Golf Posture: How to Set Up to the Ball Correctly
Good golf starts before the club moves. Your posture at address sets the angles your swing will follow, and it affects your balance, your ability to turn and the consistency of your strike. Many…
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Golf Ball Position: Where to Place the Ball for Every Club
Ball position is one of the simplest parts of the golf set-up, and one of the most often overlooked. If the ball is too far back or forward in your stance, even a good swing can produce thin, fat…
How to Hit a Lob Shot: Technique, Club and When to Use It
The lob shot is golf's most spectacular short-game shot: the ball pops almost straight up, floats over a bunker and drops softly beside the flag. Played well, it can save a shot from an impossible…
Chip or Putt? How to Choose the Right Shot Around the Green
You have missed the green by a few yards. The ball is sitting on the fringe or in light rough, and the flag is 30 feet away. Do you putt, chip or pitch? It sounds like a small decision, but it…
How to Find Golf Partners and Make Golf Friends
Golf is a wonderful game to play with other people. A good group makes every round more fun, keeps you motivated to play and practise, and often turns into lasting friendships. But finding people to…
Which Tees Should I Play? Choosing the Right Tee Box
Stand on the first tee of most courses and you will see several sets of tee markers, often in different colours, set at different distances from the green. Which ones should you play from? Many…
Golf and Lower Back Pain: Causes, Prevention and Swing Tips
Lower back pain is the most common physical complaint among golfers, from beginners to professionals. The golf swing is a powerful, one-sided rotational movement, repeated hundreds of times a week by…
Golf Trouble Shots: How to Escape Trees, Rough and Bad Lies
Every golfer ends up in trouble: behind a tree, buried in long grass, sitting in a divot or on bare, hard ground. What separates good scores from bad ones is not avoiding trouble altogether, but…
Winter Sun Golf: Europe and Mediterranean Destinations
When the courses at home are frozen, waterlogged or closed, the Mediterranean and the Atlantic islands are only a few hours' flight away. A winter golf break in the sunshine is a chance to play on…
Match Play Golf: Rules, Handicaps and Strategy
Match play is golf's oldest form of competition and, for many golfers, its most enjoyable. Instead of adding up every shot over 18 holes, you play against an opponent hole by hole. Win a hole and you…
Golf Sunglasses Guide: Lenses, Tints and Fit
A round of golf means four or five hours outdoors, often in strong sun and with plenty of glare from water, sand and pale fairways. Protecting your eyes is important for your health and comfort, and…
Golf Pre-Shot Routine: How to Build One That Works
Watch good golfers and you will notice something: before every shot, they do almost exactly the same thing. They stand behind the ball, pick a target, make a practice swing, walk in, settle and…