http://www.articlealley.com en-us editorial@articlealley.com Copyright (c) 2009 Jack Moorehouse Good equipment helps you cut strokes from your golf handicap. Bad equipment helps you add strokes to your golf handicap. This is why smart golfers learn as much as they can about clubs, balls, and other golf equipment... http://www.articlealley.com/article_1314304_32.html 24th December 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Jack Moorehouse Gift certificates to a sports store or golf warehouse are great gift ideas. It gives the golfer in your life a chance to buy something useful for his game, like a dozen golf balls. Great golf balls exist in every pric... http://www.articlealley.com/article_1310231_32.html 22nd December 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Jack Moorehouse Learning to control trajectory is a powerful, stroke-saving skill. It can get you out of many trouble spots when you need to the most, like when you need to punch out from a clump of trees. It even leaves you with an ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_1280445_32.html 08th December 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Jack Moorehouse Deciding if your ball is lost is easy. You can't find it. Deciding what to do about it, on the other hand, isn't so easy. It's a complex decision more critical than many golfers think. Choose wrong and it can hurt. It... http://www.articlealley.com/article_1271760_32.html 04th December 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Jack Moorehouse Most golf teachers can quickly tell if you have a solid golf swing. All they have to do is watch you swing. The ability to tell if you have a great swing isn't instinctive. It comes from years of studying the swing's ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_1271759_32.html 04th December 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Jack Moorehouse Recently, a player in a Champions Tour event used seven different putting grips in three days. He ended the tournament putting with a 3-iron. This player also practices putting with a 3-iron, regardless of the grip he... http://www.articlealley.com/article_1245992_32.html 23rd November 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Jack Moorehouse The perimeter around the green is the single most important area in golf. Players who have solid games from there always score better than those who don't. Unfortunately, many golfers with high golf handicaps don't pr... http://www.articlealley.com/article_1245991_32.html 23rd November 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Jack Moorehouse Maximizing distance off the tee starts with your setup. The right setup produces a smooth fluid swing that allows golfers to take advantage of a driver's loft. A poor setup opens up power leaks. Unfortunately, weekend... http://www.articlealley.com/article_1234571_32.html 16th November 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Jack Moorehouse This is the second of two articles on shotmaking—the key to dramatically cutting strokes from your golf handicap. The first article explained how to hit four key shots—a high draw, 100-yard knockdown, semi-buried ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_1234563_32.html 16th November 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Jack Moorehouse Match play is a somewhat unique golf format. It requires a mental approach that's completely different from stroke play. It requires toughness, patience, experience, and competitiveness. And it requires paying close a... http://www.articlealley.com/article_1233584_32.html 15th November 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Jack Moorehouse This is the second of two articles on fixing your game when things go bust. The first article covers driving, iron play, and the short game. This article covers putting and sand play. Like the first article, this arti... http://www.articlealley.com/article_1196386_32.html 23rd October 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Jack Moorehouse A short time ago I came across an article penned by a local man who had been caddying since he was a kid. Few courses still have caddies. But back then many courses had them. During his career he had caddied for playe... http://www.articlealley.com/article_1196362_32.html 23rd October 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Jack Moorehouse If you've played golf for a while, you know that the fastest way to chop strokes off your golf handicap is to improve your putting. Doing that is hard. You can't just take golf lessons or read golf tips. You must also... http://www.articlealley.com/article_1141627_32.html 02nd October 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Jack Moorehouse What's the secret to achieving a perfect swing? According to one theory, it's matching four critical keys in your swing—clubface position, ball position, foot flare, and hip action. They must match to achieve a perf... http://www.articlealley.com/article_1140777_32.html 01st October 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Jack Moorehouse Every one likes hitting bombs off the tee. There's nothing more satisfying in golf than that, especially if there's a crowd watching. But you don't have to be a long hitter to have a low golf handicap. In fact, one fo... http://www.articlealley.com/article_1041600_32.html 19th August 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Jack Moorehouse The PGA of America and Hazeltine National Golf Club will once again unite to bring one of the strongest fields in championship golf back to Minnesota. In August 2009, all eyes will be on the Twin Cities, as the greate... http://www.articlealley.com/article_1041598_32.html 19th August 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Jack Moorehouse Where's the sweet spot on my new driver? That's a frequently asked question in many golf instruction sessions. Usually, the golfers asking the question have just bought new oversized drivers and want to maximize dista... http://www.articlealley.com/article_1041552_32.html 19th August 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Jack Moorehouse Short-game problems aren't always due to a bad swing. Recently, a student came to me about his short game. He was unable to cut strokes from his golf handicap because of his chipping and pitching. His inability to get... http://www.articlealley.com/article_1033462_32.html 13th August 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Jack Moorehouse When Tiger Woods tees it up at the British Open this weekend, he'll be playing in one of the world's top golf tournaments. Like all players, he'll be looking to win. That's because the British Open, like the U.S Open,... http://www.articlealley.com/article_1014874_32.html 03rd August 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Jack Moorehouse This year's British Open features a course that's among the most challenging and the most spectacular in memory. The re-designed Turnberry promises to hold your attention throughout the tournament and to provide the d... http://www.articlealley.com/article_1005044_32.html 30th July 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Jack Moorehouse Gary Player says that winning golf is played from a hundred yards in. He's right. More strokes are lost here than probably in any other phase of the game. So if you're looking to trim your golf handicap, work hard on ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_977507_32.html 11th July 2009 Copyright (c) 2009 Jack Moorehouse Adam Scott ranks is among the best young players on the PGA Tour. He gets numerous compliments on his swing from other golfers and golfing fans. He should. He has a great swing. And like most PGA pros, he works hard o... http://www.articlealley.com/article_973054_32.html 09th July 2009 Golf tips in sports magazine often say that your first shot is the most important on every hole. So do some PGA pros. While this idea is debatable, one thing is certain. Finding the fairway more often cuts your golf handicap down to size. In other words y... http://www.articlealley.com/article_965387_32.html 05th July 2009 You don't usually associate technology and golf. The game just doesn't seem to lend itself to the benefits of technology. Or, does it? A student attending a golf instruction session once showed me a range finder. You point it at the pin and it tells you h... http://www.articlealley.com/article_965263_32.html 04th July 2009 Equipment innovations come and go. Some quickly gain popularity, and then fade when they don't shave strokes off a player's golf handicap. Others start out slowly, and then pick up speed when they prove they can help players cut their golf handicaps. Inno... http://www.articlealley.com/article_965253_32.html 04th July 2009 Here's a golf tip I learned a long time ago: Approach every shot in golf as a target shot involving distance and direction. If you're going to cut strokes from your scores and trim your golf handicap down to size, you must learn to hit your targets. That ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_965241_32.html 04th July 2009 How critical is finding the perfect slot position at the top of your swing? Damn critical. Finding the perfect top-of-the-backswing position boosts consistency and increases power. While many talk about achieving this position, few can tell you what it is... http://www.articlealley.com/article_965231_32.html 04th July 2009 Today's oversized drivers offer a great chance to make a serious dent in your golf handicap. They provide advantages that normal sized drivers don't—advantages that mean longer drives, more fairways hit, and better scores. Better scores, in turn, mean a... http://www.articlealley.com/article_965221_32.html 04th July 2009 Someone once said that consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. While that might be true in life; it's not true in golf. In golf, consistency is the name of the game—the holy grail of anyone who's serious about improving his or her game. Consistenc... http://www.articlealley.com/article_965204_32.html 04th July 2009 Sometimes you have to play when the weather is bad. Unfortunately, the USGA makes Studying the pros is a great way to improve. PGA pros must bring their "A" games to the course every day to compete on the tour. To do that they spend hours and hours honing... http://www.articlealley.com/article_965184_32.html 04th July 2009 Want to know the key to consistency? Correct your own swing flaws as soon as possible. It's the best way of becoming a really competitive golfer and of achieving and maintaining a low golf handicap. Correcting swing flaws helps PGA Tour pros achieve such ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_965163_32.html 04th July 2009 Creativity is a godsend on the golf course. It can extricate you from serious trouble and save you a ton of strokes at the right time. But it's not something you can develop by reading about it. Nor is it something you can learn at a golf lesson or a long... http://www.articlealley.com/article_965127_32.html 04th July 2009 A student at a recent golf instruction session asked about swingweight. He had read one of my golf tips in which I mentioned it and it sparked his interest. Never having heard the term he wanted to know what it was and how it affected his game. Those are ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_964365_32.html 04th July 2009 Sometimes you have to play when the weather is bad. Unfortunately, the USGA makes no specific provisions for "winter play," as it's called. There's also nothing in the rules about the lift, clean, and place practice used on the PGA tour when it's wet. Mea... http://www.articlealley.com/article_964353_32.html 04th July 2009 Everyone loses the feel for his or her short game at times. That includes players with high golf handicaps and players with low golf handicaps. Smart golfers know how to find their swings—especially when it affects their short games. The quickest way of... http://www.articlealley.com/article_964340_32.html 04th July 2009 If you're anything like the golfers who attend my golf instruction sessions, you have some courses you like and some you don't. Have you ever wondered why? We'll probably never know for certain why some golfers like one course and others don't. But there'... http://www.articlealley.com/article_964333_32.html 04th July 2009 Putting isn't just about feel. It's also about information processing. In other words, the better you are at reading greens, the more likely you are to sink a putt. You don't need a golf tip to tell you that. Plumb-bobbing is an old-school technique for g... http://www.articlealley.com/article_964327_32.html 04th July 2009 To improve iron play fast—and chop strokes off your golf handicap—look to your hands. It's hard to hit quality shots if you don't use your hands correctly. As a serious golfer looking to improve, you must learn what role your hands play in hitting iro... http://www.articlealley.com/article_964179_32.html 04th July 2009 The goal of a golf trip—aside from beating your golf handicap—is having fun with your friends. In fact, there's no sense in going on a trip if it's not going to be fun. Admittedly, this can be hard to do sometimes even when you're with great people. T... http://www.articlealley.com/article_964150_32.html 04th July 2009 Teachers field all sorts of questions during a golf lesson. Not all of them are about the golf swing. In fact, many are not. During a recent lesson a student asked about golf gloves. A serious golfer, she wanted to know if she had to wear one and why. It ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_964093_32.html 04th July 2009 Most players who take golf lessons from me don't have an official golf handicap. That comes as no surprise to me since most recreational golfers don't have a golf handicap anyways. Of the more than 26 million golfers in the United States (adults who playe... http://www.articlealley.com/article_964067_32.html 04th July 2009 As a golf instructor you're always dispensing advice. Sometimes when giving golf lessons or offering golf tips, you emphasize key positions in an effort to help a player eliminate a swing flaw. Players then obsess about achieving these positions and focus... http://www.articlealley.com/article_964022_32.html 04th July 2009 Every sport has its great moments. Usually, they occur during a championship game. Or they occur during a game directly or event leading directly to the championship event, like a playoff game or the semi-finals of a match. What American sports fan can fo... http://www.articlealley.com/article_964015_32.html 04th July 2009 The pros are good at all phases of golf. But they usually depend heavily on one phase to help them make the cut. That's their "go to" phase. Take Brad Faxon. He putts as well as anyone. In fact, he led the tour in putting average three times from 1996 to ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_964005_32.html 04th July 2009 Many American courses had no trees in the beginning. But over time maintenance crews started planting trees. This trend took hold and crews planted more and more trees. Pretty soon the "parkland" concept took hold. Today, nearly one in every 10 courses ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_959244_32.html 30th June 2009 If you're taking golf lessons to perfect you're putting stroke, be careful. Trying to develop the perfect putting stroke may hurt your efforts. At least, that's the conclusion of two researchers—a German neuroscientist and an American golf instructor. H... http://www.articlealley.com/article_956852_32.html 29th June 2009 Nothing matters more than impact—especially when hitting an iron. It's the moment of truth. If the clubface isn't square at impact, you'll not only mis-hit the ball, you'll short-circuit power. It's one of the most damaging of power leaks. If the clubfa... http://www.articlealley.com/article_956847_32.html 29th June 2009 Ben Hogan scoffed at the idea. Jack Nicklaus spurned it. Gary player scorned it. Among the game's most respected legends, they disdained the idea of using a sports psychologist or a mental coach to help them win. Instead, these players preferred to retain... http://www.articlealley.com/article_956838_32.html 29th June 2009 When weekend golfers watch the pros hit unbelievable shots their amazed. The typical reaction is often "How do they do that?" It's not magic. It's solid fundamentals, plus hours and hours of practice and constant attention to their swings. Or course, the ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_956834_32.html 29th June 2009 A good first step to achieving a low golf handicap is perfecting your swing. A flawless swing exudes power and rhythm. That's why smart golfers take golf lessons and read golf tips—to root out their swing flaws. If your swing is flawless—or close to i... http://www.articlealley.com/article_956828_32.html 29th June 2009