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The Trick To Overcoming Blow-up Holes

Wednesday August 20, 2008 | 03:00:26 pm 901 words, 3982 views  
The Trick To Overcoming Blow-up Holes: How To Forget About A Bad Hole And Play Better Golf The question is often asked - ‘I have so much trouble coming back after a bad hole. What trick can you give me so that I can forget about that last hole and get back to playing good golf?’ Well, it’s easy. And it works every time without fail. But, you need to do it step by step in this exact sequence for this trick to be effective. First, stand-up straight making sure that you feel as if you’re elongating your spine. You want to feel as ...

How Do You Hit Your long Irons?

Wednesday August 13, 2008 | 04:03:15 pm 1188 words, 5149 views  
What’s the difference between hitting your 9-iron and hitting your 3-iron? What a huge question! There are 5-other golf clubs between these 2-clubs - So surely you need to swing them differently. Right? I mean, isn’t that what everybody says you need to do? It’s like the Monkey says - “You need to hit down with your short irons and sweep your long irons.” Have you ever heard that before? So the question is - If you hit down on your short irons and sweep your long irons - what do you do with your mid-irons? ...

On The Golf Course - Winners and Whiners

Wednesday August 6, 2008 | 02:41:45 pm 1078 words, 3947 views  
I’ve noticed two types of Golfers on the golf course - Winners and Whiners. Now there’s not much difference between the words if you look fast - the only difference is the ‘h’ in Whiner and an extra ‘n’ in Winner. What does the ‘h’ stand for? It could stand for humility. Meaning, in order to play to your potential, you need to take the good with the bad. If you’re too worried what others might be thinking about you after a bad shot, or two or three - you might fall into the trap that many Whiners do. The Golfer ...

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