Tips and Tricks
November 24th, 2007 at 12:33am
Under Before Playing and After Playing+ Tips and Tricks
There is one REALLY important thing to do before you go out to play a round of golf. Stretch! In golf, you can easily pull a muscle one way or another. Stretching before you play can make it practically impossible for you to pull one. Just take 5 minutes and do some leg and arm stretches.
A leg stretch that you can use is straighten your leg so there is no bend in your knee, and put your leg on a flat surface that is about as high as your waist level, or until you feel a stretch in your thighs. Do this 3 times for about 45 seconds each. An arm stretch you can use is put either of your arms in a 90° angle, and then make sure your other arm is straight, with no bend in the elbow, and place it right on the turn or the 90° you formed with your other arm. Then reach out as far as you can with your arm that is not forming the angle. After doing this for 20 seconds, do the same thing just reversing arms. These two stretches should prevent chances of pulling a muscle while you’re playing.
By Golfer
November 21st, 2007 at 12:50am
Under Drills+ Putting
So many golfers are staying short of the hole missing these little putts that are like 3 or 4 feet away. The main reason for this is they are not accelerating when the make impact on the ball. This is because they’re taking too long of a backstroke and so they have to slow down at impact or they will hit the ball too far past the hole. It’s extremely easy to fix this problem. Just don’t take too long of a backstroke in your putts. Here’s a little drill that will help you with this. First place a golf ball down on a putting green. Then put a tee a 3-4 inches behind it. Then line up to the ball and putt it. If you take to long of a backstroke, your putter head will hit the tee, and screw up your putt. You will learn that you will need to accelerate through impact in order to get the power you need to sink your putt.
By Golfer
November 21st, 2007 at 12:22am
Under Miscellaneous+ Tips and Tricks
After playing a round of golf, your golf ball(s) can get pretty dirty. But it is really important that you keep them clean because the mud and grass stains on you ball(s) can affect the way you play. Cleaning them is a pretty simple. All you have to do is fill your kitchen sink with some warm soapy water. Then, put your dirty golf ball(s) in the sink, and let them sit for about an hour. This will allow all of the dirt and grass stains to completely disappear.
By Golfer
November 20th, 2007 at 02:54am
Under Miscellaneous+ Tips and Tricks
When you go out to play a round of golf with some of your colleagues or friends, you must know proper golf etiquette. There are a few basic etiquette rules in golf. First off, always let the person with the shortest ball (the ball least close to the hole) hit his or her ball before anyone hits his or hers. Next, make sure you are completely silent while others are both taking their practice swings and hitting the ball. Another thing that you need to know is to never step into anybody else’s putting line. So don’t step anywhere inbetween the path from the ball to the hole. The last basic etiquette rule that you need to follow is don’t cheat. It can be quite obvious when you lie about your score and if the person who you’re playing with figures out, he or she will not want to play with you in the future. Just follow these basic rules on the golf course and you should be fine.
By Golfer
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