6. PLAY THE RIGHT BALL
The best players in the world use the best golf balls for their game. Why is it then that most amateurs do the complete opposite? Tour professionals require their golf balls to do certain things that the rest of us can do without. Do you want more sidespin? Are you hoping to hit your drives lower? How about your wedges shorter? Tour pros sometimes put those kinds of demands on their golf balls, which is contrary to what amateurs generally need.
Instead, amateurs (mid- to high-handicap ones) should consider golf balls built for distance and minimizing spin, two factors that will help hit straighter and longer shots. And by the way, distance balls no longer feel like rocks. Some are extra soft for added feel and performance.
Are Pros Better Off Hitting The Driver, Too?
To answer that question, let’s take Robert Garrigus for example. As of the end of August this year, Garrigus was leading the PGA Tour in driving distance with an average bomb of 312 yards. In addition to being long, Garrigus was ranked 7th in greens in regulation (GIR), hitting approximately 70 percent of all greens. Coincidence? We think not. Longer drives generally mean shorter and easier approach shots—even if they’re hit from the rough. (The USGA also realized this and has put restrictions on grooves to counteract the lessening effects of missing the fairway. We’ll see how that changes things in ’10.)
But what about you? Well, like A.J. said, if you’re just as accurate with your driver as you are with your fairway wood, then hit the driver! It’s longer and more forgiving off the tee than any fairway wood.
—Thomas Howell Jr., GOLFTEC
Yeah, never mind that for 90% of amateurs hitting it decently off the tee is what they strive for.
Most asinine golf tip yet. Next you’ll be giving advice on how to hit a golf ball that’s resting on a branch in some shrubbery. Oh wait! That’s been done, thanx to dave pelz.
This web site is actually pretty well written and illustrated considering no videos immediately pop up. But our golfers world is filled with tips is it not? You would think that the people at Golf Tips Magazine would have written in a bunch of fake “”this is great”” stuff but they have seemingly left well enough alone. But then again this note could be fake. Just another swing thought to think about at the top of your backswing.
Good common sense tips that helps you perform to your capabilities, even though you don’t have the swing of a PGA pro. Several ideas I will try to see if they fit my game. Thanks.
http://hittingthegolfball.com
Good common sense tips that helps you perform to your capabilities, even though you don’t have the swing of a PGA pro. Several ideas I will try to see if they fit my game. Thanks.
http://hittingthegolfball.com
Good common sense tips that helps you perform to your capabilities, even though you don’t have the swing of a PGA pro. Several ideas I will try to see if they fit my game. Thanks.
http://hittingthegolfball.com
Good common sense tips that helps you perform to your capabilities, even though you don’t have the swing of a PGA pro. Several ideas I will try to see if they fit my game. Thanks.
http://hittingthegolfball.com
FACT…The golf handicap average has only dropped one stroke since 1990. It remains around 19.1. There is a reason. You cannot continue to do the exact same thing and expect different results…
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This seems such as the golf industry self-regulating. Truthfully, the model associated with release cycles within the equipment industry appeared destined to fall short and companies tend to be closing.
http://wetalkaboutgolf.com