The more a golfer tries to avoid the propensity to slice the ball, the more it happens. Instead of finding the cause of the slice, you try to fix it by altering your stance, grip or swing in strange ways that never seems to work. If you suffer th...
Published: 7/15/2009 3:00:51 AM
The first step in building a balanced and repeatable swing is learning how to hold the club correctly. Holding a golf club may feel a bit unusual at first, but you will get used to it quickly once you learn the nuances. Comfort is a huge factor w...
Published: 7/15/2009 3:00:49 AM
While trying to build a consistent and repeatable swing is the goal of every golfer, there are factors that can cause problems hitting off the tee or from the short grass in the fairway. One problem that every golfer faces at some point is the sl...
Published: 7/11/2009 3:00:48 AM
All of the different golf balls on the market can make anyone wonder how much testing they need to do and how much they need to spend to get a ball that is right for them.
Published: 7/11/2009 3:00:47 AM
Putting is perhaps the hardest area in golf to master. It doesn't take long for a decent athlete to learn how to hit the ball off the tee, and hitting from the fairway or short rough may come a little later. However, when it comes to the short ga...
Published: 7/10/2009 3:00:48 AM
You've hit the golf ball too far to the left and there is a tree between the ball and the green. You can either loft the ball over the tree or hit it to the right with a draw to reach the green. With some adjustments to your swing, you can add a ...
Published: 7/8/2009 3:00:49 AM
Countless times every day at golf courses across the country, unsolicited advice is doled out by recreational golfers to other recreational golfers. Not only is this a serious breach of etiquette, it usually ends with disastrous results. Seeking ...
Published: 7/7/2009 3:00:48 AM
Of the hundreds of golf tips that appear in thousands of books and videos about how to improve your game, there are three of them that are usually mentioned. That's because they are basics to the average swing, and if a golfer were to do nothing ...
Published: 7/6/2009 3:00:48 AM
The primary cause of a golf ball that is sliced is either that the clubface is open at impact or the player is swinging in such a way that clockwise spin is imparted on the golf ball that makes it curve to the right for right-handed players. Corr...
Published: 7/6/2009 3:00:47 AM
So many problems facing golfers, regardless of their abilities, stem from an imperfect grip. Whether they have a chronic slice or other maladies than lead to higher scores, they should start by assessing how they hold the club.
The bottom line i...
Published: 7/6/2009 3:00:47 AM
Right-handed golfers often have the tendency to hit the golf ball to the right--this is called a slice. Left-handers also slice the ball, but it will head to the left. Oftentimes, the more they try to correct the problem, the worse the condition...
Published: 7/5/2009 3:00:47 AM
They are likely plagued by it from the first day they picked up a club. They have probably taken lessons to correct it, but it always seems to come back. Of course, we are referring to the dreaded slice. What's insidious about it is that the more...
Published: 7/3/2009 3:00:46 AM
Most golfers choose one of three ways to grip their clubs, but there are almost countless ways they can grip a putter. When they hit a ball before reaching the green, the flight and distance of the ball depends on the makeup of their swings. But ...
Published: 7/2/2009 3:00:47 AM
There are four main components to every golf swing, and how the golfer executes the proper elements of each will usually translate into good results and lower scores. By breaking the golf swing into so few components seems to mean that golf is an...
Published: 7/1/2009 3:00:51 AM
Regardless of what they may do to correct it, many golfers simply cannot avoid slicing the golf ball. For many of them, it happens not only off the tee but with almost every club in their bag. As difficult as a slice may be to correct, there are ...
Published: 7/1/2009 3:00:50 AM
If you think the only thing that's important about keeping a golf score is writing down the results of each hole, you've only scratched the surface. For example, you must know how to handle each player's handicap, how to retrieve scores after eac...
Published: 7/1/2009 3:00:50 AM
There are thousands of books and tapes aimed at players becoming better golfers. They approach the game from many perspectives but, in the end, they often include the same four pieces of important advice. If you take only this advice, you will im...
Published: 7/1/2009 3:00:48 AM
Hitting a golf ball far is something that every golfer enjoys and tries to accomplish. This is both a blessing and a flaw of every golfer: When most golfers try to hit the ball far they begin to over swing and change their general swing motion, m...
Published: 7/1/2009 3:00:46 AM
Plumb bobbing is a method used on the putting green to find which way a putt will break. It works only on putts that have one break in them; plumb bobbing a putt with more than one break will show only which way the ball will travel on the break...
Published: 6/30/2009 3:00:51 AM
Generating club head speed is an area many golfers look to increase and improve. The thing many golfers do not understand is it takes much more than just swinging as hard as you can to generate proper club head speed.
Published: 6/30/2009 3:00:50 AM
There are many golf swing tips and tricks to get you from the tee shot to the green. These few tips will help restore your natural swing, get you out of wet fairways and help with those difficult iron shots. Practice these tips on the driving ran...
Published: 6/30/2009 3:00:48 AM
Some golfers are relegated to slicing the ball each time they hit the course. And the harder they try to correct the problem, the more "banana balls" they hit. A slice is the most common problem facing golfers today, and there are ways it can be ...
Published: 6/27/2009 3:00:51 AM
There is nothing more frustrating in golf then watching your ball slice time and time again. You think to yourself, "Maybe if I aim a little more left, then I can just play it." Good theory, but the further left you aim (right-handed), the more ...
Published: 6/27/2009 3:00:51 AM
A good golfer can hit the ball 300 yards on a good day. It's not just about power, they will tell you, it is about how you hit the golf ball. There is enough power generated by the swing and force of the golf club to send the ball great distances...
Published: 6/27/2009 3:00:50 AM
Mastering the golf swing is one of the most difficult parts of any the game. There are so many moving parts involved that if any of them is out of sync, your shot will suffer. Slicing or shanking the ball, not releasing properly, lifting your hea...
Published: 6/27/2009 3:00:49 AM
