods is renowned for his mental strength. Reading how Tiger handles his golf equipment in his own words is the best golf accessory you could own. The book is full of awesome tips such as the right golf equipment to use for certain shots and the best golf accessories you should invest in. But more than that – he tells you about technique, such as practicing putting with his left eye closed so he can’t see the target line in his peripheral vision – this makes it easier to keep his eyes looking straight down – who’d have thought?

Caddying golf equipment

The golf caddy probably knows every golf accessory available to mankind – they spend their careers hunting out the right golf equipment for the world’s best players. Caddies at the top of the league don’t just carry the golf equipment or lug about golf accessories – they are the golfer’s coach, therapist and friend. So who better to learn about the game from?

Golf at the Top with Steve Williams: Tips and Techniques from the Caddy to Raymond Floyd, Greg Norman, and Tiger Woods is the ultimate golf accessory if you want to learn more about making the most of your golf equipment. This book promises to help improve your game and lower your scores, including a full mind-training regimen so you can be calm and confident when you pick up your golf clubs.

David Potts with The Sports HQ provides you best information to choosing golf clubs including junior and ladies golf clubs. He also provides you details on golf sets and golf equipment.










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Golf Tips ? How to Avoid Slow Play on The Golf Course

July 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Golf is a wonderful game and I have spent many happy hours playing on my local golf course. But there seems to be something creeping into the game, more and more, which often spoils a round of golf for many players and that is, slow play. Golf surely should be a relaxing game, not a stressful one, but on occasion there are players that do test the patients of a saint.

In my experience, slow play is not so bad in itself, as long as you can keep moving along, it’s the lesser of the two evils, but when there are long hold ups, this in my view is not acceptable. Having said that, I do realise that things happen on the golf course that are genuinely unavoidable, but in this instance I am talking generally.

I’m sure people do not play golf slowly intentionally, and appear to be totally unaware of what they are doing or should I say not doing. So, to help players just be a little bit more aware of what they and others are doing on the golf course, I thought I would just write a few helpful golf tips on avoiding slow play and to having a more enjoyable and hopefully a more attractive score card in the club house afterwards.

Start the day relaxed

The first tip is not really concerning slow play, but more about starting your golf day in the right way. When you get up in the morning do it slowly and then try doing everything slowly and relaxed, until you reach the first tee, this will hopefully reflect in a positive way on the golf course.

 Get to the golf course early

 Give yourself plenty of time travelling to the golf course, its better to be waiting in the club house than waiting in a traffic jam worrying that you’re going to be late. There’s nothing worse for a game of golf than arriving late, then rushing around trying to catch up. This can put you in totally the wrong frame of mind, for achieving a relaxing game and low scoring round of golf.

Getting organised when teeing off

When by the tee, make sure that every body in your group knows, in which order they are teeing off, and be ready. Make sure you have your correct tees and ball about your person. Don’t go rummaging about in the bag for golf balls and tees when people are waiting for you to tee off. It is also a good idea to keep a couple of balls in your pocket at all times.

Playing your shot out of turn

When players in a group hit their golf balls to various parts of the golf course, unless you are playing in a competition, it might be quicker for you to take the next shot in the wrong order of play.

Clearing the green early

If you have just finished your putts, don’t stand around on the green talking about the putt you should have holed. Clear the green straight away then talk about it on the way to the next tee.

Take your clubs with you

If you have hit a wayward shot, don’t forget to take your golf trolley everywhere you go, but only where it’s physically possible that is, I have been guilty of this one myself. When looking for your golf ball after hitting a poor shot there is a tendency to forget about the trolley whilst you are trying to find the ball. Then once you have found it, the realisation hits you that your clubs are some distance away, so it’s a walk back to the trolley, bring the trolley back to the ball, select a club and take the shot. This is not good.

Being prepared to take your shot

Whilst your playing partner is taking his shot, if possible, make sure you have already selected the club you are going to use for the next shot and you have a fare idea of where you would like it to go. It doesn’t sound much of a time saver but over the 18 holes and playing a four ball, it adds up.

Keep the scorecard up to date

Give yourself plenty of time to mark the scorecard; don’t leave it until it’s your turn to tee off. Try to get into a routine; otherwise you will end up asking your playing partners two or three holes further on, what they scored on the 6th, 7th and 8th hole. You will not be very popular.

Help your playing partners

If one of your group is having a problem in any way, providing you have already taken your shot, go and help, rather than just standing there waiting.

Eating and drinking on the golf course

Its always a good idea to take plenty of water and some snacks with you onto the golf course, but please don’t be tempted to stop and have a bite to eat when there’s a chance it might hold up play. Try to eat snacks on the move, if possible, and perhaps take a drink whilst waiting at the tee.

Carry spares and be prepared for bad weather

Make sure, everything in the golf bag is in order and ready to use and is easy to get at, for example, water proofs, gloves, hat etc just in case the weather changes. You don’t want to be fumbling around in your bag, when all your friends came well prepared and organised. And they are all waiting for you to take your shot. It’s not a bad idea to carry spares such as, a golf glove, laces, pitch mark repairer, pencil or pen, plenty of balls and so on.

Letting players play through

This is an obvious one for most golfers. If your group is having problems, lost ball etc, and you anticipate a long wait, please ask the group that are playing behind you, to play through. This of course depends on whether you are in, or just behind a competition.

Hitting the golf ball straight

I know this tip is going to sound a bit cheeky, but it is really meant in the best possible way. This could help in preventing some hold ups on the golf course. When learning the game or just trying to improve. I wonder if it would be better to concentrate on hitting the ball straight, rather than trying to hit it out of sight. It’s amazing, the amount of golfers I have noticed, hitting the ball a long way, but can’t hit it straight. If you are a high handicap player, try slowing down your swing and you will keep the ball on the fairway more often, whilst the big hitters are looking for their balls in the woods.

 I have noticed over the years that the vast majority of written golf instruction, especially magazines, try to teach you everything about golf, except how to hit the ball straight.

I hope the above tips are helpful and interesting.

Written by contrato

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Eliminate Fat Golf Shots For Good And Play Your Best Golf

July 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Article by The Golf Swing Genius

There are a few reasons why a golfer may struggle with hitting fat golf shots. First of all, a fat golf shot is one where the ground is hit first behind the golf ball. Ideally, the correct way to come through impact is to hit the ball first and then take a divot hitting the ground after the golf ball. If you hit the ground before the ball, youâ??ll lose distance and club head speed. When the golf club hits the ground before the golf ball, it slows down the speed of which it is traveling. Solid contact with the golf ball can only occur when the ball is hit first as the club head comes through the impact zone.

Now, a few reasons why you may be hitting fat golf shots is because your swing is too steep, your wrists are releasing too early, or your weight is stuck too far on your back foot or right side as you are trying to hit the golf ball. Once you know which of these is your problem, you can work on whatever is necessary to fix it and then will be able to eliminate fat shots and have better contact.

If your golf swing is too steep, youâ??ll have a tendency to hit shots a bit heavy or fat. When the golf club swings down too vertically with a narrow swing arc itâ??s harder to catch the golf ball cleanly on the club face. To combat a steep swing, try to feel yourself swinging the golf club more around your body. At the top of your golf swing, the club should be right over the tip of your right shoulder. If the club is too steep, it will be too far over your neck or head. In order to round out your swing plane, you may want to feel more of a baseball swing. You can take practice swings by starting the club out in front of you a couple feet above the ground. Then, as you make these practice swings, youâ??ll be able to get your swing plane flatter and more around your body as opposed to too steep.

The second reason fat shots may be happening is because of an early release with your wrists in your downswing. This problem can actually cause fat and thin shots. Itâ??s very difficult to catch the golf ball solidly when the wrists release too early in the golf downswing. The proper position at impact should consist of your hands leading slightly as you hit the golf ball. This will allow to strike the ball first as opposed to hitting the ground behind it. All good golfers have a big separation in their downswing between their right wrist and their right shoulder. You want to swing down with your arms on the downswing but still maintain the lag or angle from your club shaft to your right forearm.

This is really not that complicated. If your wrists release early, the golf club shaft and your right arm becomes a straight line. Instead of doing this, try to hold the angle between the club shaft and your right forearm and youâ??ll clip the golf ball perfectly with solid contact every time.

Now in a good golf swing, there should also be a proper weight shift. On the backswing, your weight shifts to your right side. On the forward swing or downswing, your weight will shift back to the front or left side. If you move too far back laterally on your backswing, you may have a harder time getting back to the golf ball at impact. Itâ??s important to be right in line with the golf ball at impact when youâ??re hitting it. Generally, if you get too far ahead of the ball youâ??ll hit thin shots. The opposite is also true with hitting fat shots. Behind too far behind the ball causes your club head to bottom out too early in the swing arc and youâ??ll hit the ground first. To combat this problem, try and make a correct weight shift on your backswing. This way it will be easier for you to come back to the ball in the correct position and hit the ball with solid contact.

Check out The Golf Swing Genius’ Effective Golf Swing System and start lowering your golf scores today!

The Golf Swing Genius is a top golf instructor who has developed an easy golf swing system that golfers of all levels can use to dramatically improve their golf games and lower their scores and handicaps. Golf is easy once you learn the right technique. For more information on how to build a great swing and get the consistency everyone wants, check out The Golf Swing Genius Website.

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