Mickelson misses cut in Arizona
World number four Phil Mickelson misses the cut at the FBR Open after a disastrous second round in Arizona.

Golf’s Most Important Rule! - Golf Ball Contact
Ever wonder how to get that great distance and control on the course? It all has to do with golf ball contact. Everything depends on how and when you hit the golf ball, and you’ll see it in your results.

Hit Down to Get the Ball Up:
This may sound a little bit crazy to some but, with every club except the driver and putter you should be striking the ball with a slightly downward blow. What this does is, it allows the loft of the club to work as it’s supposed to and launch the ball up into the air. Proper golf ball contact will also increase distance because when the ball is hit at impact, the descending movement compresses the ball witch in turn releases more energy sending the ball further.

Golf Ball Contact

Eagle fires McIlroy to Dubai lead
Rory McIlroy spectacularly eagles the final hole of his second round to take a one-shot lead at the halfway point of the Dubai Desert Classic.

Preparing for the Perfect Golf Vacation
Your perfect golf vacation with your friends starts and stops with you. Toss the vacation package brochures in a heap and design your own ideal golf getaway. This is the final of four articles to assist you in providing an outing for yourself and your friends that will make you want to do it every year (as we have for 19 years running).

From the last article, you are now at the minus one month point. So far you have rallied the troops, picked the dates, selected the lodging and golf courses and are in the final preparation stage.

Preparing for a Golf Vacation

Eagle fires McIlroy to Dubai lead
Rory McIlroy spectacularly eagles the final hole of his second round to take a one-shot lead at the halfway point of the Dubai Desert Classic.

Stumbles at FBR Open for Mickelson, Duval
It was opening week for Phil Mickelson at the FBR Open; and David Duval was coming off his best score in nearly six years. But neither will be around for…

Fix Your Golf Slice
Fix Your Golf Slice With Basic Corrections

A golf slice can often be cured by some simple, basic corrections in set-up.

For instance, while a golfer can occasionally compensate for a poor swing, you cant play well with a poor grip. It is important, if you want to fix your slice permanently, that you take the time to check your grip using this simple drill:

Take a blade of grass and trap it between the fleshy pad on the underside of your right thumb and the top of your left thumb. Now, complete your grip and swing the club to the top of the backswing. If the blade of grass has remained in position then your grip is secure and firm, but if the grass has fallen out, this is a sign that your hands are separating, which causes the club to move about at the top of the backswing.

Fix Your Golf Slice

Just hit it - experts say thinking too much ruins your putting
Golfers who think too much about their technique between shots could be seriously affecting their performance, a study suggests.

Golf Tips
Is it that time in the summer where you are ready for some golf tips. Fear not, you are not alone and there is help out there! Take a quick read through these golf tip articles.

Improving Your Golf Driver Swing
Approach every tee shot with a clear picture in your mind of what you want the golf ball to look like in flight. Choose the proper driver for your swing.

Improve Your Golf Driver Swing

Course Pics: Emirates Golf Club (Dubai Desert Classic)
Ernie Els and Sergio Garcia are among the top players who teed off today in Dubai at the European Tour’s Dubai Desert Classic. And the course they and the rest…

How To Prevent Your Golf Swing From Breaking Down With Golf Fitness Exercises
It happens to all of us. We loose our golf swing, make some type of unknown modification in how we swing the club, and everything falls apart. What can we do to prevent our golf swing from leaving us?

Remember this saying as you continue to read this article; “Proper Preparation Precedes Success and Confidence”. Think about this phrase for a moment and then keep reading.

How to Prevent Your Golf Swing from Breaking Down

Planning a Charity Golf Tournament
Looking for tips on planning a charity golf tournament? There are many factors to consider, so I’ll stick to the four main ones for this article. The success of your charity golf event revolves around maximizing player turnout, increasing pledge sizes, obtaining sponsored prizes, and planning tips.

Planning a Charity Golf Tournament

Fix Your Golf Slice
Fix Your Golf Slice With Basic Corrections

A golf slice can often be cured by some simple, basic corrections in set-up.

For instance, while a golfer can occasionally compensate for a poor swing, you cant play well with a poor grip. It is important, if you want to fix your slice permanently, that you take the time to check your grip using this simple drill:

Take a blade of grass and trap it between the fleshy pad on the underside of your right thumb and the top of your left thumb. Now, complete your grip and swing the club to the top of the backswing. If the blade of grass has remained in position then your grip is secure and firm, but if the grass has fallen out, this is a sign that your hands are separating, which causes the club to move about at the top of the backswing.

Fix Your Golf Slice

Customizing Your Golf Clubs
Learning how to build golf clubs a little bit tough to do at first, but with some time and effort it will save you money, allow you to customize your clubs and gives you a great deal of satisfaction.

Just make sure that you follow all of the steps the first time around, and then you can experiment once you get more confident in how to build golf clubs.

Customizing Your Golf Clubs

Golf Basics
I would like to focus the jest of this article on the basis of the golf swing… the grip. With spring in the air and golf on our minds let’s get this year off to a good start by not overlooking the basics.

Unquestionably the biggest mistake I see in people’s golf swing isn’t in their golf swing itself.

Nope. Not at all.

More often than not the mistakes happen before the swing even begins. The first mistake is made in how the golfer holds the golf club.

Golf Basics

Preparing for the Perfect Golf Vacation
Your perfect golf vacation with your friends starts and stops with you. Toss the vacation package brochures in a heap and design your own ideal golf getaway. This is the final of four articles to assist you in providing an outing for yourself and your friends that will make you want to do it every year (as we have for 19 years running).

From the last article, you are now at the minus one month point. So far you have rallied the troops, picked the dates, selected the lodging and golf courses and are in the final preparation stage.

Preparing for a Golf Vacation

Course Pics: Emirates Golf Club (Dubai Desert Classic)
Ernie Els and Sergio Garcia are among the top players who teed off today in Dubai at the European Tour’s Dubai Desert Classic. And the course they and the rest…

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Golf Basics
I would like to focus the jest of this article on the basis of the golf swing… the grip. With spring in the air and golf on our minds let’s get this year off to a good start by not overlooking the basics.

Unquestionably the biggest mistake I see in people’s golf swing isn’t in their golf swing itself.

Nope. Not at all.

More often than not the mistakes happen before the swing even begins. The first mistake is made in how the golfer holds the golf club.

Golf Basics

Ginn drops all golf sponsorships, perhaps ending LPGA and Champions events
Ginn drops all golf sponsorships, perhaps ending LPGA and Champions events

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Golf Stance Tips
Many newer golfers (and a few older ones, too) have a tendency to misalign themselves when they take their stance. Normally, what they will do is aim way right of the target and they do this for a reason. Players who are misaligned from the get go and aim right are usually players who try to swing with their arms. When they do this the ball will almost always take off to the left. So what they are doing with this “right side” target trick is trying to fix a problem before it even happens!

Golf Stance Tips

Titleist Launches New Pro V1, New Pro V1x
The New Pro V1 and New Pro V1x golf balls are being unveiled this week at the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, Fla. And they’ll be on store shelves by…

Improve Your Golf Swing and Driving Distance with Golf Stretches
The golf swing is arguably one of the most difficult athletic actions to perform. The golf swing requires you to draw the golf club through a long range of motion with proper technique and exact timing.

Any error in swing plane, timing, or sequence will cause your golf swing to suffer, and suffer it will. Unfortunately, the result of your golf swing suffering will be errant shots, poor golf scores, and frustration on the golf course.

Hit Harder and Further with Stretches

Golf Tips
Is it that time in the summer where you are ready for some golf tips. Fear not, you are not alone and there is help out there! Take a quick read through these golf tip articles.

Improve Your Golf Swing
Golf can be a terrific game but the most frustrating to see improvements. Some of the frustration comes from too many people giving too many ’swing adjustments’.

Follow these few tips and you should start to see your golf shot greatly improve.

Improve Your Golf Swing

Course Photos: TPC Scottsdale
The PGA Tour’s FBR Open takes place this week in Scottsdale, Ariz., and the course the pros are playing is TPC Scottsdale’s Stadium Course. The TPC Scottsdale complex includes a…

Beginning Golfer Shoots Lower Score
Golf is a great way to enjoy time with your family and friends. Whether you play a leisure round of nine holes or are able to enjoy a full round of eighteen holes, the game of golf is rewarding on many levels. The best news is every beginning golfer can shoot a resonable score.

A beginner only needs a handful of items to get started. A few lofted golf clubs, say a nine and seven iron, and a putter. If you want, grab a metal wood, but no more than a five wood. Gather some golf balls, tees, a towel, and throw your stuff in a golf bag. You are ready to play some golf!

Beginning Golfer Shoots Lower Score

Best Golf Courses
So what are the best golf courses in the United States? Take a look at our top picks! Check out our list of top 10 Golf Courses.

Best Golf Courses in America

Golf Gadgets for the Golfers Who Have Everything
Who wants them? Who needs them? These little devices come in as many shapes, sizes, and forms as there are stars in the universe. Unlike short-game training devices or swing aids they do not work directly on teaching you the proper techniques of the golf swing. However they are indeed incredibly creative in unexpected and very imaginative ways. They are made to make the crazy game of golf more fun, a lot less strenuous and simply easier to play.

Golf Gadgets

Beginning Golfer Shoots Lower Score
Golf is a great way to enjoy time with your family and friends. Whether you play a leisure round of nine holes or are able to enjoy a full round of eighteen holes, the game of golf is rewarding on many levels. The best news is every beginning golfer can shoot a resonable score.

A beginner only needs a handful of items to get started. A few lofted golf clubs, say a nine and seven iron, and a putter. If you want, grab a metal wood, but no more than a five wood. Gather some golf balls, tees, a towel, and throw your stuff in a golf bag. You are ready to play some golf!

Beginning Golfer Shoots Lower Score

History of Golf in Scotland
While many countries have a valid claim to an early game that resembles the game of golf, the origins of golf are without a doubt routed in Scotland’s past. The fact is, golf probably derived from other countries and stick and ball type games. However, while these are stick and ball games, they are missing that vital ingredient that is unique to golf. The hole. It was the Scots who introduced the golf hole into the game we now call golf.

History of Golf in Scotland

PGA Tour Notebook: U.S. Bank out of Milwaukee event after this year
PGA Tour Notebook: U.S. Bank out of Milwaukee event after this year

Golf is Good for Your Health
Lucky for the golf lover, golfing is not only recreational, but also a great healthy activity. A key to success in using golfing to reduce stress is to get all the exercise out of it that you can.

Golf Is Good for Your Health