Friday, October 21, 2011

The Difference Between Good and Bad Golfers

By Sigita Kim


Curse this golf course! Every time you swear you'll go somewhere else - all because of the dreaded 7th hole where it dog-legs to the right and some smarmy course designer placed a harrowing sand trap right where the curve happens.

If you aim straight down the fairway, you risk rolling right into the trap. Should you try to cut over the trees? What if it doesn't clear it and you land smack down in the middle of the woods, having to snap it back out into the fairway just to get a clean shot?

Around the green they will note the dimensions of the green from back to front and side to side. Any undulations will be observed and the dimensions of these sloped will be recorded. Any trouble spots on or around the greens will be recorded and an ideal putting spot will be determined for each possible pin position. The speed of the greens will also be taken into account and any variation from hole to hole. Again the firmness of the greens will be noted and approximate bounce and roll will be calculated for the clubs they are likely to hit into the greens.

Lyle & Scott's range of golf clothes are designed for both the casual wearer as well as the professional golfer, and in recent years the brand has proved popular with Sheffield's indie rock outfit The Arctic Monkeys, presenter and comedian Simon Amstel and television and radio host Dermot O'Leary.

Their current range of golf clothing features their usual range of sweaters and polo shirts which featured in both their 'vintage' and 'heritage' collections launched in 2003 and 2007 respectively. In 2009 Lyle & Scott launched a new line of golf clothes aimed at the younger golfer, aptly named the 'club' collection and features both casual and smarter golf clothing for both men and women.

First, practice with your clubs to find out which ones give you both distance and height with your ball. Visualize the trees on your favorite course - do you hit the club more often than not in a manner that would help you make the shortcut? If not, learn how to fade and hook a ball. Some dog legs are extreme, cutting in 90-degree angles which are more difficult to maneuver. But others are subtler, allowing you to curve your ball easily into the next pathway so that you can still attempt to get on the green and in the hole with one under par.

If your golf game is big on power but short on accuracy, then work on taming your shots until you can combine the two to lead the golf ball where you want it to go. You don't want to attempt a tree-clearing maneuver and wind up hitting it into someone else's fairway where you have a more difficult recovery.




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