Timing & Tempo.

Timing & Tempo

The reason the vast majority of golfers have so much trouble timing a shot satisfactorily is that, subconsciously or consciously, they try to regulate the speed of the club head directly with their hands, without using the intermediary links of the hips, shoulders, and arms. When they do this they get an early but never very great reaction, in terms of speed, from the club head.

This is the old familiar "hitting too soon" or "hitting from the top." When the intermediary links are used and the chain reaction is allowed to take its course, there is a late reaction by the club head, which then accelerates to great speed at impact. There is a common expression to describe the player who uses the chain reaction: "He waits on the club." It may not be grammatical but it is descriptive.

What this all comes down to is, the expression of good timing is the late hit. The expression of poor timing is the early hit. Here, as we discuss timing, we isolate one key move that leads to good or improved timing. It is this: Let the body—not the hands—start moving the club on the downswing.

Once you can do this you are on the road to vastly better golf. You will have the feeling that you are starting down with arms and club close to the body—close to the axis— where they should be at this time.

So much has been written over the years about the importance of the hands in swinging the club, that many of us are entirely too hand conscious. A standing vote of thanks is due Billy Casper for stating, in a description of his swing as it reached the hitting position: "At this point my body is still swinging the club." Many of us have been sure of that for years, but Casper, to our knowledge, was the first of the top tournament pros with the courage to say it.

The hands will take over soon enough, as an automatic, reflex action. The problem is to keep them out while still keeping them moving. If we keep them out while our body moves the club from the top, our timing will be far better.

Rhythm and Tempo
Rhythm and tempo can be considered together, because in golf they mean very nearly the same thing.

We mentioned earlier that the rhythm in the swing of a good player is noticed because of the measured cadence in the upward and downward movement of the club. In his swing there appears to be—and there is—a definite relationship in time between his backswing and his downswing.

It is measured in two parts, from the time the club leaves the ball until it stops at the top of the backswing, and from the time it starts to move again until it hits the ball.

The club does have to stop at the top, of course, for the instant required to reverse its direction, whether we feel it or realize it or we don't. No object, not even a golf club, can be traveling in opposite directions at once.

These two segments of the swing can be accurately timed by a motion-picture camera, by the simple process of counting the number of pictures the camera takes during each segment. Such a count shows that the backswing of a good player takes almost exactly twice as long as the downswing.

This two-to-one ratio is the rhythm of the swing. The total time or tempo of the swing will vary with different good players, but the ratio or rhythm will not. Nor will it

vary from club to club. The ratio will be the same for the 8 iron as it is for the driver.

The tempo of the swing will not change, either, for the individual player.

Alistair Thomson.
http:www.acegolftips.com

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You can now train like the pro's with Leaderboard

Alistair Thomson.
http://www.acegolftips.com/

Beginners Golf Tips.

Beginner Tips – The Secret Tip Every Beginner Golfer Should Know

What makes golf so difficult when compared to other sports? There are a few reasons, however “accuracy” is probably the number one factor when comparing the game of golf to other activities. You have much less room for error compared to sports like baseball, for example.

Baseball uses a much bigger ball and you have a comparatively larger bat to swing with. You have several chances of hitting the ball to make a play. And of course you then have the assistance of other players to help you accomplish your goal of either getting to the home plate, or making field plays to cause the other team to reach 3 “outs” so that your team can move up to bat.

With golf, you must hit the ball perfect each and every time you are up for your shot. You have one swing and that's it. The room for error is so minuscule due to the tiny size of the ball and the clubface. And with people watching, the pressure can really cause those nerves to get a bit uneasy. This is why golf is a lot harder than most people think.

Beginner Tip: Take It Slow

For those of you that are new to golf and have not quite grasped what we are trying to explain here about the difficulty levels of the sport, you should take time to follow a few basic tips that every seasoned golfer adhered to when they first started playing.

What is the most important beginner tip? Take the game slow and keep things simple. The obstacles of golf for the beginner player are mostly mental. With the intensity of concentration, focus, and pressure from an audience, one of the best tips that you can appreciate is to simply take it slow.

Learn the game at whatever pace suits you. Many newbie golfers tend to go all out, buy a brand-new set of golf clubs, hit the ball at a driving range for a few days, and then immediately run out and start playing on a prestigious 18-hole golf course.

I understand that you are probably excited and want to jump right in headfirst, but compare the game to swimming. Before you knew how to swim, did you just dive into the deep section of your local swimming pool? Of course not. How could you expect to do the same with golf? Moving too fast will only lead to frustration and eventually you will quit playing.

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Alistair Thomson

Keeping Golf Stress Free

Game Focus Tip – Keeping Golf Stress Free

The fundamentals of golf are very different than many other sports. Take baseball for example; when you are up at bat to make your swing, your job is to hit the ball as its thrown to you. In other words, the game is built around your reaction towards what someone else is doing. You cannot make your move until the pitcher throws the ball to you.

In golf, however, you are the boss. You are in charge of making every move. The ball just sits there, waiting for you to make your shot. And you are 100% responsible for every play that happens. You cannot blame a bad play on a pitch, another teammate, or any other excuse.

This is what makes golf so difficult, and yet so challenging and fun to play. And on top of that, you have people watching you, all in complete silence. Talk about the need for focus!

A Positive Mindset Goes A Long Way In Golf

Golf requires that you focus and think about every shot you take. Of course in our comparative analysis of the sport of baseball, those players have to think about the mechanics of their game too, but they have little time to really focus and concentrate on what they are doing, as opposed to golf. They are conscious of the pitcher and the person at bat, but everything else is reaction.

Golf requires so much attention to what you are doing that any type of negative thoughts or worries can have a dramatic effect on the quality of your game. Doubt can easily seep into your mind, especially if you are still a beginner. Once this happens, your body tenses up, you may get nervous, jittery, and the next thing you know your ball has landed in the rough. Consider it to be the equivalent of stage fright. Yes, golf can be this difficult.

How can you prevent negative thoughts and feelings from happening while playing on the course? The answer is extremely simple, yet may be difficult to learn.

All you have to do is take action, and do so faster than your mind can start to consider any negative consequences of making a bad swing. That's the thing about golf – you can literally think your way into a slump.

Stick with the basics and focus on simple movements that are repetitive. Keep your body loose and as you are preparing for your shot, shift the weight of your body from foot to foot, back and forth. Wiggle your club a bit and just loosen up, have fun, and stop worrying about anything negative. Just learning how to play a stress-free game may be the hardest lesson you learn in golf.

Alistair Thomson
http://www.acegolftips.com

9-Hole Golf Courses – Perfect For The Busy Golfer

Most golf courses have the full 18 holes. However, in addition to these popular 18-hole courses, there are also locations that only have 9 holes.

A typical 18 hole full-size golf course can take four or more hours to play through, especially if you have a large group playing with you and in front. The 9-hole course, on the other hand, can be finished in less than half that time.

For many players, especially beginner golfers, the 9-hole course offers more fun and a quicker round, giving plenty of enjoyment while in the beginning stages of their game.

For regular folks who have busy lives, careers, and family to think of, the 9-hole golf course offers a more realistic time period to get a decent game in. It's just not practical to spend four or five hours a day playing through a full 18 hole course.

Tip: Even if you prefer playing on an 18-hole golf course, stop by the 9-hole location on the weekends. It is never quite as busy as full courses and you will have more time to concentrate on your game skills and hey most 9 hole courses allow you to go around twice if you fancy playing the full eighteen..

Alistair Thomson
http://www.acegolftips.com
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Learn from profesionals on the Golf Tee.

Whenever we go to a golf tournament and see a really good player hit the ball, we receive two vivid impressions. On the Golf Tee the first is how far the ball goes with seemingly so little effort. The second is of a certain measured cadence in the upward and downward movement of the club. Both are accurate impressions.

Now if we happen to be on the practice area golf tee, where we can watch this player hit shot after shot, we will notice two other things. One is that he swings all his clubs at about the same speed; he doesn't seem to hit the 3 wood any harder than he hits the 7 iron. The second thing we notice, when we let our gaze wander to other players practicing, is that while most of them are deliberate, there are differences in their swinging speeds.

Timing is the answer to the first accomplishment—the long hit with little effort. Rhythm produces the measured cadence in the upward and downward movement of the club. And the differences we notice in swinging speed among other players are differences in tempo.

Nearly all good players will give us impressions of timing and rhythm. The more graceful the player, the more vivid the impression will be. Sam Snead, among the moderns, is the perfect example. Among the giants of the past, Bob Jones's swing was once called the "poetry of motion," and the late Macdonald Smith was probably the most effortless swinger who ever played the game. The players of today swing harder at the ball than did their predecessors, with the result that theirs is more of a hitting than a swinging action.

Yet the ball still flies out much farther than it should, for the effort the player seems to be putting into it. This is very marked in the graceful players of smaller stature, such as Gene Littler, 1961 National Open champion, and Dow Finsterwald, former National PGA champion.

Timing
The answer to the effort-distance puzzle being timing, just what is timing? For one thing, it is a word that has been used more loosely, perhaps, than any other in golf literature. We have been blandly told that we should work to improve our timing, that our timing is off, that without good timing we cannot hope to play well. But there, having given the word the once-over-lightly treatment, the oracles have left us. They have never adequately explained timing or told us what we should do to improve ours. Our private guess is that they don't know themselves what it is.

A dictionary will tell you that timing is: "The regulating of the speed of a motion, stroke, or blow, so that it reaches its maximum at the correct moment." In golf, obviously, this would mean regulating the speed of the club head so as to cause it to reach its maximum as it hits the ball.

The key phrase is "regulating of the speed." The better the speed is regulated, the better the timing; the poorer the regulation, the poorer the timing. It is here that at least 95 per cent of all golfers have their worst trouble.
They have it because the regulation of the speed depends not on how the club head is manipulated by the hands but on how and when other parts of the swinging system operate: the hips, the shoulders, the arms, the hands. If these move in the right way and in the right order, they will automatically regulate the speed of the club head so that it reaches its maximum as it hits the ball. It is, in effect, a chain reaction of movement, with the club head getting the final effect.

The reason the vast majority of golfers have such trouble timing a shot satisfactorily is that, subconsciously or consciously, they try to regulate the speed of the club head directly with their hands, without using the intermediary links of the hips, shoulders, and arms. When they do this they get an early but never very great reaction, in terms of speed, from the club head. This is the old familiar "hitting too soon" or "hitting from the top."

When the intermediary links are used and the chain reaction is allowed to take its course, there is a late reaction by the club head, which then accelerates to great speed at impact. There is a common expression to describe the player who uses the chain reaction: "He waits on the club." It may not be grammatical but it is descriptive.

What this all comes down to is, the expression of good timing is the late hit. The expression of poor timing is the early hit. We have already, in previous chapters, explained the moves that produce the late hit and the early hit. Here, as we discuss timing, we isolate one key move that leads to good or improved timing. It is this: Let the body not the hands start moving the club on the downswing.

Once you can do this you are on the road to vastly better golf. You will have the feeling that you are starting down with arms and club close to the body close to the axis where they should be at this time.
So much has been written over the years about the importance of the hands in swinging the club, that many of us are entirely too hand conscious.

A standing vote of thanks is due Bill Casper for stating, in a description of his swing as it reached the hitting position: "At this point my body is still swinging the club." Many of us have been sure of that for years, but Casper, to our knowledge, was the first of the top tournament pros with the courage to say it.

The hands will take over soon enough, as an automatic, reflex action. The problem is to keep them out while still keeping them moving. If we keep them out while our body moves the club from the top, our timing will be far better.

Happy Golfing,

Alistair Thomson.
http://www.acegolftips.com

6 Ways To Hit The Ball Cleaner.

One of the major things which separate high and low handicap golfers is consistency. Many high handicappers can hit the ball just fine most of the time, but are punished heavily for duffed shots when they didn't strike the ball on the sweet spot of the club.
So this article is just going to give you 6 simple tips on how to hit the ball cleaner and more consistently... in turnhelping improve your scores.

Keep Your Eye On The Ball
I know it's pretty simple but it's still something that a lot of golfers forget. Taking your eyes off the ball will result in you pulling out of the swing too early. One of the major keys to hitting consistently clean golf shots is to focus your eyes solely on the ball throughout the entire swing.

Hit Down On The Ball
Another thing you have probably heard a lot but don't consciously think about. There are exceptions with different shots, but for the majority of strokes you should make the effort to hit down AT the ball, rather than scooping it up. You will find you'll hit the ball a lot cleaner... but also with a lot more power.

Analyze Your Contact
If you are consistently having trouble hitting the ball on the sweetspot of the club, you should look into investing in some sort of impact spray or tape. You simply apply it to your club when you are practicing, and the ball will leave a mark on the club after it is hit: giving you a clear visual indication of where you are contacting the ball... and in turn allowing you to more easily correct your swing.

Get Your Clubs Fitted
Make sure that your clubs are customized for your swing speed. You don't want the shaft to 'kick' too early or too late as this will have a big impact on whether or not the ball is struck on the sweet spot.

Have A Pre-shot Routine
Having a consistent pre-shot routine is one of the best ways to remove doubt and tension from your swing... which is necessary if you want to hit cleaner shots. So pick a routine and use it for every shot (even when you are at the range) and gradually you will find yourself developing a more repeatable swing.

The Bottle Cap Drill
This is a great drill that I swear by. What you do is get an old club and simply use it to hit bottle caps from the cement. Start with small strokes and gradually build up to a full swing. It takes a near perfect swing to consistently hit the bottle caps without smashing the cement... and when you get back out on the course things will seem so much easier.

So now you have some ideas of where to start in improving the consistency of your contact... and hopefully soon you'll be finding the sweet spot more often.

Just found an amazing golf swing discovery...

In my travels across the Internet I came across a website that has a unique golf swing test.
This golf swing test was created to see if us golfers have a single swing fault that is stopping
us from hitting the ball further, straighter and more consistently.

Apparently if you have this one swing fault it could be costing us up to 50 yards in distance.

Ouch!

Anyway, I've taken the golf swing test and it was very enlightening. You can do the same by going here.

It was well worth the visit.

Where Should You Place the Ball in Your Stance.

A very important question in golf is Where shall we place the ball?
For the normal drive the ball is tee’d opposite the instep of the left foot. The position is this far to the left because the ball must be struck at just past the bottom of the arc of the swing and slightly on the upstroke.

The bottom of this arc occurs not at a point midway between the feet, but about opposite the left instep or left heel.
It is here because the body's center of gravity is moved to the left at the beginning of the downswing by a pronounced shift of weight from the right leg to the left. The left leg is the chief supporter of weight when the club hits the ball.
Therefore the bottom of the arc is opposite the left foot. It's no more complicated than that.

We do not intend to make a big deal of ball placement for the other clubs. This has been done in some systems of instruction, with a definite and different spot prescribed for each club in the bag. This is ridiculous. Such hair splitting gives the pupil the uneasy feeling that if he doesn't have the ball in exactly the right spot he cannot make the shot. Nonsense.

For the other clubs below the driver, the ball is brought back to the right, slightly. But never farther, for a normal shot, than the center point between the feet.

As we use the more lofted clubs they get shorter and our feet are placed closer together. But right down to the most lofted club we do not play the ball back farther than the midpoint for a normal shot.

We would, therefore, advise playing all irons from the 9 to the 5, exactly midway between the heels. For the 2, 3, and 4 irons, play the ball about halfway between this midpoint and the left heel. We would play the fairway woods about opposite the left heel and the driver opposite the left instep.

We realize that some of the touring pros have advised playing the ball about opposite the left heel for all shots and merely moving the right foot closer to the left as the clubs rise in number. This is fine for the pros, who move into the ball so well on all shots. But the average player doesn't move nearly that well. It is much easier for him to get the more lofted irons through the ball with a descending club-head arc if the ball is at the midpoint position.

With this we complete the preparatory moves, the actions and positions you take and avoid taking as you get ready to swing the club.

You have found, to sum up briefly, that you take a tight, two knuckle, overlapping grip and that this grip, so far as contact with the club is concerned, is a combination palm-and-finger grip with the left hand and an all-finger grip with the right. We have also made it clear that once this grip is welded to the shaft of the club at the address, it does not change or loosen from the time the club leaves the ball on the backswing until the finish of the follow-through.

Alistair Thomson.
http://www.acegolftips.com

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Mental golf training can be 5-6 times more efficient than practising on the driving range. The new AmazingGolfMind subliminal mental audios focus on improving the subconscious mind. By listening 3-4 times a week you'll improve your game much faster than hitting hundreds of balls on the driving range.
Here's the free video what explains how subliminal mental golf audios work:

Is this a new concept? It is a new concept for regular golfers. Tiger and the top tour pros use subliminal mental training for a long time. Tiger is said using subliminal messages since he was 13.
You can watch the free video here and get a free short game audio directly after watching the video:

To Your Success,
Alistair Thomson

What golf ball do you use?

I recently had an amazing exchange with golf ball expert Robert Cotter. Robert is a golf ball design engineer who has worked for many years in the Golf Industry, designing golf balls for professional and recreational golfers.

Through his work, he has interacted with many of the game's top pro's as they tested new ball designs. During our dialogue we touched on numerous topics, including how the various ball components combine to affect overall performance.
It was also fascinating to learn that, in his experience, up to 90% of golfers are using the wrong ball for their game, due to no fault of their own.

He has seen firsthand how using the right ball can dramatically increase driver distance, and immediately cut strokes by reducing the effect of slice or hook spin (i.e. - more greens and fairways!).
This unique, "insider" experience with top golfers also lead to the discovery of his dynamic golf swing method. His golf ebook, "The Key To A Repeating Golf Swing" is one of the top selling online instruction books of all time. In fact, 1000's of golfers in 58 countries have put his unique swing system to the test and the case studies are astounding.

This year, Robert has combined his top selling ebook with a personalized golf ball recommendation based your own game and equipment details. This package is truly an industry first and a vital step towards taking your game to the next level. You can read more about Robert and his unique system here:

Oh, by the way, Robert mentioned that he was in the process of updating the price of his product package due to the overwhelming demand for his golf ball consultations. I told him I would betalking about it in this note and he indicated he would hold off on the price increase until you had a chance to check it out.

So, if you're at all interested in getting his game improvement package, I urge you to do so ASAP because I know he will be raising the price soon.


Alistair Thomson
p.s. This is a brilliant golf resource.

What You can Learn from Tiger.

Do you know how it feels if you can't drop your score anymore?
Veryfrustrating...
Andrew Scott, a regular golfer like you and me who plays in the low 80s was in the same state one year ago. He took dozens of lessons, changed his pros, started building up a new swing from scratch, hit hundreds and hundreds of balls on the range, bought new clubs... and the result? His score did not drop at all!

Everything worked well on the range - hitting the balls long and straight. But back on the golf course his swing suddenly fell apart, slicing, hooking and hitting fat shots resulted in balloon scores, which destroyed his score regularly.
Does this sound familiar to you?
It came even worse. With the missing self-confidence Andrew's shortgame began to fall apart as well. There were rounds where he had over 40 putts. How embarrassing...
He was very close giving up his beloved game of golf until he discovered a secret mental technique that changed everything!
Read on to see what it is about...

Andrew discovered the secret mental golf training technique that Tiger and the top tour players used to become the success fulplayers they are. He tested and tweaked the method. His golf game has been improving dramatically over the last few months.
You can watch the video that explains Andrew's discovery here:

He's developed a 'mental golf technique' for improving the golfskills in less than 30 minutes and without practicing. He tested and tweaked the method over the last 6 months to what it is now.
It's the first time that this little known, but very powerful mental golf method is available to the regular golfer.

What is "AmazingGolfMind" about?
No, it's not like any other mental golf training techniques you've ever heard on improving the Golf Game Why?
The "Amazing Golf Mind" system uses the latest technology insubliminal affirmations combined with brain wave states and relaxation techniques. It's a combination of the most powerful mental techniques that Tiger and the Top Tour players use. Tiger is said to use subliminal affirmations ever since he was 13.
Read more here:
Here's... How It Works...
The purpose of this technique is to go straight into your unconscious mind by by passing your conscious mind. The unconsciousis the part of the mind that controls our habits and behaviour.
The brain picks up any messages that get through to it, and immediately uses them to build new thought patterns and behaviours.The complex movements of the golf swing will become a natural habitas driving a car. Once your unconscious is trained your golf gamewill work on autopilot without thinking.
With this breakthrough technique you can only listen three times aweek to 30 minutes of relaxing music to catapult your golf game to the next level.
You can learn more by watching the FR*EE video here:

There's a good reason that the Top Tour players don't want toshare this powerful technique!

Sincerely

Alistair Thomson

P.S. Tip: After watching the FR*EE Video you'll be redirected to apage where you can download a FR*EE subliminal mental golf audio.Test it out, it's at no char*ge. You'll be amazed how powerfulthis technique is - guaranteed.
See her what it is about:

The key to a repeating Golf Swing.

I recently had an amazing exchange with golf ball expert Robert Cotter. Robert is a golf ball design engineer who has worked for many years in the Golf Industry, designing golf balls for professional and recreational golfers. Through his work, he has interacted with many of the game's top pro's as they tested new ball designs.

During our dialogue we touched on numerous topics, including how the various ball components combine to affect overall performance.
It was also fascinating to learn that, in his experience, up to 90%of golfers are using the wrong ball for their game, due to no fault of their own. He has seen firsthand how using the right ball can dramatically increase driver distance, and immediately cut strokes by reducing the effect of slice or hook spin (i.e. - more greens and fairways!).
This unique, "insider" experience with top golfers also lead to the discovery of his dynamic golf swing method. His golf ebook, "The Key To A Repeating Golf Swing" is one of the top selling online instruction books of all time. In fact, 1000's of golfers in 58 countries have put his unique swing system to the test and the case studies are astounding.
This year, Robert has combined his top selling ebook with a personalized golf ball recommendation based on your own game and equipment details. This package is truly an industry first and a vital step towards taking your game to the next level. You can read more about Robert and his unique system here:

Oh, by the way, Robert mentioned that he was in the process of updating the price of his product package due to the overwhelming demand for his golf ball consultations. I told him I would be talking about it in this note and he indicated he would hold off on the price increase until you had a chance to check it out.
So, if you're at all interested in getting his game improvement package, I urge you to do so ASAP because I know he will be raising the price soon.

happy Golfing,

Alistair Thomson

p.s. This is a brilliant golf resource.
"The Key To A Repeating Golf Swing"

How do you focus for your shot?

I have recently had some interesting exchanges withMartial Arts Master Peter Brusso CEO of vision 1 golf andhttp://www.infocard.cc.
Taking the mental skills he has learned over a lifetime and incorporating them into whatever he does to improve performanceis Peter's passion. Give him a few minutes and he'll turn you into a "golf ninja" with the ability to accomplish almost anything you desire on and off the course.

You have probably heard that the game of golf is 10% physical and 90% mental. Well, it is. Yet we spend most of our time working on the part of the game that will give us 10% opportunity for success and ignore the part that turns a beautiful day into a nightmare. It doesn't have to be that way. You can have your golf ball and hit it too!

Vision1Golf is a method for approaching the game of golf that allows you to score exceptionally well while still enjoying the game itself. Imagine that!
Suppose you could walk up to the tee at your favorite golf club with the confidence and knowledge that the golf ball you are about to hit will go exactly where you want it to go. Wouldn't that be great?

Peter Brusso from Vision1 golf calls it "East Meets West", a mental approach to the game of golf that takes the time honored techniques of instant mental focus and visualization to achieve the desired result; in this case, a great golf shot, exactly where you want it. The technique is simple, fun and you turn it on and off at will. It does NOT change your golf swing or any of the mechanics of your game, just gives you the mental golf skills to be 90%better than you already are.
Check it out and read some of the testimonials.

happy Golfing,

Alistair Thomson.

http://www.acegolftips.com

Slice or Hook?

The two dreaded words that every amateur golfer fear, the Hook and slice.
The thing is that the low handicap and pro golfers use thesetwo shots to be able to steer their way out of trouble.
The pro's will hit a hook spin shot or Draw the ball to providea shot that can hold straight in a left to right wind and when it hits the fairway it will roll for ages on the grass due to the type of spin imparted on the ball.
The slice spin shot or Fade is used to hold a ball staight in a right to left hand wind and this shot will land and check quite quickly on the green.
For the high handicapper these shots are just big mistakes.
In this article I will give you some tips to cure your slice.
The slice is a very common mistake that 90% of amateurs have to live with. Every golfer has experienced this shot.
The slice is so common that every magazine will have an articleon the subject.
So what causes the slice.?
It is caused by an out to in swing path and the club face is open at impact with the ball.
The big mistake that most high handicap players make to try and stop their slice is that they aim their body to the left of the target hoping that the ball will land on target.
What they fail to realise is that they are lining themselves up for an even bigger slice shot.
Big mistake.
Before anyone can hit a perfectly straight shot you need toline yourself up square to the target line. A handy way is to lay a golf club on the ground aimed at the flag. Set yourself up with your toes against the club and your shoulders and hips in line with the target.
The next thing to do is lay a club on the ground behind the ball as you are looking at it. It should also be lined up to theflag and parrallel with the club laid down at your toes.
As you start your golf swing downwards, aim to strike the actual ball, but also try to keep the club traveling along the line of the club laid on the ground. this done to try and keep the swing on a straight path.
If you are enjoying this article and would like to make some more improvements to your game and take it to the next level.I recommend that you grab yourself a copy of Andy Browns ebook.
I have recommended this course to some of my friends and theyhave all made huge improvements to their games.

Happy Golfing,

Alistair thomson.

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Golf Etiquette.

Golf Etiquette.


Golf etiquette is more than just a handshake before and after a match, it is however more or less common sense and having due consideration for others on the golf course. Before stepping onto a golf course you should be aware of a few simple rules, to help you here is a short guide to proper golfing behaviour.

Because of the very social nature of the game of golf you are playing with either partners and or opponents and they are entitled to play without any hindrance or irritations caused by you, here are some tips.
If someone is playing a stroke try and stand behind and out of their eye line, making sure not to stand too close.
When on the green make every effort not to stand or walk across the line of another players putt.
When a shot is being played keep as still and quiet as possible.

One of the biggest bugbears these days is Slow Play and holding up of all the play on the course. If for instance a ball is lost during your round and you are helping to look for the lost ball, you should call the following match and allow them to play through.
Two ball matches have precedence over three and four ball matches and are entitled to pass them. If you are a single player, you have no standing on the course and must give way to any match of any kind.
If you lose one clear hole on the match in front of you, you should invite the following match to pass through as you are holding up play.

No one wants to rush their shots; however there are a few steps that can be taken to prevent slow play. While your partner is playing their shot you can be preparing by thinking about your shot, making club selection and being ready to take your shot just after your partner.
After your group has putted out you should clear the green promptly, mark your score cards off the green, you will have ample time to mark cards on your way to the next tee.

Care of the fairways and greens is another must on the course, failure to do so is unforgivable. It is an essential part of etiquette to always replace divots on the fairways even if it wasn’t caused by you. Divots are often moved off their spot by birds and rabbits so it is good practice to replace them and firm them down with your golf shoe.
You should always repair any pitch marks left on the greens. Use a pitch mark repair fork and work your way around the edge of the pitch mark and tamp the area down with the sole of your putter.
Studies have shown that it takes at least 21 days for an untreated pitch mark to fully recover. It has been said that the best policy is to repair as many marks as you can when on the greens. If everyone repaired at least one additional pitch mark there would never be any problems.
You should always place the flag gently down on the green never throw or drop it.
You should never lean on your putter when bending down to remove your ball from the hole as this can leave a mark on the grass.

If your ball unfortunately ends up in a bunker it is your duty to rake the sand and smooth over any holes or footprints you have made. If there is no rake you should try and smooth out any footprints and holes prior to leaving the bunker.

Following these simple guidelines on your part will ensure that others will enjoy their golf as much as you.