Can Golf School Help Or Hinder Your Golf Swing Mechanics?
January 25, 2010 by Parshooters · 15 Comments
Is it really that hard of a decision to make when first starting to play the game of golf? Is it really that hard to understand for a beginner to not be out there on a regulation golf course? That probally the foursome’s behind you are perturbed and angry? That your probally ruining their day with all of your hacking going on and slowing play down to a crippling crescendo!
Did you ever realize to yourself that you don’t belong out there? That you should take your golf swing to the driving range until you learn at least how to hit a little white golf ball. If you do want to play then your skills should be on a short executive course where it’s much easier for beginners and women to play. Where you won’t get so angry, frustrated and want to quit the game before even learning how to play.
Slow play is the number one problem! That most public, not so much semi or private golf courses will face in trying to keep the traffic coming back to play again. The public golf course that I play on, the average round is about 5 1/2 hours long. This practically kills the rest of your day from doing anything else.
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 Can Technology Improve Your Golf Swing?
January 5, 2010 by Parshooters · 31 Comments
My First Rangefinder-- How Far Will Technology Take Us!
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 the difference between shooting a great score or being left to frustration and wanting to break every club in your bag.
It’s Winter, Now Is It Time To Improve Your Golf Swing?
December 29, 2009 by Parshooters · 14 Comments
As the new year fast approaches us it’s time to get serious about thinking “How can I improve your golf swing.” For us who live in the Northeast this time of year isn’t so easy. However, there are places you can go to swing the golf club during the winter months other than being outside.
Many cities now have indoor driving ranges and after you cool off you can catch a couple of drinks at their sports bar attached to the range. You can go to anyplace that has driving nets or if you have enough room in your basement to swing a golf club you can set up your own private net.
Another place you can go to is any Golf Galaxy retail establishment. There you will find the latest inventory of top brands golf equipment and supplies. There you will also receive help from Your Certified Personal Coaches who are waiting to deliver a Tour-tuned method built from a composite of over 150 professional instructors.
How Important Is It To Learn Proper Golf Etiquette Before You Learn To Golf Swing Mechanics?
December 18, 2009 by Parshooters · 6 Comments
Golf Etiquette is a principle that needs to be learned from right in the beginning of learning the game along with how to use the correct golf swing mechanics.
Etiquette is social mannerisms that needs to be taught in order to make everyone else that’s playing with you that much more enjoyable to be with on the golf course.
With the evolution of the game and more average golfers watching golf on television. The popularity of the game has exploded and now everyone feels like that they can play the game just like the tournament professionals.
Golf Tips On How To Drive The Golf Ball?
December 10, 2009 by Parshooters · 3 Comments
Hitting the golf ball off of a stationary tee is one of the most difficult skills to learn. That is why using a higher lofted club like a 2 or 3 wood is much easier to hit than a driver or 1 wood. A smaller headed club with a larger club face degree will elevate the golf ball much quicker, and with more control than a larger club head with less degree.
For those who feel they have mastered the game of golf will obviously tell you how important it’s to get that extra distance off the tee when shooting lower scores. As the golf courses are getting much more challenging and longer with distances. It becomes even more important that you find the right kind of driver that feels most comfortable to you and has the features that will help improve your golf swing mechanics.
It’s important to develop control and maximum tempo/timing in order to distribute maximum distance. Otherwise, it becomes much more difficult to shoot good scores and your always being faced with longer approach shots into the greens.
Baby It’s Cold Outside Playing Winter Golf?
December 4, 2009 by Parshooters · 21 Comments
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. However, you can still use your golf swing mechanics on a very limited basis for just getting a few golf swings in.
Are You Developing A Successful Golf Mindset?
December 1, 2009 by Parshooters · 4 Comments
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 golf 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.
How Can I Improve My Self Confidence In Golf?
November 23, 2009 by Parshooters · 2 Comments
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 golf 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.
Are You Having Fun Playing Golf?
November 13, 2009 by Parshooters · 10 Comments
It Never Gets Too Old To Celebrate A Hole-N-One!
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.
How Well Do You Know The Rules OF Golf?
November 6, 2009 by Parshooters · 4 Comments
Enjoy The Game Of Golf By Following The U.S.G.A. Golf Rules!
What do I do when my own playing partner calls me on a golf ruling?
My name is Ken and I have a ruling problem that I would like clarified. I was involved in a best ball golf tournament and I hit a wicked slice off the tee on a hole that has out of bounds stakes down the right hand side of the fairway. In the out of bounds area were a number of trees. My shot sliced itself out and it appeared from the tee that it definitely was OB. So, I hit a provisional ball and then went to look for the original ball under the 5 minutes time limit for looking.
We found my original golf ball and to my surprise it was still in bounds. My moron playing partner calls me out with his own interpretations of the golf rule. He tells me that I must play the provisional ball because obviously the ball must have hit a tree that was ob and bounced back in bounds. I went along with him in order to keep peace.
Do You Have Trouble With Yardage Markers?
November 3, 2009 by Parshooters · 20 Comments
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.
What Can You Use to Improve Your Golf Swing Mechanics Efficiently and Effectively?
October 23, 2009 by Parshooters · 3 Comments
Everyone has heard the saying that practice makes perfect, but that isn’t true unless your practicing the right golf swing mechanics. If your not mentally challenging 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 golf 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 golf swing? It’s a good question and the answer is in three parts broken down into any good golf swing mechanics.
- They train you mentally how to swing at a good tempo or timing pace.
- They train you both mentally and physically on how to groove a solid repeatable swing consistently (It will become automatic).
- It trains you mentally to have a strong grip. ( The grip on the training aid is manufactured to what a correct golf grip should be.
By combining these three elements of the golf swing and coordinating them together ensures that you are training towards a much improve golf swing from what you had before. Will it correct everything- No! Golf is both 80% mental and 20% physical and each individual golfer has their own bad swing flaws. That is why the company Medicus has a training aid for every part of your golf game.
Know Your Golf Etiquette And Rules Of The Game, Before Learning How To Improve Your Golf Swing!
October 1, 2009 by Parshooters · 10 Comments
U.S.G.A. Is The Governing Body In The United States For Golf Rules And How To Conduct Oneself On The Golf Course!
With this being my first written post I would like to tell you a little story about myself.
I started playing with my father in 1968. There was a golf course owned by my father’s family in Northern New York along Lake Champlain. I would spend all summer playing for close to nothing at all.
In 1973, at the age of 17, I had the opportunity to caddy in the W omen’s United States Open for an amateur by the name of Janice Palmer. I loved it and started caddying every year, not only locally but when the L.P.G.A. came to Rochester, New York every year.
