Archive for May, 2006

How “The Simple Golf Swing” Will Lower Your Score

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006

The best thing about “The Simple Golf Swing” is that it is a system. Most golfers swing at the ball, but never really THINK about what they did wrong, or more importantly, what they did right.
Thinking about the possible corrections usually will not work because there’s always a little wrist cock, or a certain […]

How to Get more Consistency with your Driver

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006

Read this sentence then stop for 10 seconds and ask yourself what you think the three most important elements to the game of golf are. Four, three, two, one…
Ok, now I will list mine in the order of importance.
Driving the golf ball in play.
Putting the golf ball with consistent speed control (distance).
Pitching the golf […]

New Director of Instruction

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006

I hope this finds you well. I wanted to take a moment to introduce you to the new Director of Instruction at golfswingguru.com. His name is Kyle Hallberg and he’s a certified instructor with the USGTF.
This is a position that I have been looking to fill for a long time, and finally I found […]

Short Game Secrets that will change the way you score from inside 50 yards

Monday, May 22nd, 2006

In the next 15 minutes, I am going to change the way you play your shots from inside 50 yards. If you spend 15 minutes before every round of golf on these four tips, I guarantee you the strokes will fall off your scorecard.
We are going to cover putting, chipping, pitching and bunker shots. […]

How to Get out of Bunkers

Monday, May 22nd, 2006

This lesson is entitled, “How to Get out of Bunkers”, and everyone knows how frustrating they can be if you don’t know the proper mechanics to get out of them. But the bottom line is, for the pros, bunker shots are some of the easiest shots on the course.
These steps will ensure that you have […]

How to Cure a Golf Hook

Friday, May 19th, 2006

If you’ve been battling a hook for a while you understand how frustrating they can be. Everyone else is, more than likely, slicing the ball, and you are playing from the opposite side of the fairway.
But… the hook really is pretty easy to cure. Try this sequence of corrections, and most likely the hook […]

The Quickest and Easiest Way to Draw the Ball

Friday, May 19th, 2006

I’ll tell you right now… this is going to be painless, contrary to what you may think. I’ll start with a single definition.
Level Shoulder turn - a turn that stays level with the ground (parallel to the ground) through the backswing.
So, now that we have that out of the way, let’s continue on with this […]

How Playing Short will Save You Strokes

Friday, May 19th, 2006

It’s a pretty simple tip really, but it will help you to lower your scores.
What you should get out of this lesson is that short is usually better regarding approach shots, and I’m going to explain a few reasons why I believe this to be true.
Let’s set the scene. We’ll use the same example […]

Approach Shots: What it takes to master them

Friday, May 5th, 2006

Basically, your approach shot is your shot onto the green. One of the things I like to say is this, “You know your game is improving when you start fixing more ball marks on the green”. To fix a ball mark on the green most likely means that you hit it on your approach, which is a good thing.

Here are a few tips to keep in mind, and then we’ll get to the heart of this article.

How to Maximize your Distance by Hitting Triples instead of Home Runs

Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006

This lesson is entitled, “How to Maximize your Distance by Hitting Triples instead of Home Runs” and it’s a great overall theory to build your entire swing around. Keep this in the back of your head at all times while you are on the course, and remind yourself of it before every shot. The result […]