SLICES & PULLS: SWING PATH DRILL

If you are regularly hitting slices, pulls or both, you’ll need to address the problem. Trying to play through it will limit your scoring ability and make the problem harder to resolve in the long run. Please come into the pro shop to book a lesson and I’m sure I’ll be able to help you […]

WHY SLICES AND PULLS ARE LINKED

There a few things more demoralising in golf than hitting your iron shots left and your woods shots with a slice that finish in trouble on the right. The question is; how can you hit two completely different shots from seemingly the same swing? The link The good news is that the pull and slice […]

It’s rough out there! How your hybrids can help…

Correct bounce for control and consistency

The implications of bounce Bounce determines the ease with which your club head is going to bite into the ground. A low bounce angle makes it easier for the leading edge to dig into the ground. This is a benefit when playing in dry conditions or compacted sand. A higher bounce angle lifts the leading […]

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BECOME A WIZARD OF THE GREENS: A SHORTER PUTT MASTER

Find a flat area on the putting green. Arm yourself with 10 golf balls. Then set yourself up, 10 feet from the hole and, putting from the same spot each time, see how many of the 10 you can sink. When you miss, try and ignore the fact that you missed and note which side […]

THERE’S NO GETTING AWAY FROM THE SWEET SPOT. OR IS THERE

If you want to go farther off the tee, then consider your ‘smash factor’. That’s a relatively new term. If you swing the club at 90 mph and generate a golf ball speed of 135 mph, you will have a smash factor of 1.5 (ball speed divided by club head speed). By the way, a […]

The Fitting Difference

Do you know that if you look at all the configurations of a golf club (excluding grip sizes), there will be nearly 500 variants of the same Iron. Most of these will make the game more difficult. Our job in the Fitting is find the configuration(s) that will actually HELP YOU get the club head […]

AVOID THE DREADED ‘CHICKEN WING’

AVOID THE DREADED ‘CHICKEN WING’ This is one rule that applies across the sporting codes. Trying to ‘steer’ the ball doesn’t work. It might feel like you’re adding control, but the evidence says otherwise.

Pass The First Challenge

Pass the first challenge You start fresh a challenge each time you step onto a tee box. But if you think the goal is to boom the ball as long as you possibly can, I would argue you’re wrong. You want to give yourself the best chance to be playing your second from a spot […]