 Our Tee Times PGA Professional, Phil Weyman, will each month put some tips on this page to help with you with your golf.
He will be covering all of aspects of the game from swing technique to bunker shots and from lowering your scores to golf etiquette.
We hope you will enjoy these tips and that they will help you to go some way to improve your game and lower your scores.
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Many golfers including top professionals suffer with poor set and pre-shot alignment problems from time to time, some more than others. Before executing a golf shot it is important to have a pre-shot routine which allows the golfer to consistently aim themselves to their target so as to build a consistent and repeating golf swing, you have seen the top professionals do this on TV and it is something they take very seriously
Many misdirected shots are not always caused from poor golf swings but can be attributed to poor set up and alignment. If a player is swinging the golf club well it is because they are comfortable in their address position which invariably means that they are comfortable over the ball before starting their swing, leading to a more rhythmical swing and better striking of the golf ball. Good posture is a key factor to this and is paramount in creating sound mechanics in your golf swing thus making it repeat time and again allowing you to hit a higher percentage of good shots.
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Last month there seemed to be many articles in various magazines about custom club fitting. Having worked for some golf equipment companies such as The Rogue Golf Company and Adams Golf, pioneers of the “Tight Lies” fairway words, as a custom club fitter for tour players and customers alike, I would like to take this opportunity to give you some advice on how this all works.
Custom fit golf clubs are not a new phenomenon to golf in the way that some companies and club fitters would make you believe. Custom club fitting has been around almost from the days that golf clubs were first produced, that said, the technology has changed a great deal but the idea of longer shafts, heavier club heads, thicker grips etc, etc, has remained constant from the days when Tom Morris and James Braid were making hickory shafted golf clubs in their workshops in the 1800s. They made golf clubs for a range of players from professional to amateur alike and were very well acquainted with how to produce a club which would suit players of different sizes and stature. This is very much true of custom club fitting today and forms the basis of the golf club fitting the player who has purchased them properly.
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Many people ask me about the best ways to practice and improve their game and scores without spending hours on the driving range and unfortunately to be a good player you do have to spend hours on the range working on swing technique and consistency but this month I will give you a few pointers which will help your game with the limited time you do have between games.
If you are lucky enough to go to watch the odd golf tournament you will see that the pros have a sought of set routine that they carry out each day before and after their round. Everyone is different so I'm sure that you can find one that works for you. One of the things that always amazes me is that very few players ever bother to loosen up before thay play, I must admit I fall into this category to so you are in good company. If you watch the pros they will hit balls for 20-30 minutes, they then move onto the putting & chipping green and then on to the first tee. Obviously this is not the routine of every pro but they will follow this routine in some form or another which helps them get their mind and concentration set before their round begins.
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 Many players have probably been playing over the winter months, weather permitting, and some are just getting their clubs out to enjoy their first games of the year.
But one thing that is often neglected by both catagory of player is their equipment. To play good golf it is essential to keep your clubs in good order even if you only play once or twice a month. So if you are getting your clubs out for the first time, spend 10 minutes checking them over to see if the grips are still soft, the shafts are not bent or rusty and the heads are clean, especially in the grooves. We may not all be Ernie Els but golf clubs in good condition are a help to any standard of player, just ask the top players and they will all certainly agree.
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