Golf Tips : Hitting the driver

We have all been involved in a debate regarding the most important club in your bag. Is it the putter? Is it the driver? Is it the 8 Iron? Which club do you use the most? More likely than not it is the putter simply because you take more shots with it during a round [...]

Putting Distance Control

Lots of golfers play for years before finally learning that distance control is more important than reading the break of a green, or your putting stroke in general. Mostly, this is because the average “hard” putt that you face is between 15 and 35 feet, and these puts are hard to hit for a reason. [...]

Golf Tips to use on the Tee

When you tee off, you have the option to place the ball anywhere between the markers, so long as you are not in front or more than 2 club lengths (about 6-8 feet) behind them.  Before you decide where to put your tee, take a look at the hole layout.  It’s quite common for a [...]

Tips For Sinking More Putts And Improving Your Score

Never up, never in.
What does this mean to a golfer? It is almost always said to someone on the putting green, just as they left a put about six inches short. You will be called Nancy, or Alice, or something less flattering. It is frustrating, and it hurts your score – not to mention your [...]

A Surprising Way To Chip Out Of A Greenside Bunker

Have you ever noticed that it sometimes seems that pro golfers actually aim for sand traps? Or, at the very least, don’t seem to mind when their ball hits the beach? If you watch a tour event on television, the pro will get up and down greater than 80% of the time – probably better [...]

Golf Muscles You Must Develop

Those who don’t actually play golf have trouble calling golfers athletes. They look at some of the finest players, and see that they aren’t exactly in the kind of condition that we associate with great athletic feats. In addition, they rarely have big biceps, or other outward appearances that we would expect. That’s because the [...]

How To Putt Cross-Handed And Sink Short Putts More Often (Sometimes Called “Left-Hand Low”)

From an early age, everyone who touches a golf club learns how to putt. Children play mini-golf, or play on the carpet at home, trying to putt a ball into a glass. So why is it that so many people have trouble when they get to the course, and are faced with a simple putt [...]

How to improve your chipping

One of the pithy golf sayings is “You drive for show, and putt for dough.” That is, while your driving may look pretty, it’s the short game that makes all the difference. A professional golfer, playing a standard par-72 course will only hit 18 shots off the tee, or 25% of his shots. The remaining [...]

How tight should your grip be?

Many people approach golf the same way they approach other sports that have “sticks” like hockey, baseball or tennis. They view the club as an extension of their arm, and therefore, hang on to it as if it were their arm. They squeeze it so hard that their knuckles turn white, and the blood runs [...]