The problem is that golfers usually miss below the hole on left-to-right breaking putts. When you take your address position on a left-to-right breaker; your body is open to the hole. That makes it easy to fixate on the hole instead of your real target:the apex of the break. Since your stroke tends to follow your eyes, looking at the hole causes you to start the ball well below the correct line. As you give the putt on last look from your stance, stare down your starting line and focus on a spot on the line equidistant to the cup (not the cup itself). Feel like you’re cocking your head to the right and setting your eyes parallel to the start line (check it with a shaft as shown during practice). This increases the chances that you’ll start the ball on the correct line and allow for enough break so you don’t miss below the hole. If your last look is at the hole, you’ll start the ball well below the correct line and you’ll miss on the low side.

By Bryan Gathright in Golf Magazine September 2008

The Problem

Your putts always roll short of the hole, except for the time when you focus on striking the ball hard.

Why It’s Happening

You’re adding loft to the putterface at impact, causing the ball to launch into the air at impact and then skid its way to the hole.

The Solution

Keep your left wrist firm at impact. When your left wrist breaks down, it pushes the putterhead in front of the shaft and adds loft. Studies using the SAM PuttLab and Advanced Motion Measurement’s 3D motion Analysis System show that breaking your left wrist as little as three degrees can be the difference between holding the putt and coming up short.

Keeping Your Left Wrist Firm

Try a motion that’s all shoulders. Make it feel like your hands are just holding on to the putter as your shoulders power it back and through. If that doesn’t work, experiment with an alternative grip. Grips like the left-hand-low arrangement and the claw hold have been proven to control left-wrist breakdown in numerous studies by reducing the influence of your left hand in the stroke.

By Tom F. Stickney II in Golf Magazine September 2008

When the tall grass is leaning against your ball, here’s what to do:

Step 1:Take an extra club (you’d take less club if the grass was growing toward the target), stand a little closer to the ball and play it slightly back of its normal position. Standing closer will help you swing the club more up-and-down and reduce the time it spends in contact with the grass. Open the club face a few degrees to offset the shutdown effect of the grass and grip the club tighter. If your normal grip pressure is a 4 on 1-to-10 scale, make this one a 6.5.

Step 2: Don’t lift your arms in an attempt to swing steeper. Just make your regular motion but with an early wrist hinge. Try to point your thumbs at the sky as your hands reach hip height. That will create the angel you need to come down sharply on the ball and keep the grass from slowing your club and closing the face.

By Jason Carbone in Golf Magazine in September 2008

After missing the fairway some golfers struggle from waste areas on desert course. With an easy swing, any golfer can get home from bare, hard ground. The trick is to make contact from a bare lie. Position the ball just forward of the middle of your stance and hover the club above the dirt. Set your weight so that i slightly favors your left side. If your weight is too far forward you’ll swing too steeply and slam the club into the hardpan. You have plenty of club, so make a comfortable three-quarter backswing. If you swing any harder, you’ll lose your footing (which isn’t that great to begin with since your spikes can’t dig into hardpan). As you swing back, feel like your body is turning but your chest isn’t swaying, just turning. Your goal is to strike the ball and the hardpan at the same time. Notice how your shoulders, hips and knees rotate toward the target. Turning like this on your downswing and all the way to your finish guarantees you won’t come down too steeply and bounce the club off the ground.
By Donald Crawley in Golf Magazine September 2008

Are you an early-morning golfer and the course is always a bit damp? Do you struggle from wet sand after heavy rainfall? Like most sand shots, your goal is to slide your club under the ball on an angle that allows the club head to reach its lowest point just in front of the ball. Unlike most sand shots, however, the ones you play from wet sand have to be fast and forceful. Remember that wet sand is heavy and if you decelerate into impact, the shot will go nowhere. Take a wider stance so that the inside of your heels are in line with the outside of your shoulders. Set the ball in the center of your stance, and then open your stance so that your hips and shoulders point at least 30 degrees left of your target. Rotate the club to the right so that the face is wide open. Lean the shaft forward and visualize that same lean later at impact to promote a downward blow. On a specialty shot like this, the secret to pulling it off is in your setup.

By Ed Ibarguen in Golf Magazine September 2008

Do you tend to miss a lot of green? Do you think all pitches are the same?  To pitch it close from long grass you must address the ball like normal and then stand back from it a little. This adds bounce to the club to help push it through the rough. Remember to make your regular pitch motion with about 75 percent force. Your low-hands position gives you the sharp downswing that gets the ball out of the rough. Try to make the ball pop more up than forward. The fundamental approach is to use your regular pitch swing, but make it steeper (to get the ball out) and vary your stance and grip (to move the ball the right distance).

By Mike Adams in Golf Magazine September 2008

The first thing that is done when you pick up a golf club is to grip it.  Learning to properly grip a golf club must be pretty important then, right?  Yes, it sure is!  The fundamentals of your swing are based around a proper grip.  It is therefore very hard to correctly swing a club without a correct grip.

There is more than one “correct grip,” and I am going to show you three of them.  At first, changing your grip may feel uncomfortable, but that is completely normal.  You will get used to your new grip eventually.

The Baseball Grip:

As its name implies, with the baseball grip, the golf club is gripped similar to how a baseball bat is gripped.  The hands will lie next to each other on the golf club.  The pinky of the right hand will lie next to the index finger of the left, but not overlap. 

The Overlapping Grip

 In the overlapping grip, instead of the hands lying side by side, the pinky on the right hand will rest on top of the space between the index and middle fingers of the left.

The Interlocking Grip

In this variation, the pinky of the right hand, and the index finger of the left hand will interlock. 

Make sure to grip the club with little pressure; just enough so that the club does not go flying out of your hands when you swing.  No matter what grip you choose, if you are not currently gripping the club properly, than gripping correctly may feel uncomfortable at first.  Get used to your new grip at the range.  Then once you feel relatively comfortable with it, bring it to the course.

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When you think of golf swing fundamentals, you must think of the basics first. The golf swing basics I’m talking about are grip, posture, alignment, and ball position. Get these right, and your chances of shooting low scores and enjoying golf are greatly improved.

Grip
A neutral to slightly strong grip is the wise choice for most golfers. This grip will help you get back to impact squarely without too much hand manipulation. The grip is the ONLY contact you have with the club, so it’s critical you get this right first.

Posture
Posture is where most golfers, especially  the older guys start faultering. You golf posture should be erect not hunched over, and yet most golfers look the latter. Improper golf posture will inhibit your ability to make a full turn, resulting in a lack of distance and consistency.

Alignment
Alignment is so critical to your club path and ball contact. If you aim too far to the right or left, you will have to make compensations to hit it straight, and most of the time those compensations don’t work. Get your alignment right, and you can make a free swing at it.

Ball Position
There is a lot of controversy with ball position. This one may take a little trial-and-error. The quality of your ball contact will determine if you’re on the right track with your ball position. The basics is to play your driver ball off the inside heel of your left foot if you’re a right handed golfer. As the clubs get shorter, you move the ball slightly towards the center of your stance.

Golf swing fundamentals should be the first step you take when you begin your golf journey.

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There are a number of accessories that can be useful to people who play golf. Golf accessories are available in every price range, and many products can be found in stores and online.

Each aspect of the game has its own set of accessories. The golf clubs alone may require a variety of products. Some useful golf club accessories include cleaning kits, protective head covers, and club gripsIf you think that all golf tees and balls are alike, think again because there is an extremely wide range of choices. You can buy inexpensive bags of generic, discount tees, for example, or you can purchase personalized tees in any color you can imagine. There are also rubber tees and brush tees, which are touted to provide more accuracy and to last longer than the traditional wooden tees. You can also find many different types of sunglasses, visors, or caps. If you live in a sunny climate, you may need one of more of these useful products. Wrap-around sunglasses with UV protecting lenses may reduce glare as much as one hundred percent in many cases. Having a clear view is likely to improve the golfer’s accuracy. An umbrella is another very useful golf accessory, since it can be used in either the sun or the rain.

Many golfers can’t do without their ‘lucky’ golf towels. There are many towels with various logos and brand names available. Golf accessory shops also offer ball cleaners and other maintenance products.

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