"Afraid You'll Look Foolish on the Golf Course? Don't Know a Wood from an Iron? Want to Get In on One of the Fastest Growing Sports Around? Learn How to Golf and Impress Your Friends!" Choosing the Proper Golf Club There are many different types of clubs, so how does the beginner know which club to choose? Here are some basic hints that should set you right. Golf clubs have different uses throughout your golfing game. One of the most popular golf clubs that is rather new on the horizon is called the hybrid or sometimes the utility hybrid. It has several different uses including shooting from the fairway. So if you have difficulty in getting the distance, try the hybrid. It may help you to avoid bunkers and water traps. The hybrid is also good for teeing off and getting out of the rough, out of sand and is great for accuracy when putting on the green. This is mainly because it was designed with a bigger head than the others. So, you are wondering why you would need any other clubs if this one is so great? There are many other kinds of golf clubs that players feel comfortable with and have given good usage over the years. There are drivers, irons, putters and woods – which aren’t usually made of wood these days, though they used to be. Persimmon wood was considered to be the best because it is such a hard wood, but these days metal is standard. A tee shot is the first stroke used in your golf game. It’s mostly done with a driver (or 1-wood) on long holes or an iron if it’s a short hole. Irons are mostly used on the fairway when precision is important, though they can also be used when playing from the rough – along with wedges. The sand wedge will get you out of a bunker due to its design, being made to kind of skid across the sand. Once on the green, you’ll need a putter to roll the ball towards that elusive hole. Putters are good for shorter strokes that need a great deal of precision. A pitch or a flop is a high shot that requires the ball to roll only a very short distance once it lands. This type of stroke is best done with a wedge – either a sand wedge or a lob wedge, depending on which one you want to perform. The flop is even higher than the pitch with less roll on landing. No matter which golf clubs you choose, you are limited by law to carrying just fourteen around the course. Now we know why professional golfers like to use caddies! How To Achieve the Perfect Grip Having the correct grip in golf is of prime importance if you want your game to improve. In fact it would be true to say that you will never become an expert golfer unless you have achieved this most basic of skills. A good grip will give you a good swing; a bad grip will give you a bad swing. It’s as simple as that. The type of grip you use is not as important as the consistency with which you use it. If you change your grip at every hole, you will be unable to play your best, no doubt about it. Grip types can be classed as roughly three main types: interlocking, overlapping and baseball. For a good grip, your hands should be close together and work as one. There’s no need to hold your club in a death-grip, but make sure it’s not too loose either, and the left thumb should be in position under the shaft to support the club at the end of your swing. It’s also important to ascertain that the grip on your clubs is not too large. Many beginners make this mistake because they think it feels more comfortable and they can grasp the club more firmly with a larger grip. If you find that your ball flight is more left to right all the time, it could be due to a large grip on your club, which will take some of the natural rotation from your wrists and hands. Straighter, longer hits will be the result if you have your clubs re-gripped with a smaller grip. Try it with just one and see how it works, but remember to work on lessening the tension in your hands. This should give you a more free and easy swing. Golf should not be hard work. The most critical part of the grip is not the type of grip your use, but the angle at which the club lays in your hand. Address the ball, but without a club in your hands. Let your arms hang down in the correct position and look to see how many knuckles are visible. Notice the angle of your hand. This is the angle at which you should place your target side hand on the club. For the best support, the target side thumb and forefinger should be on the same side and angle of the shaft while your trailing thumb should be on the target side. But don’t exert any pressure with your thumbs. Keep your hands parallel to each other for best performance. Proper Stance and Posture for Golfers Proper stance and posture in golf is extremely important, not only in the mechanics of the game but to protect yourself from injury. Posture is defined in the Golf Biodynamics Manual, (Check 1999) as “the position from which movement begins and ends”. Correct posture also reduces golfing injuries, promotes the ability to actually strike the ball, and enhances your power and stability. Anyone can work on achieving a correct posture; you don’t need to be a top athlete, or even a top golfer, but your golfing game will improve a great deal if you start with the correct posture and stance. Good posture is where your shoulders are directly above your feet, and your head and spine are aligned. Your arms should be rotated outwards to keep shoulders and head back. You should not be standing with your back hunched over because this is what allows your head and shoulders to come too far forward. You can check that your spine is correctly straight by touching your golf club to it. Both butt and upper back should be touching the club. The correct stance is one in which your heels are about the same width apart as your shoulders. Keeping your back straight, bend from the hips and let your hands hang down. Keep the ball in the bottom half of your vision to stop your chin from tucking in too far. Your knees should be slightly bent. Try and keep your body free from tension. If your muscles are tense, you could well suffer an injury that may take weeks to recover from. Many back and shoulder injuries come from poor posture and stance. If you are right-handed, your right side should tilt slightly further down than your left, but your weight should be evenly distributed on, and more to the front of your feet. Your left foot should be flared about 20 degrees if you are a right-handed player. If you have good flexibility, you may also want to flare your right foot. You should practice all this in front of the mirror until it becomes automatic. Once you have achieved the correct posture and stance, the accuracy of your actual golf swing will be greatly enhanced. When using a driver your feet should be slightly wider, with the inside of them in line with the outside of your shoulders. A good rule to remember is that the shorter the club you use, the less width there should be in your stance. Proper Stance for Perfect Putts Only the newest recruit to the game of golf has any excuse to be a bad putter. Putting is one of the easiest parts of golf to practice. You don’t have to wait until you’re on the green; you can do it in the office or the lounge room without hurting anything. Practicing putting is one of the most important things to do if you are interested in improving your golf. While the correct grip plays an important role in achieving the perfect putt, you must also know how to stand before you can improve your putting. · Start by aiming your clubface at your target. The bottom – not the top – line of the face should be perpendicular to the intended line of roll. Sole the putter head right behind the ball. · With your eyes over the ball sight down the target line. · Make sure your feet, knees, hips and shoulders are all parallel to the target line. · Hands under shoulders – slightly bent elbows. · Weight on your left side – ball position 2 in. inside the left heel. · Forearms parallel to each other throughout the stroke. · Control the stroke with your shoulders – left one down and right side up. · Head should be kept still and the angle in your right wrist maintained. Grab Your Copy For Only . . . $19.95 I know you will get something from this well written eBook! Remember: Knowledge is power - And Great Knowledge is Powerful. When reading an eBook can MOVE you - Isn’t that feeling worth the price of the wonderful read? ENJOY! APPLY! SHARE! I WILL ALSO GIVE YOU THREE OTHER BOOKS ABOUT THE GAME GOLF

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