Archive for the ‘Tips’ Category

What Gifts to Give for a Keen Golfer in 2012?

Posted on December 26, 2011 by in Opinion 2
What Gifts to Give for a Keen Golfer in 2012?

Every year golf technology seems to move at a faster and faster pace. It barely seems a few years ago people were marvelling at drivers with metal heads, now we have them forged from titanium, attached to shafts so flexible they could be Olympic gymnasts. Like computer technology, golf manufacturers are always searching for the next big thing and here are some items that may well be top of golfers present list for 2012.

 

1. TaylorMade R11 TP Driver (approximate price : £379)

It’s distinctive white club head has made the TaylorMade R11 the most eye-catching club used on tour this season. With so many pros deciding that the R11 not only looks great, but offers them additional length and distance from the tee, not to mention greater accuracy, with Luke Donald, Dustin Johnson, Justin Rose, Martin Kaymer and Sergio Garcia all using the new driver, it seems likely that many weekend golfers will soon follow in 2012.

 

TaylorMade R11 golf club

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Health, Fitness, Nutrition and Exercise Affect Golf Swing

Posted on November 21, 2011 by in Opinion 2
Health, Fitness, Nutrition and Exercise Affect Golf Swing

For many years, there only seemed a tenuous link between health, fitness and golfing ability. In bygone times, golfers would eschew physical exertion for extra time on the range, honing their golf skills and believing that the fitness side of the game would ‘take care of itself’.

That trend changed when golfers soon realised that being physically healthy, fit and eating well played an important part of their overall golfing ability. While occasionally, modern players who are more generously proportioned can win a competition or two, nowadays most modern players spend almost as much time in the gym and with the nutritionist, as they do out on the course.

 

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Who plays Urban Golf and where? Urban Golf Part 3

Posted on October 31, 2011 by in Opinion 0
Who plays Urban Golf and where? Urban Golf Part 3

In the first two articles of the series - Urban Golf Part 1, Urban Golf Part 2 - we have looked at what urban golf is, how it has developed over time, the rules and the equipment you need in order to play the game.
Having analysed this information in detail, let us now examine exactly who plays urban golf and some of the major urban golf tournaments that are held around the world.

 

Urban golf course

 

1. Who is likely to play urban golf?

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Gorilla Golf Guru Advise: Lose the Golfing Ego and Make Par

Posted on October 26, 2011 by in Opinion 6
Gorilla Golf Guru Advise: Lose the Golfing Ego and Make Par

The two courses most local to me, and ones which I enjoy playing most frequently, are both similar in that their first two holes are relatively benign. This gentle opening is a nice warm up before you approach the third tee for the first really difficult hole of the round. I have absolutely no idea why these courses were designed this similar way, whether it was merely fate or intelligent design, but in both cases it is a quite brilliant way to begin a round of golf for the amateur.
 

Second-hole-golf course -Montreux-Switzerland

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Driven to Distraction, the Concentration Paradox in Golf

Posted on October 24, 2011 by in Opinion 4
Driven to Distraction, the Concentration Paradox in Golf

Part One: Trust Your Golfing Instincts…

What distracts you on a golf course? The tweet of noisy birds, the chatter of a playing partner or perhaps a mobile phone blaring in the distance? Golfers always struggle to maintain their concentration on the course and the typical golfer views their ability to concentrate on golf as having time to listen to the commentary that runs through their head as they take a golf swing.

Oddly enough, this form of concentration may well be the most distracting thing a golfer faces on the golf course.

The problem is, there is an assumption that what we have heard the golf pro or fellow golfers say and the tips we read in the Internet or in magazines are all accurate and applicable to your swing and your skill set. Is our swing is too wide, or too shallow, de I accelerate through the ball enough, am I rotating my hips to clear space for the club to come cleanly through the ball. We hear these voices as we swing the golf club and for many, this is the essence of concentration.

This form of concentration is entirely counterproductive.

 

Angry-golfer

The driving range is the perfect place to see this in action. Driving the ball is a key skill in golf and one that many golfers will take time and patience to try and improve, but ask yourself just one question. When have you ever seen a good driver of a golf ball have a swing that seems racked with doubt and looks unnatural?

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The Golfing Dress Code: Part of Golf’s Rich Heritage or Elitist Nonsense?

Posted on October 19, 2011 by in Opinion 3
The Golfing Dress Code: Part of Golf’s Rich Heritage or Elitist Nonsense?

Here’s a quick one for you; how much of the R&A’s golfing bible The Rules of Golf, is devoted to the importance of the golfing dress code? One section? A chapter in its own right? Is it interwoven throughout the pages?

The answer is nothing, not even a single mention. There is no rule or law regarding golfing dress code in the Rules of Golf whatsoever.

Instead, what we perceive to be the “Rules of Golf” are actually more the “Rules of Golf Clubs”. There are two arguments for the implementation of a dress code on the course. The first is the line taken by golf clubs, which usually translates into something like this:

Golf dress code is a vital part of the club as it sets high standards in behaviour and appearance for all our members. Furthermore, it builds character, promotes responsibility and maintains the famous traditions of golf.

 

Golfers-on-Lausanne-golf-course
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What do I Need to Play Urban Golf and Where can I Play it? Urban Golf Part 2

Posted on October 17, 2011 by in Opinion 0
What do I Need to Play Urban Golf and Where can I Play it? Urban Golf Part 2

Following on from our first expose about urban golf, the second article in the series looks at the actual mechanics of playing the game, what equipment you require to play the game, what rules are generally used to play (and some of the more common modifications made to these rules), and where you can go to experience the game.

What are the main rules of urban golf?

One of the great appeals of urban golf is that you can experience a fresh challenge every time you play and as such, there is a need for the rules to be flexible enough to reflect this.

Urban golf

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