Lowering your cholesterol is a proven way to reduce your risk of heart attack and stroke, according to the American Heart Association. And exercise, along with a healthier diet and medications such as statins, can help you reach a healthy ...
Published: 8/6/2009 3:01:06 AM
Learning how to swing the golf club is something golfers work on and continue to fine tune as the years go by. The backswing is the movement at the start of the swing and a golfer with a good backswing is likely to hit the ball with balance, ...
Published: 7/29/2009 3:01:02 AM
Playing from fairway bunkers can be quite intimidating, especially for medium- and high-handicap golfers. While actually hitting from from fairway bunkers is often easier than it looks, less accomplished golfers tend to panic when they are 150 ...
Published: 7/29/2009 3:00:59 AM
The goal of most golfers is to learn as much about their golf swing as possible so as to improve their play. One of the keys to getting more accuracy and distance is making sure the ball is in the right position as you stand and address the ball.
Published: 7/28/2009 3:00:53 AM
Picking up the driver and attempting to swing it can be quite intimidating for high- and medium-handicap golfers. Yes, the driver is capable of hitting the ball a long distance, but it can also cause its share of embarrassments on the golf ...
Published: 7/28/2009 3:00:52 AM
Learning to swing the club properly is about having your legs, hips, arms and hands work together to produce a positive result when you make contact with the golf ball. The hands' role is to continue to drive the swing once the hips have gotten ...
Published: 7/25/2009 3:00:52 AM
Learning to play golf is a complicated task. Watching a professional player swing a golf club on television makes it seamless--a natural and easy thing to do. Nothing could be farther from the truth. The golf swing is learned. The first thing the ...
Published: 7/23/2009 3:00:52 AM
Every golfer, no matter how good or bad they may be, could always use a little assistance when it comes to swing techniques and approaches. Sometimes it may be a case of poor mechanics. Other times it may simply be a situation where they may have ...
Published: 7/23/2009 3:00:51 AM
For many, golf is a game of frustration. Nothing feels worse than hitting some really good shots for the first 400 yards of a hole only to take twice the amount to move the ball the additional 40 feet to get it in the hole. Putting doesn't have ...
Published: 7/22/2009 3:00:53 AM
Tee height is one of the most hotly debated topics in golf. The conventional wisdom is that to hit an effective tee shot, you must tee the ball up high so your drivers--the biggest and bulkiest clubs you have--can make a clean pass at the ball. ...
Published: 7/21/2009 3:00:56 AM
Many golfers pay attention to all the details of the game once they get on the golf course. However, their time on the practice tee often turns into a session of trying to bomb the ball as far as they can or working on their approach shots. One ...
Published: 7/19/2009 3:00:54 AM
The average golfer takes more strokes on the green than anywhere else on the course. He also spends his practice and warm-up time on the range beating balls. Rarely does he set foot on the practice green. If you are new to the game, set aside ...
Published: 7/18/2009 3:00:57 AM
The laws of physics apply to the golf swing. That includes the law of inertia, which states that a body at rest tends to stay at rest and a body in motion tends to stay in motion. When you address the ball, you are standing over it at rest. At ...
Published: 7/16/2009 3:00:48 AM
Your driver may not be the most important club in your bag when it comes to the final number on your scorecard, but it does set the tone for your round psychologically. Take your driver out of the bag and launch a shot high and deep down the ...
Published: 7/14/2009 3:00:52 AM
Hybrid golf clubs have been a boon for medium- and high-handicap golfers since the 1990s. This relatively new club makes it easier for golfers who struggle with the hard-to-hit fairway woods and long irons. Hybrid clubs are lighter than both of ...
Published: 7/13/2009 3:00:49 AM
There's a lot to learn about the game of golf, including the complexities of keeping score. A scorecard contains a ton of information, including the players' names, their handicaps, their scores for each hole and their cumulative totals for each ...
Published: 7/13/2009 3:00:48 AM
Carlos Rodiles is a professional golfer from Spain. He has played on the PGA European Tour and the Challenge Tour in Europe.
Published: 7/9/2009 3:00:48 AM
Hybrid driving irons have become an increasingly popular option for players of all levels. Originally popular with high handicappers, hybrid driving irons are now replacing fairway woods and low irons as the popular option for long shots from the ...
Published: 7/9/2009 3:00:48 AM
Look to anyone who has played the game, and he will offer tips on your swing that have helped him with his own. Couple that with the thousands of books and tapes that have been put together by professional teachers, and you can soon become ...
Published: 7/4/2009 3:00:47 AM
Learning to play golf involves not only learning the basic skill needed to strike and propel a golf ball down the fairway of a golf course, but also requires some understanding of scoring. Scoring essentially involves counting the number of times ...
Published: 7/2/2009 3:00:46 AM
Physical barriers are important tools in aiding swing corrections and achieving successful golf shots. Stimuli from good and bad swings must be recognized for a change to occur. Discomfort during this process may be a common feeling, yet the ...
Published: 7/1/2009 3:00:47 AM
A pitching wedge is one of the more versatile clubs in your golf bag because it can hit high shots that can drop on the green with a little backspin or lower chip shots when you need to punch the ball onto the green and let it roll close to the ...
Published: 6/30/2009 3:00:47 AM
Ideally, your golf score is nothing more than the number of shots it took you to complete your round. But there are plenty of rules in place that can add to your score, such as penalty strokes for hitting the ball out of bounds or into water ...
Published: 6/29/2009 3:00:48 AM
Irons are a difficult part of the game to master. Most beginners make the same mistake--hitting under the ball. The key is to make solid contact with the ball without driving the head of the iron into the ground. This creates more force and spins ...
Published: 6/27/2009 3:00:51 AM
The slice is a golf shot that bends far to the right when hit by right-handed golfers, and far to the left when hit by southpaws. It is one of the most common problems faced by beginners. In many cases, a little more attention to your grip and ...
Published: 6/27/2009 3:00:48 AM
