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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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    Smart Golf Tips For Smart Players

    Sunday, July 19th, 2009

    Sometimes all you need to get better at your golf game and overcome sticking points is to tweak something simple, something small – a tiny aspect that you took for granted. The following tips may just be that “something small” you need to improve today.
    Practice Your Putting rhythm
    Just as the time on the range is [...]

    How To Play A Chip Shot – The Professional Way (3)

    Sunday, July 19th, 2009

    Set Your Eyes Slightly Inside The Target Line
    This will happen almost naturally, but since the club is longer you want to make sure not to hover over the ball as you do when you putt. That will throw you off balance.
    Set The Club On Its Toe At Address
    Just in case you have equipment amnesia, here [...]