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Sporting goods and household items are the key to a softer swing!  Read more by clicking on the picture….

The putter head has to go straight back to putt and your eyes need to be directly over the ball. Use this great tip from PurePoint Golf to check if your eyes are over the ball.  Click on the picture to see the video.

“One of the most popular problems with people’s golf swings is that when they take the club head back, their entire body goes back…”  Read more by clicking on the picture.

A couple simple tips to help you try to fix your slice from PurePointGolf.com.  Click on picture to see the video.

 
While a buried bunker lie might be a bad break, it’s certainly not impossible to get it up and down from here. But you need to blast it out onto the green and factor in how it’ll behave after it lands.

“Some people use one pitching wedge and several golf swings to work their short game. This is an inefficient and unpredictable way to manage your short game. Why not use the same golf swing and different clubs to work your short game? Watch this short video clip and our pro will show you the basics.”

This is a video about the misconception of timing in the golf swing.  Click on the picture to watch the video.

“Amateurs have problems hitting crisp iron shots due to two fatal flaws. First, the takeaway tends to be too low to the ground, which delays the proper hinging of the wrists until too late in the backswing.”  Read more by clicking on the picture.

“The putt-chip is a shot that I encourage all of my students to learn at our golf school. It’s easy, it’s reliable, and even the pros use it to get up and down in a hurry.”  Read more by clicking on the picture.

Use your sand wedge to get a good loft.  Click on the picture to see the video

Keep your eye on the ball and let the speed of your arms turn your head.  Click on the picture to see the video instruction.

“Proper warmup is essential for peak performance in any sport. If you attend any professional sporting event you always see athletes going through a pre-game warmup, and pro golfers are no different. By the time tour professionals step to the first tee, they are fully prepared to make their best swings from the opening tee shot.”  Read the rest of the article by clicking on the picture.

“The chip shot might seem like a simple motion, so why do so many golfers complicate it with added movements? I’ll address that here by taking a look at the two biggest faults related to hitting crisp chips: weight distribution and forward wrist position at impact.”  Read article by clicking on the picture.

Click here to watch the video regarding playing in tough weather.

Click on the picture to watch the video on “the all important left hip.”

Don’t think, just swing; great instruction.  Click on picture for rest of lesson.

Click on the picture for tips that could help you play better golf.

Learn how to practice your weight shift for a full swing by clicking on the picture.

Click on the picture for an instructional video on getting out of the sand.

“Many golfers line up with the ball too far forward or back when they set up to…..” Click on the picture to view the video.

SWING WITH YOUR BODY, NOT YOUR ARMS
If you want to dial in your chips and pitch shots, you have to learn to swing with the bigger muscles, not the smaller ones. This means making more of a body rotation through the shot, as opposed to a handsy, flippy style that can lead to all sorts of inaccuracies such as thin, fat or even shanked shots. Also, don’t be afraid to use more of the surface area between you and the hole. Hit the shot that’s right for your distance, lie and situation from off the green.  Read more by clicking on the picture.

“The chip shot might seem like a simple motion, so why do so many golfers complicate it with added movements? I’ll address that here by taking a look at the two biggest faults related to hitting crisp chips: weight distribution and forward wrist position at impact.”   Read more by clicking on the picture.

The difference between chipping and pitching from PGA golf instruction.  Click on the picture to watch the video.

Learn to hit it big with my 10 simple drills and tips

Proper warmup is essential for peak performance in any sport. If you attend any professional sporting event you always see athletes going through a pre-game warmup, and pro golfers are no different. By the time tour professionals step to the first tee, they are fully prepared to make their best swings from the opening tee shot.  Read more of the article from about.com/golf by clicking on the picture.

This is a great video of The Villages Community and the golf carts that the residents drive.

“The first is overswinging. Most amateurs overswing because they have a poor understanding of how power is created.”  read more from golftipsmag.com

“When you make your putting stroke, picture the top half of your putterface striking the ball before the bottom half. Don’t try and hit down on the ball”  read more from golf.com

“The sand used to fill up bunker areas can vary from course to course. Some locations use very soft, fine sand.”   Read more from golftipsdigest.com