Re-thinking Aids

Many amateur golfers spend lots of money buying new golf equipment and very little money on golf lessons. They have the impression that the new equipment will improve their golf and take their game to a whole new level. This is one of the reasons why amateurs never seem to get better. Here is why you should invest in golf lessons.

New golf equipment is very nice to have and the improvements in technology do help you to play better, but only to a certain extent.

The clubs are only the tool golfers use to play golf. The method or skill behind using the clubs effectively are entirely dependant on the golfer’s ability.

So why is it that many golfers buy new clubs rather than invest in golf lessons? I’ll tell you why. It all comes down to image. If you are seen with the latest and best golf clubs, most people assume you to be quite a good player because you look the part. That is until you swing the club. Then the truth comes out and you turn out not to be as good as you appeared to be.

This is a problem. I’m not saying don’t buy new golf clubs. Of course you must try have the best equipment available. All I am saying is that you should consider taking some lessons to get the maximum benefit and satisfaction from your clubs.  Read more...

Do you consider yourself an avid golfer?  Are you the type of person that will do anything to get a round of golf in no matter where you are or how long it is going to take?  If so, you are probably the type of person that wants to play the best courses possible.  In order to do so, it is up to you to plan ahead and do everything you can to get those great tee times.

There are people just like you all over who will do anything to play a round of golf.  Whether you they consider holidays the perfect opportunity, take weekend breaks, or want to try out a course while on a business trip, these are the type of people that absolutely love golf. 

There is no secret behind the fact that great courses act like magnets to avid golfers.  They suck you in whether you know it or not because of the beauty, challenge, and the opportunity to play on the same grass legends have walked on.

As a traveling golfer, you are not going to check out a mediocre course.  This is not appealing and is not going to be something worth talking about when you return home.  But if you have any intention of playing the prime courses, it is vital you schedule in advance to book great tee times.  Read more...

Blaming your moves, shots and swings for your golf mishits and mishaps? Well, no matter how much time and effort you have been spending over practicing your moves to perfect your game, you still won’t achieve your goal if you use unsuitable or defective types of golf equipment.

Now is high time for you to consider the following golf tips that involve checking on your equipment’s quality.

If you plan to choose used golfclubs as beginner’s tools, scrutinizing before purchasing is a must. The clubheads, the shafts, and the grips are golfclub parts that should pass inspection first before landing a decent spot in your golf equipment cabinet. Another excellent golf tip that will get you through the game is making sure that the set of used golfclubs you’re eyeing have set consistency. It will also help a lot if you check first the price of new clubs vs. used.

A golf tip for a golfer that plans to regrip his clubs: Be cautious. This is because the grips are the only contact points one can access to affect the shot. Before carrying out the regripping, know the core grip of the club and your hands grip size. To determine your core size grip, measure the diameter of the butt of the shaft you’re going to re-grip. The shaft’s diameter should match the grip’s core diameter. In determining your hands grip, the available size grips are regular, mid-size, oversize and jumbo. Use only the best re-gripping materials that will provide optimum performance for your golf clubs.
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Should You Use A Golf Swing Training Aid and What You Can Hope To Gain by Using One? Could you benefit from using a golf swing training aid and improve your golf score? The market today is simply awash with the latest fad in training aids to improve your golf swing and show you how to become a better golfer. I am a golfer myself, well in the loosest sense of the word. I find golf so frustrating sometimes and I have discovered that it is such a good leveler. Some days my shots fly true and straight with my woods, and yet another day I want to wrap them around the nearest tree – know what I mean?If I was a serious golfer I am sure I would be tempted to look for the latest aid to help my game. Recently, I have been looking for a way to just have that edge to beat my brother-in-law when we play. I am realistic enough to accept he is technically a better hitter than me, but it would be nice to at least give him a run for his money. I have taken a look at several golf swing training aids on the internet recently, and discovered some that are designed to attach onto your golf club as you practice your swing. One such product attaches just below the grip on your club and it vibrates slightly when you are not quite aligned correctly. You reposition your posture until it stops vibrating and then you swing. Not cheap at over $130.  Read more...

Even with lessons, instructional videos and store-purchased aids, your golf game will continue the way it has been without consistent and efficient practice. Consistent because practice sessions involve exercises that are meant to develop muscle memory. Efficient because pacing your energy to the kinds of exercises you’ll do is important as well.

Simple as this point may sound, it is one that is easily overlooked. Many golfers think that for as long as they spend enough time on the practice range, their score will improve. Unfortunately, that is not necessarily so. To get a better game, it is important that your practice sessions be as regimented as the way you play the game itself, if not more.

Before you groan about how boring practices are, it might help to think that practices are what build good playing habits when you hit the greens. And if you approach your practice sessions as more than chores and see them as yet another fun aspect to your game of golf, the results can only be a game all the more fun than it already is.

First of all, think of your practice session in three parts consisting of:

- the warm-up,

- the fresh stage

- and the fatigued stage.

In these three stages, you will carry out different sets of exercises that when done in the right stages will make your practices more effective giving you results you can see on the greens as you play.  Read more...