The Golf Slice

I bet you’ve been practicing hard for the weekend and you are now ready to go back to work for the week and then next weekend go back to try and burn the course up. I’ll say now that, that’s highly unlikely going to happen and that’s because if you want to succeed, golf is a game where practice is paramount and having big gaps affects your game hugely!

Get to the Range 3 times a Week
A little bit of homework here and that’s setting you a challenge of getting to the driving range at least 3 times a week and hitting 100 balls or so. You’ll find that next time you go to play a round after you’ve kept your rhythm going all week, you’ll see a decrease in your scores due to shots that appear from no where because you’ve lost a little consistency.

Short Game, Short Game, Short Game
I can’t stress that short game is a big factor if not the biggest factor in scoring very low. Even if you can’t get on the range, practice putting and chipping in the comfort of your own home and develop a great feel. If you can practice on your course chipping and putting green that’ll be even better. Be better than your playing partners by practicing more than them!

Picture it. You’ve got your round going and you’re on for the best score that you’ve ever had and you don’t want to throw it away at the end of the round because of a silly mistake. Having a bogey-bogey finish or a couple of doubles can really dampen your confidence and set a lingering thought in the back of your mind for the next round. A really important one is the fact that if you’re in a competition, you don’t want to throw it away!

Developing yourself as a golfer involves learning how to deal with nerves towards the end of a round and also having your golf game perform when you need it to, is essential to keeping your score low.

So let’s take a look at what you can focus on to stop your round falling apart!

• Think of your favourite golfer and how they perform right till the last putt rolls in, it gives you inspiration and helps you strive to win.
• Take your time over every shot and make sure you stick to it, rushing right at the end can force errors that you really don’t need!
• Think positive thoughts and clear your mind before you make the swing. Having all sorts in your mind will only lead to you having doubts.
• Think about your practice sessions and how you do it every single time you play the hole yourself. You know you can do it so make the swing!

Try these tips next time you’re about to finish the round!

It looks like a hole-in-one contest has been added to the CompTIA Educational Foundation’s event to be held on August 4 in Orlando - the Second Annual Creating Futures Charity Golf Classic.

Some very awesome prizes are up for grabs at Falcon’s Fire Golf Club, for anyone proving to be a skilled golfer and being able to ace one of their par three holes.

Proceeds from this benefit will be helping to provide many career opportunities for veterans that are making the transition out of the military, our youth that are at-risk, several individuals with disabilities, and many dislocated workers.

There have already been more than 1,000 people who have enjoyed benefiting from this outstanding program.

The Golf Classic is to be held along with Breakaway, a conference held annually for members of CompTIA. It is schedule to be held at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center, also in Orlando on August 5 through 7.

The mission of CompTIA, which was founded in 1998, is future hopes of being able to eliminate shortages in the industry of certain skills and to produce individuals that are qualified to handle entry level IT positions.

If you’ve watched even one of the PGA tournaments on television this year you’ve noticed a rising trend of golfers wearing sport sunglasses while they’re out on the course. There are several reasons for this increase in eyewear that both pros and amateurs alike should consider for themselves.

I’m sure one of the main reasons professional golfers are wearing sunglasses so often now, aside from health and game improvements I’ll discuss in a minute, are for endorsement deals. There are tons of designer sunglasses companies out there that would love to have the visibility and marketing that comes with having a professional golfer wearing their glasses.

Of course, weekend hackers aren’t in any position to land major endorsement deals. There are two other good reasons to wear sunglasses on the course though: improving your ball striking and keeping your eyes healthy.

Both of those points revolve around the obvious idea of keeping the sun out of your eyes. Wearing sunglasses helps you keep your eye on the ball easier both when you are swinging and afterwards as you try and track the flight path of the golf ball. There’s nothing more frustrating than having to spend lots of time trying to find your ball out on a hole because you didn’t see where it landed thanks to the sun’s glare in your eyes.

And, obviously, keeping the sun out of your eyes is also a great way to keep your vision safe as well. Constant sunlight is not healthy for anyone and it is especially important for golfer’s to keep their eyes protected because they spend so much time out in the sun’s rays.

Is Tiger’s Course In Dubai Causing Excitement and Problems?

The completion of the spectacular greens of Els Club in the sports city of Dubai certainly has caused some excitement among the world of golfers.

So how could something so exciting be causing any problems?

Dubai’s popular golf course and academy that opened in 2002 is foreseeing trouble in being able to compete with the fabulous new look of the Els Club and other new courses that are expected to be opening soon. To hold their spot with the competition, the Montgomerie’s fading 18 hole course has started an overhaul that will bring a much nicer look for the popular older course.

9 of the holes are expecting to be completed by September, and the remaining 9 holes are set to have their new look finished in the following year. Having constant problems with the turf wilting horribly in the areas intense heat has prompted the need for a new look.

Such a huge project will undoubtedly cause a rift among existing members of the course. Some of these members have already voiced a opinion of thinking they should receive compensation because players will end up losing half of what they have already paid for.

Many individuals whose life revolves around the world of golf have probably already started their vacation and traveling plans. They are expected to want to be first in line to view the extreme changes that have increased the size of the USGA Museum to double it’s original size.

What about individuals whose life is not enclosed around the golf world? Rand Jerris, the director of the USGA Museum has voiced concerns about this very question. Apparently he has a few concerns on if other individuals outside of the golfing arena will even know where they are located at, and that they even exist.

With the recent changes to the museum, the public will get a better idea on some of the important history of golf and learn what the game is all about

As many of the renovations were being made to the museum, many of its popular exhibits were taken on the road to a lot of the USGA events. It is without question the exhibits were enjoyed by many who had the chance to view them.

Will the USGA Museum become what is known as the Cooperstown of golf, like Jerris would like it to be?

Known as a great golfer of all time, Arnold Palmer and his company are in the plans to build a golf course covering 200 hectares and having a 36-hole course, at a new billion-dollar resort development. Plans of course are for Cambodia to receive one of the best golf courses possible for the area.

Construction plans for the new course will begin next year. They will be starting out with an 18-hole golf course, giving them the ability to assess its success.

Sporting a putting range for the public, located in the center of the Cambodian Senate’s grounds, Korea is fast becoming known for their true love of the sport of golf.

Of course the golf course will not only hold a lot of fun entertainment for the Cambodians, the ever-flowing and ever-increasing amount in green, of the tourist dollar is obviously a very large reason for the elaborate plans of the golf boom that is arising.

Already having previously designed 300 golf courses, Arnold Palmer and his design company are obviously in tune with the demands being placed on it for adding the thrills of elite golfing communities to many other areas around the world.