Golf features many myths. No one knows where they come from or how they get started, but they’re there. Golf myths are often based on a kernel of truth or on something someone said in a television interview. They also come from someone reading something in a golf tips newsletter or sports magazine and misinterpreting […]
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Length without accuracy, as we often say in our golf tips newsletter, does little to shave strokes from your golf handicap. Accuracy without distance also does little to shave strokes from your golf handicap. What’s needed is both distance and length. Some call it useable accuracy. Useable accuracy is hitting the fairway with sufficient distance
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Professional golfers don’t just walk up to the ball and hit it. They run through a pre-determined set of activities first, then step up to the ball and swing away. The specific set of activities may differ from pro to pro, but every pro has a set. This set is called a player’s pre-shot routine.
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If you want to save strokes—and lower your golf handicap simultaneously—learn how to ht from uneven lies. They cost you more strokes than you probably realize. Hitting from an uphill or downhill lie may not seem too challenging, but it can be the difference between hitting or missing a green in regulation. Or, it can
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Iron play is all about accuracy. Unfortunately, many weekend golfers with high golf handicaps focus on minute details in their swings. Often, these details are irrelevant and uncontrollable. You can’t predict how a smudge of dirt on your 7-iron will affect contact. You also can’t predict how a slight breeze will affect distance if you
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