Ben Hogan Five Lessons – The Modern Fundamentals of Golf

  By golfer | April 26, 2010 - 2:30 pm | Books By Ben Hogan, Golf Swing Fundamentals
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The Modern Fundamentals of Golf by Ben Hogan is one of the classic golf instructional books. The book was first published in 1957 and has been reprinted many times since. This is testimony enough to the longevity of the golf principles taught in this book. The Ben Hogan Five Lessons book is a must have book for the keen golfer, and one to keep for handy reference in the years to come. I remember being glued to this golf instruction book as a boy, when I was first learning to play golf. Who can help but admire and envy the … Continue reading →

Zen Golf – Mastering The Mental Game

  By golfer | April 25, 2010 - 9:11 pm | Golf Mental Game
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Zen Golf – Mastering The Mental Game is a golf book for everyone. This is a great addition to the serious golfer’s library of golf reference books. It shows you how to take control of your mind while playing golf. If you apply the principles taught in this book there is a reasonable chance of shooting a lower golf score. You can check out the customer reviews on Amazon to verify this. Zen Golf is for those who lack mental focus in golf, and it teaches confidence and positive thinking, two key ingredients to playing better golf. Zen Golf Mastering … Continue reading →

The Power Golf Swing – Learning A Powerful Golf Swing

  By golfer | April 21, 2010 - 11:04 am | Golf Swing Power
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The power golf swing can be acquired by generating as much club head speed as possible in the hitting zone. Its as simple as that. A powerful golf swing has this characteristic. You only have to watch Tiger Woods or any other top flight golf professional strike the golf ball to see the late hit, or golf swing release, in action. This is the source of the power golf swing. How do you get yourself into the correct position for hitting powerful golf shots? Well, here is a golf swing drill I will share with you. What I do, and … Continue reading →

How To Cure A Slice – My Version Of How To Cure A Slice In Golf

  By golfer | April 12, 2010 - 7:58 pm | Golf Swing Tips - Slice
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How to cure a slice is not as straightforward as you might believe. Or have I got that wrong? Curing a slice is quick and easy, isn’t it?. Most golfers are aware of why they slice. If you are swinging the club from the outside to in swing path, for example, you will slice the shot if the clubface is open at impact. So the solution is to reverse the swing plane to inside to out, with the clubface square at impact. That solution is well documented, in books, videos. and on lots of websites. If you take a few … Continue reading →

The Golf Shank – Golf Shanking And How To Cure It

  By golfer | April 9, 2010 - 8:32 pm | Shanking
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The golf shank is no joke. Ask anyone who has suffered from this awful fault, including myself and they will confirm what I just said. Golf shanking brings misery and embarrassment to your golf game. If you do not know what the golf shank is, it is where the golf ball is struck by the hosel of the club, and the ball shoots off to the right. The hosel is the lowest point of the club shaft. The shank in golf is an important fault to learn about, because you never know when it is going to affect your game. … Continue reading →

Golf Putting Tips – How To Stop Hitting Long Putts Short

  By golfer | April 1, 2010 - 9:22 pm | Golf Swing Tips - Putting
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Picture the scene if you will. You are playing a foursome competition, and it is your turn to play. You have to play the golf ball right from the front edge of the green, a shot of some twenty feet, and your partner tells you all you need to do is lay the ball close enough for him to hole the putt. I think you know what happens next. Yes, that’s right. You just hit the putt six feet short, leaving your partner a knee trembler to half the hole. I can’t count the number of times I have been … Continue reading →

Breaking 80 Golf Score – A Milestone Of Achievement At Golf

  By golfer | March 31, 2010 - 8:58 pm | Golf Mental Game, Golf Swing Fundamentals, Golf Swing Tips - The Short Game
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Perhaps you are close to breaking 80 at golf right now, or perhaps you are scoring over one hundred. The same principles apply to both levels of competence required to break 80 on the golf course. Breaking 80 is a milestone in every golfers dreams. Believe me, it is a terrific achievement, and not all golfers have the ability to shoot below 80. Let me run through the characteristics of the golfer who breaks 80 regularly. 1. Sound fundamentals. The grip, stance, etc. are proven and tested to stand up to playing the golf game in a variety of weather … Continue reading →

Golf Mental Game – Do You Play The Mental Game Of Golf?

  By golfer | March 30, 2010 - 7:55 pm | Golf Mental Game
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For a long time I confess I ignored the golf mental game. I thought the only game that mattered was playing the next golf shot and aiming for the lowest score I could manage. The fact is though, a round of golf takes a long time. Where I come from it takes upwards of three hours. When you think how much of that time is spent actually hitting golf shots you can appreciate there is a lot of time out there spent waiting for other golfers to play there golf shots, looking for lost golf balls, etc. The point of … Continue reading →

Golf Swing Tips – Hitting Longer And Straighter Golf Shots

  By golfer | March 29, 2010 - 10:33 pm | Golf Swing Fundamentals
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Wouldn’t it be great to hit longer and straighter golf shots? If you have just started playing golf and are finding it a bit confusing because there are so many things to remember in the time it takes to swing the golf club, then stop trying to remember them. You will do a lot letter and enjoy your golf more by concentrating on a few important things only. So rather than try one golf tip after another its best to build up a sound, dependable golf swing as early on in your golfing career as possible. If you can achieve … Continue reading →

How To Improve Your Golf Swing – Keeping It In Line

  By golfer | March 26, 2010 - 10:35 am | Golf Swing Fundamentals
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It is usual for the average golfer to spray the golf ball all round the course. We are expected to. But have you ever thought to yourself how to improve your golf swing and hit more consistent golf shots? Its much easier to say in words than it is to do out there on the golf course. If you take some time to line yourself up properly for each shot, you would be surprised what a difference it can make to your score card. When you consider that most golf faults, in particular hooking and slicing, stem from bad alignment … Continue reading →

The Power Golf Swing – Adding Distance To Your Golf Shots

  By golfer | March 24, 2010 - 8:35 pm | Golf Swing Power
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Do you find you are hitting your drives reasonably well during the course of your round of golf, but could do with adding distance to your shots? If you do, then read on. You might be surprised to learn that hitting longer golf drives are not the result of brute force, rather they are the result of a better golf swing tempo. So what can the average golfer like you and me do to add power to the golf swing? If brute force alone won’t make the ball travel a long way, then there must be something else. I mentioned … Continue reading →

Putting Practice Techniques – Improve Your Putting Under Pressure

  By golfer | March 22, 2010 - 10:47 pm | Uncategorized
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Few golfers would disagree that taking no more than two putts at each hole is essential to a good score. I know it does not happen this way in the real world, but it helps to see it as a goal to be achieved each and every round of golf we play. If you do not have that mindset, it could mean you do not mind three putting sometimes. That’s where putting practice techniques can help. I was at a stage where I just was not happy with my putting. I seem to feel my emotions getting the better of … Continue reading →

Golf Swing Drills – How To Crunch Those Iron Shots

  By golfer | March 12, 2010 - 8:22 pm | Golf Swing Tips - The Irons
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Would you like to know how to hit those crunching iron shots just like the pros hit them? If yes, then this is one of the best golf swing drills to teach you how to play them. You might be wondering what I mean by crunching iron shots. It means striking the golf ball with the club shaft angled in front of the player, as you stand facing the golfer. Or, to put it another way, having your hands ahead of the ball at impact. When you strike the ball this way, you are effectively reducing the loft of the … Continue reading →

2 Keys To Hitting Long Golf Drives

  By golfer | March 11, 2010 - 8:47 pm | Driver Golf Swing
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All of us golfers want to hit long golf drives. Even when we cream one right out of the sweet spot, it isn’t really long enough for us. How often do you find yourself feeling a little disappointed at the outcome of a well hit drive. I think to myself that I have put every ounce of muscle into the drive and it still ends up on the short side. If this is you, then there are two things you can try, which could make the difference between a long golf drive, and an average length golf drive. The only … Continue reading →

Golf Fitness Books – What Can They Do For Your Golf Game?

  By golfer | March 9, 2010 - 12:45 pm | Fitness For Golf
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Fitness for golf is not a new concept. For as long as golf has been played, golfers have sought to improve their game, and one key area of improvement at golf is golf fitness. In response to this demand to play better golf, along came golf fitness books. In its infancy, golf fitness was quite basic, and probably not scientific, as it is now. By that I mean knowing where the power comes from in the golf shot, and also where the greatest strain on the human body is when we hit a golf ball. In that respect, golf fitness … Continue reading →

How To Cure Your Slice – Knowing What Causes A Slice In Golf

  By golfer | March 6, 2010 - 7:55 pm | Golf Swing Tips - Slice
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I have included a video with this article on how to cure your slice. The explanation the instructor gives in the video gives a very good explanation of the cause of the slice in golf. Showing us what we do wrong when we slice the ball, goes a long way to curing a slice and hitting the golf ball straighter, as we should. When I was slicing nearly every golf shot, except the putter, I just did not know how to correct my slice. I did not know what I was doing wrong. My swing felt just like it normally … Continue reading →

Hit Longer Golf Drives – So What’s Stopping You?

  By golfer | March 5, 2010 - 9:56 pm | Driver Golf Swing
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It’s true, we do all want to hit longer golf drives. Even when you hit a screamer down the middle, you sometimes wonder, could I have hit the ball longer?  Driving the golf ball consistently well off the tee is a skill which few golfers achieve week in week out. We all try and play the driver as well as we can, without getting into too many hazards on the golf course. Do you sometimes believe, when you hit a golf drive, that you are sure you could have hit it longer? I know that happens to me quite often. … Continue reading →

Full Golf Swing – My Personal Golf Trainer

  By golfer | February 19, 2010 - 9:52 pm | Uncategorized
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In March 2010, the way we learn the full golf swing is about to change, thanks to the launch of “My Personal Golf Trainer” with IMG Academies and David Leadbetter. The Nintendo Wii, well known for its user friendly interface as a games medium, is about to become a training device, in this case a device to provide feedback on the users full golf swing. The product uses the Wii Balance Board and the Wii MotionPlusTM Controller to analyse the full golf swing in 3D space. The full golf swing is broken down into segments for analysis, such as swing … Continue reading →

How To Improve Your Golf Swing

  By golfer | February 13, 2010 - 7:31 pm | Golf Swing Fundamentals
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The answer to the question of how to improve your golf swing, is not going to be the same for every golfer, for obvious reasons. Golfers vary in playing ability and experience. Some players might have just started playing the game of golf, others may have been playing golf for many years. Few golfers stay at the same level of competence for years at a time, as they are always looking for ways to improve their golf playing skills. Lets take the beginner. He or she wants to learn the game of golf as quickly as possible. At this stage … Continue reading →

Driver Golf Swing – What It Should Look Like

  By golfer | February 10, 2010 - 7:05 pm | Driver Golf Swing
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The driver golf swing is different from that of most other clubs in the bag, because the driver is the longest club you carry around with you. Often golfers who have only recently started playing golf, are reluctant to play the driver because it is too difficult to use. My advice is, to learn the driver golf swing as soon as possible in your golfing career, because it will give you the distances you need on the golf course to shoot lower scores. What should the driver golf swing look like? The reason golfers find it hard to swing the … Continue reading →

Fred Couples Golf Swing – What You Can Learn

  By golfer | February 10, 2010 - 12:05 pm | Driver Golf Swing
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The Fred Couples golf swing is surely exquisite. There is hardly a finer example of such a smooth, flowing, even tempo golf swing anywhere else on the contemporary golf scene. For the keen student of the golf swing, there is much to learn from the Fred couples golf swing. The following golf video lesson shows Couples booming a golf drive. You can almost feel the power in the shot as he plays the golf ball. The commentary comes from Fred Couples, as he explains exactly how his swing worked with the driver for this particular golf drive. What it teaches … Continue reading →

Golf – Short Game Tips

  By golfer | February 8, 2010 - 7:48 pm | Golf Swing Tips - The Short Game
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I am about to tell you about one of the best golf short game tips I know. Few golfers would argue against the fact that one of the benefits of practicing on the golf range is to become good at all types of golf shots. It is fine to hit the same chip shot from the same spot and then go to the real golf course and believe you have mastered the short game in this department. The challenge comes when you have to play the same chip shot under different conditions than the ones when you pratciced under. If … Continue reading →

The Golf Swing Follow Through

  By golfer | February 6, 2010 - 5:57 pm | Golf Swing Fundamentals
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The golf swing follow through tends to rank low in priority whenever you see discussion and articles on golf instruction. True, the follow through in the golf swing does not occur until the swing has almost finished, and it is usual to start talking about the golf swing in general, beginning with the set up position. That said, the follow through is important, and it is a challenge to try and hold the finish position, with the hands not moving, until the ball plops down on the fairway. An interesting exercise is to think only about the follow through when … Continue reading →

How To Fix a Golf Slice With a Driver

  By golfer | February 4, 2010 - 12:31 pm | Golf Swing Tips - Slice
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Many club golfers would like to know how to fix a golf slice with the driver. Why the driver especially? Two reasons really. First, because the club has such a long shaft, and needs its own particular type of golf swing, makes it harder to play than most other clubs in the bag. Secondly, if you are prone to slicing your golf drives, you will no doubt, unwillingly I am sure, be familiar with the many trouble spots on your golf course. The side spin generated by cutting across the golf shots, makes the ball travel a long way when … Continue reading →

A Hook In Golf – How To Cure The Golf Hook Shot

  By golfer | February 3, 2010 - 12:57 pm | Golf Swing Tips - Golf Hooking
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A hook in golf will see the ball start low, and to the right of the target. While in mid air, it gradually curves round to the left, finishing in the rough, or worse, some trees or water. Like the slice, the golf hook is a depressing shot. As soon as you hit the ball, all you can do is stand there, helpless, as you watch closely to see what you fate is going to be. Will your ball land in the water, the rough or the trees? Not much of a choice is it? So what causes the golf … Continue reading →