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Solar For Golf?

: December 1st, 2009 : MAN : Comments Off

When you start to get a bit older it can be very diffiuclt to actually walk an entire course with your golf trolley. Many people would like to use a battery powered golf trolley but feel there are better things to spend their money on than constantly getting golf batteries and of course 12v batteries.

On top of these reasons there are others on why the golf trolley is a pain in the butt. One of the biggest problems is that many people forget to charge the thing up which of course means they hit some big problems the next day! This is something that the older people can simply not do and sometimes will have to actually cancel a golf game because they have forgotten to put the thing on charge.

So with the world moving to the greener options why on earth has nobody brought out a green golf trolley? It is true to say that most golf days are very warm ones and everyone gets very hot due to the sun. However if you were to fit a solar panel onto the trolley it is more than possible that you could power it on the go. So of course you could charge it during the night or you could just wait until the morning when the sun is up to charge it for free courtesy of the sun.

Although this is a good idea it may not actually work because it would take a while to charge it up which means perhaps the front 9 would be all work pulling the thing around. Is that really a bad thing?

Going Golfing On The Consoles

: November 22nd, 2009 : MAN : Comments Off

Tiger Woods has all the glory when it comes to golf on computer games but are there other alternatives and if so, are they actually any good~Although of course Tiger Woods seems to have most of the market when it comes to the golfing games there are alternatives out there it just the question is, are they any good~Although there are many other games out there it would seem that Tiger Woods is the key one in the community however what are the others like}?

Tiger Woods

Although I am looking into the other golf games over this one it has to be mentioned as it is still currently the best golf game that you can buy. The main reason for this isn’t because Tiger Woods is on the front of it but because the PGA tour features within the game itself. This means that you not only get to play as worlds no.1 but you also get to play as other cool famous golfers. It would seem like this game is for the people who play golf as it is really realisitc.

Wii Sports

Okay so it doesn’t really compare to Tiger Woods when it comes to the graphics but when it comes to game play it is actually quite a fun game. The added bonus of this golf game is that if you get a bit bored with playing the golf you can always switch to one of the others sports and have a mess around on it.

Super Swing Golf

Okay another golf game that doesn’t compare, however it is actually another fun game that doesn’t have to be taken seriously and you can choose people that certainly would not be allowed on a golf course.

Mario Golf

A lot of these games have been released and they are my favourite outside of the Tiger Woods games because they add the best range of things to do. It is always fun to play as one of your favourite Mario characters which is another reason on why it is a good game.

It is wondered if any of these golfers have golf batteries. They would certainly need those 12v batteries to power some of their golf trolleys.

Planning Your European Golf Holiday

: November 19th, 2009 : MAN : Comments Off

Are you seeking ideas for a wonderful and exciting golf holiday for you and your wife?  Consider a golf holiday in Spain, it would be one great destination, especially if the wife is a non-golfer.  With this, spending time in Madrid or Barcelona would offer outstanding golf but also create a romantic getaway.   

Many villas in Madrid are exceptional, creating a second honeymoon experience along with the golf holiday tour.  Of course, a trip to Tuscany in Italy is also an excellent opportunity.  While there, you could golf and take tours to a number of the wineries and vineyards nearby.

Even heading to certain Asian countries would be excellent if you are interested in an exotic golf holiday.  As an example, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand are all top destinations, boasting lush, tropical settings and warm-hearted people.  You would also discover these Asian cities have amazing weather, which gives you more days to spend on the green.  Add in the delicious Asian food, tons of shopping, and sightseeing adventures, and you can see why this makes for a good choice.

The process of putting golf holidays and tours together that will entice your wife will require numerous decisions.  Obviously, the location of the tour is the most important so as you look at different places, we recommend in addition to the United States, you also look at South America, Canada, the Caribbean and Southeast Asia.

To help stay within a set budget but without sacrificing quality while enjoying a safe tour you can relax knowing the trip was completely organized with the services of a golf travel specialist.  This is a huge benefit that will guarantee your golf holiday tour will be stress free.

In addition to organizing golf holidays, they may also be able to secure the car rental, air travel, and hotel accommodations all in one neat package.  In fact, the experts can provide recommendations for shopping and restaurants near the golf course. 

Having someone handle all the details of a trip such as this would allow you to relax and enjoy time on the green, playing the great sport of golf.

So, what are you waiting for?  Go online today or call your local travel agent and check out the options for planning one of the greatest golf holidays both you and your wife will enjoy!

Choosing The Right Golf Clubs For Your Game Just Got A Little Bit Easier

: November 7th, 2009 : MAN : Comments Off

Golf has undergone many changes over the years and the equipment we use has changed as well. The traditional iron set is more or less obsolete, with most manufacturers realising the growing popularity of easy-to-hit hybrids and offering irons sets which start at the 4-iron and sometimes even at the 5-iron. It makes sense, as for most club golfers the hybrid is significantly more forgiving to play than the irons.

The USGA and the R&A enforce a limit on the volume of driver heads. That limit is 460cc and for most club golfers, bigger really is better. If you struggle with reliability with your driver, a bigger driver will most likely help in most cases. Triangular profiles and more even weight distribution makes bigger drivers far more reliable, even from miss-hits. Playing a bigger driver means less loss of distance and accuracy on miss-hits.

As with all clubs, the shaft is the engine of your driver. Play a driver with the wrong shaft and you’ll be struggling to find any accuracy or distance. Many of the most common flight problems in golf can be put down to the shaft. If a slice is ruining your scores, a softer shaft might do the trick. If your launch angles are too low, then using a shaft with a more flexible tip for example, could add some loft to your drives. Your driving will develop if you match your driver shaft characteristics to your swing speed. If you don’t know your swing speed, most shaft ratings also tabulate the carry versus swing speed specifications. Check the ratings for various shafts and opt for one with a carry rating that matches your typical yardage.

Hybrid clubs are the top rising segment in golf club sales. If your long irons are inconsistent, some easy-to-hit hybrids could well be your best choice. Built to be forgiving and playable from all lies, hybrids play equally well from the tee, fairway and even the rough. Hybrids are designed to be high launching with soft landings, so most shaft companies are selling specialty shafts built with this in mind.

Iron designs now come in an even wider range of choices. Modern iron design can help many of the most common faults in golf. Slices can be eliminated with offset irons, wider sole designs to minimize the fat shot and help get the ball in the air that much easier. Check the features of your irons. If their design isn’t helping your weak points, then it’s in all probability time for an upgrade.

The scoring clubs have plenty of options to choose from as well. Wedges come in a variety of forgiving designs so you don’t have to compromise your wedge play anymore. If you have problems playing little flop-shots then high lofted wedges are there to help. If your bunker play is erratic, choose an easy to hit hollow sand wedge. These hollow wedges are almost impossible to miss-hit and make easy work of just about any bunker.

Recent changes in equipment rules now allow for some pretty odd looking putter designs. Bizarre looking, but effective. If your putting is erratic, a more forgiving putter design might be the answer. Are you closing the putter towards the hole too much? For right handed golfers that most likely leaves a lot of putts missing to the left of the hole and a face balanced mallet could well be the solution to your putting woes.

The right clubs for your game should make the most of your strengths and diminish your weak points. You won’t need to break the bank either. The component market offers some very high quality clubs to choose from. As an added bonus, these component clubs can be custom built to match your game and that’s the best way to play the right clubs.

Making the right choice of golf clubs will do wonders for your game. For more information on our highest quality clone golf clubs and how these can shave strokes from your scores visit http://www.discountclonegolfclubs.com for a full custom build service.

How Do I Obtain the Appropriate Golf Traveling Bag

: October 30th, 2009 : MAN : Comments Off

Having your stuff organized and handy may not be the secret to better golf, but it definitely improves the golfer’s attitude. This is especially true if you travel with your golf clubs. Knowing that your clubs are safe and sound is truly important, and the realization that you’ve got a place  for all that you need.

Golf Travel Bags and Travel Covers

With lots of makes and features to choose from, you can find the right golf travel bag and cover for your needs. Whether you are just the basic Joe golfer who wants to make sure that your gears in a safe place or you are one of those golfers and let’s take a cooler along with him and store it in your bag, there are a lot of truly quality, and convenient golf travel bags on the market that will suit your needs perfectly.

Combos: The Easy Way

Combination golf travel bags/ carrier combos can give you the best of both worlds: they are made to be about the same weight as a regular bag, and not only do they make for easier travel you have less overall bulk to pack with you.They can be ordered with wheels on them which makes it easier for getting around the airport or simply over to your cart. Designs range from sleek metal alloy to padded, reinforced cloth. If you want the convenience of a single piece of luggage that switches easily to a highly functional bag on the course, then the right choice for you will most definitely be the combo golf travel/carrier bag.

Golf Travel Bag with Cover: Familiarity Breeds Comfort

However, some golfers have their bags set up just the way they want them and see no reason to break everything out and re-pack for a trip. In that case, making use of a durable bag cover or case for your gear just make a lot of common sense. These are made so you can simply pack your travel bag inside, button everything down, and you’re ready to go. You can buy models that have wheels, as well as models that are uniquely designed to save space by featuring “hideaway” construction that will make it easier to find a place for when it’s not in use.

Think about What You Need

If you don’t do a lot of traveling, in all reality it probably doesn’t make a lot of sense to spend a lot of money on travel case or a really nice golf travel bag. On the other hand though, when you take into consideration how much you’ve invested into your golf gear, including your shoes, clubs, and other gear, then you probably don’t want to go cheap on protecting your investment. Relax and take some time to check out all the options you have, consider how many times you’re going to use the bag, and take it from there.

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How to Consistently Hit Long Golf Drives

: October 28th, 2009 : MAN : Comments Off

Every golf hole starts at the tee. If you’re having problems driving, then you’re starting every single hole at a disadvantage. You might scramble your par with a great putt, but you could well be putting for birdies if your driving is up to scratch.

For nearly all golfers, long golf drives and consistency with the driver are far from being impossible. Being long from the tee is a lot easier than most people understand.

With the modern golf ball and Titanium driver, long drives come from hitting the ball on a high launch angle and getting the best angle of descent. It’s not about wormburners anymore. Long golf drives now come from high launch and long carry.

Sure, with their 120 plus mph club speed and pure striking, pros can still get height on the ball, even with low lofts on their drivers. For most club players though, using drivers with extra loft will increase both length and consistency. Most average players would For the majority of club golfers, drivers with with a loft of between 11 to 14 degrees will give the best results.

Fitting the correct shaft is vital when it comes to being consistent with the driver. The shaft plays a crucial function in all your clubs, but play the wrong shaft in your driver and any miss-hits are expensive.

Most golfers now play graphite shafts in their drivers. Sadly, many golfers also play shafts that are too stiff for their swing speeds. That might account for the most common miss amongst club golfers, the slice. Play a shaft that is too stiff and you’ll almost certainly suffer from a slice.

This has a lot to do with the popular misconception that graphite shafts are too soft. That might have been the case 10 years ago, but current graphite shaft fiber patterns have given us exceptional models with excellent flex profiles.

The majority of golfers would improve their driving by playing lighter driver shafts with softer flex ratings and softer torque profiles. The light-weight will improve swing speed and the medium torque will allow the shaft to load properly during the swing, delivering your driver into the ball with more energy. Longer drives come from higher energy.

Launch angles are also affected by the rigidity of the shaft tip. Your trajectories will suffer if you use a shaft which is too tip-stiff. Launching the ball on the optimum angle is where a long golf drive comes from. Bear in mind, we’re looking for a strong flight, not a low worm burner.

Playing the right combination of driver head and shaft specifications is crucial to consistently long golf drives. Your clubs should help your game, not amplify any swing faults.

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Golf Can Be a Very Hard Game to Play

: October 26th, 2009 : MAN : Comments Off

Golf is one of them games which look very comfortable to play, but can in fact be rather hard when you get down to it. The games principles are quite simple, basically hit the ball and try to pot it. But there are some physical aspects which can aid improve your game and that a lot of people miss and that is why they find it exceedingly hard to play golf.

 

Concentration

Golf heavily involves high levels of engrossment; you have to concentrate when you strike the ball and have to concentrate when you putt the ball, all of this concentration leads to a high level of self correction and if you do not have this discipline in place, then you are going to lose out when you are on the golf green.

 

Accuracy

As well as concentration you have to have an eye for accuracy, accuracy is something that someone has naturally, without a steady hand and a good eye you are literally going to be unable to strike the ball to where it needs to go, while your opponent has the upper hand over you.

 

Temper

To sum it up I would say that you need to have a good head on your shoulders if you ever want to win a game of golf. If you have ever played the game, you will come to realize that you need to have a good temper. Throughout a game on a green you are going to at least mess up one shot, but if you have a bad temper you are going to keep on intelligent and reasoning about this one bad shot and then end up making yourself furious. Which will finally end up affecting your performance on your accuracy and concentration.

 

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golf – Thoughts on the Mental Game of Golf

: October 26th, 2009 : MAN : Comments Off

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Undeniably, golf is now entering a new era of high end goals and competitive players. Gone are the days of leisure, now comes a sport built on accuracy and robust wit. Now golfers think different and stronger.

While golf balls and clubs play a vital role, garments are highly criticized by the meticulous golfer. From shirts to trousers and accessories, they assure quality, functionality and of course design.

The new era to clothing

The world was stunned as a new era of apparels hit the golf garments market. It’s not the typical heavy weight clothes made out of wool / cotton. Instead, it is a body fit armor which clings on to your skin in a lightweight disposition.

Various golf t-shirts are also available to match your skort. Make sure they are comfortable and they don’t affect your swing. Meanwhile, if wearing skorts is not your kind of thing, you can also opt to wear golf dresses. There are lots of dresses you can purchase to fit your specific body type, so you should have no problem finding one which suits you perfectly.

Hunter Mahan shocked critiques when he went to tours with this material. And amazingly, he proved his point. Compared to yesterday’s icons, today’s golfers swing to 300 yards at average.

Though body fit, Under Armour Golf is surprisingly breathable. It has incorporated a stretch moisture management and UPF protection when under the sun. And of course it’s wrinkle free.

A few weeks later in our club championship, I shot rounds of 74-68 to finish in a tie for first, and lost in a playoff. Now, I knew how to play a great round under pressure to have a chance at winning.

So, you see, gaining this confidence is not something that happens over night. You can learn all the mental tips you want, but if you have a flawed golf swing and no confidence in the ability of that swing to hold up under pressure, you simply won’t perform.

If you really want to improve your scores, improve your golf swing and work hard on your putting and short game. Also, play as often as possible, and play with a little something on the line! That is how you will learn to lower your scores!

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A Golf Fitness Coach Equals Great Golf

: October 21st, 2009 : MAN : Comments Off

Golf fitness coach. Have you ever considered one…and if so, what systematically were you looking for? There are lots of ‘common fitness’ trainers trying to acquire a piece of the golf fitness and training market that seems to be quickly gaining exposure equally on the television and inside print thanks to Tiger, Vijay and Annika.

But the first thing you need to think when looking into hiring a golf fitness coach or program is the trainers experience in golf.

Yes…that is high on the list of requirements. Does he/she know golf? Do they know the biomechanics of the golf swing? How about muscle function during the golf swing?

An easy test is during the initial interview or if you’re researching it online is to either ask very golf specific swing method questions; or take a look at the information on the website. You’ll find out real quick if this person or program be able to help out your golf swing, game and health.

A golf fitness coach or program ought to incorporate strength, flexibility, endurance, body awareness, balance, stability and even a nutrition component.

It’s easy for a trainer to have a power component…but is it specific to golf? A quick test. Take a look at a few of the exercises. Are a few of them on seated machines for instance? If they are…run! This is NOT a golf fitness coach and/or program. This is considered ‘general fitness’.

Now stretching. There are dozens of stretches for all people. But take a look at several of them. Do they even remotely look like they will gain your golf swing?

Stretches involving trunk flexibility; lower back; hamstring; and even shoulders specific to the mechanics of the swing are what you select. General stretches are greater than nothing, but will delay your results. You prefer specific stretches.

Body awareness. Does some of the exercises resemble golf positions or phases of the swing? Do they look like you would be on your feet and inside your golf posture? Because stated on top of, if they are seated on machines, your body will learn nothing inside regards to your golf swing.

Training your body specific to golf incorporates positions almost identical to what your body would be in during any part of the golf swing.

Stability. Training your body to increase stability inside your swing can buy a little complex if you actually want to see results. The swing happens at between 80-100 miles an hour. One of the biggest flaws of amateur golfers is moving inside their golf swing.

Moving either laterally (sliding), vertically (up and done) or both. This is death to your golf swing. To improve your stability involves specific power drills most trainers don’t even know about.

I may possibly go on-and-on about the requirements of a golf fitness coach or program. It is critical you make the right decision. I have heard horror stories of golfers working using ‘so-called’ golf fitness experts and their game getting worse. With the proper research this won’t happen to you. So definitely believe a golf fitness coach.

Are Golf Shoes Essential for the Beginner Golfer?

: October 19th, 2009 : MAN : Comments Off

As you probably know, there are shoes for just about every sport imaginable.  There are few sports that do not have a special shoe that’s intended to improve the way you play while using them.  Yet many folks can’t afford to always purchase all the additional sports equipment like shoes that are needed.  Many beginner golfers often wonder if it is truly important to purchase golfing shoes in order to basically play golf.  In trying to balance money matters with safety considerations there are a couple of things that you should remember. 

Golf Shoes are Expensive and Not Used That Often

Your prime concern should be your skill level.  A beginner golfer usually can’t explain the cost to buy golf shoes.  They’re certainly not cheap, and since they are only worn while on the golf course they’ve a extraordinarily limited usage outside the golf course.  While tennis and basketball shoes can be worn in different circumstances, the golf shoes must stay on the golf course in order to avoid damaging them, or the flooring on which you are walking on. 

Finding Comfortable Golf Shoes

If you’re a highly skilled player or tend to play quite often , you might need to buy a good pair of golfing shoes.  Typically investing in golf shoes will require you to get a pair of  shoes that you are actually thoroughly snug wearing.  You need to remember that many golf courses need you to do plenty of walking so you want something that fits comfortably.  Something with plenty of cushioning as well as a good fit is essential. 

Golf Course Requirements

You should also contact the golf courses where you plan on playing.  There are some who require golf shoes in order for you to play.  While this could appear like a bit of a killjoy if you were not planning to buy golf shoes initially, the golfing course requiring the shoes is a safety concern to ensure that you do not slip or slide while you are swinging your club.  A good pair of golf shoes has spikes that dig into the ground a bit while you are standing which will provide a bit of extra traction and make sure that you aren’t slipping the first time you swing the club. 

Golf Shoe Styles

Taking your time to go looking for golf shoes is a particularly wise idea.  There are dozens if not hundreds of different colours so occasionally choosing the best color that you like could be a bit of a hard decision.  Additionally, not all shoes are made similarly.  The shoe that’s best for your foot would possibly not be best for somebody else.  Also, there are many different styles that you can select from, as well as all the different brands, materials and prices.

Improve Your Game with a Good Pair of Golf Shoes

Even for a golf beginner, selecting the right shoes to play in will make sure that you are comfortable, as well as have the traction you need while playing.  If you’re playing a lot of golf, you’ll quickly see how a good pair of golf shoes can do wonders to help improve your comfort level as well as your game of golf.  Never discount the ability of  golf shoes to dramatically increase your general performance during a game.  Taking the time to truly try on several pairs of shoes will make sure your final selection is sturdy as well as snug in a colour and style that you like and enjoy wearing.

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