Long Putting need wrists

A big mistake made by alot of golfer when hitting long putts is to use the same stroke that they would use on a short putt. A wrist less putting stroke is great for being accurate on short putts but simply wont do it for distance control on long putts where pace is more important than line. If you look at this picture and the two below you will see how at set up my putter shaft points between my arms, in the backswing it lines up with my left arm and in the follow through it lines up with my right arm. practice this and your long putting will improve.

Long Putting needs wrist action

notice how in the backsswing my wrist have hinged so now the shaft lines up with my left arm

The Tee Shot 17th St Andrews

About the most famous Blind tee shot in the world is the 17th at the Old Course St Andrews. This is Peter Fowler in a practice round before the Dunhill Links 2008 his line was over the L in Hotel. Sometimes hard to do but the key is to pick a line and trust it. So if you are lucky enough to play the old course rip it over the L.

The key to good golf warm up and keep fit

On the Pga tour these two vans go to every event, the Physio van and the fitness Van. Each day on tour the fitness van is Roberts first and last point of call. Two hours before each round Rob warms up on the bike for about 10 minutes then does a mixtures of wieghts and stretches for 20 minutes before hitting balls. After each round Rob does more cardio wieghts and stretches to make sure his body is ready for the next day. The moral of the story is if you warm up your body before each round you have a better chance of playing to your potential.

Inside the fitnes van

Cars for the players

Ever wonder how the PGA tour players get around each week. Well every weeks event has a car sponcer who provieds each player with a car to drive for the week. this week it is BMW and the cars are the new X6

Rob and I on the 18th

A fantastic view of the 18th and Club house.

The 13th and the Gorse bush

This view of 13 gives a great idea of the fairway width and length of rough. The other picture is of Gorse bush which is like natures golf ball swallowing barbed wire.

Remember the basics

At every professional event in the world go to the Range and you will see the same thing. Alignment aids, and more often than not just a simple shaft or club on the ground just to make sure no bad habits aren't formed.

Yet visit a driving range or practice fairway full of club golfers and you would be hard pressed to find and alignment aid.

Just remember it is golf not rocket science!

Aim at the target and you have a chance of hitting it.

The Open Championship at Birkdale

Just fantastic easily the years best event

transport change

There are some perks to working with one of the worlds best players it is very hard to que up again

Great Chipping

The key to great chipping is to use your body to hit the shot not your arms and hands. notice in this picture of my follow through my arms are still in front of my body which is facing the target. on top of this my head has rotated to watch the shot.
to practice this get yourself some plastic practice balls and chip them towards a mirror and see if you can achieve a finish position like this.
Good golfing

Has the game changed?

Here is a picture I took in 2006 which highlights the change in golf equipment over the past 70 years. The clubs on the right were my Grandfathers and the other set mine. Not only are there more clubs and the shafts steel and graphite instead of wood, but the lenghts are also massively different with the only wood in my Granfathers bag being the same lenght as my 3 iron.
The clubs have changed as have the balls and the equipment which maintains the course. However the love of the game is still the same.