Golf Training Aids

A student at a recent golf instruction session asked about swingweight. He had read one of my golf tips in which I mentioned it and it sparked his interest. Never having heard the term he wanted to know what it was and how it affected his game.

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Sometimes you have to play when the weather is bad. Unfortunately, the USGA makes no specific provisions for “winter play,” as it’s called. There’s also nothing in the rules about the lift, clean, and place practice used on the PGA tour when it’s wet.

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To improve iron play fast - and chop strokes off your golf handicap - look to your hands. It’s hard to hit quality shots if you don’t use your hands correctly. As a serious golfer looking to improve, you must learn what role your hands play in hitting iron shots. If you do, you’ll boost your game to a new level and you’ll whittle strokes from your golf handicap as well.

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If you’re anything like the golfers who attend my golf instruction sessions, you have some courses you like and some you don’t. Have you ever wondered why? We’ll probably never know for certain why some golfers like one course and others don’t. But there’s a theory that may explain the mystery and how it impacts your golf handicap.

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Many American courses had no trees in the beginning. But over time maintenance crews started planting trees. This trend took hold and crews planted more and more trees. Pretty soon the “parkland” concept took hold.

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Every sport has its great moments. Usually, they occur during a championship game. Or they occur during a game directly or event leading directly to the championship event, like a playoff game or the semi-finals of a match.

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The sad fact is that the vast majority of golf lessons have no long term benefit. Golf equipment has undergone huge improvements over the last 10 years and yet average handicaps are largely unchanged. The coaching community has to take responsibility for this. Get some fundamental knowledge, grab some free ebooks, learn how to take charge and have some control of your own progress.

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The pros are good at all phases of golf. But they usually depend heavily on one phase to help them make the cut. That’s their “go to” phase. Take Brad Faxon. He putts as well as anyone. In fact, he led the tour in putting average three times from 1996 to 2000.

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Still working on slowing your swing down? Do you have a pool that’s at least six feet deep? Then grab an old seven iron and take it in the water with you.

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