Golf

Working on getting the club back on plane on the followthru.
Realized there is a corelation with my hip clearing to allow me to get the club back on plane.
If I do not clear the hips or fire the right side then the club will travle closer to vertical and not disect the should on the follow thru. Doing this creates room and time in the swing.
Also, working on making a better turn over the ball. When I concentrate on taking the iron back by extending my left arm and getting my left shoulder under my chin, it allows me to go down into the ball rather than raising up at impact.

Golf History and How the Game is Played

While golf’s traditions are firmly based in Scotland, there is plenty of evidence that variations of a game that involved hitting a stone with a stick to a target were played in Asia and even South America. A game similar to golf was played in Holland as far back as the 13th century. The first reference to the game’s impact in Scotland was in 1457 when King James banned the playing of golf because too many people were neglecting their archery practice in favor of golf.

Golf’s popularity in the United States is thought to have begun with the founding of the St. Andrews Golf Club in Yonkers, N.Y. in 1888. However, a golf club was established in the U.S. as early as 1786 in Charleston, S.C. Early newspaper stories tell that golf was played as far west as California prior to 1888.

The growth of the game in the U.S. was owed mainly to the arrival of many top Scottish professionals in the late 1800’s. Immigrants such as Willie Dunn Jr., Alex Taylor, Jock Hutchison and Laurie Auchterlonie were not only skilled players, but they also were clubmakers, teachers and even course designers and builders.

Since then golf has continued to grow in popularity. Today, millions of golfers play the game on thousands of courses throughout the world.

Here is a link to a very humorous Robin Williams version of the history of golf. Click Here to View


How the Game is Played

The idea of golf is to swing the club and hit the ball from the TEE, the starting area, down the FAIRWAY, which is the path to the PUTTING GREEN. You hit the ball as many times as it may take you to reach the GREEN, where you hit the ball into the HOLE, or CUP, which is the finish area. You count every swing, including penalty strokes and misses. A regulation round of golf consists of playing 18 holes.

Befitting Start

Thanks Tom!

Your thoughts on golf etiquette is absolutely the perfect topic to start a golf lesson blog. I am positive beginners and advanced players will benefit from the many examples... it truly makes the game more enjoyable when golfers know and practice good golf etiquette.

Thanks again Tom and I look forward to more of your insight!

Readers be sure and remember to visit Toms Blog.

Golf Etiquette

To kick of my brother Al's blog on golf, here are some examples of golf etiquette.

One of the most frustrating things in golf are those players who do not have consideration for other players. Etiquette is the basic necessity for playing a round of golf. Not only with your buddies, but with absolute strangers. Below is a short list of typical etiquette behaviors to maintain while playing your round. Displaying this type of etiquette to your fellow buddies or strangers is part of the tradition of golf and shows your character and respect for this game.

* Typically the player to hit first on the tee is the person who shot the lowest score on the last hole. This is called 'Honors'. However, honors is usually for tournament play. While playing honors is good for the game, it is also recommended that you play 'Ready Golf.' If you are ready and it doesn't upset the flow, then hit your next shot. Play 'Ready Golf' from tee to green.
* Do not stand behind the player who is teeing off. Watching a right-handed player tee off, your typical position on the tee box would be to stand to the side and to the right of the teebox area facing the green.
* If you have to hit another ball from the teeing area because of a penalty, wait until everyone has hit before you tee it up again.
* Your voices echo at golf courses. Yelling and screaming on the teebox can be heard everywhere, so keep the voices down. You can have a good time, without aggravating other players on the course.
* Always mark your ball on the green when not putting or preparing to putt.
* The farthest player should putt first. This player should finish putting as a rule of thumb, but not necessary.
* Again, do not stand behind the player putting, or along any imaginary line from the player to the cup.
* Fix your divots on the green and at least two other previous divots that other players forgot.
* Do not walk on top of your playing partners potential ball line. Consider the break of the putt and don't walk there either.
* Do not leave the green until everyone has putted. Everyone's putting expects consideration.
* If you are the first to hole out on the green, it's suggested you should also be the one to put the flag back after everyone is done putting.

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Good Luck on your golf blog, Al!