A golfer can know everything there is to know about their ball flight: how far each shot of theirs with every club travels, how to manipulate the ball in the air, the physics of the flight of the ball, and the physics of the striking of the ball on the clubface. But if they don’t know anything … [Read more...]

Golfers who take lessons from anyone who may have some level of expertise in the area, whether it be the local club pro, your golf team’s coach or even your father, have in all likelihood heard the phrase “hit down on the ball.” While this action is desirable in golf, it often fails many … [Read more...]

One of the most important aspects of a good, fun and healthy game of golf is the golf bag. Most golf bags are the same when it comes to the basic characteristics of the bag; however, bags may differ when it comes to the following point. Many golfers don’t realize this, but there are different … [Read more...]

There are many situations in golf that most golfers wouldn’t even consider as a possibility; there are even those that the USGA Rules Committee didn’t even consider. For these situations, there are “rules decisions.” These are decisions made on unforeseen situations in golf based on … [Read more...]

Although many people outside the game of golf may think otherwise, there are different ways to play the game of golf besides those often televised. These different forms of golf are used in both competitive and noncompetitive play. The most common form of golf is stroke play. Any number of … [Read more...]

Even though clubs have always been used in the age-old game of golf, there have not always been bags in which to carry them. The first golf bags were actually used in the late 1800s–almost 400 years after the game was first played. Along with the discovery that a dimpled golf ball flies farther … [Read more...]

It can be nice for a golfer to strike the golf ball right down the middle of the fairway on your drive or for the ball to come off perfectly on a well struck iron shot. However, the game of golf is won and lost on the greens. As a result, the most important area to improve one’s game is on the … [Read more...]

People have enjoyed smacking small objects with sticks since the beginning of time; in fact, it was so much enjoyed that it was turned into a sport that we now know as golf in 15th Century Scotland. Naturally, as the sport became progressively more competitive people began to refine crude sticks … [Read more...]

The most advertised and familiar form of the game of golf to the general populace is tournament golf. This is the form of golf that is played on tours such as the PGA Tour, European Tour and the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour. This form of golf is not the normal form of golf played … [Read more...]

The game of golf has a long, rich history; it is, in truth, one of the oldest games around in the present day. As early as the year 1297, a golf-like game was played by the Dutch with a stick and a leather ball. Some scholars even argue that the game was truly invented in the Netherlands, not in … [Read more...]