The following article lists some simple, informative tips that will help you have a better experience with your Golf game.
Did you know that a set of golf clubs off the shelf usually will not be a perfect fit for you? The golf clubs off the shelf are created for people of average size. Everyone is a different size and no two players have the exact same swing, so one golf club size does not fit all!
If the clubs that you have are too long or too short, then you are probably going to have problems. To find the perfect clubs for you, you will want to swing a few different length clubs. You will want clubs that are about the same distance from your belly button to the floor. Try out different golf clubs at golf courses and driving ranges so you will find the right clubs for you!
Renting golf clubs is a great way to try out a wide variety of them. Test them for a few months to ensure that you like the enough to invest in them. Play a few rounds of golf with them until you find the right ones for your body, swing, and game. There's no use buying a new club to find out it doesn't help your game.
Once you have tried out several different sets of clubs and you know that you like the game, then it is a good move to be professionally fitted for your clubs by a PGA professional at your golf course or golf range. There is no need to do this until you can consistently repeat a swing. If you cannot hit that well, then you do not need to be fitted for expensive clubs yet!
A golf professional is your best resource to find the best golf clubs for you. Everyone is built different and some clubs just will not feel right to you. This does not mean that you cannot play golf and need to quit playing. If you buy professionally custom fit clubs, then your golf game will be more consistent and accurate.
Is everything making sense so far? If not, I'm sure that with just a little more reading, all the facts will fall into place.
The first thing the professional will do is have you hit a few balls. Hit the ball normally and try to loosen up. The swing speed will be recorded to help your professional determine the correct shaft flex.
The professional fitter will also determine the most comfortable length of club for you. They will even look at your hands to see if you need special grips. You may need longer or shorter clubs.
Club angles may need to be adjusted too. When you are done with your “fitting,” other recommendations will also be made regarding:
• Club length
• Club head size and design
• Club angle
• Type of shaft
• Grip of club
• Set make-up
When you learn all of this information, you will be able to make a more informed decision about your golf club purchase. Your game will most likely improve when you have correctly fitted equipment just for you.
You can't predict when knowing something extra about Golf will come in handy. If you learned anything new about Golf in this article, you should file the article where you can find it again.
About the Author:
Mike Gillis is the author of this article and you can visit Club To The Green for more great articles, techniques and some of the most recent reviews and equipment to help your
Golf game.
Monday, February 13, 2006
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
The Most Important Key In Lefthanded Golf
There is no reason why golf cannot be played left-handed just as well and efficiently as it can be played righthanded.
We have emphasized the fact that a golf stroke is an ambidextrous action--that the first lesson in golf, footwork, is a lesson that will teach a person to become right-handed. He must learn to balance himself on his right foot so that he can raise the club using the right side and the right arm.
To bring the club through he has to train himself to become lefthanded, to shift his weight to his left foot, so that he can use his left side and his right arm to bring the club down and through the ball.
Actually a good golf swing requires an equal ability on both sides of the body. There are switch hitters in baseball like Mickey Mantle, and there could be switch hitters in golf. But everybody does not feel this way about lefthanded golf.
View the rest of this article here
We have emphasized the fact that a golf stroke is an ambidextrous action--that the first lesson in golf, footwork, is a lesson that will teach a person to become right-handed. He must learn to balance himself on his right foot so that he can raise the club using the right side and the right arm.
To bring the club through he has to train himself to become lefthanded, to shift his weight to his left foot, so that he can use his left side and his right arm to bring the club down and through the ball.
Actually a good golf swing requires an equal ability on both sides of the body. There are switch hitters in baseball like Mickey Mantle, and there could be switch hitters in golf. But everybody does not feel this way about lefthanded golf.
View the rest of this article here
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Improve Your Ball Flight and Lower Your Score
Ever wonder why some days you strike the ball so well and others you hit the ball thin, fat, left, right, or just no consistency?
The posture in which we stand while swinging the golf club is important because it allows the club to swing on the proper plane. In this article we will look at spine angle and spine tilt and
how they affect the plane of the swing.
Spine Angle
Spine angle can be defined by the angle that the spine and the ground create. The spine angle is created when we bend from the hips to take our stance. Once we have taken our stance we want to maintain this spine angle for most of our swing. At this point we can think of the spine as the axis or the pivot point for turning our shoulders.
Another image you can use is imagine your spine and shoulder create a t-square. While maintaining the angle between the spine and the ground begin to turn your shoulders. Your shoulders should pivot around your spine, done correctly the line created by your shoulder will point to the ground. Turn your shoulders so your chest faces the target, the line created by your shoulders should point along the same line as when your chest faced away form the target.
To illustrate this better, take your stance and place a golf club across your shoulders. Turn your shoulders so your chest faces away form the target. Here you can see the shaft's end point towards the ground. Now take note to where the shaft is pointing. Turn your shoulders so your chest is facing the target. At this point your spine angle should remain the same as at address. Also the shaft's end should point along the same line as before.
If during the golf swing we stand up, the spine angle becomes more vertical and this causes the golf club to come outside the target line. Normally if a golfer stands up during the swing it occurs in the backswing. In order to make contact with the ball the club must travel from outside the target line to inside the target line through impact. This outside to inside swing path creates a steep plane angle and causes fat shots, pulled shots, severe slice (open club face), smother hooks (closed club face).
Spine Tilt
When we grip the golf club our trail hand grips the club lower than the target hand. Since the trail hand is lower the trail shoulder should be lower than the target shoulder. This creates a spine tilt.
Spine tilt benefits in two ways. First, it allows the trail arm to be level with or slightly lower than the target arm. This will encourage the club to be swung on the proper inside to inside path.
Second we can align our shoulders parallel to the target line. If we did not have a spine tilt the tendency to to open the shoulders to the target line. Meaning a right handed player's shoulders would be aligned facing left of the target line not parallel to the target line. An open shoulder alignment will cause us to swing the golf club on an outside to inside swing path.
ConclusionSpine angle and spine tilt are often over looked fundamentals of the golf swing yet they play an important of the golf swing. Spine angle in the golf swing determines the plane the club is swung and how solid we strike the ball. Spine tilt has a direct affect in our shoulder alignment. Pay attention to these elements of the golf swing and you will reap the rewards of a a more efficient and powerful golf swing.
About the Author
Creator and Webmaster of TP Golf Online. Has taught golfers of all levels as a CPGA Professional in Canada.
The posture in which we stand while swinging the golf club is important because it allows the club to swing on the proper plane. In this article we will look at spine angle and spine tilt and
how they affect the plane of the swing.
Spine Angle
Spine angle can be defined by the angle that the spine and the ground create. The spine angle is created when we bend from the hips to take our stance. Once we have taken our stance we want to maintain this spine angle for most of our swing. At this point we can think of the spine as the axis or the pivot point for turning our shoulders.
Another image you can use is imagine your spine and shoulder create a t-square. While maintaining the angle between the spine and the ground begin to turn your shoulders. Your shoulders should pivot around your spine, done correctly the line created by your shoulder will point to the ground. Turn your shoulders so your chest faces the target, the line created by your shoulders should point along the same line as when your chest faced away form the target.
To illustrate this better, take your stance and place a golf club across your shoulders. Turn your shoulders so your chest faces away form the target. Here you can see the shaft's end point towards the ground. Now take note to where the shaft is pointing. Turn your shoulders so your chest is facing the target. At this point your spine angle should remain the same as at address. Also the shaft's end should point along the same line as before.
If during the golf swing we stand up, the spine angle becomes more vertical and this causes the golf club to come outside the target line. Normally if a golfer stands up during the swing it occurs in the backswing. In order to make contact with the ball the club must travel from outside the target line to inside the target line through impact. This outside to inside swing path creates a steep plane angle and causes fat shots, pulled shots, severe slice (open club face), smother hooks (closed club face).
Spine Tilt
When we grip the golf club our trail hand grips the club lower than the target hand. Since the trail hand is lower the trail shoulder should be lower than the target shoulder. This creates a spine tilt.
Spine tilt benefits in two ways. First, it allows the trail arm to be level with or slightly lower than the target arm. This will encourage the club to be swung on the proper inside to inside path.
Second we can align our shoulders parallel to the target line. If we did not have a spine tilt the tendency to to open the shoulders to the target line. Meaning a right handed player's shoulders would be aligned facing left of the target line not parallel to the target line. An open shoulder alignment will cause us to swing the golf club on an outside to inside swing path.
ConclusionSpine angle and spine tilt are often over looked fundamentals of the golf swing yet they play an important of the golf swing. Spine angle in the golf swing determines the plane the club is swung and how solid we strike the ball. Spine tilt has a direct affect in our shoulder alignment. Pay attention to these elements of the golf swing and you will reap the rewards of a a more efficient and powerful golf swing.
About the Author
Creator and Webmaster of TP Golf Online. Has taught golfers of all levels as a CPGA Professional in Canada.
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