Apr 16 2009
Five Exercises To Lower Your Golf Handicap
Swinging a club powerfully and efficiently is based on what our bodies can do. As we get older, what we can do changes. Without maintaining strength and flexibility, we lose our ability to swing a club powerfully and efficiently. If you want to maintain a low golf handicap, you must maintain your strength and flexibility.
Exercising [...]
Mar 19 2009
Attacking The Pin Cuts Golf Handicap
Professional golfers get up and down from within 10 feet 90 percent of the time. That’s why they score so well on tough courses like Augusta National Golf Club, where they play the Masters. Getting up and down is critical to slashing strokes from your average score and your golf handicap. Master this aspect of [...]
Mar 19 2009
Hitting More Greens Cuts Golf Handicaps
Hitting greens in regulation (GIR) is critical. It’s what separates good golfers from bad, well as players with low golf handicaps from those with high ones, It’s also what separates golfers who give golf lessons from those who take them. Professional golfers are a great example of what I’m talking about. Next time you’re watching [...]
Mar 18 2009
Sinking Short Putts Cuts Golf Handicap
Most of us think we sink a lot of short putts. But research indicates otherwise. Weekend golfers sink only about half of their 12-foot putts. While professional golfers under tour conditions sink only about 20 percent of them. The emphasis here, of course, is on “under tour conditions,” which increases putting difficulty.
But sinking more short [...]
