Golf lessons with a PGA Professional can help improve your short game
Need help with your short game? Want to shoot lower scores in the near future? Take a few lessons with your local PGA Professional, and spend half of the time on putting and the other half on the golf course. For example, let's say you take two one-hour golf lessons. Start off with whatever part of your swing needs the work. Show the pro what your problem shot is. Work to correct the issue. Next, go to the putting green, and work on the putting stroke. I can show a student a lot in 30 minutes.
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Want to create distance on your golf swing? Improve clubface control
Without being able to "catch the ball squarely" on the clubface, one has little chance of maximizing distance. A key to controlling the clubface and generating efficient power is found in rotating the lead forearm properly. Noted instructor Mike Malaska offers a drill to help you combine a square face at impact with a proper swing path and controlled clubhead speed.
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10 golf tips to help you maximize your distance off the tee
From keeping 60 to 70 percent of your weight on the right foot at address, to taking a slightly wider stance, to teeing the ball higher and moving it forward up by your front toe, Les Miller offers 10 tips to help you get more distance off the tee. Remember: Swing the club fast, not hard!
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Lower your golf scores without changing your swing
Improving your score is a simple matter of using your head when you play a round of golf. Most golfers, regardless of their skill level, fail to properly think their way around the course. So read the following tips, and see those scores come down ...
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Want to save strokes with your short game? Keep your left wrist flat
The majority of golf strokes occur near or on the putting green, but many golfers have no concept of how to hit a basic short shot in golf, whether it's a putt or a chip. PGA Professional Chris Czaja offers a wrist tip that will improve your short game.
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The majority of golf strokes occur near or on the putting green, but many golfers have no concept of how to hit a basic short shot in golf, whether it's a putt or a chip. PGA Professional Chris Czaja offers a wrist tip that will improve your short game.
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Greenside bunker shots: Using the sand to your advantage
When most golfers see their ball flying toward a greenside bunker they begin to panic. Why? Because the greenside bunker shot is one of the most intimidating shots for most amateur players. On the other side of the coin, better players actually prefer to be in a greenside bunker than chipping from rough around the green. Why? Because they do not fear the bunker shot and they use the sand to their advantage.
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Featured Video of the Day
Instructor Charlie King on getting the right club-face angle
This video lesson covers what Reynolds Golf Academy Instructor Charlie King calls "golf's No. 1 tip for hitting the ball to the target" - club-face awareness. Unlike the equipment in other sports, the face of the golf club is small. The slightest variation of club-face angle can send the ball soaring out of control. King offers drills to improve club-face consistency.
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Phil Blackmar demonstrates a simple stretch for improving golfers' flexibility
Phil Blackmar goes through a helpful stretch that will strengthen your hamstrings and increase your flexibility, which will eventually lead to an improved golf swing.
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A good golf swing is music to the ears with the Sonic Golf System-1
Sonic Golf System-1 - which essentially measures speed and rotation of the golf club and translates it into sound - can help you instill good rhythm in your golf swing, which is an important element, whether your tempo is fast, slow or in between.
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