Since its inception golf has been a challenging game. Whether you’re battling an opponent, the course, the elements or your own self, there are seemingly countless obstacles to overcome to play your best. One of hardest pieces of golf, if not the hardest, to perfect is undoubtedly the golf swing. [Read more…]
Can Mini-Golf Improve Your Putting?
Minimizing the flat stick shots is a surefire way to bring scores down and improve handicaps. It’s arguably the easiest part of the game to improve, since practice opportunities are so readily available. Apart from putting at home into cups or onto beer mats, or between sticks or tees, can mini-golf help? [Read more…]
Topping The Ball? Here’s Your Fix
The drive off the tee is inspirational and there’s a real chance that the par 5 green can be reached in two — so long as there is a career-defining, rock-solid second shot with the fairway wood. Any hope about smacking the cover off the ball fades embarrassingly fast as the audience watches the awkward mid-hit topple forward from the starting point a mere 60 yards, and that was assisted by some run downhill! What the heck happened and why does it occur at the very time it’s needed most? [Read more…]
How To Analyze Your Swing With Your Smartphone
Before smartphones were readily available in our pockets, analyzing your golf swing was a difficult task. In years past, golfers hoping to improve their swings by analyzing and critiquing would need to set up a tripod and a video camera to capture video or rely on their golf professional or swing instructor to handle the video capturing and analysis of their swing. [Read more…]