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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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    • Archive for February, 2009

    4 Putting Tips From The Professionals

    Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

    The best way to improve your putting as quickly as possible is to put time into working your distance control. The reason? Most of your approach shots will likely be from a medium-to-long range of distance.
    Here are some simple, yet extremely useful putting tips to get you going:
    Always Set Your Eyes & Shoulders Perfectly Parallel [...]

    2 Common Pitching Mistakes You Are Probably Making And How To Fix Them

    Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

    Messing up what is supposed to be a simple pitch shot can be enough frustration to make any player angry.
    Nothing can be more maddening than being in the position to hit a stiff one, only to watch in horror as you lay the sod over it or catch the ball with the lead edge, and [...]

    How To Decide Whether To Chip, Pitch Or Putt

    Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

    Why is it that some of the most simple shots in golf can cause the most trouble, even among players of all levels? I’m not talking about just putting, which is probably the #1 easiest shot to learn in golf. I’m talking about the mysterious chip shot and the sometimes difficult pitch shot – both [...]

    Putting Tips: 4 Changes You Must Make In Your Putt Shots

    Friday, February 6th, 2009

    More advice on putting has been written than any other swing in the game of golf. Entire books and DVD videos have been made to help the average golfer become better putters. The reason is due to the fact that the putt shot offers more room for individuality and personal technique than the majority of [...]