Articles, tagged with "golf handicaps", page 6

Untangling Your Swing

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... Read >
Author: Jack Moorehouse

Chipping It Close

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 ... Read >
Author: Jack Moorehouse

Is Your Course Overtreed?

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 ... Read >
Author: Jack Moorehouse

Mastering Impact With Your Clubs

Nothing matters more than impactâ€"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... Read >
Author: Jack Moorehouse

Attacking Wide Holes Can Cost You

Most golfers like playing on wide holes. They feel much less pressure because they don't have to be as accurate. Unlike narrow holes, which often demand pinpoint accuracy, wide holes allow for mistakes. You can mis-hit one off the tee and you won't always... Read >
Author: Jack Moorehouse

Saving Par Cuts Golf Handicaps

Not every PGA pro hits every green in regulation. But all are adept at saving par. Otherwise they wouldn't be professionals. Weekend golfers, on the other hand, struggle to save parâ€"and it costs them. It adds strokes to their scores and boosts their gol... Read >
Author: Jack Moorehouse

Why Tiger Wins And You Don't

Every year it seems Tiger Woods wins more PGA tournaments than anyone else. In most years that's probably true. Overall, Tiger has won 65 PGA Tournaments, including 14 majors. And he's only 32, soon to be 33. Players are eligible for the Senior Tour at ag... Read >
Author: Jack Moorehouse

I Lowered My Golf Handicap

How much is a third? Well a third can be a great amount depending on where and to what situation it is applied. In this case applying a third can mean a lot better golf handicap. Handicapping is a system that is used by all golf courses to try and bring t... Read >
Author: salamei

lower golf handicap

Who's up for a game of golf? No matter how experienced or inexperienced you are anyone can play a round of golf anytime! That's what makes golf such a fun game! No one, who is just playing just to play is too concerned about golf handicaps, good or bad... Read >
Author: salamei

Handicapping For Casual Golfers

Golf handicaps are used to make the game of golf more competitive for golfers with different skill levels. I was introduced to the game of golf by a friend who was an avid golfer and, of course, I was a beginner therefore there was no way I could even co... Read >
Author: Jay Evans

Improving Your Game: Practice or Play?

Copyright (c) 2008 Jack Moorehouse Two students taking my golf lessons have similar games. Both hit the ball fairly straight. Both are good at avoiding trouble when they can. And both have good short games. Their golf handicaps are also similarâ€"one h... Read >
Author: Jack Moorehouse

Getting Out Of Trouble

Copyright (c) 2008 Jack Moorehouse Good golfers learn to get out of trouble with a minimum of damage. Damage control is what keeps their scores and golf handicaps low. Watch Tiger Woods, Ernie Els, Sergio Garcia, or any other golfer with a low golf han... Read >
Author: Jack Moorehouse

Get Dynamic For More Distance

Copyright (c) 2008 Jack Moorehouse Golfers are a demanding lot. We all want more distance in our dries. (Who wouldn't want to step up to the tee and belt a 300-yard drive?) We want pinpoint accuracy, so we can put the ball right where we want it when w... Read >
Author: Jack Moorehouse

Change Your Game Without Changing Your Swing

Copyright (c) 2008 Jack Moorehouse Chopping one's golf handicap down to single digits is many a golfer's dream. It's why one practices. Knocking strokes of your handicap is a sign of improvement and how well you're playing at the timeâ€"a sign that say... Read >
Author: Jack Moorehouse

Four Golf Tips On Beating Blocked Shots

Copyright (c) 2008 Jack Moorehouse Swinging aggressively isn't a bad thing, but it can be if taken too far. Golfers who swing too aggressively often jerk the club back on their backswing, thrust forward violently from the top of the swing, or execute a... Read >
Author: Jack Moorehouse

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