They say over 80% of all amatuer golfers hit a slice. Are you one of them? A slice causes a loss of over 30 yards on your drives. And is hard to keep in the fairway.
When I started taking golf seriously I sliced the ball badly. I had fix golf slice on the brain! At that time I desperately took lessons, read books and tried tips from all my friends.
Since then I have now found the cure, golf slice no more... slice and now fight a hook. But I was very curious to look at The Dave Way System by Dave Moore to see if it would have helped me when I was hitting a slice.
I was pleasantly surprised to see a very in depth book covering every aspect of what causes a slice and how it affects distance and accuracy.
The drills are easy to implement and improvement can be immediate. There are enough solutions one's bound to click.
No question I wish I had this book back when I was fighting my slice. I'm confident to say I conceivably could have saved hundreds of dollars in lessons and hours of time practicing.
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Fix Your Golf Slice With The Dave Way
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Beginner Golf Tips: Short Game Errors
Author: Savannah Durbin
The short game can be the most tedious part of golf. It requires the greatest amount of accuracy and precision. The drive can be a good hit as long as it lands a decent distance anywhere on the fairway. On the other hand, a chip is only good if it lands within a five foot radius of the pin. A putt is usually only good if it goes in the hole, or on a far putt, stops within a one foot radius of the pin. Gain more precision on your short game by avoiding these common mistakes made by beginner golfers:
1.) The bunker: hitting the ball; not the sand
The shot out of the bunker is different than any other shot on the golf course. With every other shot, the club should strike the ball. Many beginners attempt to hit the ball out of the sand the way that the ball would be hit from the fairway. This is wrong. To hit the ball out of the sand, the club head should hit the sand behind the ball, and continue to pass through the sand, under the ball. In this shot, the club displaces the sand, which forces the ball to fly out.
2.) Chipping: wrists behind club face at contact
Many beginner golfers have the tendency to make contact with the ball with their wrists behind the clubface, in an attempt to “scoop” the ball, and help it into the air. In a correct chip, the wrists should be cocked on the downswing. They should travel ahead of the clubface. At contact, the hands should be ahead of the clubface. The club should strike down on the ball, hitting the ball first, and then the ground.
3.) Chipping: not accelerating the club on the downswing
A lot of times golfers will hesitate on the downswing of their chip shots, trying not to send the ball flying past the green. Usually, a deceleration of the clubface on the downswing will cause the ball to be chunked. The ball will fall very short of the green. In order to correctly chip the ball, have confidence in your swing. Remember to accelerate the clubface all the way through impact, and into the follow through.
4.) Putting: breaking the wrists
There are so many variations of putting that it is impossible to say that only one way is right. One common error though, is when golfers “break their wrists” while putting. In this case, instead of the putter making square contact with the ball, the putter strikes the ball at an angle. The ball will not travel where it was aimed. It is therefore crucial to keep your wrists locked while putting.
Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/golf-articles/beginner-golf-tips-short-game-errors-305655.html
Thursday, January 10, 2008
A great Golf Swing
by Jerret Bonds
You can have a great golf swing that brings about the power you need to achieve distance and precision. But many of us never learn the correct swing technique by ourselves.
The golf swing of a adept player is different from the amateur player in that it has the correct swing plane and has a correct swing tempo. Your golf swing tempo is a innate part of your physical and athletic skill and is a very hard facet of the golf swing to teach. The golf swing plane on the other hand can be altered and corrected to remove most frequent mistakes.
The largest stumbling block in learning the correct swing technique and therefore playing better golf, is mastering the poor habits that are deep seated in your golf swing. Bad golf swing practices are very hard to master in my belief for one simple reason, and this is only my personal view and experience, most golf swing pointers center only on one facet of the swing to amend your problem.
The golf swing, for most of us, is one of the most complex motions a person can bring about. Correct set up at the moment of addressing the ball is important to a successful golf swing.
If you’re similar to me, you began playing golf when a budy took you to a driving range. Or perhaps your initial taste of golf was actually at a golf course. Chances are though you began hitting golf balls minus any type of proper training. You’re not alone! Do you know anyone that hit their first bucket of golf balls with a golf instructor watching over them, instructing them in proper set up and swing plane?
As for myself, this is when my improper golf set up and swing plane was initially picked up. And before long I had a persisting slice that I have exhausted many years trying to master.
Without the correct set up, this involves your stance, grip, addressing the ball, backswing and follow through, you’re swing will begin wrong and consequently will contact the ball wrong. The solution that I have found is getting myself back to the basics. I had to learn my golf swing from the ground up, this meant forgetting the things I thought I understood and permitting myself to be instructed in the proper golf set up and swing.
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Only 1 in 5 Golfers Know This...
What part of the body contributes the most to generating the maximum speed of the golf club head?
This single answer allowed me to make a huge leap in my understanding of the golf swing, and in everything I had seen and read about the golf swing none of it emphasised it anywhere near like enough.
I carried out a survey on the Internet over several weeks and asked visitors to my web site the question:
'What part of the body contributes the most to generating the maximum speed of the club head?'
Only 20% got the answer correct – That’s only 1 in every 5 golfers! And these golfers had a wide range of handicaps down to single figures.
Interestingly this figure corresponds to another golfing statistic - Did you know that only around 20% of golfers have a handicap of less than 18? It made me wonder whether the misunderstanding of the fundamental aspect could be the one thing that is holding so many golfers back.
Which part of the body do you think creates the maximum speed of the club head?
Is it:
• Shoulders
• Arms
• Hands
• Hips
• Legs
• Torso
• Wrists
The part of the body that generates the maximum club head speed in golf can also be found in other sports such as Tennis, Baseball and Cricket.
In all of these sports the role of the hands or wrists is such that they contribute the most to generating the speed of the club, racket or bat.
When the club reaches the point on the downswing where it is level with the ground notice the position of the shoulders. Then take a look at the point when the club is parallel with the ground again, after the ball has been hit and again notice the position of the shoulders.
Look at how far the club has moved (over 180 degrees) compared to how little the shoulders and arms have moved (around 45 degrees).
So the answer to the question that I posed above is that it is the hands (or wrists) that contribute the most to generating the maximum club head speed. The club is moved through over 180 degrees whilst the arms move through less than 60 degrees – all of the rest of the movement of the head of the golf club is generated by the movement of the hands.
Unfortunately the large majority of golfers think that it is with the shoulders and arms.
So we have shown that the club head travels a long way with very little body movement in the final stages of the swing, and this is how the pro's generate club head speeds of over 120mph! We have focused on the movement of the wrists but it's important to point out that the wrists are only really hinges at the point that the two arms meet and are therefore under the control of the arms. At the point we have highlighted in the swing where the club is about to travel through 180 degrees (see images below) the right arm is bent at the elbow and the left arm is straight.
Just put your arms and hands into this position (you don't need a club in your hands but use one if it helps). Now simply straighten your right arm and allow your straight left arm to move towards the centre of your body (simulating the point of impact).
Can you see how the wrists actually move in response to the straightening of the right arm? This is a key factor as developing the correct swing relies upon you getting your right elbow close to the right side of your body - if you move your shoulders early in the swing you won't be able to achieve this position.
When you get this move it feels like you are throwing the club head into the back of the ball, which in reality is what you are actually doing and it feels great as you release all that power right into the back of the ball!
Let’s see less emphasis on the movement of the shoulders and more control with the wrists.
This will create a totally different feel to the way you’ve been hitting the ball in the past.
Happy Golfing!
Sssh... Only 1% of Golfers Know... Golf Swing Eureka!
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Why Choose a Charleston Golf Vacation?
Most golfers who visit the South Carolina coast for a golf vacation end up booking golf packages in Myrtle Beach or Hilton Head. More often than not, choosing Charleston, South Carolina for their golf vacation is the last thing on their minds.
Charleston, SC is known throughout the world for its rich history, gracious hospitality, world-class cuisine, first-class accommodations, fabulous festivals, beautiful beaches and so much more. It is not however, well known for golf.
While this is a negative for the golf community in Charleston, this is a plus for anyone who decides to choose a Charleston South Carolina golf vacation. Golf Digest even called this Lowcountry location a “Hidden Gem” in the golf world.
With that in mind, vacationers will find the golf courses less crowded than other South Carolina golf destinations like Myrtle Beach and Hilton Head Island. Besides the smaller crowds on the golf courses, there are many things to keep you occupied when you are not on the links while on your Charleston, South Carolina golf vacation.
But let’s focus on the important stuff – the golf. When you visit Charleston, you will not only see one of the oldest cities in the United States but you will also be enjoying golf where some folks believe golf began in the United States.
Pinehurst, North Carolina claims to be the "The Home of American Golf." However, many historians would disagree. With the founding of The South Carolina Golf Club in 1786, many golf historians designate Charleston, South Carolina as the birthplace of golf in the United States.
History aside, with Wild Dunes Resort to the north and Kiawah Island Resort to the south, this coastal city can hold its own against any great golf destination. Legendary golf course designers like Robert Trent Jones, Sr., Tom Fazio, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Pete Dye have put their stamp on golf courses in Charleston, South Carolina.
Charleston golf courses have played host to many golf tournaments including the Ryder Cup, The Ginn Tribute Hosted by Annika Sorenstam, USGA National Championships and World Cup events. In the future, the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island will host the 2007 Senior PGA Championship and the 2012 PGA Championship.
Now if PGA, LPGA and other professional golf organizations feel like Charleston golf is good enough for their tournaments, it is certainly good enough for our golf game.
Want another reason to book a Charleston, South Carolina golf vacation package? How about year-round weather that lends itself to year-round golf?
While October and November are peak months for the golf industry, you will the golf courses less crowded and the green fees a little lower during December and January. And if you can stand the heat and humidity, summer is a great time to find discount golf packages in Charleston, SC as well.
So the next time you are planning a golf vacation, whether it is with your family, business or golfing buddies, we suggest you take a second look at Charleston, South Carolina.
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