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The Zen Of Playing Golf

Author: Greg2016-01-27T10:38:33+00:00January 27th, 2016|Golf Tips, Mental Game|

Bobby Jones, the famous cofounder of the Masters Tournament, said it all! "Competitive golf is played mainly on a five-and-a-half-inch course... the space between your ears." You can hear it ringing in your ears all the time on and off the course. Golf is as much about mental strength as it is a game of skill. When it comes to the average weekend warrior this is only partly true though. The average golfer in general has so much to improve techniquewise that willpower alone won't and can't make the shots happen that he needs and [...]

4 Shots You Need To Play Your Best Round Of Golf

Author: Greg2016-01-20T09:41:58+00:00January 20th, 2016|Golf Tips, Long Game, Short Game|

More often than not people get obsessed with the tiny details of their golf swing and never really start to focus on their game. Fortunately that won't be you if you use some of your practice time on each of following four shots. These are the golf shots that hold your game together and keep your scores low. And despite all the fuss about the longest drive or nearest to the pin ego trips - the game of golf is still about who has the lowest score after 18 holes? If you can focus your practice time equally on [...]

3 Golf Secrets You Can Learn From Jordan Spieth

Author: Greg2016-01-19T18:08:05+00:00December 2nd, 2015|Learn from the Pros, Long Game, Short Game, Swing Analysis|

With a win at The Masters as well as The US Open this year it's no wonder that young Jordan Spieth (official PGA player profile) got the title of PGA Tour Player of the Year in 2015. So what exactly makes the 22-year-old such a dominant force on the links? Is it raw talent alone? Here are three golf tips every player can learn from Spieth to use for his own game. Prepare Like A Pro To Play Like A Champ This is one of those golf tips nobody wants to hear. How many times do you see somebody [...]

Review – RotarySwing.com The Anatomy Of The Golf Swing

Author: Greg2016-01-20T10:35:21+00:00November 12th, 2015|Golf Reviews|

When it comes to golf instruction the internet has definitely changed a couple of things. There seems to be more material than you could ever absorb in a lifetime. And you can find a lot of contradicting instruction and golf tips if you take a look around. So the question remains if you can improve your swing with the help of online tutorials and videos? One of the oldest websites that offers golf video tutorials is www.rotaryswing.com. The site was founded by the golf instructor Chuck Quinton in 2004 and claims to offer “Step-by-Step Instruction to a Biomechanically Perfect [...]

Why Tiger Woods Sucks And What You Can Learn From His Struggle

Author: Greg2015-11-11T16:46:07+00:00June 25th, 2015|Golf Moments and Facts, Learn from the Pros, Long Game, Mental Game|

Tiger Woods missed the cut of the 115th US Open this year with an aggregated score of 156 after the first two rounds. This was the highest 36-hole score by Woods at a major championship yet. He struggles. He really struggles hard to find his game. Meanwhile the media goes totally bonkers tearing their former superstar apart. Comments like "He's done!", "He should quit golf!", "He'll never win a tournament, above all a major, again!" are common. It's the old media game. People cheer you on when you are winning but clap the loudest when you are down. It's interesting [...]

Golf Swing Secrets Of The Greats – Nick Faldo

Author: Greg2015-06-18T14:43:14+00:00June 18th, 2015|Learn from the Pros|

When Nick Faldo was 14 years old he saw Jack Nicklaus playing at the 1971 Masters on his parents' color tv he was inspired to pick up a golf club himself. Fast forward a couple of years he was a successful British amateur golfer. Only 20 years old he became the youngest player ever to qualify for the Ryder Cup. With all he has achieved in his career, even including a knighthood in 2009, I think the most incredible thing about Faldo is how fast he reached a competitive, professional level. Especially when you consider how late he started [...]

5 Tips For More Consistency You Might Not Have Heard Yet

Author: Greg2015-06-14T11:03:19+00:00June 14th, 2015|Golf Tips, Long Game|

Consistency is key to shoot low scores and also one of the parts most golfers struggle with. Usually the root causes for inconsistency aren't the tiny details in their swing people are tinkering with. Working on major body angles like the spine angle, shoulder turn and lower body can yield big rewards. Here are five quick tips that might be new to you to make your golf swing more consistent. Try them and I bet you will hit the ball more solidly and straighter. #1 - Keep Your Eyes Level For Better Ball Striking Here's Rory McIlroy as [...]

Golfs Ultimate Hustler – Titanic Thompson

Author: Greg2015-06-04T14:12:45+00:00June 4th, 2015|Other|

As a major witness at the 1929 Arnold Rothstein murder trial in New York City Alvin Clarence Thomas was asked how he's making a living. The answer:"I play golf occasionally...". This was probably the understatement of the century and a big fat lie on top. The man was known in all states of the USA under his nickname Titanic Thompson. He brought a lot of honest people and a couple of gangsters to bet against him in all ways of imaginable gambles and won most of them. He was one of the most successful con man of his time [...]

Golf Swing Secrets Of The Greats – Seve Ballesteros

Author: Greg2015-05-28T14:07:12+00:00May 28th, 2015|Golf Moments and Facts, Golf Tips, Golf Training, Learn from the Pros|

There’s a story that comes from Billy Foster, Seve Ballesteros’ one-time caddy. Once on the golf course at Wentworth Seve knocked his approach shot through the back of a green. This left him with a seemingly impossible lie to recover from. Seve had no green to work with because the flag stick was also positioned in the back. With this challenge at hand Billy turned to Seve and asked him “What do you think?” Seve answered “No problem, I will hit the flag.”. Billy thought this would be a very risky play because hitting the flagstick could deflect the [...]

Keep Your Head Down – Truth About The Oldest Myth In Golf

Author: Greg2015-05-28T14:00:28+00:00March 11th, 2015|Golf Tips, Long Game|

The advice to keep your head down rings in so many ears on golf courses all over the world that one might think that it is a fundamental of golf. But depending on your swing and how you interpret the advice trying to keep your head down can actually do more harm than good for your game. Let’s take a closer look at the oldest cliché in golf and when and how it could be actually useful to you. What You Will Learn Why people think it’s important to keep their head down during the golf swing [...]