I’ve had a request to go over judgment and club distance. The easy answer is that there isn’t an easy answer. Each club will hit a different distance for each player. While my 7 iron will go 160 yards, my wife will hit it 120 yards. It just depends on your skill and your equipment. Read more…
Did you know a great time saver on a busy course is to play a provisional ball? No, that’s not the same thing as a “do-over”! A provisional ball is usually hit from the teeing ground, but can be hit anywhere on the hole. You would hit a provisional ball when you have, for example, hit from the tee and your are fairly sure your ball has gone out of bounds or into some impossibly tall heather. Remember, a lost ball or a ball out of bounds is stroke and distance. Read more…
I get questions all the time asking if it is important to play golf with a glove. To glove or not to glove! Remember, tension starts in the hands, moves to the arms and then to the body. When you have tension anywhere in your body, it can be so difficult to swing a golf club. A glove enables you to hang on to the golf club with less tension in your hands. That keeps tension from your arms and body, allowing you to have greater swing speed and, consequently, hit the golf ball further. I wouldn’t consider playing golf without my favorite golf glove. I suggest you find a glove that fits you like a second skin, but still allows you to make a fist. And remember, the glove will grow and stretch with time. That being said, replace your glove when it rips or becomes dirty and stretched out. In the end, it is a relatively inexpensive way to improve your game.
So many choices!
Thanks everyone for your fantastic response on our video about the basics of regripping your golf clubs. That video has also generated some great comments and questions. There are literally hundreds of different scenarios and variables when you regrip a golf club. Building up the grip and/or putting oversize grips on your clubs is just one of those scenarios. The process isn’t all that different, just a bit more time consuming. You will also have to make some choices that will affect your swing. Read more…
I recently found this really informative article on why the USGA changed the rules on the grooves in the golf club face. This is fascinating! Thank you Golf.com!
USGA Senior Technical Director Dick Rugge sat down for a talk with GOLF Magazine recently and explained why golf balls and drivers are safe, but grooves had to go.
GOLF Magazine: The new grooves rules represent the first equipment rollback in the last 75 years. Why now? What other instances might’ve merited rollbacks?
Rugge: The groove rules were modified because the game had changed in a very significant way due to equipment changes. Large, sharp-edged grooves had helped reduce the importance of driving accuracy, particularly for the most skilled golfers. By changing the groove specifications—by “softening” the shape of the grooves—we’ve addressed this situation in a way that has very little effect on most golfers. Strictly based on their potential to change the game, two other rollbacks could be considered—reducing golf ball distance and reducing clubhead size. However, in both cases, a rollback would impact virtually every golfer, not just the very best players, so we have no plans to roll back either.
GM: Under what scenario might we see future rollbacks?
Rugge: If it were determined that the game could be improved by implementing an equipment rollback. For example, if driving distance once again began to increase significantly, there may be a need to consider changes to the rules governing clubs or balls. It’s purely hypothetical, but there could also come a time when environmental issues place such significant burdens on building or maintaining golf courses that reducing distance could become a necessity. Read more…
