Browsing yearly archive

2009

Driving For Show With Tips From The Pros

Sometimes you have to play when the weather is bad. Unfortunately, the USGA makes Studying the pros is a great way to improve. PGA pros must bring their “A” games to the course every day to compete on the tour. To do that they spend hours and hours honing their mechanics and analyzing their swings, […]

Ironing Out Long Game Problems

Want to know the key to consistency? Correct your own swing flaws as soon as possible. It’s the best way of becoming a really competitive golfer and of achieving and maintaining a low golf handicap. Correcting swing flaws helps PGA Tour pros achieve such great consistency. They correct their flaws as soon as possible. Otherwise, […]

Stop Bad Weather From Boosting Your Golf Handicap

Sometimes you have to play when the weather is bad. Unfortunately, the USGA makes no specific provisions for “winter play,” as it’s called. There’s also nothing in the rules about the lift, clean, and place practice used on the PGA tour when it’s wet. Meanwhile, playing in bad weather adds strokes to scores and golf […]

Fixing Your Short Game Fast

Everyone loses the feel for his or her short game at times. That includes players with high golf handicaps and players with low golf handicaps. Smart golfers know how to find their swings—especially when it affects their short games. The quickest way of doing that isn’t by taking golf lessons or reading golf tips. It’s […]

Golf Tips on Hitting Solid Irons

To improve iron play fast—and chop strokes off your golf handicap—look to your hands. It’s hard to hit quality shots if you don’t use your hands correctly. As a serious golfer looking to improve, you must learn what role your hands play in hitting iron shots. If you do, you’ll boost your game to a […]