Golf – the Short Game

You may not be able to drive the ball further than 150 yards, but if you can putt well enough, you just might have a chance to be the best putter in the U.S.of A.!!! USPT National Championship held at The Crossings at Carlsbad – San Diego, CA September 24 – 30, 2011 The USPT’s [...]

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Cleveland Golf just sent me a link to their new promo video: The Year of the Wedge. (There’s a link to their video at the bottom of this post.) They are letting all of us know that new rules from the USGA (United States Golf Association) prevents them from continuing to manufacture their ultimate wedge. [...]

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The Secret to Consistently Making One Stroke Putts

by Pat Mullaly on July 25, 2010

If you can get your ball within just a few feet of the hole you have at least a 60% chance of getting it in, in one. 60% may seem low. I mean, what’s a few feet? It should be easy peezy, right? Wrong. More often than not the putt you need to make is [...]

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The chip shot is a standard in golf. When you are somewhere between 20 and 2 feet from the green, too far to putt and too short to pitch, the golf stroke you want to make is a chip shot. There are lots of different ideas about how to best chip your golf ball onto [...]

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One of the prettiest shots in golf is the pitch shot. When hit correctly, the ball sails high on an arc through the air, landing on the green with a soft “thump,” within three feet of the hole. Beautiful. I love that sound, and I’ve heard it often when I play with good golfers. The [...]

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The Secret to Solid Shots With Your Golf Irons

by Pat Mullaly on July 18, 2010

Your golf irons are designed to hit down on the ball, and send it flying to your target. To do this you have to learn how to hit a solid shot. What does that mean? Solid — as in strong, and powerful enough to compress the ball between the ground and the face of the [...]

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