How I Learned To Draw The Ball
I started playing golf at the ripe old age of 27. I have never understood why it took me so long to discover the game. Born and raised in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) I played most sports fairly well throughout my childhood and adolescent years. Golf was fairly dominant in Rhodesia, even in those days, as can be seen from the successes of the likes of Nick Price and Tony Johnstone who are of the same era as me.
My golf started at the CMR Golf Club in Johannesburg South Africa. CMR (not to be confused with Crown Mines, another well known Johannesburg club) having once belonged to Consolidated Main Reef Gold Mine was well laid out and very well
How To Chip As If You Were Putting
...I recommend in my golf lessons: Replace your wedge with an 8 iron Take a normal putting stance Place hands and weight forward Hold the club vertically Hit the ball off the toe-end of the clubface Rock your shoulders to ...
maintained. The club house was notorious for its social life and many was the time I heard that it had the highest divorce rate (amongst golf clubs) in South Africa!...I recommend in my golf lessons: Replace your wedge with an 8 iron Take a normal putting stance Place hands and weight forward Hold the club vertically Hit the ball off the toe-end of the clubface Rock your shoulders to ...
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Chipping Golf Tip - Better Chipping For Lower Scores
Need a chipping golf tip? You ve probably heard the familiar refrain: My drives are great but my short game is killing me! Lots of golfers have trouble with the short game, which specifically includes chipping and putting. Since you can t putt until you re on the green, here are a few tips when it comes to your chip shots.
Chipping Golf Tip #1
Keep your left wrist straight: Or your right wrist, if you re a left hander. There are different schools of thought about whether you should break your wrist on a drive or approach shot, but not on a chip shot. Your forearm and your wrist should make one straight line from your
Principles of Accurate Chipping
...a ball. Set one club about two and a half feet behind the ball and another club about two and a half feet in front of the ball to give you an idea of distance. With the identical motion hit ...
backswing all the way through your follow-through. Breaking the wrist will change the loft of the club, causing you to get too far under the ball or on top of it, causing the ball to go shooting all the way across the green....a ball. Set one club about two and a half feet behind the ball and another club about two and a half feet in front of the ball to give you an idea of distance. With the identical motion hit ...
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10 Years Of Looking At The Hole While Putting
I have been using this method of looking at the hole for “Putting” for the past 10 years and for me there is no better way!
I first started using this unique putting method after reading a book by Tim Gallwey called the Inner Game of Golf. Still my favourite book on “How to take your golf game to the course”.
There are some significant benefits to this putting method of looking at the hole…..
1.Your head remains’s still as your eyes are looking directly at your target…..there is no need to take a peep!!!
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How I Learned To Draw The Ball
I started playing golf at the ripe old age of 27. I have never understood why it took me so long to discover the game. Born and raised in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) I played most sports fairly well throughout my childhood and adolescent years. Golf was fairly dominant in Rhodesia, even in those days, as can be seen from the successes of the likes of Nick Price and Tony Johnstone who are of the same era as me.
My golf started at the CMR Golf Club in Johannesburg South Africa. CMR (not to be confused with Crown Mines, another well known Johannesburg club) having once belonged to Consolidated Main Reef Gold Mine was well laid out and very well
How A Golf Handicap Is Calculated
...your category, you will have no adjustment made to your golf handicap. If your net score is over the standard scratch score by more than the buffer zone, your golf handicap will increase by 0.1 - note that exact golf ...
maintained. The club house was notorious for its social life and many was the time I heard that it had the highest divorce rate (amongst golf clubs) in South Africa!...your category, you will have no adjustment made to your golf handicap. If your net score is over the standard scratch score by more than the buffer zone, your golf handicap will increase by 0.1 - note that exact golf ...
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