Accuracy off the tee is critical to scoring low. Hitting a 175-yard drive that finds the fairway beats hitting a 225-yard drive that lands in deep rough almost every time. In deep rough the high grass grabs and twists your club, as I’ve pointed out in my golf tips, causing you to mishit the shot. […]
More and more pro golfers are switching to custom graphite golf shafts in their drivers. At last count, more than 90 percent of them use a custom graphite shaft in this club. Even players long known for with steel-shafted drivers have succumbed to this trend. And where the tour goes, so inevitably goes the consumer.
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Everybody wants to hit it longer and straighter, too. But the two don’t always go together, as I tell students taking my golf lessons. Those of us who hit them longer don’t always hit them straighter. And those of us who hit them straighter don’t always hit them longer. Wouldn’t it be great if you
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You need a strategy that boosts your confidence when playing blind shots from the tee. Confidence replaces tension and urgency with flow and rhythm, resulting in a fluid yet powerful swing. When your swing is fluid and powerful, your ballstriking is crisp. Crisp ballstriking produces more accurate shots off the tee, saving you strokes. Avoid
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Few things are more unsettling than hitting into a greenside bunker. If you have problems hitting out of greenside bunkers, you could probably cut a stroke or two from your golf handicap just by improving your bunker play. Unfortunately, weekend golfers almost never practice bunker shots. Most golf ranges don’t have practice bunkers. As a
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