While slicing the ball is probably the most common flaw that beginner golfers have problems with, the second largest mistake made is called the hook. It is the exact opposite of the slice, but equally frustrating
A hook is the result of the ball hit with a low tee shot which goes straight for a while but all of a sudden makes a sharp left turn and gets buried in the woods, sunk in a water hole, or lands in the rough.
The Problem Is Simple
Golfers that are prone to making hook shots often have the clubface closed in relation to their swing path. This causes the ball to sidespin counterclockwise (when talking about right-handed golfers) and hooks the ball to left.
The issue is not hard to figure out, nor is it rocket science. It is just a matter of common physics. The clubface is simply closing in too soon which makes it point to the left of the target when impact occurs.
Check Your Body
If you have a problem with hooking the ball, you will soon discover that you are probably swinging with far too much hand and arm force, and not enough movement with the body.
Your problem which is causing your ball to end up hooking is because the clubhead gets warped into the closed position from all of your upper body movement and the hips never open up completely. This habit of closing your hips and having too much force from the arms and hands will almost always result in a hook. It is inevitable.
The problem may also lie within your grip. Often times, golf players who hook the ball tend to be using too strong of a grip. The clubface tends to be closed when impact occurs because there are more than three or so knuckles showing on the left hand at address. Reduce your grip and maneuver the hands so that only two knuckles are showing. This can help immensely and sometimes cures the issue immediately.
To your golfing success
Fran
http://www.trianglecustomclubs.com
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Improve Your Golf Game
A Powerful New Way To Improve Your Golf Game!
http://www.trianglecustomclubs.com/powermindgolf.php
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You have probably heard this advice before, but it is worth repeating:
Every shot you hit a golf should have a goal behind it.
Your scorecard can only be improved by increasing your skills and
having an understanding of just how to properly prepare and push
yourself on every shot you make. You should be asking yourself:
What do I expect from this shot? What is a reasonable result?
Reasonable Goals To Better Your Score
The key to becoming a better golf player and lowering your score
is to totally avoid taking too many putt shots on the green.
Regardless of how well you can skyrocket the ball from your tee shot
and landing it on the green within regulations, if you take an
unacceptable amount of strokes to get the ball into the hole,
the opportunity to better your score has been wasted.
There is no excuse for this.
The Initial Goal
Do not confuse goals with expectations. An expectation is an
action that is reasonable and one that should happen every time
you decide on the outcome. A goal, on the other hand, is something
in which you are reaching high for, but may take a little time
to reach. Once reached, the goal can then become an expectation
through repetition.
The initial goal you should have in golf is to send the ball
into the hole within 36 putts or fewer, on an 18 hole course.
This means that you must hit two putts or less on every green.
This goal obviously becomes easier to achieve the closer you can
hit the ball to the green, but those times where it lands 30 to
50 feet away from the hole, you've got yourself a major feat to
accomplish. It's going to take extreme focus to make long putt
shots successful.
Make Every Putt Count
By accepting the challenge of this article to play every golf
game with the goal of 36 or fewer putts, you've taken a big
step towards improving yourself and your skill. However, do not
let this challenge get in the way of your confidence.
When facing a long putt, you may have the tendency to get lazy
and lose confidence in knowing that you could make the shot.
This may cause you to swing at the ball in a halfhearted matter
and quit your goal before even trying.
Too Much Confidence Can Hurt
Even if the shot appears to be too easy, the same negative outcome
may happen as well. You may have been very successful in getting
the ball close to the hole, but feel overly confident and attack
the ball with too much aggressiveness. Instead of staying focused,
your overconfidence and lack of concentration may cause an easy 2'
foot putt to completely miss the hole.
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Hit 'em straight
Ben
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Yours for a better golf game!!!
Fran Watson
P.S. Check out more tips here: http://www.tips-on-golfing.com
http://www.trianglecustomclubs.com/powermindgolf.php
=======================================
You have probably heard this advice before, but it is worth repeating:
Every shot you hit a golf should have a goal behind it.
Your scorecard can only be improved by increasing your skills and
having an understanding of just how to properly prepare and push
yourself on every shot you make. You should be asking yourself:
What do I expect from this shot? What is a reasonable result?
Reasonable Goals To Better Your Score
The key to becoming a better golf player and lowering your score
is to totally avoid taking too many putt shots on the green.
Regardless of how well you can skyrocket the ball from your tee shot
and landing it on the green within regulations, if you take an
unacceptable amount of strokes to get the ball into the hole,
the opportunity to better your score has been wasted.
There is no excuse for this.
The Initial Goal
Do not confuse goals with expectations. An expectation is an
action that is reasonable and one that should happen every time
you decide on the outcome. A goal, on the other hand, is something
in which you are reaching high for, but may take a little time
to reach. Once reached, the goal can then become an expectation
through repetition.
The initial goal you should have in golf is to send the ball
into the hole within 36 putts or fewer, on an 18 hole course.
This means that you must hit two putts or less on every green.
This goal obviously becomes easier to achieve the closer you can
hit the ball to the green, but those times where it lands 30 to
50 feet away from the hole, you've got yourself a major feat to
accomplish. It's going to take extreme focus to make long putt
shots successful.
Make Every Putt Count
By accepting the challenge of this article to play every golf
game with the goal of 36 or fewer putts, you've taken a big
step towards improving yourself and your skill. However, do not
let this challenge get in the way of your confidence.
When facing a long putt, you may have the tendency to get lazy
and lose confidence in knowing that you could make the shot.
This may cause you to swing at the ball in a halfhearted matter
and quit your goal before even trying.
Too Much Confidence Can Hurt
Even if the shot appears to be too easy, the same negative outcome
may happen as well. You may have been very successful in getting
the ball close to the hole, but feel overly confident and attack
the ball with too much aggressiveness. Instead of staying focused,
your overconfidence and lack of concentration may cause an easy 2'
foot putt to completely miss the hole.
============================================
Hit 'em straight
Ben
MORE GOLF TIPS:
http://www.trianglecustomclubs.com/freeonlinegolftips
http://www.trianglecustomclubs.com/golf-tips
http://www.trianglecustomclubs.com/putting-tips
http://www.trianglecustomclubs.com/greatgolftips
Golf Products:
http://www.trianglecustomclubs.com
http://www.howtobuildgolfclubs.com
http://www.trianglecustomclubs.com/golfcarts
http://www.trianglecustomclubs.com/golfclubs
Golf Humor
http://www.trianglecustomclubs.com/Funny
Triangle Custom Clubs
PO Box 99742
Raleigh NC 27615
info@trianglecustomclubs.com
888-278-3631
*****************************
Yours for a better golf game!!!
Fran Watson
P.S. Check out more tips here: http://www.tips-on-golfing.com
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Golfer's Elbow
source Reader's Digest
The elbow can be a funny tendon. It's designed to have maximum flexbility but this also means it's prone to injuries. Here are some suggestions for dealing with the problem so you can get back to your game.
Elbowing you out
Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis) affects the tendon on the outer side of the elbow. Golfer’s elbow (medial epicondylitis) is an inflammation of the tendon on the inner side of the elbow. Both tendons are involved in wrist movements – bending the wrist back in the case of the lateral tendon and down in the case of the medial tendon.
Tennis elbow: This condition can occur when playing tennis, perhaps as a result of overuse or hitting a ball awkwardly, but it is more common during other activities that require repeated gripping and twisting movements such as plastering and painting, or as a result of a sudden strain caused by lifting. Tennis elbow tends to develop between the ages of 40 and 60 as tendons grow less flexible.
Golfer’s elbow: This condition may be caused by an acute injury or by repeated strains sustained when playing golf, but it is more commonly associated with other activities such as racquet sports. Like tennis elbow it can develop for no obvious reason.
Symptoms to Watch
The affected area will be tender and there may be some mild swelling. Wrist and elbow movements can cause the pain to worsen. In tennis elbow the pain is felt on the bony bump on the outer side of the elbow. The pain of golfer’s elbow is felt on the inside of the elbow. In both conditions pain may persist when at rest and, if severe, can cause problems sleeping.
Treatment Options
To prevent the inflammation from getting any worse it is important to avoid repetitive movements of the wrist and elbow as well as any other movements that seem to increase the pain.
•It may help to wrap it in an elastic bandage.
•If the condition is brought on by a particular sporting activity it is important to check your technique.
•A heat pack or wrapped hot-water bottle held against the elbow can provide relief; alternatively a wrapped ice pack can be applied twice a day for 5–10 minutes.
•Other options for relieving pain and inflammation include oral or gel-based non-steroidal anti-inflammatories, physiotherapy, ultrasound and TENS (transcutaneous electronic nerve stimulation.
If the pain is not relieved by any of these measures, a corticosteroid injection may be given directly into
inflammatories, heat and cold treatment or steroid injections will also reduce inflammation.
Once the swelling has gone down, exercises to strengthen the muscles around the affected area will help to prevent recurrence. Repetitive movement or overuse of the tendon should be avoided.
Stay healthy
Fran
The elbow can be a funny tendon. It's designed to have maximum flexbility but this also means it's prone to injuries. Here are some suggestions for dealing with the problem so you can get back to your game.
Elbowing you out
Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis) affects the tendon on the outer side of the elbow. Golfer’s elbow (medial epicondylitis) is an inflammation of the tendon on the inner side of the elbow. Both tendons are involved in wrist movements – bending the wrist back in the case of the lateral tendon and down in the case of the medial tendon.
Tennis elbow: This condition can occur when playing tennis, perhaps as a result of overuse or hitting a ball awkwardly, but it is more common during other activities that require repeated gripping and twisting movements such as plastering and painting, or as a result of a sudden strain caused by lifting. Tennis elbow tends to develop between the ages of 40 and 60 as tendons grow less flexible.
Golfer’s elbow: This condition may be caused by an acute injury or by repeated strains sustained when playing golf, but it is more commonly associated with other activities such as racquet sports. Like tennis elbow it can develop for no obvious reason.
Symptoms to Watch
The affected area will be tender and there may be some mild swelling. Wrist and elbow movements can cause the pain to worsen. In tennis elbow the pain is felt on the bony bump on the outer side of the elbow. The pain of golfer’s elbow is felt on the inside of the elbow. In both conditions pain may persist when at rest and, if severe, can cause problems sleeping.
Treatment Options
To prevent the inflammation from getting any worse it is important to avoid repetitive movements of the wrist and elbow as well as any other movements that seem to increase the pain.
•It may help to wrap it in an elastic bandage.
•If the condition is brought on by a particular sporting activity it is important to check your technique.
•A heat pack or wrapped hot-water bottle held against the elbow can provide relief; alternatively a wrapped ice pack can be applied twice a day for 5–10 minutes.
•Other options for relieving pain and inflammation include oral or gel-based non-steroidal anti-inflammatories, physiotherapy, ultrasound and TENS (transcutaneous electronic nerve stimulation.
If the pain is not relieved by any of these measures, a corticosteroid injection may be given directly into
inflammatories, heat and cold treatment or steroid injections will also reduce inflammation.
Once the swelling has gone down, exercises to strengthen the muscles around the affected area will help to prevent recurrence. Repetitive movement or overuse of the tendon should be avoided.
Stay healthy
Fran
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Keep Your Head Down
Soft Seven
A young man is paired up with a priest on the first hole at the golf course. When they make it to a long par three the priest asks, "What are you going to use on this hole son?"
The young man says, "An eight iron, father. How about you?"
The priest says, "I'm going to hit a soft seven and pray."
The young man hits his eight iron and puts the ball on the green. The priest tops his 7 iron and dribbles the ball out a few yards.
The young man says, "I don't know about you father, but in my church when we pray, we keep our head down."
*Thanks to Pastor Tim for this joke!*
cybersalt.org/cleanlaugh
Fran
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A young man is paired up with a priest on the first hole at the golf course. When they make it to a long par three the priest asks, "What are you going to use on this hole son?"
The young man says, "An eight iron, father. How about you?"
The priest says, "I'm going to hit a soft seven and pray."
The young man hits his eight iron and puts the ball on the green. The priest tops his 7 iron and dribbles the ball out a few yards.
The young man says, "I don't know about you father, but in my church when we pray, we keep our head down."
*Thanks to Pastor Tim for this joke!*
cybersalt.org/cleanlaugh
Fran
http://www.cybersalt.org/cleanlaugh/images/02/parshot.htm
Friday, September 25, 2009
Where do you play your best game?
Are You Better on the Front or Back Nine?
Looking at the way you perform through the course of a game can give you a lot of powerful information that can be transferred into results the next time you play.
I have talked to many golfers and there seems to be a consistency with a lot of them relating to their performance on the front nine compared to the way they play on the back nine in most tournaments.
Not that there is a consistency in their game, but a consistency in the part of the game where they consistently fare the worst.
Some people struggle to get their game right for the first nine holes and then improve on the back nine, while others start off fine and then fade on the last nine holes. It is like there is a switch that gets flicked half way through the game and their performance changes in one direction or another.
There is always a reason why this is happening and targeting that reason can result in some excellent improvements to your score. More often than not the second nine holes result in a poorer performance and this can be due to a number of factors.
Those factors can be fatigue or a lack of hydration. Hydration in itself will result in fatigue. These are simple factors that can be easily addressed with regular intake of water and foods containing some carbohydrate content to keep the energy levels up.
Other people find they perform worse on the first nine holes and that can often be from tension whereas they tend to relax later in the game and start playing better.
Once again, if you are aware that this is happening you can address the problem by making an effort to relax.
Learning relaxation techniques can do more for many people's game than all the advice in the world and it might be just what you need to take your game to the next level.
To a better golf game!
Fran
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Golf Fitness Guide
Looking at the way you perform through the course of a game can give you a lot of powerful information that can be transferred into results the next time you play.
I have talked to many golfers and there seems to be a consistency with a lot of them relating to their performance on the front nine compared to the way they play on the back nine in most tournaments.
Not that there is a consistency in their game, but a consistency in the part of the game where they consistently fare the worst.
Some people struggle to get their game right for the first nine holes and then improve on the back nine, while others start off fine and then fade on the last nine holes. It is like there is a switch that gets flicked half way through the game and their performance changes in one direction or another.
There is always a reason why this is happening and targeting that reason can result in some excellent improvements to your score. More often than not the second nine holes result in a poorer performance and this can be due to a number of factors.
Those factors can be fatigue or a lack of hydration. Hydration in itself will result in fatigue. These are simple factors that can be easily addressed with regular intake of water and foods containing some carbohydrate content to keep the energy levels up.
Other people find they perform worse on the first nine holes and that can often be from tension whereas they tend to relax later in the game and start playing better.
Once again, if you are aware that this is happening you can address the problem by making an effort to relax.
Learning relaxation techniques can do more for many people's game than all the advice in the world and it might be just what you need to take your game to the next level.
To a better golf game!
Fran
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Golf Fitness Guide
Are You A Leftie?
We can't blame the golf club manufacturers for targeting their most profitable market of right-handed golfers, but it is quite difficult for those golfers who play left handed to find the selection offered to the mainstream players.
A few golfers made the change early on by training to play right handed but this is unrealistic for most people.
You should be playing in the most natural manner possible and if that means left handed then so be it.
Unfortunately with everything these days it all comes down to economics and profitability and there just isn't enough money to be made for many manufacturers in the left-handed market.
The percentage of left handed players to right handed players is somewhere in the region of 8 percent so the market is quite small, although it is a niche market that some manufacturers are targeting albeit at more expense in most instances.
But there is always a silver lining to the problems that we might encounter.
At a recent after tournament function I was introduced to an elderly gentleman who was playing on a low handicap and had done so for many years. During the discussion he mentioned left-handed clubs and the fact that he had started playing left handed initially. He hadn't learned how to play from a professional and had developed some bad techniques.
Eventually, due to frustration with his game and the inability to source the clubs he wanted to, he enlisted some professional help. After much discussion it was decided that he should try playing right handed and the golf pro would give him the necessary tuition.
It was a godsend as he was effectively starting from scratch and he learned how to play golf without any of the bad techniques that he had developed on his own.
The change from left to right, along with the professional training had held him in good stead for the rest of his golf playing life.
Sure, it was a major decision that most golfers wouldn't make, but you can never beat a golfer at trying to improve his game no matter what steps they might take.
To a better golf game!
Fran
A few golfers made the change early on by training to play right handed but this is unrealistic for most people.
You should be playing in the most natural manner possible and if that means left handed then so be it.
Unfortunately with everything these days it all comes down to economics and profitability and there just isn't enough money to be made for many manufacturers in the left-handed market.
The percentage of left handed players to right handed players is somewhere in the region of 8 percent so the market is quite small, although it is a niche market that some manufacturers are targeting albeit at more expense in most instances.
But there is always a silver lining to the problems that we might encounter.
At a recent after tournament function I was introduced to an elderly gentleman who was playing on a low handicap and had done so for many years. During the discussion he mentioned left-handed clubs and the fact that he had started playing left handed initially. He hadn't learned how to play from a professional and had developed some bad techniques.
Eventually, due to frustration with his game and the inability to source the clubs he wanted to, he enlisted some professional help. After much discussion it was decided that he should try playing right handed and the golf pro would give him the necessary tuition.
It was a godsend as he was effectively starting from scratch and he learned how to play golf without any of the bad techniques that he had developed on his own.
The change from left to right, along with the professional training had held him in good stead for the rest of his golf playing life.
Sure, it was a major decision that most golfers wouldn't make, but you can never beat a golfer at trying to improve his game no matter what steps they might take.
To a better golf game!
Fran
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