Like most golfers, I am always looking for ways to improve my golf game. One of the most important areas of your golf game is the short game. Learning how to improve your short game in golf is the quickest way to lowering your scores.
Golfers normally carry just two clubs that are designed for golf shots inside 100 yards, the pitching wedge and sand wedge.
If you watch golf on TV you will see that most professional golfers carry three or four wedges in their bag. Most professional golfers are carrying a gap wedge or a lob wedge. They recognize that they need having several different lofted wedges gives them more flexibility and makes it easier to scramble for par when off the green.
If you are not carrying at least three wedges in your bag, you have to ask yourself why? Read the rest of this entry
As golfers, we have all had to play under windy conditions. The wind changes directions from hole to hole and always seems to be blowing in the wrong direction.
Playing in windy conditions can be a very trying experience for many golfers, but it doesn’t have to be that way.
Growing up in Ohio, we had to deal with hills and trees more than the wind. When I moved to S. Florida I discovered a whole new challenge because of the windy conditions. When you live near the ocean, there is always wind to contend with.
Keep the Ball Low – this may sound like a no brainer, but unless you have had to play into 25 mile an hour winds you don’t really appreciate how important this really is.
I found that by choking down on the golf club about a half an inch and shaping my swing with a shorter follow thru that I was able to keep my golf shots on a low trajectory.
Choose you Golf Club Wisely – it is natural to want to pull out the driver when you are teeing off. You want to drive the golf ball as far down the fairway as possible. Under windy conditions this may not be the correct choice of golf club.
The most important thing is keeping the golf ball in play. If you get the golf ball in the air off the tee and there is any fade or hook, the wind will exaggerate that movement. This will usually end up with your next golf shot being out of the rough, in the trees or worse, out of play.
Play the Wind – throughout your round, the wind will be blowing in different directions. Take time to assess wind direction.
If the wind is against you, then you will need to play more club than you normally would. What I have found, is that we tend to underestimate the effects the wind will have on the golf ball. Play one more club than you think you will need, choke down a bit and shorten your follow thru.
If the wind is with you, then you will need to play less club than normal. In either case, most amateur golfers will miscalculate the effects of the wind. When the wind is to your back, take one less club and shorten your follow thru to keep the golf ball from getting up in the wind.
Having to play a shot out of deep thick rough has to be one of the hardest trouble shots in golf. Depending on how the lie is there is so much that can go wrong, you are never sure how the ball is going to come out.
There are some things you can do to escape the rough. You will need to make adjustments in your setup to accommodate the type of lie you have.
Here are 5 tips you can use when playing out of the deep stuff
1. Club Selection – If the grass is growing away from the target, take one more club than you would normally play for the distance if you were in the fairway. Position the ball a little further back in your stance. If the grass is growing towards your target, then take one less club than normal.
2. Stand closer to the ball – This will help you swing the golf club more vertically. This will get the golf club in and out of the grass more quickly, reducing the overall effect the grass will have on your golf club.
3. Open the club face – You cannot stop the grass from grabbing the hosel and closing the club face, so this will help offset the effect the grass will have on the golf club.
4. Grip the club tighter – Because the grass will grab and twist the golf club on the downswing, you need to have a tighter grip on the golf club to minimize the effect.
5. Cock your wrists – When playing out of the deep rough, you want to come down sharply to minimize the time the club face is in contact with the grass before striking the golf ball.
Having to play out of the deep rough is never an easy task. Follow these 5 tips for playing out of the deep rough and you will find these golf shots a bit easier to deal with.
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Like most golfers, I am always looking for ways to improve my golf game. One of the most important areas of your golf game is the short game. Learning how to improve your short game in golf is the quickest way to lowering your scores.
