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Best Way to Vary Your Distance in a Bunker Shot

To vary your distance you need to be able to control one set distance in the first place! Learn a basic bunker shot of about 12 paces. This should get you out of any bunker around the green and be short enough not to run through the other side.

For… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Use the Driver Properly in Golf

The driver is the longest but lightest of the clubs and is designed to give maximum distance with tee shots on long holes. The deep head allows you to tee the ball up nice and high to launch it into the air.

Drivers vary in loft from 7 degrees to… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Use and Practice the Long Irons for Women Golfers

The long irons can be difficult even for very good women golfers. They require strong wrists, and accurate contact and steady nerves. A beginner may take time to feel happy with them.

The long irons are those numbered from 1 to 5. For women golfers, and most men for that… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Use a Sand Wedge in Golf

Using a sand wedge around the green is vital. The most difficult shot for most club golfers is to play a little shot over a bunker. The sand wedge is the heaviest club in the set. If you mis-hit the ball it travels too low and too far. It is… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Understand Matchplay in Golf

This is the form of competition in which you compete hole by hole against one individual or a partnership.

Matchplay is different from strokeplay, in which you are competing against the whole field of players on the score overall. In matchplay, the player with the lower score on each hole… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Take a Divot in Golf

The running shot with a 7 iron is more forgiving and easier than a pitch. If you slightly mis-hit the ball it still travels the correct distance. If you mis-hit a longer pitch with a wedge the ball travels too low, lands in the pond or bunker you are trying… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Strike a Golf Ball

Most men find striking a golf ball easy. Most women don’t. Women beginners tend to be afraid of damaging the ground or themselves, but focus and concentration can build confidence.

Watch the ball at impact. Keep your eyes on the back of the ball – the part you are going… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Shorten the Pitch in Golf

Practice playing a long pitch with whatever length you feel comfortable. With a pitching wedge you may achieve 40 or 80 metres. First learn to make a good contact. You then have to adjust the swing to hit different lengths of shots. The difficulty is to make shorter shots than… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Relax When Playing Golf

Golf is not a game where most people do their best when they try their hardest. Some players imagine they would hole a putt for a million dollars, others if it were to win the British Open. In reality, golf is a game which most people play best when feeling… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Recover Shots from Thick Rough in Golf

Play this shot badly and you will probably have to add three or four strokes to your score, you may lose the ball in even deeper rough, and you can certainly end up losing your temper!

When you get to the ball, identify it and examine the lie carefully. Don’t… Continue Reading…