Mother's Day is around the corner and if your mom is into golf, as well looking great on course, it's the perfect time to surprise her with Uther swag. Here are our top picks!
1) Flamingo Lake Cart Towel: A classic Uther design - the playful and stylish cart towel is perfect for any golfing Mom who loves to show off her personality on the course. It's made with high-quality microfiber material that's soft, absorbent, and durable.
2) Chella Hat: This stylish and practical golf hat is a must-have for any mom who loves spending time on the course. It features a performance material with a curved brim and an adjustable strap.
3) Flamingo Golf Glove: This premium golf glove is made with durable synthetic leather material that provides a comfortable grip and feel. Includes zip sealed packaging to preserve softness.
4) Mag Bag, (Magnetic Golf Bag): Features a unique large 11" x 7" plate hub, that can hold magnetic accessories such as golf towels and rangefinders. It also has 8 internal pockets for increased organization.
5) Icy Icon - Pro Golf Balls: Get your Mom golf balls with a little extra flair - as Uther's feature a unique icon for Mom! It's a tour caliber golf ball, with a urethane outter layer and 3 piece construction.
Overall, any of these Uther Supply gifts would make a perfect Mother's Day gift for your trendy golfing mom. They're practical, stylish, and built to last, ensuring that your mom will be able to enjoy them for many rounds to come.
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2. Machine wash with cold water.
3. Tumble dry low.
4. Do not iron.
5. Use only mild detergent.
6. Do not use fabric softeners.
7. Do not use dryer sheets.
Step 1: You can wash your microfiber towel by using your hands or through a washing machine. It is imperative that the washer is set to a cold setting to reduce the risk of damaging the product.
Step 2: Make sure to use a microfiber or mild detergent when cleaning your towels. By using the proper cleaner, the towels are preserved for longer.
Step 3: Rinse your towels properly. If you have a washing machine equipped with an extra rinse cycle, that is very beneficial for your towel. However, if you would rather wash by hand, make sure to rinse the towels at least two times using clean water. By rinsing properly, you are ensuring that any traces of dirt and cleaner used will be removed from the fibers within the cloth.
Step 4: When drying your microfiber towels, make sure they are hanged and air-dried. It is possible to also tumble dry the towel on the lowest setting.
Step 5: Finished! Now you can enjoy your clean towel :)
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Being part of the set-up process was amazing as seeing the amount of backend work it takes to construct booths the size of department stores. In fact, rumour has it that some of the larger vendors paid upwards of a million dollars for the space alone.
We were fortunate to be beside big names in the golf industry, who were some of the friendliest people we've met, such as Doc Murphy, Dormie Workshop and Clair Chase. We also got a chance to be featured on the Golf Channel and interviewed by TSN/Score Golf. Uther has expanded to many more countries this year, and you can now find our products in New Zealand, Norway and the U.K.
We’re already looking forward to next year and would like to thank everyone who stopped by our booth!
- Dan, Founder of Uther
Putting is considered to be the game within the game, but I would rather see it as another skill that we have to learn on our journey to reaching our true potential.
Putting, unlike most golf shots requires very few physical attributes, after all, we are rarely faced with a putt that would require more strength than most people possess.
To be a great putter you must think like a good putter, and although that may sound obvious, you really do have to improve your thinking to reap the rewards of hours spent on the putting green.
I find that the difference between good putters and poor putters lies with the mind, rather than the technique. There have been some golfers that have had a wonderful technique yet never really seemed to dominate the putting green, whilst there have been techniques that would be considered to the orthodox teaching methods that should not work, but do and very well under pressure.
If your putting is letting you down I want you to consider changing the following aspects;
1 – Believe that you can putt well. Belief and confidence are two different things. You can believe that you can do something and yet lack the confidence when you come to do it, due to past experiences and negative reactions.
For example, if I asked you can you hole a 6-inch putt to win the club championship the answer would be yes (You believe you can do it), but when it comes down to the crunch your confidence dictates whether you will actually hole the putt. If you feel the pressure and remember the previous hole where you missed from a few inches you are likely to be low on confidence and miss.
2 – Not all great putts go in – This is the one biggest mistake that amateur golfers make when they react to a missed putt.
“A miss must mean that I put a bad stroke on it!”
WRONG!!!
You can hit the putt exactly as you intended to, but for one reason or another (miss-read, miss-judgment of pace or poor green surface), the ball does not drop into the hole.
You berate yourself and your inability to hole putts, when you did everything right, as you had intended to do.
A bad putt that goes in is viewed the opposite way. Which leads to the final aspect that you need to change.
3 – Awareness
Awareness is the only way that you are going to become a better putter, without it you will not really know what is causing your putting woes.
I want you to become aware of what is happening within the stroke, notice if you use your hands during the stroke, be aware of how the ball feels off the clubface on both good and bad contacts.
Notice if the ball jumps and then rolls and if it starts on your intended line.
Doing this will make you a more confident putter and help you to lower your scores.
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As a golf coach, the biggest reason why I see so many amateur golfers struggling with their game is not swing plane or clubface alignment, it is simply the follow through, or more precisely the lack of it.
For many golfers, the follow through is an after-thought, something that can´t possibly influence the outcome of a shot. Well, if this was so why do all professional golfers complete their swing and almost pose, admiring the shot that they have just hit?
Because the follow through is an integral part of the golf swing.
Let me explain; The follow through is the snitch of your swing it can tell me many things about what you are doing before reaching this point and the reason that you can gain a few extra yards and improve consistency is that ultimately the follow through provides balance throughout your swing.
Balance = Consistency
If some areas of your swing are not “correct” you will still be able to develop a consistent ball flight, a ball flight that you can manage around the golf course and build your entire game around. Being able to “know” where your ball will go allows you to make plans, to create strategies and reduce your scores with your golf swing.
Balance is one of the three key factors to producing consistent shots and without it, you are going to fail.
A balanced follow through should be held for a few seconds, I like to get my students to try and stay solid in the follow through until the ball lands, good or bad shot. With this, though process they are going to focus on an objective, regardless of the type of shot they hit, a major stumbling block for improvement.
So how can improving your follow through increase your distance? Simple you will be hitting the ball more solidly with the center of the club, rather than the ball just hitting the club somewhere on the face. This improvement of impact position on the face of the club will add yards.
Couple this with the fact that you will be able to deliver more of the stored energy from your backswing coil to the golf ball and you will see extra yards in no time.
It is shocking how much energy you use trying not to fall flat on your face, so it is obvious that you will be more efficient if you can remain in balance.
A great drill for improving balance is to stand on your feet, and if possible knees together, from here make a smooth rotation back, until you can´t go any further (almost like a half swing) and then swing through to a balanced finish. When you get proficient at this drill you will notice that the ball travels almost as far as with a complete swing. And this is all to do with balance.
Your swing plane, club face alignment, attack angle, and swing can all be perfect but without balance, you will not hit consistent golf shots.
Improve balance to improve your golf.
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A thin shot can create unpredictable shapes as well painful if you play in colder climates. It is an uncontrollable shot, that appears in many amateur’s games as a result of poor balance and posture.
One of the most common errors that cause the shot is posture, however not just in set up but maintaining that angle throughout the swing. You must learn to limit the amount of body movement in the swing, reducing it to a rotation only.
If we do not maintain this posture throughout the swing it creates a new “low point” in the arc of the golf swing, resulting in a different impact point on the golf ball.
A thin is generally caused by one of three errors:
1 – “Jumping” up onto your toes as you swing through, trying to create space to hit the ball because you have not maintained your posture during the backswing. Most likely due to a “drop” of the target shoulder instead of a correct rotation of the shoulders.
2 – “Pulling the arms up into towards the body” as you swing through you again try to create the space required to hit the golf ball. This time it is because your shoulder and hip rotation are too “vertical”.
3 – Your ball position is wrong from the start. If you have the ball too far back in your stance you are likely to thin the ball as you swing down. This is simply because the ball is not positioned correctly if you were to make a proper swing. Being further back means that the arc of the swing will reach the ball before the bottom of the arc resulting in a thin shot.
How to fix the problem:
1 – Jumping; Hit shots with a wedge or a golf ball under your heels and maintain contact.
This will immediately notify you if you are jumping as you will feel the disconnection between ball and foot.
2 – Pulling arms into the body; This is a hard one to correct quickly as the drill can be quite difficult to achieve. You have to feel your arms extending down the target line without them moving outside of the intended target line. IF they move outside the intended target line you will be developing another swing flaw, which we do not to do.
3 – Ball position
There are a lot of golfers that do not correctly position the ball within the stance. The reasons for this are varied, but the main one for me is that they are constantly trying to change the ball position to suit the club. Which I believe to be incorrect. The ball should be played from the same spot with each club, with the exception of the driver. This is because to create a consistent bottom of arc position we need to maintain a correct ball position. If you are thinning it because of this then you need to move the ball towards the target. It will be a bit of trial and error to find your perfect ball position but it will make all the difference.
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Let us look at the two most common reasons for hitting the ground before the ball;
1 The overswing, one of the most common mistakes in amateur golf.
2 Taking the club past parallel is an absolute no-no and a sure-fire way to introduce the fat shot into your game in double quick time.
Now removing this movement from your swing is easy, fast and will affect your entire game.
Drill: “Form an L”
Set up as normal, swing the club back to halfway (target arm should be naturally straight and parallel to the ground). At this point, you should have created an “L” shape with the target arm and the shaft of the club.
From here, swing the club back down to impact and through up to your finish.
As I mentioned this will help your entire game as you are also practicing the main pitching position, so you will become a more proficient pitcher of the ball as well.
Once you have mastered creating the “L” in this section of your backswing move onto a fuller swing.
Swing to halfway, as before and then rotate your shoulders to increase the length of your swing. The “L” shape must stay intact, otherwise, you will once again be over-swinging.
The “Form an L” drill is also great for eliminating the second major cause of hitting fat; eagerness to hit the ball hard
If you are an aggressive golfer, then you are always going to have the “fat” in your repertoire, it may not rear its ugly head very often, but it is always a possibility.
Now there is nothing wrong with being aggressive in a passive way, meaning you gradually build up speed into impact, but aggressive swingers need to ensure that they do not begin the downswing in an aggressive manner.
Getting aggressive from the top of the swing causes a “lunge” into the ball, which ultimately results in a lower “bottom of arc” position causing the dreaded fat.
I have no issue with fast golf swings, but they must maintain a fluidity that allows the golfer time to execute the shot in the best way, being aggressive in the transition stage is not fluid and results in a loss of posture and correct rotation.
Try to pause at the top of your backswing for a split second to allow yourself time, and then you can accelerate into impact, almost eliminating the “fat” from your game.
]]>I know most of you consider bunker play to be a difficult task and some even consider a bunker shot to be one of the most difficult tasks in golf, but don´t despair! I have a technique that will change your fortunes in a very short space of time, one that will make you a proficient bunker player.
First, we need to consider the “right” way to play a bunker shot, open clubface, feet open to the target line, long backswing and hit hard through the ball, now we have considered it, you can forget it!! All of it!!!
The sand wedge is primarily designed for the act of escaping a greenside bunker and therefore has been created with bounce and a leading edge that “cuts” through the sand, so why do we feel the need to “manipulate” this design.
If a sand wedge was supposed to be used from an open position it would be designed, cast and sold this way, to begin with.
And this is the first mistake of so many amateurs that are struggling with bunker shots.
KEEP THE CLUBFACE SQUARE TO YOUR TARGET.
This does two things, one ensures that the ball will come out of the bunker towards the intended target and two it will enable you to almost eliminate the chance of blading the ball straight across the green or into the face of the bunker.
The second mistake amateurs make is they have no idea of where they should be entering the sand, this should be a distance of 1 ball behind the object ball. I use the imagery of a golf ball because golfers can correctly identify the size of a golf instead of saying 2 inches.
You must practice hitting the sand in the intended place, so grab yourself a dozen balls, draw a line in the sand a ball width behind the object balls. Before hitting the balls out you need to practice hitting that line, so remove the balls and hit the line. This can be done from a parallel stance or slightly open, no more than 10º to your intended target line.
Swing your club along the line of your body, as we do with every single swing.
Once you are hitting the line consistently (7 times out of 10) place the balls back in front of the line and repeat. You will see the balls fly up and out of the bunker and land nicely on the green on the line of your target.
Controlling the distance will take a little more practice, but this technique works under almost any circumstance.
There is one final key point you must be aware of:
LOOK AT THE POINT IN THE SAND YOU WANT TO HIT NOT THE BALL, this is the next mistake and the reason for the drill beginning without balls. If you are trying to throw a ball at a target you don´t look at your friend sitting in a chair across the room, you look at what you are trying to hit. The same applies here, look at the line (imaginary line when you are on the golf course obviously).
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Being strong mentally can save us shots, without any hard graft on the range, it is a strength that can be learned and one that will improve your golf almost immediately.
I want to talk about a phrase that I have heard many a time when watching videos;Aim small, miss small (Harvey Pennick calls this take dead aim, there are multiple variations of this).
Now we all understand and hopefully accept that a weekend golfer cannot possibly hit a target the size of a penny from 100 yards, but the necessity of aiming at something that small is very much something we can all achieve.
To better understand, take this scenario;
You are faced with an approach of 150 yards to an island green, good golfers will be aiming at a certain point somewhere on the green, and if they make a good swing they will not be too far away from their intended target.
Now let us imagine the same scenario for the weekend golfer facing the same shot. Those that are brave enough to go for the green will be thinking “just get it anywhere on the green”. The likelihood is that the ball will end up in the water……why?
It is quite simple when we think about it.
If you aim at a penny sized section of the green and you miss the penny by 2 yards you are sitting pretty on the green with a good opportunity to make a birdie.
If you aim at the whole green and miss the whole green by 2 yards your ball ends up in the water, and you will be cursing yourself for being an idiot all the way to the drop zone, which leads on to the next mental issue; anger or frustration.
Before we start I want to say that I want to see golfers getting angry or frustrated when they hit a poor shot, it shows passion and desire to improve, but it must end as soon as possible after the shot.
A fantastic way to do this is to allow yourself a very short period of time, during which you can be angry at yourself. How can you determine the time? Well, as soon as you wipe the dirt off the clubface you wipe away the immediate memory of the shot, and as soon as the club is back in the bag you begin to prepare for your upcoming shot.
The key is to make the storing of the club your endpoint to dwell on your last shot. It will help you move forward and be present for the following work ahead of you.
It works to help you both on the golf course and then later to improve your game, as you can recall the problem shots to your pro in your next lesson and begin to work on eradicating them.
]]>First, we need to consider the “right” way to play a bunker shot, open clubface, feet open to the target line, long backswing and hit hard through the ball, now we have considered it, you can forget it!! All of it!!!
The sand wedge is primarily designed for the act of escaping a greenside bunker and therefore has been created with bounce and a leading edge that “cuts” through the sand, so why do we feel the need to “manipulate” this design.
If a sand wedge was supposed to be used from an open position it would be designed, cast and sold this way, to begin with.
And this is the first mistake of so many amateurs that are struggling with bunker shots.
KEEP THE CLUBFACE SQUARE TO YOUR TARGET.
This does two things, one ensures that the ball will come out of the bunker towards the intended target and two it will enable you to almost eliminate the chance of blading the ball straight across the green or into the face of the bunker.
The second mistake amateurs make is they have no idea of where they should be entering the sand, this should be a distance of 1 ball behind the object ball. I use the imagery of a golf ball because golfers can correctly identify the size of a golf instead of saying 2 inches.
You must practice hitting the sand in the intended place, so grab yourself a dozen balls, draw a line in the sand a ball width behind the object balls. Before hitting the balls out you need to practice hitting that line, so remove the balls and hit the line. This can be done from a parallel stance or slightly open, no more than 10º to your intended target line.
Swing your club along the line of your body, as we do with every single swing.
Once you are hitting the line consistently (7 times out of 10) place the balls back in front of the line and repeat. You will see the balls fly up and out of the bunker and land nicely on the green on the line of your target.
Controlling the distance will take a little more practice, but this technique works under almost any circumstance.
There is one final key point you must be aware of:
LOOK AT THE POINT IN THE SAND YOU WANT TO HIT NOT THE BALL, this is the next mistake and the reason for the drill beginning without balls. If you are trying to throw a ball at a target you don´t look at your friend sitting in a chair across the room, you look at what you are trying to hit. The same applies here, look at the line (imaginary line when you are on the golf course obviously).
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A request I get from almost all of my students is “can you get me hitting the ball further?”
The answer, in general, is yes, but it always depends on the individual and the reasons for their “lack” of distance.
As this article will read by many I am going to mention a few of the most common ways that you can increase your distance from the tee.
TIP 1 – Tee the ball higher
I see many golfers using modern, large-headed drivers with a tee that is simply too short for the job. A tee that is too short will mean that the ball will not strike the center part of the golf club. Teeing the ball higher will help you to find that point, resulting in more distance.
HOW TO HIT LONGER DRIVES
TIP 2 – Swing it smoother
This may seem contradictory, but if you are trying to lash the ball down the middle of the fairway then you are wasting more energy than you are delivering to the ball. Energy loss, due to the bodies desire to remain in control, is huge in most amateur golfer’s swings. Swinging the club more smoothly, not necessarily slower, will result in more shots from the center of the club and more distance.
TIP 3 – Shorten you swing
If you are a slicer, the chance that your swing is too long is huge, make it shorter, maintain your shoulder rotation, but do not let your hands and arms travel further than the turn of the body. Creating a more compact golf swing will increase your efficiency and a more efficient swing will result in longer and straighter drivers.
TIP 4 – Finish your swing
The importance of balance is paramount to increasing distance. If you are not moving through impact with your body in balance you will be losing power. Even more damaging is a swing that doesn´t have the momentum to reach a full finish. A lot of people mistake this as wrapping the club around your neck, as you see the pros on TV do, a full finish will see your chest pointing straight down the target line. It is the momentum that sees you through to a finish so relax and stop trying to over control your game.
TIP 5 – Check your shaft
So many golfers have the wrong shaft fitted in their clubs, and this can be robbing you of precious yards. Go and get your swing checked and your clubs fitted by a recommended club fitter. But be sure to go more than once, to account for any swing variations from one round to the next. We are not machines and one fitting is not sufficient to correctly identify the correct shaft (this applies to handicaps of 5 and above). The correct shaft may be a flex lighter than you currently have, helping you to create extra club head speed through the impact zone.
Longer drives are in reach for everybody, the time it takes and the work you have to put in will be different for each person, but we can all find a few extra yards.
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Well, no, not exactly.
Yes, I concede that a putt is generally more controllable, but I do not for one second believe that golfers, regardless of ability or handicap should be putting from the 1st or 2nd cut of rough.
This belief comes down to the number of golfers I see regularly putting from the rough only to complain the ball didn´t react the way they thought it would, or that it took a jump offline.
If you are not a good chipper, then I can understand why you may choose to putt from the fringe of the green rather than risk chipping it, but from the inconsistency of the rough, I believe you are leaving the result entirely down to luck and at some point, luck will always let you down.
If we look at the most basic of chipping actions, we can see immediate similarities to the putting stroke;
• Hands ahead of the ball
• Little or no movement from the wrists or hands
• Smooth pendulum-like action
There are only two differences
1 - The ball position; the putting action requiring a more advanced ball position to that of centered or slightly back ball position of the chipping action.
2 – The posture; you will be more upright, as per your usual full swing with the feet closer together and the body aligned open to the target line.
Adopting this simplistic chipping action, almost putting stroke with the irons and wedges opens up a variety of options for playing from the rough, all options that are better suited to the shot and conditions.
To simplify further this shot, you only need choose a club that will carry the ball over the initial cuts of rough so that the ball can then roll out to the hole, as it would if you were putting.
The technique can be an amplification of your putting stroke, back and through the ball with no aggression or need to “hit” the ball towards the target. It is finesse and control that you are searching for.
I am not talking about always using this approach, as mentioned previously if you are a proficient putter and your ball lies on the tightly mown fringe grass then, by all means, carry on with your putter.
We are aiming to improve the options that you have on the golf course and having the belief that a bad putt is better than a bad chip is not conducive to becoming a better golfer. You need to increase your shot arsenal and having what I consider to be an out-dated thought process, brought about by the quality, or lack of quality of the courses of yesteryear will do nothing but hold you back from reaching your true potential.
]]>2 Individuality. Why would you want to be a walking billboard for the big guys? Our towel lets you represent your uniqueness on the golf course.
3 Performance. By having a waffle pattern specially intended to wick away grime on golf clubs, it will require fewer wipes. A sport where you take on average 70-120 strokes per round, that really adds up and will save you so much time!
4 Absorbs like a sponge. There is nothing worse than having a wet towel when you want to dry off your grips. Our microfibre absorbs 3 times more than cotton and dries 3 times faster.
5 Anti-bacterial. Don’t worry about germs, as our towels naturally have antifungal properties. That means you can wash it less and do not need to worry where you store your bag.
6 Towels are by far the most-used accessory in golf. Used practically after every shot! A high-quality one is a wise investment to any golfer!
7 Being the first ever fashionable golf towel, it inspires confidence and lightens the mood. When you have an Uther Golf towel in your bag, you have a little more swagger, and willing to pull off that risky flop for the hell of it.
]]>Being strong mentally can save us shots, without any hard work on the range, it is a strength that can be learned and one that will improve your golf almost immediately.
I want to talk about a phrase that most have heard, yet like a lot of golf tips, many haven't implemented.
Aim small,miss small (Harvey Pennick calls this take dead aim, there are multiple variations of this).
Now we all understand and hopefully accept that a weekend golfer cannot possibly hit a target the size of a penny from 100 yards, but the necessity of aiming at something that small is very much something we can all achieve.
To better understand, take this scenario;
You are faced with an approach of 150 yards to an island green, good golfers will be aiming at a certain point somewhere on the green, and if they make a good swing they will not be too far away from their intended target.
Now let us imagine the same scenario for the weekend golfer facing the same shot. Those that are brave enough to go for the green will be thinking “just get it anywhere on the green”. The likelihood is that the ball will end up in the water……why?
It is quite simple when we think about it.
If you aim at a penny sized section of the green and you miss the penny by 2 yards you are sitting pretty on the green with a good opportunity to make a birdie.
If you aim at the whole green and miss the target by 2 yards your ball ends up in the water, and you will be cursing yourself for being an idiot all the way to the drop zone, which leads on to the next mental issue; anger or frustration.
Before we start I want to say that I want to see golfers getting angry or frustrated when they hit a poor shot, it shows passion and desire to improve, but it must end as soon as possible after the shot.
A fantastic way to do this is to allow yourself a very short period of time, during which you can be angry at yourself. How can you determine the time? Well, as soon as you wipe the dirt off the clubface you wipe away the immediate memory of the shot, and as soon as the club is back in the bag you begin to prepare for your upcoming shot.
The storing of the club can be a trigger to store, for analysis later, the poor shot.
It works to help you both on the golf course and then later to improve your game, as you can recall the problem shots to your pro in your next lesson and begin to work on eradicating them.
]]>Depending on the golf course, some have strict rules, others are less formal but it pays to have the basic attire in place, ready to wear. This includes golf shoes, chinos and a shirt with a collar. If you arrive at the majority of golf clubs, in this attire, you should be pretty safe.
That’s not to say there is no room for originality on the golf course. There are some great options when it comes to buying golf clothing and it’s possible to look very stylish, by following a simple set of fashion rules.
Prints are becoming more popular on the PGA and European Tour and they can be a great golf look, both in terms of a shirt and trousers. However, do not get carried away, while a nice paisley or subtle jacquard print looks great, do not overdo it and stick to one of either the shirt or the trouser. Bright colors are also becoming popular on tour, pinks, greens, and bright blues are being used, in contrast with grey and other darker colors.
A common fashion tip is to match your belt with your shoes but when it comes to looking stylish on the course, it’s better to match your belt with your shirt. This will help to tie in the whole look, rather than having a ‘blocky’ look to your outfit.
In the cold weather, it can be difficult to remain stylish on the golf course but a puffy jacket or vest will come to the rescue. We recommend quilted jackets that are padded but made from thin, insulated materials, allowing for a full range of motion, while remaining warm and looking good in the process.
If choosing to wear shorts, a light pattern is fine but you cannot go wrong with a pair of khaki shorts. These will look good with almost any polo shirt and it’s amazing how much use you will get out of them. The short should finish just above the knee and there should be a minimal sock on show, with ankle socks finishing ever so slightly, above the shoe.
Finally, we come to hats. Baseball hats and visors are acceptable but keep the slogans away from the course. Straw hats can also look good but always opt for a narrow brim unless you want to earn the nickname ‘Indiana Jones’ at your local golf club.
These golf style tips will ensure you are always looking great when stepping onto the first tee.
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Hooking the golf ball is a disaster for most golfers because golf course architects generally create more issues to the left of the fairway to accommodate for the vast majority of golfers, generally slicers. Tending to hook ensures many a lost ball or harder escapes than your counterparts that miss the fairway to the right.
But the biggest problem with a hook, compared to a slice, is the changes that you need to make to get rid of the habit that is killing your golf game.
A slice is easily turned into a controlled fade, but the trouble with a hook is that by turning it into a draw, there is no guarantee that you will be able to control the draw spin that influences the shot.
Instead, the best method is to try and alter the swing so that a fade or a straight shot is achieved.
This will first require a complete check-up of your posture to ensure that you can make a more on-line golf swing.
The posture is the base to all golf issues and especially so for those that hook the ball.
So check through your posture to ensure good balance, equally distributed through your feet (target and non-target and also through each foot)
Create an athletic knee flex to aid rotation and stability and a correct spine angle. Your arms should hang straight down under your shoulders to ensure a relaxed position from which to begin your swing.
As with all issues regarding ball flight you also need to pay very close attention to your clubface alignment in relation to your intended target line, it will almost certainly be closed to the target line.
Learn to square the clubface correctly using tiles on the floor at home or the edge of a driving range mat.
Onto the swing change that you are going to have to make if you want to rid yourself of that devastating hook.
You are taking the club too far inside the intended target line and this is creating a problem of both space (as you swing through) and consistency.
When you take the club away it should move on a natural curve around the body, this means that for about 12 inches either side of impact the club will be moving along the intended target line, not across it.
Couple this movement with a closed clubface and you have a hook.
Place two alignment sticks, shafts or golf clubs on the ground perfectly parallel to the intended target line. Start by making small, deliberate swings back and through the impact area ensuring that the club head stays between the two shafts. At the same time become aware of what is happening to the clubface, is it staying square to the intended target line or is it rotating. If you see a rotation then you need to reduce the amount of hand rotation that you employ during the swing.
Once proficient at the exercise start to hit golf balls. Only 50 meters, watch the ball, does it still curve to the left? If so then you need to go back to the exercise until you notice no deviation in your shots.
As you build up your swing to a complete swing you will see a marked improvement in your ball flight and control.
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A 5 hour round can make even the most dedicated golfers bitter and contemplate whether the rounds worth their time, let alone the price of admission.
Despite what is typically discussed during the round-table, the answer isn’t to cut your pre-shot routine in half, nor is the issue in the number of different angles you take to read the putt,
As you probably could have guessed from the title, the solution to slow play is to reduce the number of holes per round.
Let us tell you why.
As you probably could have guessed from the title, the solution to slow play is to reduce the number of holes per round. Let us tell you why...
1 In the increasingly fast-paced, time is everything. Asking 4 hours, for a “real round of golf” is preventing your average golfer from giving it a try.
2 It will take the pressure off the pace of play! Nothing is worse than playing with a partner rushing you through each shot. Understandably patience can run dry when it takes up half your day.
3 Makes each shot count that much more! Can you image how exciting it would be to have a final round with only 9 holes? It gets straight to the good part which will inevitably increase ratings.
Just like all the other sports, golf has to adapt with the times to maintain its share as one of the top played sports in the world. With our increasingly busy lives, 9 holes is the solution to improve golfs pace of play problem
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