Articles, tagged with "golf handicaps", page 4

Five Golf Tips On Accuracy

Accuracy dramatically lowers golf handicaps. Hitting a ball where you want when you want time and time again chops strokes off your scores and golf handicap. To help golfers improve, golf lessons on accuracy usually focus on swing mechanics. That's a grea... Read >
Author: Jack Moorehouse

Re-Thinking Strategy Off Tee

A recent survey conducted by Golf Digest generated some surprising results. The magazine tested 20 average golfers with golf handicaps ranging from 3 to 20. The golfers used clubs equipped with modern technological advancements. All else being equal, the ... Read >
Author: Jack Moorehouse

U.S Open To Offer Some Surprises

Tiger Woods is the odds on favorite to win this year's U.S. Open. Not just because he's one of the best golfers in the world, if not the best; but also because the course is built for his swing. He's won several times at Torrey Pines Municipal, which is h... Read >
Author: Jack Moorehouse

Play Bethpage Black Course Free

Few golfers get the chance to play a PGA Course for free. But now the USGA is giving players with any level golf handicap this rare opportunity using their computers. You can play Bethpage Black, the site of the 2009 U.S. Open Championship, for free until... Read >
Author: Jack Moorehouse

Four Golf Tips To Achieve Distance and Pinpoint Accuracy

If you carefully scrutinize a good player's swing-a player whose golf handicap is in the single digits-you'll notice something odd. There's a flat spot at the bottom of the swing arc, just as the club strikes the ball. This flatness isn't an optical illus... Read >
Author: Jack Moorehouse

Practice With Scoring Clubs To Cut Golf Handicaps

Many golfers work hard at improving their games. They take golf lessons, memorize golf tips, and quiz better players. They also hit ball after ball on the practice range. Unfortunately, some golfers never seem to improve. Despite hours and hours of practi... Read >
Author: Jack Moorehouse

This Simple Move Adds Yards To Your Drives

Longer, straighter drives off the tee don't lower golf handicaps by themselves, but as many golf tips point out, they can help you dramatically improve your game. Bomb one down the middle of the fairway and you face a shorterâ€"and probably easierâ€"appro... Read >
Author: Jack Moorehouse

Golf's Four Toughest Bunker Shots

Every year golf magazines feature articles on the game's toughest shots. Usually, each article has its own specific criteria on what it considers a tough shot. But by and large it means a shot that's not only difficult, but also intimidating. When missed,... Read >
Author: Jack Moorehouse

Seven Secrets To Great Golf

Golfers it seems are always looking for a tip that will transform their games. But they seldom achieve low golf handicaps without a lot of work. Often, that involves a combination of things, like practicing and playing, taking golf lessons, and studying g... Read >
Author: Jack Moorehouse

Website Scores Big With Golfers

While golf isn't a contact sport, it has its share of injuries. Whether it's a stiff back, pulled hamstring, or bad shoulder, golf-related injuries occur in many players. Often, they require specific medical attention. Left untreated, these injuries often... Read >
Author: Jack Moorehouse

Hitting Driver, 3W, 3I

Golf is a thinking man's (and woman's) game. But thinking too much can get you in trouble. That's why many players with low golf handicaps try to keep the game as simple as possible. Instead of running down a litany of checkpoints before hitting, they iso... Read >
Author: Jack Moorehouse

Sinking Short Putts Cuts Golf Handicap

Most of us think we sink a lot of short putts. But research indicates otherwise. Weekend golfers sink only about half of their 12-foot putts. While professional golfers under tour conditions sink only about 20 percent of them. The emphasis here, of course... Read >
Author: Jack Moorehouse

How To Reduce Backswing Errors Quickly

Want to cut strokes from your golf handicap quickly? Eliminate your backswing. That's right. I said, eliminate your backswing. Golfers serious about chopping strokes from their golf handicaps are reducing swing errors with the latest rage in golf: the no-... Read >
Author: Jack Moorehouse

Seven Tips On Mastering Those Tough Bunker Shots

Admit it: You hate bunkers. So do I. So does every golfer. Even if you've mastered the basicsâ€"open the clubface, hit behind the ball, finish the swingâ€"you still dread the thought of landing in a bunker. But it's hard to resist firing at the flag when ... Read >
Author: Jack Moorehouse

Hitting More Greens Cuts Golf Handicaps

Hitting greens in regulation (GIR) is critical. It's what separates good golfers from bad, well as players with low golf handicaps from those with high ones, It's also what separates golfers who give golf lessons from those who take them. Professional gol... Read >
Author: Jack Moorehouse

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