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Jan
18
2009

Hitting Up with the Driver, Yet Again

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Once again, the issue of “hitting up” with the driver has resurfaced.  We’ve debated the issue here on several occasions.  Now, Golf Magazine has reaffirmed its own [...]

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Dec
28
2008

Dreaded Shots: Tee Shots on Tight Driving Holes

I’ve been eagerly watching the poll that I currently have going in the sidebar asking you what your most dreaded golf shots are.  It’s early, but as results have been trickling in, many of you have voted that your most dreaded are tee shots on tight driving holes.

We’ve all been there.  You stand on the tee and the hole you’re faced with looks about ten yards wide.  There is trouble on both sides.  Maybe it’s water, woods, out of bounds, [...]

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Nov
12
2008

Shortening Your Driver for Added Control

Recently, I found myself reading Tom Wishon’s book, “The Right Sticks“, where he topples a mountain of long-standing golf equipment myths.  It’s a great book that I’ll be reviewing shortly, but one of the myths stuck out to me.

Wishon tackled the myth about longer drivers producing more distance.  Myth #18 (out of 37!) is: “The longer the length of a club, the farther you’ll hit the ball.“  That’s right, it’s a myth.  Well, to be fair, it’s a partial myth.  [...]

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Sep
04
2008

More About Hitting Up with the Driver

I was interested to read an article at the Grouchy Golf Blog this week about the topic of hitting drives with an ascending blow.  Golf Grouch dug up an article from the January 2008 issue of Golf Magazine that shows, via scientific launch monitor testing, that a ball struck with an ascending blow will carry several yards further than a drive struck with a level blow and even further than a drive struck with a downward blow.  This holds true [...]

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Jan
08
2008

Do You Break Enough Tees?

That was the question I asked myself on Sunday when I managed to get out for 9 holes. My own answer was “no”. I guess I should really revise that question. If you don’t break tees, do you at least knock them over or out of the ground?

One of the nuggets of wisdom that Harvey Penick shared in his Little Red Book was “clip the tee“. I’ve mentioned that one before and it’s one of [...]

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  • One of the best ways work on short putts is the 100-putt drill.  It basically consists of putting a ring of balls around a hole, with each one about three feet out (approximately a putter length).  Simply start putting until you make 100 in a row.  It’s much more difficult than it sounds.

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