When i play a wedge I set up with an open stance and the ball in the very middle of my stance. I try to hit down on the back of the ball which helps with spin. Doing this i hit my SW 70 yards
Hi, i am just a yar older than your son and i feel for him. If i werehim i would feel very let down if my parents tryed to bribe me to do things that arn't nesessary. Ask him to play with you (it would be great) but if he wants to play basketball support him with that instead. I would love it if my Dad would be more like you and offer to play golf with me
I am a 28 handicapper and i would agree that if you had the swing technique to hit it that far you would play at least of 18. I am working on my swing and now hitting the ball further 220 aveage.
I have always lined he ball up dead centre however my playing partener have said i hit the ball on the heel of the club. (may this be why i slice the ball a fair bit) so next time at the range i might experiment with alinement a bit
I know that i hit the ball best when i focus on a spot towards the back of the ball but often i let my concentration slip and just look in the general direction of the ball.
I consider golf to be a sport. I think a sport can be classified as such as along as a human is involved in the action (rules out greyhound racing etc.) and the athlete is doing it competitivly.
Whilest I do agree Tiger is the best athlete in the world at the moment and he might even be best of all time but he is not entilly on his own. He has the constant help and advice from his caddie. If you want proof of how important they are to the players then just look at how often some of the players change/sack their caddies.
In my opinion the hardest sport to play without any training is with out a doubt golf but it terms of becoming pro F1 racing is extremely difficult. If you've seen the 'top gear' episode where Richard Hammond tries it out you'll know what i mean.