Golf Secrets Exposed

The game of golf is truly an individual sport. The basics are the same for everyone; however, due to the differences in people’s body types no two people will ever have the same golf swing. Each person will have to adapt their bodies to perform a proper golf swing in their own way. Taking the time to develop your own method of playing golf will greatly improve your enjoyment and success at the game. Practicing the basic fundamentals of the game until they are ingrained in your muscles will lead to confidence on the course, and that confidence will lead to success and enjoyment of the game.

There are loads of resources both on-line and off that you can turn to for easy tips on improving golf swing. More than likely, you are looking for simple pointers on improving golf swing that you can start with golf swing instruction, because you are not in a position to hire a professional to help you improve your swing.

These are tips on improving golf swing that you can use every single time you are out, whether you are playing nine, eighteen or are just brushing up on the driving range.

-Rotating your hands through the Ball

Have you ever thought about what your hands and forearms are actually doing at the moment of impact? If not, please give this a try because it’s one of the most important parts of the swing.

Try to get into the impact position, like you are about to make solid contact with the ball. Now flip your trailing wrist like you were casting a fishing pole. This is referred to as a wrist break, and it’s not a move that you want to make in golf. So if you are trying to “flip” your hands through the ball at impact, this tip may help you understand the correct way to make this happen.

If you put a wrist watch on you’ll be able to visualize the correct moves to make. As your leading arm approaches impact the watch face should be getting close to pointing exactly down the target line, or to the flag. Now simply ROTATE the watch face so it’s pointed at the ground. With a club in your hands, you’ll see that this move makes your trailing wrist and forearm “flip” on top of your leading wrist and forearm.
You also see that this will help to “close” the face of your club nicely, that will both reduce your slice, and add distance. This is the correct move to be completing through impact.

It’s important to note that your forearms should be working together as well. Try to keep your forearms as close to each other as possible through the impact zone. If you can master this move, you’ll find increased distance and it will also do wonders for your slice.

Purchasing a video tape on improving golf swing may also help your game, because it will allow you to observe the techniques and positions used by the best in the game, and it will teach you exactly how to replicate them yourself. Watching golf on TV can also help in this manner as well and for another option you have to visit golf-swing-eureka.blogspot.com

Above all, improving golf swing takes practice and lots of it. Once you have mastered the appropriate techniques and pointers on how to improve your swing, you need to put those techniques to work. Practice until you have unlearned your bad habits and learned the right way to swing. Practice as often as you can until your best swing has become second nature. You can never practice too much!

Golf News November 21st, 2008

Armour, Oberholser Lead at Pebble Beach

Defending champion Tommy Armour III eagled the 18th hole Friday at Spyglass Hill en route to a 1-under 71, joining Arron Oberholser in a one-stroke lead after two rounds of the Callaway Golf Pebble Beach Invitational.

Oberholser shot a 6-under 66 with seven birdies and one bogey — the day’s low round — at Spyglass Hill. He and Armour were at 7-under 137.

John Cook, who also played at Spyglass Hill and held a three-stroke lead after an opening-round 62 at Del Monte, had a 76 and was among five players at 138.

Brock MacKenzie (68, Pebble Beach) of the Nationwide Tour, Tom Purtzer (70, Spyglass Hill) of the Champions Tour, Nicholas Thompson (69, Spyglass Hill) of the PGA Tour and mini-tour player Andrew Hoffer (69, Del Monte) joined Cook at 6 under.

Former PGA Championship titlist Rich Beem (69, Spyglass), Bryce Molder (68, Del Monte) and former club pro Brad Martin (74, Spyglass) were tied at 139.

The 37th annual tournament featured players from the four major tours as well as mini-tour players, club pros and amateurs. Amateurs were competing on teams. Champions Tour and LPGA entrants received distance advantages on tee shots.

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Dubai turns sand into fantasyland

Curtis Hegge doesn’t usually speak strictly in superlatives. But that was before the 30-year-old moved to Dubai seven months ago.

Now the Calgarian, who is living and working in Dubai, claims this degree of grammatical comparison is the only way to describe the mojo of Dubai’s ruler, Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, and his grand architectural scheme: to turn this tiny patch of parched land in the Middle East into the world’s biggest and boldest tourist fantasyland, luring 15 million visitors a year by 2010.

Perhaps not coincidentally, Dubai’s known oil reserves will most likely be tapped out by that year.
Hegge isn’t fussed about the timing.

“It’s a virtual Mecca. The scale and volume of options for tourists are mind-blowing, and the service you get, no matter where you go, makes you believe you’re an Arab prince,” he enthuses.

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Hak, 14, youngest to make Euro cut

Hong Kong teenager Jason Hak, 14, produced a birdie-birdie finish to become the youngest player to make a European tour cut yesterday, smashing Sergio Garcia’s record set in 1995.

Hak drilled a 150-yard approach on to the 18th green and holed a 10-foot putt, shaking his fist in celebration as he reached the UBS Hong Kong Open’s weekend rounds with two scores of 70 for level-par 140.

Hak, who is aged 14 years and 304 days, beats Garcia’s record of 15 years and 46 days set at the Turespana Open Mediterrania in Valencia.

“I feel pretty happy. I played pretty well and tried my best. I think that’s important,” he said.

Hak, who was born in Hong Kong but lives near Orlando, Florida, said Garcia was one of his favorite players although his idol was Tiger Woods.

But the slight six-footer (1.8m) said he had not considered his chances of becoming Asia’s version of the world number one.

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Golf News November 16th, 2008

Daly show to make it a memorable Masters

FORMER US PGA and British Open champion John Daly has been given a late invite to next week’s 30th anniversary Australian Masters - but will he remember his one previous visit to Melbourne’s Huntingdale layout?

Daly, who is playing this week’s Hong Kong Open, which is co-sanctioned by the Asian and European tours, contacted Masters organisers at the weekend seeking a start at the tournament.

IMG Australasian vice-president David Rollo said yesterday: “I had no hesitation in giving John a sponsor invite. He is a major winner and will add to our field.”

Daly has expressed an interest in joining the European Tour, which started its 2009 schedule with last week’s Singapore Open, and is looking for a swift start in the Race to Dubai, the Tour’s season-long, $US10 million ($15.5m) competition which concludes with the Dubai World Championship next November.

“I’ve enjoyed all my previous trips to Australia,” Daly said in a statement.

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Jeev breaks into top 50

Jeev Milkha Singh is back among the elites again with the latest world golf rankings putting the Indian pro on the 46th place after his sensational triumph at the Singapore Open.

Jeev claimed a thrilling one-stroke victory over multiple Major winners Padraig Harrington and Ernie Els at the Singapore Open on the Asian Tour at Sentosa Golf Club’s Serapong course on Sunday.

The Chandigarh-pro went to the last hole with a one stroke lead and his par was enough for the win as Harrington and Els missed good birdie chances on the 18th.

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Woods-Obama parallel includes some pitfalls
Racial breakthroughs don’t always bring progress.

Orin Starn

is a cultural anthropology professor at Duke University

It’s not that far-fetched to argue that Tiger Woods’ popularity helped pave the way for Barack Obama’s smashing victory. That legions of golfing white businessmen already idolized Woods may well have made it less of a stretch for them and others to imagine a black man as the country’s president.

For that matter, Woods, much like Obama, presents himself as something of a “post-racial” figure, crossing old color lines by virtue of his mixed ancestry.

But whether or not Woods helped some vote for Obama, the superstar golfer’s effect on his sport offers a cautionary lesson about the effect of an Obama presidency: There’s no necessary correlation between the feel-good symbolism of a racial breakthrough and actual, on-the-ground progress toward a race-blind America.

Many observers predicted that Woods’ example would revolutionize the sociology of golf. They thought many more minority kids would be encouraged to take up the old Scottish pastime, and that the sport would shed its ugly racial past once and for all. (The Professional Golfers’ Association Tour had a Caucasians-only clause until 1961.)

The golf establishment promotes its youth-golf programs with “Kumbaya”-style TV ads showing smiling inner-city kids, as if the game had indeed put the messy matters of race and money in the rearview mirror.

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Golf Tips and Lessons November 15th, 2008

Gate Drill can help your putting | Golf Tips

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Here is an oldie but goodie drill for putting that is making a big comeback, thanks to a company called Momentus. They make many well-made teaching aids for golfers of all abilities and ages.

This one is called the gate drill. If you don’t want to pay the $50 fee for the device itself, you can make your own for with some supplies you most likely already have.

Pictured on the left is a simple practice putting station with two golf tees and a string representing your line to the hole. On the right is the Momentus teaching aid that does the same thing.

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Gimmies take away satisfaction of making putt for birdie

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You’re playing with your regular foursome and hit a great iron shot up onto the green with your ball landing only two feet from the hole.

What do most weekend players do next? They walk up and knock the ball away, giving themselves the putt either before or after their partner said, “that’s good.”

Not only did you break a rule, but you’ll never know if you actually would have made the putt.

You’ll forever lose the satisfaction of making a real birdie since you didn’t actually putt the ball in the hole.

Golfers do this everywhere, on every course, and they’re breaking the rules every time they do it.

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There is not much movement needed to make short putts, but we often leave the green with a sour taste because we miss one too many of them. The problem is we get so caught up in mechanics, that we forget how simple they really are.

The best way to start to make more short putts is to practice them and learn to free your mind. I’m going to give you a few drills and games that you can do to improve your putting.

* Place six tees surrounding the hole, about 2 feet from the hole. Play a putt from each spot until you can make them all in a row a couple of times. Then try to make them with your eyes closed. Listen, too. Hearing the ball going in the hole will help to build your confidence.

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Golf tips: getting the kids started

It is definitely a great idea to get your kid or kids started out in this great game early and correctly.

It teaches them so many wonderful things like self control, honor, respect, teamwork, problem solving and the list goes on, and on.

Your child does not have to be the next great thing in the game, just get them started and just watch what happens.

You do not have to go to the golf course to work on this game with kids. Keep it fun, I would suggest getting them to enjoy putting first. Any decent simulated putting green will be fine.

Once they learn some basic rules and etiquette start taking them to your nearest driving range or par-three golf course to learn the full swing and how to play the game. If you are not sure of the basics yourself, get the “summary of the rules of golf” for juniors from the USGA or PGA. Your local pro can help you. Good luck and keep it simple.

Golf News November 8th, 2008
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Stenson Takes 1-Stroke Lead At HSBC Champions

Henrik Stenson shot a 7-under 65 on Thursday to take a one-shot lead after the first round of the HSBC Champions.

The Swede dropped a 20-foot birdie putt on the 18th, putting him a shot ahead of four of the game’s top players: Sergio Garcia, Anthony Kim, defending champion Phil Mickelson and Australia’s Adam Scott.

Garcia nearly tied for the lead, but the Spaniard missed a four-foot eagle putt on the 18th. “Unfortunately, my putting stroke didn’t feel as good as it’s been feeling lately,” Garcia said. “Maybe it’s the jet-lag or something.”

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Golfer John Daly Drunk, Detained in N.C.

Professional golfer John Daly was placed into police custody early Sunday morning after passing out at a Hooters restaurant and refusing to be taken to the hospital, police said.

When police arrived at the restaurant, emergency medical personnel were treating Daly, who had apparently lost consciousness earlier. According to EMS, Daly refused to go to the hospital.

Police said Daly appeared extremely intoxicated and was uncooperative, repeatedly refusing to be escorted to the hospital. Hooters personnel eventual asked Daly to leave the restaurant.

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Marino joins Verplank in Disney lead

Steve Marino posted a six-under 66 on Saturday to join overnight leader Scott Verplank atop the leaderboard after the third round of the Children’s Miracle Network Classic.
Verplank, who bogeyed the 18th hole for the second consecutive day, shot a three-under 69 to match Marino at 19-under 197. The pair is two shots ahead of Davis Love III (64) and Scott Sterling (66).

The Magnolia Course hosts the final two rounds after players competed with amateurs the first two days. Action was split between the Palm Course and the Magnolia Course.

This is the final PGA Tour event of the season, and players are fighting to get into the top 125 on the money list to keep their PGA Tour cards for next season.

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The golf swing can seem complex and difficult to master. If you are learning the game for the first time then it is important to get started on the right foot otherwise you could spend a lot of time and money doing things that are just not effective and will not help you play better golf. Here are some simple golf swing tips that you can follow to help you on the road to shooting lower golf scores quickly.

Tip 1: Use the right grip

The grip is the first fundamental of golf swing mechanics you need to master. There are many types of grips you can use and the most popular one is the interlocking grip which works well for people with smaller hands. The other grip types include the ten finger grip and the baseball grip which is used by many beginner golfers.

Grip pressure is important and it is ideal to use a very light grip pressure in most situations unless you are in deep rough in which case you may need to use a slightly stronger grip. Gripping the golf club too tightly can result in a poor release which will send the ball off target in most target with a loss of distance as well. The interlocking grip is used by most good players and involves simply locking the small finger of the right hand with the index finger of the left hand and this applies to right handed players.

Tip 2: Setup the right way

The setup to the golf ball is important. A good setup will make it more likely that you will execute a good golf swing which will send the ball far and straight. Make sure your feet are aligned directly at the target so check for this by using a golf club on the ground that points to your target on the driving range or have a fellow golfer check your alignment for you.

Your stance should get wider with each club until roughly shoulder length for the driver. If you are really tall then your stance may exceed shoulder length slightly as you will need the wider stance for more stability. The ball position should start at the center of your stance with the wedge and gradually move up to line up with the right foot for the driver.

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Tip 3: Use a proper backswing

Do not rush your backswing and at the same time do not go too slowly either. Move at a pace that fits your personality. If you are generally a fast talker and walker then you will probably have a backswing that is relatively quick. It is best to start the backswing in one piece and keep the left arm as straight as you can for the entire backswing. At the top of the swing you should feel some tension in your right hamstrings and keep both feet planted on the ground.

Tip 4: The right downswing and follow through

Start the downswing by pulling the club with your left hand and do not get your right hand involved too much otherwise you will end up casting the club and releasing it too early which will result in loss of power and accuracy. Keep your head down and let the momentum of a complete follow through bring your head up instead of trying to peek to see where the ball went. Try some of these golf swing tips to help you reduce your handicap and shoot lower scores.

If you are tired of shooting high golf scores and want a way to reduce your handicap fast then you need to try the “How To Break 80″ system to improve every area of your game so you can shoot low scores fast.

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Probably the question that first comes to your mind when you
read this title is: what is S.A.I.D. and how does it help my
golf game? The reality is that S.A.I.D. is very connected to
your golf swing and is a very important principle if you want to
hit the ball farther and lower your scores.

Before introducing S.A.I.D. let us discuss improvement in the
game of golf. Improving your golf game requires developing
several disciplines. Generally speaking you must develop proper
swing mechanics, practice every aspect of the game (putting,
short game, chipping, pitching, short irons, long irons, fairway
woods, and driver), develop your course management skills, play
practice rounds, create understanding for the nuances of the
game, develop confidence, and finally develop your body.

Understand that the entire list of golf disciplines works as a
unit to improve your golf game. No one facet can be eliminated
from this list without having an effect on your overall
improvement. For example, if I were never to practice putting,
how well would I play? I may play great from tee to green, but
when it comes to putting, look for my scores to go through the
roof.

The last discipline mentioned was your body. Quite often this is
the forgotten aspect of improving your golf game, but it is
equally important. Let me ask you a question. What swings your
driver? Some answers may be your swing. In reality, your body
swings the club. Yes, your body swings the club, not the other
way around. Developing your body in relation to the swing allows
for a foundation to be created. This foundation is where you are
able to develop the proper mechanics of the swing.

If your body does not have the needed flexibility, balance,
coordination, or power to swing a club, how well are you going
to swing a driver? Not very well. If your body is weak and
inflexible developing an optimal swing will be next to
impossible.

The development of the body in relation to the swing is where
S.A.I.D. comes into play. S.A.I.D. refers to the principle of
“specific adaptation to imposed demands.” This principle states
that the body will adapt to the demands of the training stimulus
but will not adapt beyond the scope of that training stimulus
(NSCA Strength and Conditioning Journal, pg. 18, August, 2005).

Did I loose you in that last paragraph?

Let me explain. This principle pertains to developing the body’s
level of fitness in relation to any sport or activity. For
example, if I were to perform a bicep curl with a 25-pound
dumbbell 15 times the curl could be difficult in the beginning,
but over time it would get easier and eventually I could crank
out 15 repetitions with no problem. This is a result of my body
adapting (muscles getting stronger) to the resistance placed on
my body by the dumbbell.

Now here is the kicker, if I continued to only lift a 25-pound
dumbbell over the period of a year what do you think would
happen? I like to use the phrase “diminishing returns” to
explain this situation. Once the body adapts to a resistance,
the body plateaus and does not get stronger. At this point it
can even get weaker!

Now how does this pertain to golf? Think about it for a moment.
Greater distance off the tee is always a desire of every amateur
playing the sport. Amateurs go to great length to hit the ball
20, 10, or even 5 yards farther. They will buy new drivers, new
golf balls, new anything! Now if an amateur’s clubhead speed is
somewhere around 85 mph, how is that clubhead speed going to
improve with a new driver or new ball? The answer is it will not.

Hypothetically, let’s assume you have fairly efficient swing
mechanics. How are you going to increase your clubhead speed?
(Remember clubhead speed stays the same even if you buy a new
driver.) Someway or somehow you are going to have to generate
greater clubhead speed.

Increasing the efficiency with which you swing the club is one
way. But the efficiency with which you swing a club has an end
point, and once that end point is reached it won’t go any
farther. What is the other way by which you can increase your
clubhead speed? Implementing a golf fitness program into your
routine can help.

A golf fitness program will develop the “foundation” to improve
your swing mechanics. This type of program will develop your
flexibility, balance, coordination, strength, and endurance
capacities to improve your swing.

Additionally, it can develop greater clubhead speed. Clubhead
speed is a result of power development. Power development is
contingent upon your swing mechanics and body. Improving the
power outputs of your body will enhance your clubhead speed. And
greater clubhead speed equates to greater distance on your
drives.

If you have never developed a level of golf fitness, your body
is set at a certain level of power-generating capabilities.
Until you force the body to increase its power-generating
capabilities through the S.A.I.D. principle, your club head
speed will stay the same. A golf fitness program will place
resistance on your body forcing it to adapt and improve its
power capabilities. The end result will be greater clubhead
speed, and that can equate to longer drives.

Looking for a golf-specific fitness program to improve your
clubhead speed? Look no further than my manual Your Body & Your
Swing. This program is filled with golf-specific flexibility,
balance, strength, endurance, and power exercises to enhance
your golf swing. My program implements the S.A.I.D. principle
with the goal of improving your scores and your driving
distances

Golf swing speed is one of the key factors in hitting your drives as far as possible. Golfers of all ages and abilities are always trying to get more distance out of their drives…aren’t you? But what’s the most effective way to achieve higher swing speed? And are you really going about it the right way?

There are many new golf training aids on the market promising more distance and higher clubhead speed, but out of most of them, there are only a few that succeed. I say this, because the one limiting factor is your current physical status. If you don’t improve your golf specific strength and flexibility, you’re “dead in the water” no matter what!

Golf training aids can only do what your body will let them!

So that leaves you with a combination of the right training aid for your golf swing speed improvement, and a program focusing on core strength and flexibility to get you to move that club faster and in control through impact. Does that make sense to you?

Just picture it! You are not in very good shape and you step up to the tee with the intention to kill it! What usually happens? Do you get that distance on the shot you hoped for? Did you keep it in the short grass or did you blow it in the woods?

Improve your golf specific muscular strength and flexibility and your swing speed will naturally go up without any extra effort! Swinging easy will be the mindset you’ll have when you have a fit body for golf.

Golf swing speed means nothing if your swing is out of control! Some of these new training aids don’t mention this. All they focus on in their advertisements is faster and faster swings. Faster and faster does not always leader to longer drives! In fact, swinging faster leads to lack of control, accuracy and consistency.

How many times have you stepped up to the tee box, swung hard and it went no where? I know it’s happened to me more times than I can count on both hands feet, fingers and toes.

Excuse me if I’m not correct, but ball-to-clubface contact is one of the key factors in maximizing distance. If you have a heel or toe shoe, doesn’t matter if you’re swinging at 140 mph, the ball isn’t going anywhere, or at least anywhere you want it to go!

The harder you swing the higher the incident of non-solid ball contact. You are increasing your odds of poor swing technique, timing and sequence of motion, all leading to less than optimal impact on the clubface.

So next time you see a television commercial or read an ad in one of the golf magazines for a training aid that promises higher golf swing speed, does it talk about swing efficiency and control at the same time? If it doesn’t…move on to the next training aid.

By: Bryan Dulaney

If you love to play golf, you know most of the problems you have if you are not playing well come from your form when you swing. There are other variables, but this is usually the main issue that many have, especially when starting out. Though you may want to find the perfect golf swing, you should know that no one is perfect. However, you can do what you can to get as close as you can. If you work on this, you are going to find that your scores go up dramatically as you work things out.

There are a few things you can do to get the perfect golf swing. There are various devices that are out there which some claim help greatly improve someoneís form and swing. I can not personally vouch for any of them, but I am sure some of them help. You can get what you think would work the best to help you find the perfect golf swing if you are aware of what your deficiencies might be. If you donít know, there are a few ways that you can find out what your biggest problems are in regards to your golf swing and posture.

You can tell a friend and golf buddy (preferably someone that knows a lot about golf) to help you out by watching you. Tell them you are trying to find the perfect golf swing for you, and that you want them to watch you to see what they can find that is going wrong. You obviously can not always tell what you are doing on your own, though you may feel your shoulder drop or that your hands slip when you are swinging. With another pair of experienced eyes, you may find out even more about what is preventing you from having the perfect golf swing.

You can also do what others have done when they donít have someone with a trained eye to help them out. You can set up a video camera and then practice your golf swing. You can shoot from a few different angles, and then see what comes up when you watch the tape. If you know a thing or two about the perfect golf swing, you are going to see what you are doing wrong. If not, you can tape yourself again, this time, using different angles and distances that may work better for review.

When searching for the perfect golf swing, there are a few other things that you can try. One has a lower cost then the other, but they are both effective in different ways. You can hire a professional to give you golf lessons, and ask them to help you concentrate on getting the best golf swing that you can muster. You can also find some DVDs that can show you how to go after the perfect golf swing. These may address specific issues that you have and that are common with most beginners. 

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If you think it’s a good idea to learn about golf from an everyday golfer who isn’t a professional coach… I suggest you leave this page right now! 

If you expect that buying new equipment, hiring some overpriced trainer or eating some ridiculous pill is going to make you a pro this is not the information for you.

 But if you are interested in learning from somebody who really knows what it’s like to play on the weekends and go from losing every game to astonishing my friends at how good I suddenly was.

I didn’t spend months practicing… I didn’t hire some fancy $300/hr golfing coach and I sure as hell didn’t fork out thousands for a new set of clubs.

I applied a little known secret and within 14 days I had gotten my handicap down to low single digits, and now my drives are longer than most people would even believe possible.

Read on to discover exactly what I did and how it can improve your game!

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