How Does The Biomechanics of Golf Equipment Change Your Golf Swing Mechanics?

As the ultimate technology in golf balls and equipment continues to improve at an astonishing rate faster than any electronic product on the market today. Buyers have become even more confused and frustrated on what is the best golf product that will give you that extra roll, stop on a dime on the greens or give you the back spin needed. What type of golf balls are the best in giving you the pure roll on the greens and is consistent in feel and performance.

Golf clubs are now taking advantage of space age materials and methods. Titanium with carbon graphite shafts have now replaced steel for making long-distance drivers. However, waiting in the wings for their own turn is other new space age materials yet to be developed that can improve your golf club performance.

The trend towards having aerospace technology, and is adopted by sporting goods manufacturers is alive and well today. Improving upon the performance of golfing equipment specifically golf club materials, is now the foot race to becoming first in the golf industry.

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Will Custom Clubs vs. Store Bought Actually Make A Difference In Your Golf Swing Mechanics?

” Playing with golf equipment that fits you makes it so much easier to play and be enjoyable” says, Tiger Woods. It all depends upon your budget in what you can afford.  Some golfers are turned off by custom made clubs.  They are more expensive and there is a waiting period while their being built to your specifications. (Height and Wrist to Floor.). Unlike going out shopping at any brick and mortar stores that carries different lines of golf equipment.  You just pick out the golf clubs that you want and  you can play with them that same day.  However,  it does take time to get used to them.

With the economic conditions and not knowing if you’ll even have a job the next day.  Most people will buy off the rack standard clubs.  It won’t improve their game one  iota and they don’t care. They believe what’s the difference! Their not there to improve their golf swing mechanics but,  to have fun being with others and enjoying the great outdoors.  Most of the ones playing with used or racked clubs are just beginning to play and don’t need expensive clubs.  That’s  True!

For those who have been playing for a while and want to improve upon their golf swing mechanics. Then  investing in custom built clubs is a must! It will benefit your golf swing in the long run.  For those who want to further improve themselves it is essential that you are fitted correctly.  It’s highly recommended that you see your local P.G.A.  professional who has all the necessary tools to fit you and align your golf swing up properly with their latest computer technology.

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Can Building Your Own Hitting Net Improve Golf Swing?

As golf gets more expensive as a hobby or sport that we love to play. Trying to work on your improve golf swing also gets harder to justify not only because of cost but, also the amount of time it takes to put the dedication in to practicing. That is why having your own golf driving net to practice does make economical sense to set up one at your own home.

I sometimes tend to find it easier to just forget or ignore the pressure of having to jump into my car and drive twenty minutes to get to the driving range that I’m a member of. That I’m tempted to just say, “I’ll go tomorrow,” and you guessed it! The time I missed in practicing doesn’t ever get made up. Prices every year goes up for bucket of balls, because of the maintenance to take care of the driving range. My membership alone is about average with other driving ranges which can average over $200/year. That is why it makes sense to have your own golfing net.

You can practice anytime at your own discretion and the cost is minimal. It’s whatever materials and supplies you needed to invest initially to build one.  This can become a center piece for you and your family to enjoy and learn. It will make you look like a teaching pro when you give tips on how to improve golf swing.

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How Much Of A Factor Can Inclement Weather Have On Your Golf Swing?

As I watch from my window to the outside world, I’m only dreaming of the warm spring days that won’t becoming to New York for at least another three months. You see we were just hit overnight with 4″ of snow on top of the snow we received from the last snow storm.  Where I live today it’s a balmy 17 degrees outside.  Ouch!

That is why I’m thinking about bad weather conditions in golf. I’m sort of correlating between the two weather conditions of today and what it’s like when you have to play in all kinds of bad weather. Playing in bad weather is a challenge but, when you prepare yourself properly your round of golf doesn’t have to collapse.

All golfers find it difficult to play effectively in inclement weather. Rain, wind and cold will affect your golfing mindset. The way you dress, your golf swing, the flight of the golf ball and the speed and breaks of the greens. No amount of practice or instruction can fully prepare you for bad weather playing.  Being prepared for bad weather will make it bearable for you to play when the weather does turn nasty.

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How Can Technology Improve Your Golf Swing?

With the golden age of caddies long since given way to technology, except for the esteemed private golf clubs. Golfers today have resorted to a wide variety of measures to get yardages, directions and keeping scores.

When playing do you have troubles gauging how far a certain obstacle is, or how far away from the green you need to get to on your next shot?  Are you that type of person with an uncanny ability to estimate how far you need to hit your next shot?

For most people it’s a guessing game but,  it  so much more important when it comes to scoring.  It can make a difference between shooting a great score or being left to frustration and wanting to break every club in your bag.

When I was caddying professionally my job 30+ years ago was to make sure I walked the golf course before my partner even  showed up. Professional caddies would chart a course for their player before every tournament with all of the measurements. You knew the distances of every club your pro swung at.  It was your job to walk the fairways marking down every rock,  sand traps,  trees,  water or any other permanent obstacle that you could gauge from the tees or any other shots from the fairways to the greens.

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Baby It’s Cold Outside Playing Winter Golf?

It’s that time of year in the Northeast part of the country where only the true die hard golfers are still playing. Most golfers have put their golf clubs away and are getting ready to nestle into their warm homes for the winter. Only to dream about what next year’s golfing is going to be like. For many who are retired they are now flocking down into the warm sections of our country, where they are able to keep playing golf.

While a number of players put away the sticks after Thanksgiving, there are still golf courses that remain open year round. Their virtually crying out for your winter golf business.There are golf courses that are frequently free of snow much of the off season. Some of these courses might have temporary greens, and many others allow play on the regular greens and tees.

There is no reason to be blue with cabin fever come January. There is a fraternity of golfers who still get together even with snow on the ground with a stick as a flag stick that allows for the game of golf to continue. Golf can be played despite a layer of crusted snow over much of the area. The ground maybe hard and the golf ball is frozen dead. Which doesn’t allow it to fly very far.

There’s just too many ways to spice up the remaining days of Old Man Winter with a bit of Old Man Par for that to happen.

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Are You Developing A Successful Golf Mindset?

Golf is the one of the oldest games in world history still being played today. It’s a game steep in storied traditions and played by the wealthiest to the poorest who can afford to pay for green fees and clubs. It was born on the heather-clad, rocky shores of Scotland in the mid 1500’s and the game has evolved through hundreds of years. Queen Mary herself is credited for the birth of the game. She would get so mad and frustrated at English politics that she would go outside on the castle grounds and hit stones with sticks.

Golf clubs were formerly made of hickory wood are now composed of military space-age metals and composites made up of graphite and titanium. Golf balls also evolved from feathers to rubber wound threads surrounding a rubber core are now as advanced as the golf clubs.

Only one thing that hasn’t changed in the hundreds of years since the sport began, and which can momentarily turn grown men and women into frothing, enraged lunatics who have seemingly lost all sense of decorum and reasonable behavior. That is the simple mistake of a golf club failing to connect and striking a small white ball properly. Sending it not on a straight true path but on a wildly curving arc into the woods, or even worse out of bounds. It has turned more than one Dr. Jekyll into a seething Mr. or Mrs. Hyde, hurling golf clubs into the air, breaking them like matchsticks over their knees, bellowing obscenities into the air instead of yelling fore.

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How Can I Improve My Self Confidence In Golf?

Do you feel frustrated if you can’t drop more strokes in golf?  Then your not alone most golfers can’t no matter how much they try to improve by playing or practicing even more then they have time to allow to devote to their  game.

A golfers mindset is critical, not only improving one’s self confidence in your ability to play the game but, how your going to react when you start playing poorly and the golf strokes start adding up. How are you going to feel when you lose out to another player’s bet or you have to buy the first round of drinks?

My friend Andrew Scott, a regular golfer like you and me had exactly the same problem and got even more frustrated after every round of golf. It seemed to him that he was suppose to practice a certain way on the driving range. But when he went  out on the golf course his struggles became even worse. He started hitting with the wildest slices into water hazards, sand traps and out of bounds.

His power was null and void because he kept hitting the ground first before the ball.  Most times topping and never getting the ball airborne. He had no control especially around the greens. He shanked a lot of pitches and chip shots. His self confidence was lacking because he missed a lot of short putts. There were rounds where he had over 40 putts.  All caused by anxiety, fears  and self doubts. At times you could say he was yipping which should only happen when you get older in life not when your younger.

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Do You Fear Making Mistakes In Golf?

If you fear making big mistakes in playing then your not alone. Tiger Woods and other great superstars who stand to win big paychecks from making or losing on short putts have this same fear as a weekend golfer.  Taking the safe route has its own costs.

Even the best golfers will miss the opportunity to make birdies by taking the safer shot to put themselves in best position to not make bogeys. This is done out of fear, because the agony of having to lose a stroke to par outweighs the thrill of a birdie.

Researchers who keeps statistics calculates this type of decision making can cost the average professional golfer about one stroke during a 72 hole tournament. For the top 20 golfers this can be as much as $1.2 million in prize money lost for the year.

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Are You Having Fun Playing Golf?

I’m not going to write about golf equipment or tips or anything else for that matter that can help you improve your golf swing.  I would like to talk about something that is really thrilling to me to be witness of.  Have you ever taken part in a 300 game in bowling or hit the perfect golf shot resulting in a hole in one?  If you have I would love to hear your story. Please describe your experience in the comment box below.  For that matter any unusual kind of shot that has had a profound impact on your memory bank.

For me I have seen all kinds of hole in ones in my life.  I’ve personally have 4 hole in ones.  I still remember my second hole in one. It was on a 220yard sixth hole par 3.  I used my 3 wood.  It happened back in 1991 when the public course I still play on today had no fairway watering system in place.  In the middle of summer it gets rock hard and of course you get a lot of roll on your ball.

Back  then I was known in the golf club as “King of the low ball.”  I always hit every one of my golf clubs on a low trajectory to get that extra roll. That is why today I still struggle in hitting the high trajectory, because now they have the watering system in place. If someone was standing in front of me back then, I probably would cut that person in half at the waist. My ball would never go any higher.

So, I teed off and I remember they were working on fixing the ground. There was probably a 4 ft dirt mound in the area of the woman’s tee box.  My ball barely missed the top of the dirt mound went out about 120 yards and ran like a scared jack rabbit for the last 100 yards. It disappeared as soon as it ran up onto the green. You see this hole is very flat with no trouble around it. At the time I was playing with an orange color golf ball, during this time period Jerry Pate made it very fashionable to play with different color golf balls. There was no one around the green waving us up and the peripheral vision didn’t allow us to see over the green.

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Do You Have Trouble With Yardage Markers?

When playing do you have troubles gauging how far a certain obstacle is, or how far away from the green you need to get to on your next shot?  Are you that type of person with an uncanny ability to estimate how far you need to hit your next shot?  For most people it’s a guessing game but,  it  so much important when it comes to scoring.  It can make a difference between shooting a great score or being left to frustration and wanting to break every club in your bag.

When I was caddying professionally my job 30 years ago was to make sure I walked the golf course before my partner even  showed up.  You knew the distances of every club your pro swung at.  It was your job to walk the fairways marking down every rock,  sand traps,  trees,  water or any other permanent obstacle that you could gauge from the tees or any other shots from the fairways to the greens.

You mark all of this down in a little black book.  Then everyday early in the morning before each round you graph out each hole’s pin placements.  Measure out by using the old traditional way of one foot in front of the other how far from the front, sides, and back of the greens. You also observe where the pin placement is, by writing down if it’s on a hill, swale or what kind of breaks to the hole when putting. Where is the flat part of the green or safest place to hit the ball to.

There was a combination of both guess work and knowing your player’s skill level.  It can make all the difference in where he finishes in the tournament and how much money he earns.  Which has a direct bearing on how much money you make, since most of the time you earned by commissions only.

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How You Can Help Children’s Miracle Network?

Vemma has partnered with Children’s Miracle Network®, a non-profit organization, to help raise funds for all the children’s hospitals they are privileged to serve. For three months of the year, Vemma will proudly display the Children’s Miracle Network logo on the Vemma NEXT™ bottle. During this time, a portion of NEXT sales will be donated to Children’s Miracle Network. Our Brand Partners can help even more with a gift contribution of $5, $10, $15 or more to this great cause. Each life-changing charitable donation will help to: Read more

Is your golf swing snake bitten?

What will you be doing?  In the upcoming months it will be winter time in N.Y. state region, and many snow birds will be traveling down south to get out of the cold miserable snow.  The weather is suppose to change by this weekend in time for Halloween.  It’s never to early to start making plans for your golf vacation trips. That is why you need to be prepared for anything unusual that might happen.

The way the economy is today,  you can find many favorable golf packages.   Resort areas are hungry for visitors and they’re  willing to make deals that combines staying arrangements with tee time packages.  Many golf courses are reporting open tee times on their daily starting sheets.

Personally I’ve been to Myrtle Beach once and want to get back there.  It’s the golfing  mecca for any challenges to your game that you want to test.  Warning!  Bring plenty of golf balls with you because there is nothing but water and sand.

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What can I use to Improve my Golf Swing Efficiently and Effectively?

Everyone has heard the saying that practice makes perfect but, that isn’t true unless your practicing the right swing mechanics.  If your not mentally changing your bad swing flaws then you will never improve your golf swing when your on the golf course. You must start with the basics and that is your posture,  stance,  grip, and be focused on training yourself to the right swing mechanics. That is why a training aid like Medicus will help you to groove  too a better swing.

How can a swing training aid help improve my swing?  It’s a good question and the answer is in three parts broken down into any good swing mechanics.

1. They train you mentally how to swing at a good tempo or timing pace
2. They train you both mentally and physically on how to groove a solid repeatable swing consistently (It will     become   automatic)
3. It trains you mentally to have a strong grip. ( The grip on the training aid is manufactured to what a correct    grip should be.

By combining these three parts of the swing and coordinating them together ensures that you are training towards a much improved golf swing from what you had.  Will it correct everything- No!  Golf is both  80% mental and  20% physical and each individual golfer has their bad flaws. That is why the company Medicus has a training aid for every part of your game.

With me it took a lot of time in practicing 4-5 hours a day on the practice range, and another 4-5 hours playing 18 holes just about everyday in order to groove my swing and be able to play on the college golf team. I had a golf coach who mentored us on our bad swing flaws but, in the long run it paid off because for my last two years we were  N.Y.S. champions and went to the Nationals.  For a small community college that wasn’t to bad.  It also  rewarded me a partial scholarship to a 4 year school.

What the swing trainer aids does it identifies bad flaws almost immediately in any part of your golf swing. The training aid is dual hinged and  will break if your swing is off tempo or your swing isn’t going through the correct golf swing plane. In any part of your swing starting with the takeaway,  mid point of your back swing , club at the top position before you break the swing coming down,  downswing,  and your follow through finishing the swing facing your target.  Any flaw in any part of your swing it immediately opens up and the training club breaks down at the hinges.  Therefore any flaws can be corrected when the training aid has shown you where your swing has broken down. You then can focus and improve your golf swing by working on that part of your golf swing weakness.

Learning to swing a golf training aid without breaking it is the key to improving your golf swing. These golf aids ensures that you won’t be wasting your time on the practice range hitting balls after balls and not benefiting from it.  It in turns frustrates and burns deep inside of you the failures that you will see resulting on the golf course.  By hitting bad shots after bad shots and never improving your golf scores.  Essentially what you are doing is permanently grooving a bad swing that will take a lot of time and money to fix.

That is why if your really sincere about your golf game and want to see improvements  and lowering of your golf scores.  Then you need to make a commitment to yourself today that I will do everything it takes mentally and physically to improve one’s self by looking into the benefits of having this golf training aid.

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Is your child getting the right vitamin nutrients?

Many children in this country struggle to get the right combination of vegetables and vitamins in their dietary system. Vemma a leader in this vitamin industry has a delicious juice on the market just for children. “Vemma Next” is a juice for the next generation!  The Vemma Next juice is a Yummy drink for the ages in between 2 -12 years old.

My sister has a 15 months old daughter who gives her some and mixed it with water and did she love it! The little girl actually cried when she took it away from her. My wife and I have both tried Vemma and we love it as well! Vemma sent me out two 16 oz bottles and 6 oz bottles along with a 2 oz measuring cup.

According to Vemma’s website:  “Vemma Next” helps your child stay healthy, because it contains antioxidants andnutrients that helps support the body’s immune system. It includes:

1. Vitamin C – Found in citrus fruits,  broccoli , bell peppers,  kale,  cauliflower, green leafy vegetables.
2. Beta Carotene – Found in sweet potatoes,  carrots,  spinach, collard greens, and squash.
3. Vitamin D – Found in Salmon,  tuna fish,  milk, eggs,  liver,  beef,  and even direct sunlight.

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Titlist Brand Ambassador, Jay Haas, Captures Final Major of Year

Fairhaven, MA (October 5, 2009) – It was an all-Pro V1 finish at the Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship, where Titleist Brand Ambassador Jay Haas stormed from behind to win the year’s final major.

Trusting a full bag of Titlist equipment from Tee-To-Green, Haas fired a tournament record-tying final round six-under par 64 en route to a 13-under 267 total, one shot better than overnight leader Tom Watson.

Haas and Watson were deadlocked at 12-under with one hole to play, but Haas sealed the victory by converting a three-foot birdie putt on the final hole.  Haas’ closing 64 was three shots better than any other score on the day.

Mark Wiebe and Loren Roberts shared third place at seven-under 273, while fellow Pro V1 loyalist Bernhard Langer rounded out the all-Titleist Top 5, a further shot back.  The win was the 14th of Haas’ illustrious Champions Tour career, including his third major championship.

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