There are many important shots in golf and putting in all its various forms is certainly up there with the best of them. Whilst something like a short putt or a tap in doesn’t really need any explanation, other types of putt aren’t perhaps that clear. So what is a lag putt for example and … Read more
I have tried some ‘interesting’ stuff with my golf equipment over the years. Three wood shaft in the driver? Check. 30 grams of lead tape on my seven iron? Playing with four chippers? Check and check. Mainly, I do this to see what it is like. It is all well and good spouting off about … Read more
Golf is full of controversies. The whole blades vs cavity backs debate, for example. Or what about belly putters? Single length irons, anyone? People tend to have strong opinions on things. Unfortunately, a lot of these opinions aren’t really based on much, certainly not on any actual facts! I have lots of golf opinions. One … Read more
The bunker might well be the scariest place on the course for many mid and high handicap golfers. Playing that floaty splash shot you see on TV becomes a desperate attempt to scoop the ball onto the green and increasing levels of frustration as it stays in the trap before finally being thinned across the … Read more
If you have the pleasure of watching the masters every year, you will undoubtedly have heard the commentators raving about how fast the greens are playing. Since the infamous ‘bikini waxed’ comment from Gary McCord, the comments are a little more measured but you will hear almost every day that ‘they are running at 12’ … Read more
A lot of golfers dream of playing to single figures. I know that I did and as I headed down from bogey player to playing off the back tees (15.4 at my club) towards 12, I went from wondering what single figure handicap golf was to understanding what it really took. I have been a … Read more
Just how easy is it to learn to play golf? How much time and effort are needed to become master the game? anyone who has been playing for a while is probably smiling at the screen right now. The idea of mastering golf is probably in the realms of dreams for anyone who ever touched … Read more
As a golfer, notions like par, handicap or gross and net scores are things we use every time we play. From the new golfer or non-golfer’s perspective, these terms can be quite strange. I tried to explain to a non-golfing friend the other day how to understand scoring in golf and I realised that stuff … Read more
Even the absolute golfing beginner will notice very quickly that not all golf clubs are the same. Put a wedge next to 3 iron and the difference is obvious, even if they happen to come from something like a single length iron set. The clubhead looks different for starters. It will be a different size … Read more
Without beating the drum yet again about my preference for fewer clubs, I don’t hide the fact that I rarely have a full set in the bag. If we consider a full set to be the maximum number of clubs allowable in competition which is of course 14. I think there is plenty of evidence … Read more