Online Golf Tips, Hints & Lessons

Bunker Shot Video Lesson

2010-11-08T01:55:00.003+00:00

In this short video, Bobby Eldridge shows you how to get your ball out of the sand every time - whether it`s sitting-up or plugged!

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Online Golf Tips - The Correct Golf Grip

2010-10-01T17:19:00.005+01:00

Once we realise that the grip is the only connection between the player and the golf club - we will also realise why it is so crucial to get this part of our game right. Essentially, we need to achieve the correct golf grip.
Placing your hands correctly on the club will give you the best possible control of the club face at impact with the ball. For the perfect grip, the club should be held in the fingers more than in the palm of the hand.
Beginning with your left hand (right handed golfers), lay the grip across your finger's joints - running at an angle from the base joint of your little finger to the first joint of your index finger. Wrap your fingers around the grip and place your thumb to the right side of the shaft (left side for left-handers). When you look down at the back of your hand, you should see two knuckles - those of your index and middle fingers.
Place your right hand below your left hand on the shaft, (reverse for left-handers), using either the overlap or interlocking grip. Initially, as with any change you make to your swing, set-up, grip, etc. it will feel rather strange, but after some time and practice it will soon become second nature.
Another important element which, helps with the correct golf grip, is the wearing of a glove. The reason for wearing a glove is to enable us to grip the club as lightly as possible while still having control of it. The lighter we are able to grip the club, the faster we are able to swing - which in turn generates more club head speed, which equals greater distance.
We can also use the glove as an indicator of an incorrect grip - if you notice excessive wear in the heel or palm of your glove, then your grip may need some adjustment or fine-tuning.

Enjoy your golf.

Online Golf Tips - Putting

2010-09-26T23:04:00.007+01:00

One of the best golf putting tips that I can give you is this:

NEVER pass-up the opportunity to use the practice green before you play

PUTTING is half of the game of golf - 36 strokes of a par 72 are putts!
Most golf courses, if they are kept to a reasonable standard, will have an area set aside which can be used for putting practice. This is usually 9 - 12 holes cut into a large green, on which several golfers can practise at the same time.

Why should you practice at all? The greens on a golf course can change their characteristics daily, depending on several factors - weather conditions, air temperature, if they`ve been watered etc. Therefore, the greens will react very differently on damp days - running slowly - to how they will on warm, sunny days - running fast. So, spending ten or fifteen minutes practising beforehand will give you an insight of what to expect on the first green.
The second of my golf putting tips focuses on length. How often have you seen this - a guy goes onto the practise green with 3 or 4 golf balls. He finds the longest possible diameter on the green and proceeds to hit 25 and 30 feet putts right across it. To me, this is totally pointless.These 25 and 30 footers are considered to be lag putts, even to professional golfers, and most amateurs would be happy to finish within 3 or 4 feet. Secondly - as the idea of practicing is to watch the reaction of the ball as it travels across the green - as the ball nears the hole, how can he observe its reaction when he`s standing 30 feet away!
Mid to high handicappers, in my opinion, should be practicing putts 4 - 8 feet. Less than 4 feet is probably 99% certain and longer than 8 feet would not be expected to be holed every time. It`s that bit between the 4 and the 8 that causes the most trouble. Imagine, your an 18 handicap, you have a decent round of golf and come in with a 92 (net 74). Your feeling quite happy as you sip your well-earned refreshment and re-live, in your mind, the morning`s entertainment shot-by-shot.
Then your face drops as you remember the three short-ish putts that you missed - all three of them just 5 or 6 feet, oh if only........OK I'm getting a bit carried away now, but you can see my point.
Practicing putts at that kind of distance is far more effective, and valuable, than just hitting random thirty footers.
Take our imaginary 18 handicapper, now imagine he`d practiced 4 -8 feet putts, now imagine he`d practiced these twice a week for 6 months, now imagine that - on that rueful day 6 months ago -he didn`t miss those three 5 or 6 feet putts, and now (and you`ll have to use your imagination here) think what this does to his score - his well-earned refreshment has become a large one, as this is the first time he`s ever broken 90 - and his net score is now 71, the only time he's ever been sub-par -So now he`s drinking double large ones and somebody needs to take his car keys from him!
Don't forget, putting is ½ - 50% - 2/4 - 0.5 - 3/6 - 1:2 - and most importantly 36/72 of the game of golf.

Enjoy your golf.