What Are the Best Exercises for Golfers

Before providing a set of exercises to utilize in the improvement of your game. We must first understand what comprises the golf swing from a biomechanical perspective. It is a functional athletic movement, utilizing the entire body in the execution of it. It is a "feet to fingertips" movement incorporating the entire body.



In order to execute the swing correctly specific physical parameters are required of the body. Basically to perform each phase of it efficiently and effectively certain levels of flexibility, balance, muscular strength, endurance, and power are required. If the body is lacking in any of these categories the execution of the golf swing will be hampered.



Knowing these factors about the golf swing provides us the background required to determine the best exercises for golf. In general the ideal exercises for golf will develop these physical parameters of the body to enhance your game.



For example, the ideal fitness program would entail flexibility exercises to improve the ranges of motion in the joint of your body. This would enhance your ability to draw the golf club through the long ranges of motion required of the swing. One such exercise I often recommend for this section of a golf fitness program is Rotators.



The second set of exercises within such a program would focus on balance. The golf swing requires balance in order to develop tempo and execute each phase of the swing. Specific exercises such as Airplane Rotations can improve the ability of your body to balance within the biomechanics of the swing.



Finally, a series of exercises to improve the strength, endurance, and power of your muscles would be a part of such a program. These exercises would improve the ability of your muscles to maintain a fixed spine angle, create rotation, decrease muscular fatigued, and finally develop more power. Numerous exercises can be incorporated into this section of the program. Some of my favorites are Seated Russian Twists, Medicine Ball Chops, and Tubing Rotations.



To summarize, the best exercises for golf develop the physical parameters of the body for the swing. These exercises will enhance your ability to execute the golf swing correctly and improve your current golf game.

A set of TaylorMade clubs

 
 
 

If you're new to the world of golf, you likely want to use the clubs that your favorite pro golfer uses. Many professionals depend on TaylorMade clubs, making them the dream clubs of many golfers throughout the world. Though you may not think your budget can afford a set of TaylorMade clubs, if you purchase used golf clubs, you could swing the purchase.

TaylorMade's line of drivers features a variety of R7 and R5 models. The most sophisticated of these clubs is the R7 425. What distinguishes this club from others in TaylorMade's line is its customizable weight configurator. These weights can be arranged six different ways so you can hit the ball with more draw or height, for example. This may be the edge you need to hit your target more consistently.

TaylorMade's Monza Corza putter works in much the same way. It also integrates a customizable weight system, allowing you to tailor the club to your needs. In addition, its linear adjustment system makes it easier to aim your shots. For those new to the sport, this can lead to improved accuracy, thus increasing your confidence and reducing your handicap.

If you feel TaylorMade clubs could give you an advantage, there are a few things to consider before you open your wallet. If you're purchasing used golf clubs, ensure you know what size clubs are right for you. Doing so can save you money in the long run, since you won't have to pay for club resizing or regripping once you receive the clubs. Instead, you can hit the links as soon as the clubs are in your bag.

 

5 basic fundamentals of your golf swing

One of the biggest culprits for having a hook in your golf swing is the grip!

It is important to regularly check the 5 basic fundamentals of your golf swing to make sure the swing has a solid base. If any part of the fundamental swing is incorrect, whatever work is done on top of the basic swing, the rest of the swing will be unstable. Imagine the annoying table in the pub that always wobbles, if there isn't a good foundation it will never be consistent.

The grip can change for a number of reasons; the biggest killer to the grip is comfort. While the grip should be comfortable hands want to naturally roll over the golf grip, this creates a strong grip. Even if you have mastered the swing plane and the club is on plane, the strong grip will naturally close the club face when it comes in to hit the ball. This creates right to left spin on the ball causing it to draw or in extreme cases hook, for a solid snap hook the plane of the club is usually in an over the top motion, so you will most likely start slicing the ball once you return the grip back to normal.

A good tip to identify where the fault is within the golf swing is to watch where the ball starts and where it finished. If the ball starts off on target but moves left or right the problem is with the club face position at impact. If the ball starts off target then the fault lies with the swing plane.

Golf tips-Useful way to save money

1.Useful way to save money

A lot of us are always on the hunt for ways to save money. One of the easiest ways to save money is to cut down on unnecessary expenses like extra cable connections, dining out every night and so on. You’ll find that the amount you’re wasting on these unnecessary expenditures can mean a huge difference towards your savings; so instead of paying extra for channels you rarely watch, you can just save the amount and gear them towards other expenditures.

2.How to deal with the relationship

There are probably a lot of tips for a happy relationship that a lot of people can offer to you but it all comes to how you’re able to compromise with your partner. In order for you to maintain a a happy relationship, you and your partner must be considerate to each other’s feelings and thoughts. There is actually no space for self-centeredness and selfishness in a relationship; that’s why when you’re able to compromise with your lover, you’ll find it easy to nurture your relationship.

3.Free Singles Dating Services

A lot of dating sites are successful with their free singles dating services; believe me, each site will always have successful testimonies of relationships resulting from the free singles dating services that they’re offering. If you’re the kind of person who doesn’t want to go to the bar in the middle of the night to hook up with someone, your best bet will always be the dating sites. What’s more of an advantage is that these dating sites allow you to meet up with over thousands of singles worldwide all in the comfort of your own home.

The European Club's Website

"STAY AWAKE - GET AROUND IN 4-HOURS - YOU ARE AN ATHLETE!," the scorecard at The European Club (ranked #98 in the world) shouts at you. The European Club is the masterpiece of Irish golf impresario Pat Ruddy. Ruddy's iconoclastic style and unique personality come through strongly at the European Club.



I first played the European Club six years after it was opened, in 1998 with a group of friends, and it was my virginal experience on a links golf course.



Ruddy's very Irish sense of humor is also present on the bottom of the scorecard where in addition to your actual score, there is also a place on the scorecard for, "What my score should have been." Local Rule #1 is: "Do not be a links lawyer. Play the ball where it lies when possible."



In his book describing "The European Club", Fifty Years in a Bunker, Ruddy explains that the name European Club was meant to be grandiose - "A Big and Brave Name - Claiming the golfing continent of Europe".









At the time we played, they handed you a little blue and white card, seen above, which talks about their philosophy of the game: "Our approach to golf is fundamentalist. Accordingly, you will not find fussy furniture on our links. You might take it to be spartan while we think it is akin to the way the game was at the beginning and as it should be now. Take your clubs, card and pencil and go out and do battle with the golfscape that requires no artificial adornment."



We met Pat Ruddy when we arrived at The European Club on our first trip. We walked into the austere clubhouse, and he immediately shot a good natured insult at us: how all Americans looked like clones. He was right: all six of us had on brown khakis and logoed wind-cheaters. The decor and ambiance of the clubhouse at The European Club are on a par with that of a motor-vehicle agency. Actually, less ambiance than that of a motor-vehicle agency, because at least DMV's now have TV's. As Ruddy explains, he doesn't believe in "trumpets and brass knobs." It's all about the golf.





The Golf Course



The golf course is adjacent to the Irish Sea Links, on Brittas Bay, in County Wicklow, about 40 miles south of Dublin. The bunkers on the course are lined with railroad ties (sleepers), and Ruddy's design philosophy is to use optical illusions as a hazard on the course. There are hidden dips and hillocks shielding fairways, and his use of mounds and other hazards are meant to put a golfer off his game by creating confusion and rewarding clear thinking. The course is unconventional in that it contains two loops of ten holes instead of two loops of nine. You actually don't play all twenty holes during a round. Holes 7a and 12a, both par threes, are put into play at various times in favor of some of the other par threes. When you receive the scorecard, the two holes that you aren't playing that round have a line put through them. The course offers views of Brittas Bay on fifteen holes. The European Club offers solitude, peace and tranquility. There are no houses, no highways and no low-flying planes.

Par four 3rd hole

The third hole is 499 yards from the blue tees and is typical of the style of links golf at The European Club. The hole plays downhill among the sand dunes. As with any links course, one of the major defenses is the wind blowing in off the bay.

7th hole

The seventh hole is the #1 handicap and has a small burn in front of the tee and down the entire right side. The left side of the hole has a reed-filled marsh jutting out as an illusion. The correct strategy is to favor the right side of the hole, but off the tee it looks like you should favor the left. Parts of the fairway are concealed behind the reeds in a brilliant use of optical illusion. Ruddy employs what he calls the "Reverse view telescope" effect on this hole; that is, everything looks further away than it is. I'm not sure how this sleight of hand is achieved but it works beautifully. The hole is 470 yards long and a bear under good conditions. Into the wind it is one of the hardest on the planet.

8th hole

The eighth hole is a narrow par four that plays 415 yards from the back tees and shows the classic links feel among the sand dunes.

The 12th hole at the European Club

The 12th hole at The European Club is a 459 yard par four. What makes the hole unique is that the green is 127 yards deep. For sake of comparison, this is longer than the length of the entire world-class seventh hole at Pebble Beach and longer by nine yards than the widest double green at St. Andrews. It creates that unique problem of a pin placement being anywhere from 412 yards when on the front of the green to 515 yards when on the back. Potentially a three or four club difference, without factoring in the tricky winds!



Hole 12a is a par three, reverse image of the 14th hole at Royal Portrush, "Calamity". At Portrush, there is a huge fall off on the right side of the green, where a mis-hit shot goes into an unfathomable void. On hole 12a, all the trouble is with the abyss on the left side. It is a heroic hole that plays 166 yards from the tips.

13th hole

The thirteenth is a long 596 yard par five, with four strategic bunkers on the left side of the hole and the bay on the right. When Tiger Woods played at The European Club he hit the green here by hitting a driver off the fairway.

16th hole

The 415 yard par four sixteenth hole shows off the inland scenery at The European Club. Similar to the beautiful Perthsire hills that surround Gleneagles in Scotland, the richly colored mountains that surround the European Club add to the overall idyllic beauty of the place.



The finishing hole used at The European Club used to be a weak hole. A 477 yard par four that plays back toward the clubhouse, it had a pond in front of the green which was out of character with the rest of the course. It was an anti-climactic finish that received much criticism. Ruddy converted the pond into a burn a couple of years back; his inspiration was the Barry Burn at Carnoustie, after watching Van de Velde melt down at the 1999 Open Championship. It makes for a much better finish.



I got the opportunity to play The European Club again two years ago on a golf trip to Ireland. The contrast between the first time we played and the second was stark. It took us several hours to get to the course from Dublin since the capital city has prospered so much in the intervening years. This is despite the fact that there is now a highway south of Dublin which should make the trip quicker. There has been so much development and population growth that we sat in traffic most of the way.



Despite the admonishments on the card, we also had a painfully slow round the second time. We played on a Saturday afternoon and had to wait on EVERY shot. I also thought that the course conditioning needed an uptick, particularly the bunkers. When The European Club first opened, there was no clubhouse, and Ruddy and his family used to sit in their car and take the 10 pound guest fee through the window of their car. The visitor fee is now 180 Euros a round. The price of success and a top 100 world ranking has begun to spoil it, no doubt.







Pat Ruddy

Pat Ruddy is a unique figure in the world of golf. He is the owner, architect and operator of The European Club. Part of the secret of his success was that he did much of the work at The European Club himself. He didn't have to pay architect design fees. He drove the bulldozer himself when shaping the course, had a minimal crew and built it without frills. He was also smart enough to build in stages, stayed within his budget, didn't spend on a clubhouse and basically did it as a pay-as-you-go venture, pacing his development of the course to coincide with his cash flows. Ruddy is a self-made man and self-taught golf course architect. He started his career as a golf-writer and evolved into an architect. Based on the brief time I met him and reading his book I found him to be an affable, sarcastic and witty man with a sharp sense of humor and a visionary.



The European Club was arguably the first course built to rate as a top 100 course. Ruddy had a passion to build a world-class course and do things his way. He chartered a helicopter to fly him around the Irish coast looking for an appropriate piece of land on which to build a proper links course. Ruddy's feat would be difficult to repeat today. Part of the secret of his success was good timing. At the time he started his venture the Irish government was giving out grants to spur tourism. Even for private clubs such as The European Club, as long as they allowed visitors, they could take advantage of the grants. Also, in the intervening years, and with the formation of the European Union, the Irish economy has exploded upwards, and Ruddy was no doubt a beneficiary of this.



While there have been several visionaries who have followed in Ruddy's path (Mike Keiser at Bandon Dunes, Herbert Kohler at Whistling Straits and Mike Pascucci at Sebonack), this jocular fellow did it the old-fashioned way, without the benefit of being a gazillionaire. I congratulate this Irishman, excuse me, European, on such a brilliant accomplishment. I like his attitude.



Ruddy also designed the Glashedy Links, located in Ireland's God's country - County Donegal. If you even get the chance to go there, I recommend playing both the Old Course and The Glashedy Links.

 

Question about Taylormade R7 Driver

I really must say this club has already knocked 5-7 strokes off my round!! I never thought one club could make such a difference in my game, but here I am a total dumb-founded golfer about how great this driver is. I have been sharing this club with fellow golfers and everyone has bought there own now. If you need a club that “off the tee” will save your butt, give you more straight drives then ever before, and improve your love of the game…by this driver. Enough said…BUY IT!!!

Help answer the question about Taylormade R7 Driver

Can you please explain the differences between the TaylorMade line of Drivers; (particularly R7 & R9 lines)?

OK; so I think I have a good understanding between the R9 & R7. Now within each line you have the limited, the quad, & the superquad. What does each offer that the other doesn't?

 

TaylorMade r7 CGB Max Driver

Maximum technology for maximum speed. Features Movable Weight TechnologyTM (MWT) with three weights which promote change in trajectory of up to 35 yards from slight fade to large draw for improved accuracy and distance, a triangular head shape incorporates an exceptionally far-back CG location and makes it easy to launch the ball high and super-deep, Taylormade R7 Driver the SuperFast Technology reduces total club weight and promotes faster swing speed for added drive-crushing distance, and a 460 cc clubhead combined with an Inverted Cone Technology produces an extremely-high effective MOI.

Features?

Movable Weight Technology with three weights promote change in trajectory of up to 30 yards

Triangular head shape with far-back center of gravity makes it easy to launch the ball high and super-deep

SuperFast Technology for faster swing speed and more distance

Inverted Cone Technology (ICT) promotes faster ball speed and more distance on mis-hits

460cc clubhead combined with ICT produces an extremely-high effective MOI

 

TaylorMade r7 CGB Max Fairway Wood

Golfers seeking the best fairway wood performance money can buy will get it in the r7 CGB Max fairway. Incredibly forgiving and easy to launch high and long, it is also adjustable to promote increased distance and accuracy.The club's triangular shape makes it easy to launch the ball high and super deep, and the Movable Weight Technology (MWT) with three weights promotes change in trajectory of up to 22 yards from slight fade to large draw.

The unique r7 CGB Max fairway wood shape also allows the center of gravity to be moved amazingly far back from the clubface. The large tiatnium clubhead has an exceptionally high MOI (moment of inertia) for a tremendously stable, forgiving and easy-to-hit fairway wood. Finally, the club features SuperFast Technology with an extremely light RE*AX 45 gram shaft and light overall club weight for faster swing speed and added distance.

How about Those The next Tiger

Lets start with Rory Mcllroy. At age 20, he's been called the next Tiger but hasn't been playing great as of late....until Saturday at Quail Hollow. After making the cut on the number at plus one, he shot 16 under on the weekend to win by four shots over Masters champion Phil Mickelson.



He shot 66 / 62 on the weekend with a final round back nine of 30 which included six straight threes to end the round. He made a sick eagle at 15, stuck a seven iron from the fairway bunker to five feet on 16 to make birdie, and then nearly made a 50 footer on the very difficult par-3 17th. At 18, to top it all off, he drained a 40 footer (picture above) to finish in style.



Supposedly, Mcllroy as been working with Bob Rotella on the mental game and how to close out tournaments. I'd say it worked. I'd say I might actually have to read one of Rotella's books and see what the keys are.



It will be interesting to see how he does this week at the Players.



Ryo Ishikawa, age 18, and another next Tiger, shot a 58 to set a record for lowest score on a major tour. He made 12 birdies and no bogeys to win The Crowns in Japan.



He broke the previous Japan Tour record of 59 held by Masahiro Kuramoto. As for the PGA Tour, David Duval, Chip Beck, and Al Geiberger have each shot 59. Annika Soremstam holds the LPGA record with a 59 while Shigeki Maruyama shot a 13 under par 58 in the 2000 U.S. Open qualifier.



It's not quite yet the changing of the guard in professional golf, but with Mcllroy, Ishikawa, AK, and Fowler playing well, the time is getting closer.



We'll see how long it takes Tiger to get his act together again and fend off these guys.

A right way to improve your golf swing

 

Every golfer knows the most important thing to conquor is the golf swing. There are some wonderful high-tech devices out there to add to your golf gear to aid in your golf swing. One is called the Electronic Golf Swing  Improver, made by Brookstone and selling for about $150. This device promises to correct hooks and slices, and you don't have to be on a driving range to use it, either. You can use it in your own backyard. It comes with a thick, driving range-style nylon turf mat to protect your clubs, an electronic device with a large LCD display for animated ball flight to show how far the ball is going and how well you're hitting it, and a solid ball for “real hit” feel. Use any club, from driver to 9-iron. It will give clubhead readings in MPH or KPH and can be used by both right-handed and left-handed golfers.

 

Alignment,Don't Miss It

Jeff had a great question and good observation about his swing. He asked, “how do I keep from creeping right. In other words, what should I look at with my eyes after I take my stance to check parallel left down my toe line/hip line. Should I feel like my body is lined up with the left side of the green if the flag is in the middle for example. I feel like I have a tendency to shift my alignment right/shoulders closed especially with the driver because my target is so far away.



Jeff,

Alignment is a big issue in playing good golf. First and foremost the best swing in the world will not hit the ball to the right place if the alignment is off. Conversely, if the alignment is off, and the brain senses it. the swing is immediately changed to create the compensations to try and re-direct the ball to the target. If the alignment is right, the swing will either pull the ball or try to hook the ball to the target. Aimed left, and the swing has to push or slice the ball to get it to go toward the target.

Alignment is so important that my Surgism for alignment is “90 to 95 percent of all swing problems, adjustments and compensations arise out of bad alignment. So, your question about how do you keep from creeping right, and what should you look at with your eyes after you take your stance, are really important.

Let’s start by asking a question: Is alignment more important for low handicap to scratch players and pros, than for higher handicap golfers?

The answer is, it is important for all golfers. But the low handicap players and pros have alignment hurt them in a way differently than the higher handicappers. The accomplished player has a much more consistent swing, shot after shot. Bad alignment bites them in that many times they will align right and just make a perfect swing (that is with no compensations to correct) and fire the ball straight into the right rough, fairway bunker or greenside bunker. The problem is doubled or magnified when this player concludes that the shot that just sailed dead right was a push or a block, because it was hit so solid and straight. He or she just made a perfect swing and dismissed it as a bad one. This really will mess up the mind because what felt good and should have been good was dismissed as a bad swing because of direction. So, now there is a conflict in the mind and senses of what a good swing is.

But now let’s get back to your basic question of how do you keep from “creeping” right. The word creeping implies that your feet are moving. I see players walk into the ball, and when they look up back at the target, they start creeping. I also call that dancing. The best way to stop that is once you walk into your setup and “PLANT” your feet, they stay put. Notice I used the word “PLANT.” I have another alignment Surgism that states, “most players are in the best or closest to good alignment when they first set their feet walking into their setup.” What that means is that when they look up to see the target, and or start waggling their club, they start fidgeting their feet and dancing themselves right out of and into another alignment.

So the answer is if you go through a good setup routine that includes alignment. Once your feet hit the ground, they MUST stay planted. This means that if you look back to the target, and you waggle, which is OK, (but I like to see slow, small and quiet waggles,) the feet must stay grounded. Many waggles, especially fast and snappy ones seem to invite the player lifting the feet up a little, which can cause the foot to be placed back down in a slightly different spot. Do this a few times with both feet lifted up and placed down in a different place and you can easily have changed your aim as much as 20 or 30 and even 40 yards.

Now, regarding what do you look at. The first key is, when you have setup and turn to look back at the target, turn your head and only your head, rolling the down the aiming line. Unfortunately, most golfers tend to lift the right shoulder and turn the chest and head (so the eyes are lifted to horizontal to the ground and you see a sweeping panoramic view of right to left) to look, which can cause dancing. What I think is a good thing in your first alignment check is to look down at your toes and draw line from them to see where they point relative to your target, which should be parallel left. If they are good, then you must stay in the “planted foot mode” during your waggle. If they are incorrect, I would actually recommend walking out of the setup and then redo your entire routine back in to get it correct. Why walk out and not just re-adjust your feet? Because that would be dancing and we don’t dance once the feet are planted.

Once the feet are correctly planted parallel left, the last thing you have to do is make sure your shoulders and hips are directly over your toe line so that your entire body, from toes to knees to hips, shoulders and eyes, are all in the same parallel left alignment. From there it is all systems go for a good swing.

Alignment is so important, I will dedicate two or three more articles to covering other important aspects, issues and key thoughts, that will help get you into good alignment shot after shot.

How many have you know about EFT

By now you should be tapping your way to better golf and experiencing how easy it is to use EFT. I'm sure you're looking forward to get out on the golf course feeling the difference and enjoying better golf.



An EFT for Better Golf story



What sort of success are other people having with EFT? Firstly let's look at a quote from EFT Inventor, Gary Craig's - one of many examples on his website. Gary talks about a golfer called Ron Johnson who improved his golf using EFT from scoring around 95-100 to having many rounds in the 70's. Here's what Ron told Gary.



"My statements began something like..."even though putting is extremely frustrating, I still completely accept myself." I would practice on the putting green with 10-twenty foot putts, 10-ten foot putts and 10-five foot putts. Each time, I would go through the nine-step process with the same statement..."Even though these putts are nerve-racking, I still completely accept myself." I found that I began to feel much more confident over the putts and some actually went in the cup. Three-putts to get the ball in the hole began to disappear and, within three months, my average scores went from 95-100 down to 85-90. I've had many rounds in the 70's during the past year and I am now setting a goal of shooting below 70. The process works equally well with each shot in the game, not just the putter. In fact, I now use the process before beginning the round with the following statements: "Even though I am filled with apprehension on this round, I completely and totally accept myself."



University Research of EFT for the Yips



There's a sports psychologist in Tenerife called Lynn Francis who uses EFT to help golfers overcome the yips. I'm not sure whether the yips are worse for a golfer than the shanks I kept talking about yesterday. They both strike fear into the hearts of golfers unnecessarily, as they are "all in the mind" of the golfer and therefore beatable with the likes of golf hypnosis, NLP and EFT.



What's even more interesting about Lynn is that here approach to "curing" the yips has been researched by Mike Rotheram at the Centre for Sport and Exercise Science at Sheffield Hallam University here in the UK. The final paragraph of his report says it all.



"It is clear that Lynn's treatment certainly has merit, and her work is based on her skills as a practitioner in finding underlying emotional causes. The benefits of this treatment are not only relevant to amateur golfers. They are also relevant to tour players who experience the 'yips' and people in other sports such as darts and cricket. It is possible this treatment may be effective for dentists, artists, and musicians who experience symptoms similar to the 'yips'. Mike Rotheram is certainly excited as he said, 'Lynn has stumbled on something here that is potentially ground breaking. This is undoubtedly the most effective treatment I have seen so far. It is now up to the scientific community to put these findings into appropriate research settings. I wish Lynn all the best and I hope we can team up again in the future'."



You can read Mike Rotheram's full report at Lynn's website.



Final Conclusions - EFT is a good supplement to Hypnosis for Golf



So there you have it. EFT is a very useful supplement to the use of hypnosis and NLP in my golf psychology practice and helps people to make profound golf improvement.

Eliminate Your Slice or Hook by Making 1 Simple Change

Golfers at all levels have one thing in common; they are all trying to improve their game. It’s a never ending challenge to play better golf. One of the biggest issues I see golfers dealing with is slicing and hooking the ball.

For me, like with many golfers, when you hit an errant shot it is natural to try and determine what you did wrong.

Have you ever asked yourself one of these questions in the middle of a round?

Geez, I hooked that shot; what did I do to cause that?

Or maybe it’s, I really pushed that one; How did that happen?

You head down the course thinking that it was just an anomaly, but your subconscious is churning away trying to answer that question. Before you know it you are missing a shot here and there. What might have started off as a good round quickly goes south.

Wouldn’t it be great to be able to make just one adjustment to correct either of these problems? It would be great if you could do this on the golf course during a round.

This may sound too good to be true, but I was watching a video from one of the training courses I have and was blown away by what I learned. By just making a small pressure adjustment to your grip, you can correct the slice or hook.

Golf instroction-create a more consistent putting stroke

1.Your grip can create a more consistent putting stroke

Everyone knows the proper putting stroke starts with the correct shoulder movement. But not everyone knows that your grip could play a huge role in isolating your shoulder movement and creating a more consistent putting stroke. Try gripping the putter with your left hand as if you were holding a baby bird. You don't want to hold it too tight, because there's a chance of hurting it, then again you don't want to hold it to lightly, for it might fly away. When you grip the putter with your right hand, remember, it's only along for the ride, it won't be doing any of the driving. Once you've found your comfortable grip, slightly strong with the left hand, weak with the right, you'll then push the putter back with your left hand and also pull it through. It might help to try a few stokes with just your left hand!

2.How to get a comfortable stance

One of the keys to improving your golf swing as a beginner, starts with improving your stance. Try standing with your feet shoulder width apart, slightly bending your knees so that you are nice and comfortable. Next bend over at the waist so that your arms hang down comfortably with the golf club. Finally, don't tense up too much during the swing, just relax and let your body go through its natural motions.

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For pain-free,do golf warm up exercice like this

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For pain-free,do golf warm up exercice like this

One of the biggest mistakes I see golfers make is not properly warming up. I want to show you a simple golf warm up exercise  that will not only help you par that first hole instead of double bogey, but it will allow you to play pain-free.

Like any other sport, a proper warm up to get your golf muscles ready for play is a must! How many times have you gotten to the course with only minutes to spare and you skipped your warm up? Do I need to ask what the result was? If I were a betting man, it took you several holes and many strokes to get into the groove to make good golf swings. Am I right? Come on now… be honest. I know I'm guilty of it.

Here's the thing! The golf swing requires loose and fluid muscles to execute proper golf swing technique. You're not going to get this by wishing it. You need to take initiative and do some simple golf exercises to create these loose, limber muscles that will produce maximum golf power.

Also, I want to discuss tension in your golf swing. Tension kills speed. No speed means no power. No power means short golf drives. Does that sound like something you'd be thrilled with? To eliminate tension, you need to get… and keep your muscles warmed up. The minute they start getting cold, tension will creep into your golf swing, killing your efficiency and consistency. When you follow my advice, your warmed up muscles will produce an increase in clubhead speed.

Okay… we're getting closer to the exercise I am going to show you, but not yet! I now want to talk about hitting golf balls. Again… like in any other sport, you FIRST warm up your muscles BEFORE you participate in your specific sport movement. So golfers… that means BEFORE you hit even one golf ball, you must at a minimum, do the below, simple golf warm up exercise. Promise me that!

This is what I call a "multi-joint" movement to get all the major muscles, joints and tendons in your body warmed up. If you only have a minute or two to warm up, this is the best, most effective exercise to get your entire body ready to play pain free golf.

Instructions:

    * Feet shoulder width apart

    * Place club in front of you and hold with both hands for balance

    * Lower body by bending at the knees not hips and raise club at same time.

    * Raise back up and repeat 10 times

    * Keep upper body very erect

Benefit to Golf Swing:

    * Increase blood flow and circulation through out body

    * Great total body warm up to allow body to make a relaxed, comfortable first swing

    * Increase range of motion in hips encouraging a more synchronized swing from the ground up

Another very effective way to prepare your body to practice or play is to use a golf swing weight on the end of your golf club. It's very similar to using a weighted club, but this is a portable aid you can quickly insert on your club, and remove it when you're ready to go play. You can throw it in your golf bag.

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Discount golf bag sometimes isn't really discount

There are basically two types of discount golf bags. You can purchase cheap bags at cheap prices, frequently described as 'discount' but in fact you get little more than you paid for. If you pay a cheap price for a brand name you do not recognize, you can generally be sure that you are purchasing a cheap, low quality, product rather than a real discount golf bag.

Keep Your Eyes Open – Not All Discounts Are Real

The second type of discount golf bags are true discounts: they are well known branded bags which are available at reduced prices for one reason or another. However, even if the brand name is well known, you must still purchase with your eyes open and enquire as to the reason why the price has been reduced.

The discount golf bags may be substandard products which have failed quality control and have been made available for sale at discounted prices. They may even be substandard products which have been scrapped, but are being sold by employees at cheap prices unknown to their employers. This practice is more common that you may believe.

Another reason for golf bags being sold at discount prices is that they may have been damaged in some way. Transit damage and fire damage are two common reasons, but they may also be ex demonstration models or even returns from dissatisfied customers.

Look Out For New Launches

If you want to get a real bargain through the purchase ofi discount golf bags, you should keep an eye or an ear out for news of the launch of a new range. This is when the old range may become available in retail centers at discount prices. Discount golf bags usually come onto the market when stores have to sell off their old stock quickly, to make room for the new models or designs.

The shops are normally given a price by the manufacturer at which they can sell the old range, and while there will be a tendency to sell at as high a price as possible for maximum profit, they can often be beaten down to a lower price, as long as it is not below that which they have been authorized to sell at.

Discount Golf Bags Have The Discounts Built Into The Price

Corporations frequently build discounts into their budgets and original product prices for the launch of new products. They realize that their distributors need to sell off the old stock before they can stock up the new models, and give permission for price reductions in order to achieve this.

So, if you are looking for discount golf bags, wait until new models are due on the market, normally at around the same time every year, and you will usually be ably to get a top class product at the same price that you would normally pay for an unbranded cheap golf bag.

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Pro tells you how to chose a golf bag

Looking after your playing equipment is necessary to extend the life and resale value of your clubs and to improve their playability. The basics to good club maintenance are neither time consuming nor difficult.

Heads

Keeping the grooves on the clubface free of dirt is important. The grooves are designed to grip the ball at impact and therefore impart more backspin. If the grooves are filled with dirt, backspin is reduced.

The other aspects of care depend on the material from which the clubheads  are made.

Hard-wearing stainless steel heads require very little maintenance, other than keeping them clean. When the finish becomes dull, you can have them machine buffed to look as new.

Mild steel needs more care because the chromed clubhead is susceptible to rust. As soon as you detect rust spots, you should remove them with steel wool or a fine sand paper or, better still with a cream cleanser used for enamel surfaces in kitchens, and a small scrubbing brush. This will remove the rust with the least amount of abrasion to the clubhead. A coat of iron oil protects the heads temporarily.

You should not leave your golf bag in the trunk of your car longer than necessary. If you have been playing in wet conditions and your equipment is damp, humidity can build up in the trunk of the car and cause the clubheads to develop rust more quickly.

Wet weather also poses a problem for wooden-headed clubs. Make sure you dry them properly before putting the head cover back on. If the inside of the cover becomes damp, it is best to leave it off altogether, otherwise moisture can soak into the clubhead and cause the wood to swell.

If the head covers are off, be careful when taking other clubs out of your bag to avoid bumps in the wood and marks on the head. Wood oil keeps the headsfrom cracking if the veneer flakes off, but revarnishing them is the better option.

Shafts

The common chromed mild steel shaft will corrode. Any rust should be removed in the same way I recommended for mild steel clubheads.Moisture can get trapped in steel shafts when you play in wet weather and water settles inside the bottom of your golf bag. The butt end of the grip gets wet and as you turn the club up to take your address position for the shot, small amounts of water can run down through the hole at the top of the grip and into the shaft, starting corrosion inside.

If the hole in the grip hasn't been sealed off with adhesive tape when the grip was fitted you can prevent the steel shafts from rusting inside by putting tees in the tops of all your grips to keep them above any water that may be in your bag. Even if the grips do get wet, no water will run down the shaft.

Corrosion is not a problem with graphite shafts but the coating can wear off where the shaft rubs on your bag. This doesn't affect the performance of the shaft in any way but will reduce the club's resale value. If you carry graphite shafts choose a golf bag with a padding on the rim and dividers to stop the shafts wearing.

Titanium shafts are maintenance-free. They don't rust and don't wear.

Grips

Grips become slippery because of a build up of grit, putting a shiny coating over the rubber, leather or synthetic.

All you need is soapy water and a small scrubbing brush to clean the grips regularly, after every two or three rounds of golf. Removing the dirt will give the grips the tackiness they had when new.

Gadgets

Among the useful gadgets on the market are pitchforks, which are used to repair pitch marks on the green and to clean the grooves of your clubs. A tee willserve both purposes but the bladed edge of this pitch fork is more effective.

One of the best inventions I've seen is a tube filled with water and detergent, which has a small brush attached, and clips onto your bag. You just give the plastic tube a slight squeeze, and you can clean the clubhead or grip, or your shoes for that matter.

They are particularly good if you have cavity-backed irons as the brush will remove any debris from the back of the clubhead. The tubes are inexpensive,durable and very effective.

At the very least you should carry a towel with you when you play golf, keeping one end damp so you can clean your golf balls or clubs along the way.

Golf Bags

You want a bag that will house your clubs safely without having them jammed in. A bag with a club compartment of nine inches in diameter will meet your needs although you can get up to an 11-inch bag. Make sure the bag has strong stitching, good zippers and enough pockets.

You need one large pocket for additional clothing, wet weather gear and towels, a smaller one near the base of the bag for golf balls, another for tees and yet another for wallets, car keys and tubes of sun screen. Near the top should be another small pocket in which you can keep your scorecard and gloves.

The club compartment should be divided into six sections. Some bags have padded dividers running down to the bottom of the bag which is particularly important if you have graphite-shafted clubs, as the coating on the shaft will wear on vinyl  dividers, while the ferrules, the caps where the shafts enter the hosel of the club, can be marked over a long period.

Most large bags are made from heavy-duty vinyl which is long wearing, waterproof, and easy to clean. While leather was the preferred choice some years ago, not many bags are made from it these days because of the prohibitive cost and need for regular conditioning of the leather.

With a diameter of six or seven inches, lightweight bags can make a tight squeeze for your clubs and damage the grips. They are also susceptible to being cut and ripped. They are not waterproofed either.

It is a good idea to get a coverall, which protects your bag on trips. These are made from vinyl or canvass. If your budget allows you can purchase a solid plastic carry case. The coveralls increase the life of your bag and reduce the amount of cleaning you need to do.

How about your rhythm

One of the most effective ways for your brain to master something like the golf swing is to set the motion to music. We all learned our ABCs by putting the letters to song. I've played some of my best golf while humming a Hootie and the Blowfish tune. Music plays a valuable role in the learning process.

When you start to move the club and your body into the swing, think of a melody. Make the song real music. Rap, with its staccato rhythm, is no good. To me, that suggests too much independent movement. The golf swing should be a smooth motion, so your song should reflect that smoothness.Think of Tony Bennett, not Eminem.

Anyway, here's the first step toward adding body movement to the hands- and-arms motion described in the preceding section. Stand as if at address,with your arms crossed over your chest so that your right hand is on your left shoulder and your left hand is on your right shoulder. Hold a club against your chest with both hands, as shown in the following Figure.

Now turn as if you're making a backswing. Turn so that the shaft turns through 90 degrees, to the point where the shaft is perpendicular to a line formed by the tips of your toes. As you do so, let your left knee move inward so that it points to the golf ball. The real key here is keeping your right leg flexed as it was at address. Retain that flex, and the only way to get the shaft into position is by turning your body. You can't sway or slide to the right and still create that 90-degree angle.

Your backswing should feel as if you're turning around the inside of your right leg until your back is facing the target. That’s the perfect top-of-the-backswing position.