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    Choosing Which Club To Use

    As you progress each shot down the fairway, the distance between your ball and the flagstick becomes shorter and shorter. This means that your goal is to hit the ball as far as possible from the tee shot. Then on all subsequent shots you will need to adjust your swing for accuracy and precision, not distance.

    This requires that you utilize different clubs for different shots. The club faces are made from either metal or wood. Different materials on a golf club will have different effects on how far the ball will travel, and how high it will go.

    Choosing An Iron or Wood

    Generally speaking, the higher the number on the club, such as a 9-iron for example, the higher the ball will go into the air, but with much less distance than a lower-numbered club, such as a 3-iron.

    If you are new to golf and are a little confused about these numbers and what clubs to use, don't worry, in time you will have a specific feel for each and every one of your 14 clubs when playing on the golf course.

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    • Archive for April, 2009

    Course Management: Tips To Help You Take Your Golf Game More Seriously

    Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

    Course management is the skill of thinking your way around the golf course and in the most effective manner possible. The world’s best players, in addition to possessing excellent technique, are also top level tacticians, mastering highly effective strategies and squeezing every last drop of potential out of a round by playing to their strengths.
    The [...]

    Chipping From Off The Green: The Classic Biter Shot

    Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

    The “Biter” is a classic chip shot that is the shot you want to play when you have “very little green to work with”, as they say on golf sporting commentaries.
    What that means is that there is very little room between the edge of the green and the hole on the side where your ball [...]

    4 Most Common Chip Shot Mistakes (And How To Fix Them)

    Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

    Poor results on the golf course don’t just happen on their own. When you skull a chip shot that goes running across the green, or stub a shot, it usually happens for one of the following reasons, and knowing them will help you avoid them:
    Standing Too Far Away From the Ball
    If you get your body [...]

    How To Stop Losing Distance On Tee Shots (2)

    Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

    When you start to lose distance on your long drives it’s time to find the problem before these quirks make their way into your short game shots. Some of the solutions you may find here are quite simple, and may seem too lame for seasoned golfers, but the issue of losing ground that you normally [...]

    How To Stop Losing Distance On Tee Shots (1)

    Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

    It is not uncommon to start losing distance on your tee shots – it happens to even the best golfers. If the problem is not corrected then the issue can carry over into other shots as well.
    So anytime you are in a slump where you find your tee shots consistently falling short by ten or [...]