| Mirror Work - Golf Tips | | 2008-12-15 00:00:05 | | Mirror Work - Golf Tips
If you’re really wanting to take you game to the next level, you must begin to practice with a purpose. Whacking ball after ball at the range, just won’t do it. It helps to really take a closer look at your own swing. I’m sure most of you [...]... | | By: The Golf Drill Guru | | |
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| Compact for Control - Golf Tips | | 2008-12-08 14:53:41 | | Compact for Control - Golf Tips
It’s always been a major battle, distance vs. control… the players that have some degree of both dominate the tour. In most cases however, the long ball hitters lack the control and consistency of the shorter hitters. Lately we have been seeing a different trend, which allows for [...]... | | By: The Golf Drill Guru | | |
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| Slicer’s, Where are you Aiming? ~ Golf Tips | | 2008-09-15 22:57:05 | | Slicer’s, Where are you Aiming? ~ Golf Tips
How many of you players who suffer from a slice have tried to counteract it by aiming further left? Does it help? To be honest this ‘tip’ does as much good as telling someone to just swing faster in order to gain extra yards. On the rare occasion [...]... | | By: The Golf Drill Guru | | |
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| How to Hit a Ball Above Your Feet ~ Golf Tips | | 2008-09-08 00:21:04 | | How to Hit a Ball Above Your Feet ~ Golf Tips
Mountain courses, like the one shown in the picture to the right, tend to challenge every club in a golfers bag. You are faced with trouble shots, knock downs, impossible lies and shots where you need to hook or slice the ball to keep [...]... | | By: The Golf Drill Guru | | |
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| Slice Quick Fix ~ Golf Tips | | 2008-09-05 17:32:59 | | Slice Quick Fix ~ Golf Tips
The slice is the most common ball flight seen amongst amateur golfers… most of which have a no clue why it’s happening in the first place. They blame their clubs, their lack of talent, or some other technical detail without actually understanding the physics behind a slice. A [...]... | | By: The Golf Drill Guru | | |
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| Golf Tips - Play Better Golf by Playing Different Courses! | | 2008-08-28 15:18:57 | | Here’s the most simplest yet great tip for any aspiring pro golfer:
Play several different courses with different features on a daily basis.
What do I mean?
You want to go out there and play many different courses in order to learn to score.
I know, you belong to a country club and you get to play the same [...]... | | By: ProGolferDigest | | |
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| Groove a Solid Putting Stroke ~ Golf Tips | | 2008-08-15 14:52:47 | | Groove a Solid Putting Stroke ~ Golf Tips
On shorter putts, the putter face should remain square to the hole through the stroke. This means that the putter swings straight back and through along the target line and doesn’t rotate or sway in any way. Once the putts begin to get longer however, we do so [...]... | | By: The Golf Drill Guru | | |
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| Top 5 Putting Mistakes ~ Golf Tips | | 2008-08-05 12:33:58 | | Top 5 Putting Mistakes ~ Golf Tips
Number Five - You don’t know how to practice
Working on your putting doesn’t involve tossing three balls on the green and putting to random holes of varying distances. You need to practice as if you were on the real course. I prefer to see someone use one ball [...]... | | By: The Golf Drill Guru | | |
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| De-Lofting & Sliding Help ~ Golf Tips | | 2008-08-01 12:30:25 | | De-Lofting & Sliding Help ~ Golf Tips
Morgan wrote:
Hi,
My name is Morgan and I have come to a small problem. I have a controlled right to left ball flight. I am right handed. I am hitting my irons with not enough loft. I am taking big deep divots, but I’m not hitting the ball fat. The [...]... | | By: The Golf Drill Guru | | |
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| How to Play Golf in The Rain ~ Golf Tips | | 2008-07-28 02:06:00 | | How to Play Golf in The Rain ~ Golf Tips
Being a Canadian golf pro, I have played in all sorts of weather, from blistering heat, to sideways rain and even snow. An inevitable realization of playing tournament golf, is that on occasion you have to play in bad weather. Furthermore, after [...]... | | By: The Golf Drill Guru | | |
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| Some Really Spectacular Golf Tips As Well As Products Online! | | 2008-07-26 00:00:00 | | Almost all of us have that one favorite sport that they really enjoy participating in, reading about, or watching, I personally love to swim and box. But if you’re like many of the other people on earth you probably like a little thing called golf! In 2005 golf Digest speculated that there were nearly 32,000 [...]... | | By: Resources Zone | | |
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| Warm-Up Drill ~ Golf Tips | | 2008-07-23 11:11:16 | | Warm-Up Drill ~ Golf Tips
Before a round, it is very important to warm-up before heading out to the course. It gets your blood pumping and preps your muscles and joints for the day on the links. One of the best warm-up drills you can perform is used by most golfers already. This [...]... | | By: The Golf Drill Guru | | |
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| Why Am I Hitting The Ball So High? ~ Golf Tips | | 2008-07-17 14:11:59 | | Why Am I Hitting The Ball So High? ~ Golf Tips
“Hi Guru,
I’m an 18 handicap and I’m hitting the ball way too high with my driver, it goes very high and barely reaches 170 yards. I used to be hitting it around 220. I’m pretty sure I’m not popping it up too. How [...]... | | By: The Golf Drill Guru | | |
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| Follow-Through Releasing Drills ~ Golf Tips | | 2008-06-30 01:44:37 | | Follow-Through Releasing Drills ~ Golf Tips
I’ve received many questions and e-mails regarding drills to help release the club more effectively. To all those readers, listen up!
The release refers to the un-cocking and rotation of the wrists through the impact zone. This motion happens quickly and has a profound effect on the spin imparted [...]... | | By: The Golf Drill Guru | | |
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| Use These Five Quick Golf Tips To Improve Your Game Today | | 2008-06-23 00:00:00 | | We get asked all of the time for quick golf tips. The question usually comes from someone who has to play in a corporate golf tournament or they are someone who does not play often and they are going on vacation and will have a chance to play a round at a prestigious golf course [...]... | | By: Resources Zone | | |
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| The Simplest Golf Swing ~ Golf Tips | | 2008-06-15 18:47:37 | | The Simplest Golf Swing ~ Golf Tips
Golf is not hard once you have the proper fundamentals as a base. The problem is… we are not using the proper fundamentals in the first place! As we practice, we compound our swing faults in hopes of getting that occasional straight ball. Although on occasion, two [...]... | | By: The Golf Drill Guru | | |
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| How to Work the Ball With Ease ~ Golf Tips | | 2008-06-08 23:48:48 | | How to Work the Ball With Ease ~ Golf Tips
Many of my students underestimate the importance of shoulder alignment when setting up to their target. Like many of you, they align their feet parallel to the target line and then assume everything else is set. The truth is… the feet are only the [...]... | | By: The Golf Drill Guru | | |
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| Finding the Slot Position ~ Golf Tips | | 2008-05-19 21:54:53 | | Finding the Slot Position ~ Golf Tips
‘The Slot’ is a term professionals use to describe the positioning of the club in relation to the arms at a specific part of the downswing. Consistently finding the slot will help you to dramatically increase your distance and accuracy for your irons and woods. Amateurs tend to [...]... | | By: The Golf Drill Guru | | |
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| Find Your Balance Position ~ Golf Tips | | 2008-05-13 20:28:37 | | Find Your Balance Position ~ Golf Tips
Weight distribution at address is crucial to maintaining good balance and posture throughout your swing. There are many misconceptions as to how your weight should be placed in your swing. I want to clarify this now, your weight should be centered 50/50 between your feet… and also, [...]... | | By: The Golf Drill Guru | | |
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| Pencil Chipping Drill ~ Golf Tips | | 2008-05-07 22:55:48 | | Pencil Chipping Drill ~ Golf Tips
Unlike the full swing, the wrists play a minimal role when it comes to most chip shots. Flop shot excluded, your chipping stroke should be controlled simply by the movement of your shoulders, much like a putt. This drastically simplifies the stroke and ultimately eliminates the possibility of [...]... | | By: The Golf Drill Guru | | |
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| Chipping with Control ~ Golf Tips | | 2008-04-12 14:08:14 | | Chipping with Control ~ Golf Tips
When faced with short chip shots around the green, you should be getting up and down with ease. I like to consider a short-chip shot like this, as a modified putt. Here are some suggestions to help make these short chips more automatic.
1) Choke Down – For this [...]... | | By: The Golf Drill Guru | | |
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| Spine Angle and Consistency ~ Golf Tips | | 2008-04-07 09:21:04 | | Spine Angle and Consistency ~ Golf Tips
When you watch golf professionals live or on TV, what’s one thing you notice more than anything?… They’re incredibly consistent. The key to consistency is creating a repeatable and dependable golf swing. To do this, you need to have solid fundamentals and rid your swing of unwanted [...]... | | By: The Golf Drill Guru | | |
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| Grip Pressure Check ~ Golf Tips | | 2008-04-05 16:12:01 | | Grip Pressure Check ~ Golf Tips
Of all the things we have to think about when working on our swings, often grip pressure is overlooked. This is unfortunate, because for many of you, grip pressure is the root of your problems. Grip pressure greatly influences the muscles in your wrists, arms and shoulders. The [...]... | | By: The Golf Drill Guru | | |
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| Adjust Your Ball Trajectory ~ Golf Tips | | 2008-03-20 01:03:46 | | Adjust Your Ball Trajectory ~ Golf Tips
Your ball position is the key determinant is influencing your ball trajectory. Not your shoulders as many people may lead you to believe. For the most part, as your front shoulder rises as your ball position moves up in your stance, and vice versa.
Let me explain [...]... | | By: The Golf Drill Guru | | |
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| The One-Piece Takeaway ~ Golf Tips | | 2008-03-17 01:01:36 | | The One-Piece Takeaway ~ Golf Tips
There are several characteristics that are paramount in contributing to the success and efficiency of a golf swing. After barking to you guys constantly about the importance of proper fundamentals, I want to switch things up a little bit, and start with the first movement away from the ball… [...]... | | By: The Golf Drill Guru | | |
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| Alignment ~ Golf Tips | | 2007-10-08 09:01:40 | | Alignment ~ Golf Tips
How do you align yourself to the target? Do you stand behind the ball, look down your target line, and then align your feet parallel to that line? If so, you’ve only done half the work, and this drill is for you.
To properly align yourself to your target you eyes, [...]... | | By: The Golf Drill Guru | | |
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| How to Hit Crisp Chips ~ Golf Tips | | 2007-09-10 09:01:02 | | How to Hit Crisp Chips ~ Golf Tips
Poor chippers tend to have too much body weight on their rear foot and make a wristy, flipping stroke. The key to a good chipping stroke is to be able to nip the ball off the grass with a descending blow. There are many ways to help [...]... | | By: The Golf Drill Guru | | |
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| Shallow Your Bunker Swing ~ Golf Tips | | 2007-08-27 09:01:09 | | Shallow Your Bunker Swing ~ Golf Tips
Contrary to many of my suggestions on this site, an ideal swing path for bunker play consists of a loopy in to out one. A normal swing path in a bunker tends to be too steep, and usually results in either a skull or you burying your club [...]... | | By: The Golf Drill Guru | | |
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| How to Store More Power ~ Golf Tips | | 2007-08-20 09:16:22 | | How to Store More Power ~ Golf Tips
Torque: Stored power, created by the rotation differential of your shoulders and hips in the top of your backswing.
Maximizing your power is something all players want, but few achieve. Personally, I think it’s because of how difficult the proper technique is to emulate. Power is achieved [...]... | | By: The Golf Drill Guru | | |
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| Swing Width ~ Golf Tips | | 2007-08-13 09:04:45 | | Swing Width ~ Golf Tips
Swing width refers to the radius of the circle you create while swinging the club around your body. A lack of width creates inconsistency and a lack of power. On your downswing, try and imagine a box resting on top of your arms as shown in the picture at [...]... | | By: The Golf Drill Guru | | |
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| Wait for it ~ Golf Tips | | 2007-08-05 09:17:46 | | Wait for it ~ Golf Tips
A common characteristic of higher-handicapper, especially those of you who suffer from a pull slice, is jumping at the ball from the top of the backswing. I see it time and time again on the range, poorer players try to kill the ball and lose their technique in the [...]... | | By: The Golf Drill Guru | | |
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| Freeze the Wrists ~ Golf Tips | | 2007-07-23 09:01:27 | | Freeze the Wrists ~ Golf Tips
Chipping from just off the green is a lot simpler than most amateurs make it look. For them, judging distance is more like playing the lottery. Chipping is not a complex motion, it consists of your arms and shoulders rocking back and forth. That’s it. There are [...]... | | By: The Golf Drill Guru | | |
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| Impact Perfection ~ Golf Tips | | 2007-06-25 06:02:02 | | Impact Perfection ~ Golf Tips
Impact is the moment of truth in a golf swing. If your impact position resembles the picture at right, you’re already a very solid player. This position is the key to power and consistency, and you can see it among all the best players in the world. As [...]... | | By: The Golf Drill Guru | | |
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| Changing your Swing Path ~ Golf Tips | | 2007-06-02 20:19:35 | | Changing your Swing Path ~ Golf Tips
Stemming from the last post I wrote (Fix Your Swing Path on Command), I wanted to add a great drill to help you feel the difference between swing paths. I understand how similar each swing path can feel, but hopefully the last drill makes determining what swing [...]... | | By: The Golf Drill Guru | | |
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| Fix Your Swing Path on Command ~ Golf Tips | | 2007-05-27 18:20:52 | | Fix Your Swing Path on Command ~ Golf Tips
Your swing path plays a huge part in influencing the direction of your golf shot. An out to in swing path causes a pull and alternatively an in to out swing path causes a push. An ideal swing path travels along your target line coming into [...]... | | By: The Golf Drill Guru | | |
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| Golf Tips Involving Golf Equipment | | 2007-05-14 12:54:00 | | Blaming your moves, shots and swings for your golf mishits and mishaps? Well, no matter how much time and effort you have been spending over practicing your moves to perfect your game, you still won't achieve your goal if you use unsuitable or defective types of golf equipment, will you?
Now is high time for you to consider the following golf tips that involve checking on your equipment's... | | By: Share Everything | | |
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| Putting Alignment~ Golf Tips | | 2007-04-13 19:03:19 | | Putting Alignment ~ Golf Tips
You will often see professionals rotate their marked ball on the green after cleaning it. Ever wonder what they are doing? The answer is simple: helping their alignment. Golf balls all come with a logo or straight line of text along it nowadays to help with alignment. [...]
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