Do You Know The Golf Leaf Rule?
October 20, 2010 by Parshooters · 21 Comments
Invoke Rule 33-8a. Play Local Rules To Avoid Playing Out of Leaves.
Fall is one of the best times of the year to play golf. The summer heat is only a distant memory, and now your able to be outside breathing in the freshly minted air of a perfect autumn morning. Life is good, being out on the golf course. Taking in all of natures vibrant colors of golden reds, yellows, greens and browns. Perfect time to take landscape pictures. While the beautiful fall foliage is something that many people look forward to, golfers look upon the turning colors with absolute discontent.
It means the current golf season is coming to a fast close. It also means colder air is now arriving that causes leaves on the trees to drop to the ground. It makes golfing much harder, because it slows the golf round down to a miserable crawl. It now takes your entire foursome to look for your golf ball hidden under leaves in the fairway and rough. Among friends, agreeing to play the leaf rule does make sense. In order to avoid its abuse the question needs to be asked, “Is it under leaves or is it plugged?”
The official U.S.G.A. Rules of Golf makes no mention of any special allowance for golf balls lost in fallen leaves. In fact Rule 3-4, states “Refusal to Comply With the Rules,” affecting another competitor leads to automatic disqualification. Under Rule 33-8a of “Local Rules,” it does establish that a governing committee of that golf course, can modify the U.S.G.A. rules for playing in abnormal conditions.
Be Prepared! Change Your Golf Swing Mechanics In Order To Combat The Cold!
September 28, 2010 by Parshooters · 8 Comments
With October fast approaching at the end of this week,we are now heading into cooler air, and away from the summertime heat. You need to become more prepared for the inclement weather conditions ahead. Cold air is much heavier, therefore it creates more resistance to the flight of the golf ball. Colder, heavier winds and rains naturally will encourage golfers to swing harder, which will create more mishit errors. The first thing to go in your golf swing mechanics is your timing, as you try to speed up or overswing in order to compensate for the lack of distance. The second thing that disappears is your feelings in your hands, especially around the greens. That’s why you have more blading or thin shots.
I’m personally not a good cold air golfer, nor do I like playing in the bone chilling rain. I know a few golfers who can play in these awful weather conditions, and most of the time they do quite well in winning the club’s pot money for the day. Tom Watson loved playing in adverse conditions. He knew that half the field was virtually eliminated before they even started playing. It’s no fun being wet and trying to beat the dreaded cold. It’s psychological warfare, and if your a good mudder it’s to your advantage. Most golfers don’t want to be there, and more likely their going to be rattled by the adverse conditions.
Being cold it will automatically cause you to be swinging out of position through impact. A very common error is that the right shoulder is way too high through the hitting area. This action allows your right side to dominate at the most inappropriate time. This will force the club head to approach the golf ball into a steep undesirable angle. This result in golf is known as coming over the top.
How Do You Hit Low Trajectory Shots Using Your Same Golf Swing Mechanics?
September 24, 2010 by Parshooters · 11 Comments
Impact Is The Moment Of Truth In Golf! For every golfer who plays this great game, the one question is going to be different. Do you like to hit it high or low trajectory shots? If you hit low trajectory shots it doesn’t mean your golf swing mechanics are faulty. It also doesn’t mean your de-lofting the golf club from a 7 iron to a 5 iron for example, that’s a myth. Hitting a low trajectory shot, just like hitting it high takes practicing and a lot more creativity. It’s similar to the bump and run around the greens, but only with longer distances.
98% of my golf shots are hit low with a lot of overspin, for both the irons and woods. The public links golf course I play on before they put the watering system in, used to bake during the summer time. The fairways used to get real hard to the point where they used to crack. Your golf balls would get extra rolls anywhere from 50 to 100 yards, depending upon the trajectory of your golfball flight. I was known in my golf club as the “King of the low ball.” Now it has all changed, and your lucky to get an extra 10 yards of roll. However, I haven’t changed and probally never will. I enjoy hitting the low line drives, I feel, I have more control and consistency. There is less room for error, because you don’t have to worry about those lousy high bounces or wind conditions.
Golf is difficult enough when playing conditions are benign. Toss in a little wind, and shots of any distance can become problematic. Personally, I like tough conditions, because they separate shotmakers from the rest of the field, and they allow me to use my creativity. I developed my low ball to give me an edge during those type of conditions. Hitting these shots begins with a single thought in mind, “keep it down and under control.”
What Do You Need To Know In Owning A Driving Range?
August 16, 2010 by Parshooters · 17 Comments
Operating a driving range can be fun, time-consuming and be a profitable small business. Golf ranges are popular small businesses because the labor and overhead costs to operate are modest at best. As the population of golfers continues to grow at a rapid pace, there is a need for more practice facilities. A driving range is an area where golfers can practice their golf swings. When enough time for a full round of golf is not possible, it can become a physical activity for working out. Working out at a driving range is one of the best ways to improve your golf swing mechanics, with or without the guidance and advice of a certified licensed golf professional.
Many golf courses do have a driving range attached to them or they can be found as stand-alone facilities. A driving range needs to be at least 400 yards long. It equals two acres of land or more, to accommodate sufficient numbers of golfers to make the facility profitable. The location needs to be chosen carefully. Your location needs to be in an area where sufficient population lives to support your facility. Visibility is another important concern. Your signage will be an important draw. A golf practice facility must be visible from busy streets or major highways, versus one that is hidden away. Make sure the area you choose will allow you to have lights on the facility at night. A key advantage driving ranges have over the public and private golf courses is that they don’t close when the sun goes down.
Building a golf driving range can be as simple as buying a parcel of land and putting mats down to hit golf balls, or as difficult as building a multiplex hitting stations with target greens. Most preferences will be determined by the builder of the driving range, but there are certain basics that are necessary for the construction of any driving range. Therefore start up costs can be modestly low to being exorbitant in their pricing ranges. It all depends upon what your public is looking for in terms of being able to hit golf balls, and what finances you have available to service their demands.
How Does Using The Right Golf Balls Affect Your Golf Swing Mechanics?
March 15, 2010 by Parshooters · 2 Comments
Manufacturers have experimented with club design for many years, enlarging the sweet spot and introducing perimeter weighting designed to lessen the twisting at impact and give the golfer more opportunity to hit from the center sweet spot.
For the most part these innovations have been reached through trial and error, using computer aided design systems. A dimensional diagram of different golf club design models does describe exactly how the club head rotates through impact and where the center of gravity is as the ball and club head meet at that moment of impact.
Another computer model is that of the golf balls trajectory. Taking into consideration a variety of launch angle conditions, some of which may seem like petty issues but which are of major concern to the devoted golfer. For instance, grass was traditionally thought to interfere with a golf balls launch and slow its release from the club head. What actually was found that when the grass comes between the golf ball and the club face, it is actually slippery enough to assist in the golf balls launch.
How Does The Biomechanics of Golf Equipment Change Your Golf Swing Mechanics?
March 9, 2010 by Parshooters · 26 Comments
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.
In Order To Create Power You First Must Learn The Proper Way To Swing A Golf Club!
March 5, 2010 by Parshooters · 5 Comments
Within the next month, spring will be finally here in the Northeast. There are clear signs that the days are getting longer and the temperatures outside is definitely improving. So what have you done to get ready for the up coming golf season?
Have you joined a gym to work out or have you been doing your daily exercises and stretches on your own to get in shape when winter does finally break? I know doing exercises isn’t the easiest thing to do, because it does take time or you have to spend money in order to receive the appropriate training such as coaching. I’m guilty of it and there are areas that I need to improve upon. However, to prevent injuries and improve upon performance this still needs to be done before playing in your first few early rounds of the new golf season.
The search for the proper way to swing a golf club is something of a science. It’s all about physics in regards to coiling rather than swaying, striking the golf ball with the club face at the correct angle, getting that wrist roll just right to finish with the follow through. The proper way to swing a golf club is also about biology and kinesiology.
How Much Of A Factor Can Inclement Weather Have On Your Golf Swing?
January 13, 2010 by Parshooters · 8 Comments
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.
How Much Pain Does Improve Your Golf Swing Inflict You With Age?
January 4, 2010 by Parshooters · 3 Comments
For many aging golfers when playing golf it can lead to many different injuries, pains and strains.
Rules, Etiquette And Equipment Account For Many Questions From Women Golfers
December 22, 2009 by Parshooters · 5 Comments
Women Golfers Follows The Rules And Etiquette Better Then Most Men!
Golf Etiquette, equipment and rules make up most of the recent questions received from women golfers. Here are some of your queries and answers.
