Practice your putting with FDR to improve your concentration.
Need to work on short putts? Putt to a dime. The smaller target will force you to concentrate. Once you get good at that, putt at the edges of the dime. If you can roll it over FDR, you can roll it into the hole.
If you’re looking for information about the dime, well, by all means drop by the Wikipedia.
Great baseball hitters say they can see the ball hitting their bats – there’s no reason why you shouldn’t try to see your clubhead meeting the ball as well.
Lots of people hit the ball thin. Whether they’re afraid to hit the ground or take a divot or simply trying to swing too hard, hitting the ball thin is still an unwanted problem. One way to avoid hitting thin shots (they sure sting sometimes, don’t they?) is to get into the habit of feeling your right shoulder on your chin before you look up for the ball. Let your shoulder bring your head up, and you’ll avoid “coming out of the shot” and hitting it thin. Great baseball hitters say they can see the ball hitting their bats – there’s no reason why you shouldn’t try to see your clubhead meeting the ball as well.
Golf is a civil game: anyone can play with anyone so long as they observe the rules of etiquette.
There are two kinds of rules: rules governing play and rules governing conduct. Golf may be the only sport to include a section on player conduct in the official rules. These rules of etiquette are as important to enjoying an afternoon golfing with three friends as the rules of play are to playing the game correctly.
In other words, proper etiquette is as much a part of the game as knowing what to do when your ball gets stuck in a tree. Newcomers typically learn the rules of etiquette as they go, but we’re happy to offer the crash course in on-course etiquette.
Junior golf ain’t what it used to be, and neither are the clubs! Here’s how to pick good clubs for your budding star.
Like many golfers, I was introduced to the game of golf as a child: I hit “borrowed” range balls around a soccer field with a sawed-off 7-iron. I probably had it a bit easier than most because I got a late start at the age of fifteen. I escaped the harm that can come of starting a seven year-old child out with a cut-down adult club.
Fortunately, today’s world brings us an unheralded variety of junior-sized clubs, bags, and accessories (shoes, hats, etc.). Some manufacturers, like U.S. Kids Golf make nothing but kid-sized clubs. Others, like Ping or Nike, offer junior lines in addition to their standard, adult-sized offerings. How then do you choose the set that’s appropriate for your budding star? Follow along and we’ll walk you through the steps.
Payne Stewart died five years ago today, and the golf world mourned his death.
Five years ago today, the golf world lost a friend in Payne Stewart.
Payne has been missed. Leave a comment if you wish to express your thoughts on this anniversary.
Imagine a big ball between your knees to stop a collapsing left knee.
A lot of golfers collapse the left knee (for righties) on the backswing. This is especially evident in reverse pivots, though it can occur elsewhere as well. Collapsing your left knee causes your shoulder to drop and makes your hips sway.
To cure this problem, imagine that you have a basketball or a soccer ball between your knees during your backswing. You’ll keep your knees separated and probably make a better weight shift.
PGA Tour rookie Ryan Palmer has won his first tournament: the Funai Classic.
Ryan Palmer, that is, shooting a final-round 62 to win by three shots over Vijay Singh and Briny Baird. Palmer is the fifth PGA Tour rookie to win this year.
In addition to four straight birdies down the stretch, Palmer chipped in from 40 feet on fifteen and made a 44-foot birdie on seventeen that was moving at a hearty pace when it slammed into the hole. Palmer, of no relation to Arnold, said “I knew I could play. It was a matter of proving it to myself.”
Palmer began the day in 109th place on the money list, but this win and the $756,000 that goes with it was enough to vault him to the top 40, possibly earning an invitation to next year’s Masters and locking up an invitation to play in next week’s Chrysler Championship in Tampa.
An online guide to the Rules of Golf, courtesy of the USGA.
Need an online guide to the Rules of Golf? Here you go! For those of you not under the influence of the USGA, here is the R&A’s version.
Just a pair of golf cartoons from “B.C.” and “Wizard of Id.”
First Dilbert had a golf cartoon, and now Wizard of Id and B.C. have joined the fray:
You can’t laugh at yourself (or your sport of choice) enough, I say!
