9 Reasons Why You Should Join The Sand Trap

Founded in 2004, TheSandTrap has become the #1 resource for novice, avid, and professional golf enthusiasts. From links across the world, our enthusiastic community of golfers covers every facet of the industry and use TheSandTrap as their online home to discuss the latest techniques, products, courses and PGA Tour news.

1. Member Swing Threads

Need help with your game? Then post a video of your swing and get feedback from great instructors and knowledgeable community members. This thread is a great place to start to help you get the most out of your swing thread and start shaving strokes off your game.

2. Reviews

The Sand Trap is the best place to read un-biased reviews of the latest and greatest equipment from the top golf manufacturers. We also have an awesome user review section for both Equipment and Courses , so swing by there and add reviews for the stuff you use and the places you play.

3. We Live Golf

The Sand Trap has plenty of great threads available for you to interact with other golf enthusiasts from around the world. The Sand trap is made up of a friendly community of golfers that are interested in sharing opinions and debating about the latest happenings on the various pro tours, swing theories and equipment. Whatever your interests, we've got it all. Dive right in!

4. Contests

At least four times a year you'll have the opportunity to win great prizes in our prediction contests that we have for every major. It's fun and you can win a new driver! Check out our list of current contests and promotions.

5. Great Instruction

The two owners of The Sand Trap, Erik ( @iacas ) and myself (Mike, @mvmac ) are golf instructors. Erik even trains instructors in the "5 Simple Keys®" system. 5SK is not a "one-swing" method, but rather focuses on the five commonalities of the game's best players. You can read more about that here .

If you like getting into the details about swing technique and theory then Swing Thoughts is the perfect spot for you.

6. Blog

Stay up to date on all things golf and enjoy some interesting articles written by our staff members in our Blog .

7. Member Reviews

Do you like free stuff? So do our members!  You get free equipment, training aids, rounds of golf in exchange for a review published on the product page. Go here for more info on Member Reviews.

8. Groups/Outings

Want to talk about more than golf or find other golfers in your area? Check out our Groups . If you live in Southern California , The Sand Trap has an active group of users that get together for an outing every quarter where we play a variety of courses.

9. It's Free

You don't get too many things for free these days so when something this good is available for free, you should probably take advantage of it. We all love golf, we especially love talking about golf. So Join Today and start making some online golf buddies!