Friday, August 1, 2008 

Golf Tips For Beginners - Importance of Golf Etiquette

Your partner who wants to chat with you will follow you be example when he sees you become silent while a friend is teeing off. You'll win friends and respect for doing so.

3 simple golf etiquettes that will make you a pleasurable golf buddy to golf with! Happy golfing!

Golf Tips For Beginners - Importance of Golf Etiquette

Sherman is an avid golfer sharing his enthusiasm and knowledge about the greatest game on earth.

Golf Etiquette is a code that governs the expectations of golf social behavior. Having a good golf etiquette is equally if not more important then playing the game well. You'll find golfers with varying skill levels playing on the same golf course in a prestigious club but find one member with lacking golf etiquette and that player may be disallowed from playing at the club again.

Golf Etiquette #3: Take divots and fill them with sand. Taking divots is actually the right way to play golf. Most beginner golfers feel bad when they see a chunk of soil fly up. Don't be. One way to overcome that fear is to carry sand with you so that it helps you overcome that psychological fear of "tearing holes in the fairway". Taking dollar bill divots is the correct way to play golf. Having said that, even if a marshall sees an extra large chunk of soil flying through the air, watching you replace that divot with sand will make everyone happy because of the consideration shown.

Simple Golf Etiquette #2: When a playing partner is lining up a putt, be careful that your shadow does not fall between his ball and the hole. This is distracting and can cause your partner to miss the putt.

Simple Golf Etiquette #1: Observe a brief few seconds of silence when your playing partners are teeing off or putting. Perhaps we like to chat with our golf buddies, we all do. We can chat when we're driving up to the next tee, or walking to the next hole. Just for 4 seconds, we can stop for a playing partner to focus on his golf shot or putt before continuing with the conversation.



 

Senior Golf Strategies That Work

The entire game is going to depend on how you tee off. As you age, you will have to change the way you position yourself over the ball. You may need to continually change this as the years go by. You can play golf for years after reaching fifty, you just have to realize when you need a change in your stance and positioning. Your distance not only comes from the club, but also from your presentation to the ball. Hit the draw is a term many golfers use to describe how you stand over the ball and how you will hit that ball

The most important thing to remember about strategies is the course you are playing. Not all golf courses are created equally. Many courses are going to require you to adjust your swing and distance. Some of the best golf courses are the ones that require some degree of thinking and planning your drive. If you are playing against a wind, or on a drizzly day, you are going to have problems no matter how good you are in the game. Plying against the wind might require a different flex shaft because the wind is going to push the ball backwards.

Senior Golf Strategies That Work

The next strategy that senior golf players need to consider is the stance. If you are a little older, the way you present yourself to the ball will have a big impact on the game. You are going to stand differently as well as move differently when you swing. You should always keep this in mind when you are trying new clubs. If you have back problems, you will probably stand and move your body differently, which will great affect the distance you get with the ball as well as how you use the golf club.

The best strategy is the tactical and practical strategies rather the mechanics. This is the thinking of many of the senior golf pros including Jim Hartley, who wrote a book about just that way of thinking. Golfers also have to have the mental image of the course in their minds in order to play more efficiently and know how many hits they need to make the putt easier and closer. Keeping all this mind should allow you to play the game and keep your handicap the same or better as you enter into your senior golf years.