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    2 Most Common Causes Of Penalty Strokes

    Aside from knocking your ball into a hazard or out-of-bounds area, the two ways most commonly found to pile up the penalty strokes are from lost balls and unplayable lies.

    When you hit the ball in a wooded area on the side of the fairway, and the location is not considered to be out-of-bounds, you can dig around and try your best to find the ball. In doing so, one of the following three things is bound to happen:

    1. You may find the ball and then attempt to hit it onto the fairway.

    2. The ball might be located in an unplayable lie, which means that there is no chance to make a shot. You're only two options are to pick up the ball and move over by two club lengths or hit the ball again from where you originally took your last shot. Either way, you pick up a one-stroke penalty.

    3. The ball may not be easy enough to find, and can be declared lost. This means that you have to go back to the area where you hit your last shot, shoot over, and take a penalty stroke.

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    Texas Wedge

    Monday, June 23rd, 2008

    There is a term in golf that you may or may not have heard of. It’s called the “Texas Wedge”.
    Some of you are probably wondering what the heck that means. The Texas Wedge actually has to do with the putter and you use this shot any time you are off the green and facing a [...]

    Good Players Know The Importance Of The Short Game

    Monday, June 23rd, 2008

    The short game in golf is considered to be every shot within 80 or so yards from the hole. This includes all shots, from those pesky sand bunkers to the final putt shots from the green.
    What is left? Chipping and pitching - which as you probably know, are known as two versions of short shots [...]

    Break Your Putt Into 2 Steps For Better Confidence

    Monday, June 16th, 2008

    Although good golfers make putting look simple, it can be a very tricky skill to learn.
    Many times players will muster up so much concentration on the target line that they forgot to factor in the amount of speed needed in order to get the ball near the hole.
    The target line can easily hypnotize you into [...]

    How To Handle Putting Through Speedy Breaks

    Thursday, June 12th, 2008

    Playing golf on greens that have speedy breaks can be huge putting challenges. Some courses are built with greens that carry severe slopes, such as courses designed by Donald Ross.  Sometimes you can see the breaks easily, like on crowned greens, but other times, when facing shots from certain positions, you may not be able [...]

    Professional Golf Is Not As Glamorous As You Might Think

    Thursday, June 12th, 2008

    At any given time there are only a few hundred professional golf players who get to play for a living, and on a regular basis.
    Playing golf for a living means fighting big odds. These men and women must be able to shoot below par consistently, time and time again, and on golf courses that they [...]

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