Every golfer I know works on their golf swing. They try different aspects or make small changes in order to gain the advantage they need to lower their golf score. Well, I am no different. Over the past six months of playing (about a year due to our winter layoff) I have tried to change my golf swing. I can honestly tell you that it my efforts have not produced the changes expected, so it is time to change back and start fresh. It has been a fun, frustrating and fruitful adventure and I will explain how my journey produced all three, yet differing results.
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Never Forget Your Follow Through In Golf
There are many different areas of discussion in golf that it is sometimes difficult to decide where to focus our efforts. One of the areas often overlooked is the follow through after contact with the golf ball. Many amateurs (myself included in my early days) pay little attention to our actions after contact not realizing that they are as important as the setup and swing movements. How we follow through will affect the ball ball flight and might be the cause of many wayward shots. Is your follow through consistent and effective? Let’s discuss.
Continue readingUnderstanding The Phases Of Our Golf Swing
The golf swing is a fluid movement producing tremendous power. Of course the results vary depending on the player, but the intent is usually the same. Although the golf swing is intended to be one motion, it can be broken down into many subsets. These internal motions can be dissected further in order to understand what movement works best for our game. To start all of this, however, we need to expand our knowledge on the phases of our golf swing. It is important and will help improve our overall game.
Continue readingWho Judges The Efficacy Of Your Golf Swing?
How many times have we asked someone to look at our golf swing? How often have you sought fixes for your swing because something was just not right. Sometimes we look in the strangest areas for solutions when the answer is staring us straight in the face. Yup, it is simple to find out what our swing fault is by watching one little thing.
Continue readingHitting The Long Ball In Golf
Every golfer wants to hit the ball 300 yards off the tee. I know I would love to have that long ball distance, but alas it is not possible. There is a misnomer about what hitting the long ball actually means. I average 240 yards off the tee on a good day, but generally it is closer to 230 yards. Keeping driving distances in perspective, hitting a long ball for me would be 260 yards. Periodically, I am able to poke one out that really travels. I wish I could do it all the time, however it does not seem to be possible. Therefore, for my game, 260 yards is a long ball. But what does that mean in the big scheme of my golf game?
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The Grateful Golfer 