Warming up: Combine stretching with short-game exercise

Thursday, November 28, 2013

By Karl Fischer, Contributor Take a short iron (pitching wedge), and swing the clubhead down the line to the pin. Now put a ball in the way.   You will be surprised how effortlessly and accurately the shot comes off. Don't worry about hittin

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"Pendulum" exercise will help golfers warm up

Thursday, November 28, 2013

By Karl Fischer, Contributor After you have done your theater-position cradle turns, get a good grip on your 7 iron with your hands and let your long arms hang. Now swing the clubhead gently and smoothly back and forth making sure you touch the m

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A limber body can lead to a better golf game

Thursday, November 28, 2013

By Karl Fischer, Contributor Quick tip: Before teeing off, use your own developed stretching regimen. Oh, right, you don't have one!   Develop one. If you want to ruin a good round of golf -- or at best, get off to a poor start -- arrive lat

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Want to improve your golf game? Don't forget proper preparation

Thursday, November 28, 2013

  By Karl Fischer, Contributor   Remember that you should devote 70 percent of your time to properly getting ready and 30 percent to execution. Just watch the pros. Don't hurry.   Stance: Keep your feet under your armpits or, for you

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Make It Your Scene

Thursday, November 28, 2013

You can make your opponents bigger, smaller, stronger, weaker—it’s all up to you. You can make trouble shrink in your mind’s eye, or it can loom large. The good news is that controlling the “loom” is a learned skill. Dedicate the next five rounds to noting the trouble, then shrinking it so what

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Beat The Architect

Thursday, November 28, 2013

It’s a favorite strategy of architects to either surround the green with some very large trees—which make the green look closer—or place nothing around it so it looks farther away. This creates confusion in your mind because the “card yardage” and t

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Law Of The Parallels

Thursday, November 28, 2013

When you start to spray the ball, take a practice swing that highlights the Law of the Parallels. Whenever your clubshaft is parallel to the ground, it should be parallel to the target line. Parallel positions: at the end of the takeaway, top of the swing, 3/4 down, and 1/4 into the followthroug

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Don’t Blank Out On Your Putts

Thursday, November 28, 2013

  An exhaustive read of the putt works well for some, but gathering too much information is as bad as amassing too little. If you’re blanking out and hitting the ball before you’re ready, close your nondominant eye after you’ve made your read. This will reduce the amount of sensory input and

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Final Hole Tip

Thursday, November 28, 2013

Ben Hogan once commented that the downswing was no place to give yourself a lesson, and if there’s one time when you need to abide by this, it’s the last tee shot of the day. Scientific studies show that once the downswing starts, you can’t stop it—the brain simply doesn’t work that fast. If you

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Are You Listening To The Wrong CD?

Thursday, November 28, 2013

  The putts that lip out and the bad bounces that send your ball from fairway to rough can mount and convince your brain that, no matter how well you play, it isn’t good enough. At this point, a full-blown case of cumulative disreward (CD) can k

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14th Hole Tips

Thursday, November 28, 2013

If you opt to get more aggressive for the final stretch, understand that you’re liable to miss a green you might normally hit, and that the price of aggression is tough recoveries. You have to know how to read the lie and execute the required shot. Here’s an easy way to tackle such situations: I

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Ruin Yours Or His?

Thursday, November 28, 2013

Playing golf with someone who doesn’t know etiquette can ruin your game. Usually, breaches of etiquette aren’t done on purpose, but there are golfers who do it by plan, so if you’ve got a little something on the line, keep an eye out for gamesmanship. If you don’t like this kind of stuff, you ha

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Pick Your Putt

Thursday, November 28, 2013

Conventional wisdom advises golfers to get their approach putts and chips into a three-foot circle around the cup, but when the pin is on a slope, not all three-footers are equal. Three-footers from above the hole or from a side slope can be score-wreckers. Your goal should be to position your a

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Alternative Sand Play

Thursday, November 28, 2013

If you skull your sand shots using the “standard” bunker technique, try this method. Open your body to the target line more than normal and position the golf ball in the middle of your stance. Now, make sure that the majority of your weight is set a

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Choke In The Sand

Thursday, November 28, 2013

In a fairway bunker, be careful when you dig your feet into the sand. Digging your feet two inches into the sand effectively lengthens the club by two inches. The tendency here is to hit the sand first, a no-no when you need to pick it clean. Make sure you choke down the same amount.

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