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Golf Season: My Top Five Golf Targets for 2012

Posted on March 15, 2012 by in Opinion 0
Golf Season: My Top Five Golf Targets for 2012

The dawn of a golf season brings with it all sorts of resolutions, but this year I’ve decided that now is a good time to take stock of my golf game and set myself some targets for the year. So what is a near 40-year-old, mid-handicap golfer expecting from himself this year?

1. Play golf more often

For me 2011 was not a vintage year in terms of playing and I was not out on the course anywhere near enough to bring my handicap down and indeed, my lack of activity is likely to result in it being pushed upwards somewhat considerably in the first few weeks of playing in 2012.

My first task has to be to address this inactivity and to get out onto the golf course more frequently, especially in the summer months. I also need to address my ‘fair-weather player’ mentality and play golf in conditions which in the past I have decided offer too much effort and too little comfort and enjoyment. It is only by achieving this first goal that I can really work towards any of the other goals I’ve set for myself in golf this year.

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How a beginner can use iPhone or iPad golf apps to improve their game

Posted on March 8, 2012 by in Opinion 0
How a beginner can use iPhone or iPad golf apps to improve their game

In the pages of Gorilla Golf, we have already taken a look at some of the best (and some of the worst!) iPhone and iPad golf apps available today and while there is seemingly a new app every few days promising to turn the high handicapper into a formidable golfing talent at the touch of a screen, are these apps actually any use when you venture out onto a real life golf course?

The first issue here is to consider practicality. If you are going to use an app on the course then you need to ensure several things:
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Rory McIlroy: World Number One Golfer Sooner Rather Than Later

Posted on February 27, 2012 by in Opinion 3
Rory McIlroy: World Number One Golfer Sooner Rather Than Later

When watching the young Ulsterman in action, many golf fans must wonder if Rory McIlroy’s golf clubs have been blessed by the golfing gods.

He may have lost in the final of the Accenture World Matchplay to stoic American star Hunter Mahan and forget the frenzy surrounding Rory McIlroy’s new 3-wood (incidentally, it looks from early pictures simply like an slightly updated version of his faithful old Titleist 306 F2) earlier in the day it was the Ulsterman’s inspiring come-from-behind victory over former World Number One Lee Westwood was arguably the highlight of what has been a hard fought competition.

It is fair to say that McIlroy cruised into his semi-final with the Englishman without playing his very best golf, but against Westwood he was forced to dig deep after a start that saw him three down inside the space of the first five holes.

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When Does a Golf Slice and Hook Become a Professional Golf Fade?

Posted on February 23, 2012 by in Opinion 2
When Does a Golf Slice and Hook Become a Professional Golf Fade?

Golf never ceases to amaze and enlighten me. Whether it is watching professionals expertly dissect a course that mere mortal golfers would struggle to get round in under three figures, learning about aspects of the game, or reading quotations from the great and good, it always hits home how golf is a game of endless fascination. I am always reminded on such occasions that this is a game that no matter how hard I try to understand and control it, it will always eventually get the better of me.

It is not just in terms of playing a round that this is the case, but also in considering other aspects of the game. A good example of this is in the teaching and observation of lower ability amateur golf players, when compared to seasoned professionals and low-handicappers.

 

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Tag Heuer Professional Sports Watch Series for Golfers

Posted on February 14, 2012 by in Opinion 2
Tag Heuer Professional Sports Watch Series for Golfers

For years golf experts would advise against wearing a watch on the green but TAG Heuer has bent the rules. Golfers would normally avoid wearing a watch because of comfort factors such as the extra weight on the wrist that can interfere with the precision of the golfer’s swing, the clasp and folding buckle that can hurt the wrist, and lastly because the watches can be damaged by the repetitive and forceful shocks generated by every golf swing.

 
Beginning in 2005, TAG Heuer collaborated with Tiger Woods and with his expertise and knowledge of the game, fused sports and style into the world’s first golf watch for professional golfers.

 

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The most Beautiful Golf Swing: Luke Donald

Posted on January 30, 2012 by in Opinion 5
The most Beautiful Golf Swing: Luke Donald

The conventional golf wisdom is that to cope with the length of most tour courses nowadays, golfers have to hit the ball as far as possible. For many years, Tiger Woods length from the tee provided the cornerstone of his success. Many other top golfers now regularly spank the ball 300 yards or more down the fairway as technology has helped the most gifted propel the ball previously unimaginable distances.

What were once tricky par five holes have now become a drive and a mid iron for some players. Some par fours can now be driven from the tee, courses are being feverishly modified to ensure that courses remain competitive for players. This generally entails moving the tee as far back as possible, ideally into the next county.

 

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Where and how to Position a Rake: In or out of the Golf Bunker?

Posted on January 29, 2012 by in Opinion 0
Where and how to Position a Rake: In or out of the Golf Bunker?

Here’s a good question for all you lovers of the Rules of Golf and it is one that certainly had me stumped for a while; where and how do you position a rake at a bunker once you have finished playing your shot from the sand and have prepared the bunker for the next group?

My good friend Tommy Priest told me of a time when he was playing a shot into a green and slightly mishit it, the ball rolled to the side of the green, clattered into the prongs of a rake that had been left at the side of the bunker, deflecting the ball which rolled down, onto the green and into the hole. A freak occurrence this may be, but it does raise the issue of where do you store the rake when you have finished using it.

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