Archive for December, 2010

The Advantage of a Golf Range Finder

Golf is one of the most popular games that is played right across the globe. It is a game in which the player must be able to calculate the exact distance from the position of your ball to the pin. And with the wonderful advances that are occurring in every walk of life, many companies have come up with Golf Range Finder that is actually a tool that is made use of to determine the accurate distance of the ball to the pin.

Golf can be quite maddening if you are just a beginner or have just recently started playing this game when you find it difficult to measure the distance and this is where a Golf Range Finder comes in extremely useful for you.

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Hit Better Golf Shots With A Proper Golf Hip Turn

Having a proper golf hip turn is a critical part to having a great swing. When you turn your hips correctly and at the right time in the golf swing, you can gain a tremendously amount of extra power. Using the bigger muscles of your body in your golf swing will help to keep the club on the proper swing path and you’ll hit the golf ball farther and straighter.

Ideally, the golf hip turn in the backswing should be 45 degrees. The hips turn 1/2 the distance of the shoulders. So in a good backswing where the shoulders make a full 90 degree turn, the hips should turn half that distance. Because the hips only turn half as far as the shoulders, you should wait to turn them until you have swung the golf club halfway back. The golf swing starts by taking the club back with the hands, arms, and shoulders and then the hips start turning around the halfway point in the backswing. This will ensure you have good synchronization in your swing.

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Hybrid Golf Clubs and Why You Should Have One

Hybrid golf clubs are the latest addition to the wide variety of clubs used by golf players. Their popularity has sky-rocketed over the past years mainly because of one thing – They are easier to hit than any other golf club in the world.

A hybrid golf club is a combination of the characteristics of an iron and a fairway wood. Normally, these combined characteristics are most evident in a hybrid’s distance and swing. Through golf hybrids, we experience both the long ball trajectory from a fairway woods and the swing from a long iron, only, ten times better.

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Easy Golf Stance Tips For Better Golf Shots

Your golf stance is an important base and setup fundamental for having a good golf swing. The golf stance needs to be adjusted depending on what club you are hitting. Typically with your full swing iron shots, your stance should be shoulder with apart. With a driver swing, you want to have your feet slightly wider apart than shoulder width. When you are chipping or pitching you want to have a narrower stance.

Another issue golfers may have is knowing how far away from the golf ball to stand. Standing too close or too far away from the golf ball can cause some problems with the golf swing. If you are too close to the ball, oftentimes a golfer can start coming out of their shots too early. You’ll end up being too jammed up at impact and will have to compensate in order to hit the golf ball. Alternatively, standing too far away from the ball can cause you to lose your balance and make other compensations in order to hit the ball.

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