How to Cure Fat Shots from the Fairway Bunkers

Sunday, December 15, 2013

If you hit behind the ball the fairway bunkers, you are going to lose most of your distance. So you need to hit the ball cleanly off the sand. Ideally, you want to sweep the ball from fairway bunker to get most of your distance. If you hit it with descending blow, the sand will absorb some of the

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For Better Tempo, What do You Need to Do?

Sunday, December 15, 2013

Good tempo and rhythm are the keys to hitting consistent shots on the golf course. But lots of players often start to rush downswing with longer clubs such as driver.   If you think bad tempo is causing you all kind of bad shots, you should limit your swing speed for every club. You can try

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Controlling Distance within 100 Yards

Sunday, December 15, 2013

In golf, it's much easier to hit it with a full swing than to hit it with a half swing to adjsut for distance. For instance, if you hit your sand wedge 90 yards with a full swing, 60 yard shot is much harder to control.   Vijay Singh is known for practicing more than anubody else on tour. H

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How to Hit it Out of a Sand Divot or a Divot

Sunday, December 15, 2013

It's very disappointing to see your perfect drive end up in a sand divot. The common mistake when hitting out of a sand divot is trying to scoop the ball or hit down on the ball with a steep angle approach into the ball.   Sand Divot When your ball lies in a sand divot, you nedd to do the

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Hitting with a Tailwind or Headwind

Sunday, December 15, 2013

Tailwind When hitting a driver with a tailwind, you usually get more distance if you hit it right. Tailwind will tend to push the ball down when it's in the air. So you are going to hit the shot that won't drop. When you are hitting with a tailwind, you want to take a full swing and put more back

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Wrist Pain and How to Cure it

Sunday, December 15, 2013

To cure your wrist pain, you are going to rest for a while. See the doctor before reading this article.   Check Your Divot I was wondering what caused my wrist pain and noticed that my divot was deep. At that time, I was hitting with a steep angle of approach into the ball. So I hit lots o

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How to Hit Shots from Uphill and Downhill Lies

Sunday, December 15, 2013

Players often hit all kinds of bad shots from uphill lies and downhill lies. But you don't have to.   Uphill Lies Lots of golfers tend to stand against the slope or leave their weight on the back foot during the downswing. But you won't hit good shots like that. Instead, try to set your s

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How fast should you swing your club?

Sunday, December 15, 2013

Tiger Woods said normal shots, he never expend more than 80% of his effort. Annika Sorenstan said she swings with 60% of her power on every shot including her driver shot.   According to the study, if you miss the the sweet spot by 1/2 inch, you will lose 7% of your distance. For example, i

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How to Fix Your Slice Completely

Sunday, December 15, 2013

Most golfers slice. In fact, more than 80% of golfers are slicers according to the study. When I started golf, I was slicing everything. I fought to fix slice for more than 10 years. I read all the books and magazines and took lots of golf lessons from PGA professionalsbut couldn't fix my slice co

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Cure Your Slice using Your Left Hand

Sunday, December 15, 2013

Here is the drill to teach you how to use your left arm. To hit the ball straight or draw it, you need to turn the face over. Your left arm rotates through impact to close the clubface. To learn how you rotate your left arm, try the followng. This drill will let you hit a strong draw shot. You don

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Dropping Your Right Shoulder on the Downswing

Sunday, December 15, 2013

Some teachers will tell you that dropping your right shoulder on the downswing is causing you to slice. But you are going to lower your right shoulder than your left through downswing to impact because you have your right hand lower on the grip.   Take a look at pros' swing pictures, all of

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