Golf Articles

Are you missing easy putts you normally drain? Every golfer goes through a putting slump now and then. That’s to be expected. After all, we’re all human, and golf is a tough game to master. But if you’ve been missing three and four footers for a while, you need to do something about it. Missing […]

If you’re like many weekend golfers, you don’t have a lot of time to practice your game. Your family responsibilities and your work consume most of your time. So, when you do get a chance to practice, you must get the most of your time at the range or on the practice green. The question

Would you like to pound out 300-yard drives? Sure, you would. That would sure help your game, wouldn’t it? But slamming 300-yard drives isn’t easy. So, what’s the key to boosting clubhead speed? One is to use good wrist action to add yards to your shots. It’s also a key to mastering your overall game.

Do you panic when faced with a tight fairway? Some weekend golfers do. Hitting tight fairways is challenging. No doubt about it. Miss the fairway and you can dig yourself into deep trouble, especially if the rough is thick. This type of mistake can cost you strokes big time. But panicking isn’t the solution either.

Slow play on the golf course is golf’s biggest threat. So how long should it take your foursome to play a round of golf? The Hammond Creek Golf Club tracked average playing time of golfers by month for over two years. The average time for a foursome at that course was four hours and eleven seconds. That’s about the average time at most courses. But many rounds still take as long as six hours to play. That’s way too long.

Slow play sucks the joy out of the game. It also hurts scores. In fact, no research shows that slow play improves scores. It probably does the opposite. Playing faster, on the other hand, speeds up the round, allows you to enjoy the game more, and helps you achieve and maintain a nice rhythm, which improves golf scores—and to some degree golf handicaps.