Golf is an addictive sport. It seems that every time you feel your game slip, and your thinking about calling it a day, you hit that one shot that puts you right back into the zone. This past weekend on a golf trip with some friends I hit a shot of a lifetime.
My friends and [...]
Tiger Woods is the best golfer on planet earth. He has also written the best golf book in history. That might be a little bit of an exaggeration, but Tiger Woods has once again done something excellent. If you thought all that Tiger could do was hit greens and bust it down the middle of [...]
Found in the sporting section of book shops, golf books with good color illustrations tend to be more helpful than the text-based
tomes. Reading a book about becoming a better golfer does not imply your skill is lacking, rather that you’re willing to do whatever
it takes to become the best golfer that you can. Taking the [...]
There are thousands of ways to improve your golf game and many of them don’t even require interaction with another player. Many golf tips and lessons are provided online that can help both the beginner and the advanced player. Tips are usually just short blurbs that aim at improving a swing or how to improve [...]
Good golf swing biomechanics will improve your game. A successful golf swing ends with the head of the club hitting the ball while it is accelerating. To accomplish this, and maximize your acceleration, you must use good biomechanics. Your goal is to get the many muscles and joints involved in your golf swing to work [...]
Swing mechanics are one of the three pillars of a good golf game. While physical strength and equipment shouldn’t be overlooked, the lack of consciously perfecting swing mechanics can overwhelm the other two pillars and require extensive retraining to correct.
Practicing your swing mechanics builds muscle memory and teaches your body to perform the same motion [...]
All golfers understand that driving distance, as well as distance yields from the entire set of clubs, is based on swing speed. Anyone who has spent time at local golf courses has seen long drives being struck by big, muscular people, but also in many cases by smaller, slender individuals.
The key point here is that [...]