Using a Belly Putter

A big part of the game of golf is putting of course, but still this is often overlooked. Better putting in your game can be huge in achieving better results on the greens. Most people pay the most attention in the power aspects of playing better golf. They tend to focus on just the drive and the backswing etc. The same amount of time and effort, if not more, should be given to better putting.

A way to see improvements in your putting right away and be more effective is by using a belly putter. A what!? A belly putter. Let’s go over some belly putter tips on your road to better putting in your golf game.

-No rotation in your forearm/no hinge the wrist
The main reason for using a belly putter is to prevent the golfer from rotating his or her wrist in their putting motion. Also to take away the hinge in the wrist when putting. These are the main two problems when putting with short putters.

-Difference between putting stroke and drives
Just because you rotate your forearms in every swing in golf does not mean that you have to in your putts. With drives, you cock and uncock your wrist to generate power. With putting you don’t need to do that because that moves your face angle . This causes an inaccurate shot and you do not need the power anyway. This when you usually over shoot your putt. Read more…

Top 20 Best Golf Courses in Florida (pt.2)

A few days ago we posted Part 1 of the top 20 best golf courses in Florida which covers numbers 11 through 20. You can check out numbers 10 through 1 below. For those of you that don’t live in Florida make sure you check back with this two part list whenever you are in the sunshine state so you can see if any of these best golf courses are in swinging distance.

A lot of these are just amazing to see. The scenic aspects of a lot of these golf courses will just blow your mind. Either you’re going to be motivated to play some of the best golf of your life on these greens or you’re going to play some of the worst golf of your life because you’ll be so distracted by the greatness of the landscape.

Numbers 10 through 1 after the jump……
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Top 20 Best Golf Courses in Florida (pt.1)

No matter the sport, we all would prefer to use the best equipment and play on the best surfaces right? So of course, you want to play on the best golf courses. With the game of golf, part of the challenge is that you’re competing against the course itself. Some courses make it easier than others to implement that simple golf swing while some courses are just extremely beautiful places to play. No matter what your reason may be, we all want to experience the game we love on various courses…preferably the ones considered the best golf courses.

What better place to start than in the sunshine state of Florida. This list is comprised of both public and private courses. Other popular states to play golf coming soon. Numbers 20 through 11 after the jump….
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How to Improve Your Driving Distance

If there is one thing in golf that attracts a majority of the audience and gets the maximum applause, it is a great long drive. No wonder that a lot of golfers invest a lot of time in order to render better golf driving distance. In order to gain more distance for your drive, you definitely need power as well as attain the right golf swing. Once you know how to swing your club correctly giving enough power to the right muscles, you are sure to cover a longer distance with your drives.

It is not that I am an expert in this aspect of my golf game but I definitely had natural abilities in the form of power. I did not have to build muscles or strength in order to get power behind my shots, but I was definitely embarrassed seeing slimmer golfers getting better driving distance. Over a period of time, I realized that my power was no match to the others because they had better swinging techniques.

One of my close golfing buddies, who is a golf coach spotted out the fault in my swing and recommended me to adjust my leg position as well as wrist angle in order to improve driving. I took his advice seriously and also did a lot of research online regarding the right way to get more driving distance. To my surprise, I did find a lot of stuff which included sketches, videos and illustrations about the various body postures and positions that can help to improve driving. There are also quite a few “How to Swing” manuals which I found to be really useful. Read more…