http://guideforbeginninggolfers.com Golf Tips / Info to help the new golfer get started "The Right Way" Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:41:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en While watching the 2008 Olympic games I digressed to the Super Bowl game a few months back. The words I used to describe the Giants victory over New England were Destiny, Fate, Unbelievable, Miraculous. The Giants performance in that game, as unbelievable as it may have been at the time, ... http://guideforbeginninggolfers.com/uncategorized/beijing-2008-michael-phelps-quest-for-olympic-gold You have scheduled your tee time, arrived at the golf course, checked in with the Pro Shop and starter and are heading to the first tee - Congratulations ! You are ready for the game of a lifetime. Once you are at the first tee there are some rules of ... http://guideforbeginninggolfers.com/uncategorized/scheduling-your-1st-tee-time-and-playing-your-1st-golf-round-part-3 As noted in the previous writing, the assumption is being made that all of the proper preparation has been made in order to make your first golf round as enjoyable as possible for you and your fellow players. Some of the aforementioned preparatory measures for golf are worth repeating. For the sake ... http://guideforbeginninggolfers.com/uncategorized/scheduling-your-first-tee-time-part-2 How to know if you are really ready ? If you think you are ready to schedule your first round on the golf course let's take a moment to review what you have done in preparation to play. Have you purchased your golf equipment and if so do you have ... http://guideforbeginninggolfers.com/uncategorized/scheduling-your-1st-tee-time I have just finished posts on My Seven Step Swing Checklist. The one KEY ingredient to all of the seven steps is "Relaxation". It is a natural tendency for most of us to try to muscle or power the ball toward the hole. I did it for many years with sporadic ... http://guideforbeginninggolfers.com/uncategorized/relaxation-my-key-to-the-golf-swing In past posts we have addressed some of the fundamentals of learning to play golf  "The Right Way". By this I mean that you have purchased or acquired your equipment, have received instruction from a golf professional, parent, sibling, friend, self taught etc. and have practiced sufficiently to prepare yourself to ... http://guideforbeginninggolfers.com/uncategorized/my-first-golf-round-helpful-info-from-pre-tee-to-green We have now covered six of the seven steps in My Seven Step Swing Check List, The Grip, The Set Up , The Waggle, The Backswing , Tempo, The Downswing and now the last step, but especially not the least in importance, is the Follow Thru or Finish. All the steps are ... http://guideforbeginninggolfers.com/uncategorized/the-golf-swing-my-seven-step-check-list-step-7-the-follow-thru Now that you've mastered The Grip, Set Up, Waggle, Backswing and Tempo the next move should be a piece of cake. In fact, you can let gravity and tempo do most of the work for this part of the swing. Your club is back, left shoulder under your chin, head ... http://guideforbeginninggolfers.com/uncategorized/the-golf-swing-my-seven-step-checklist-step-6-the-downswing We have addressed The Grip, The Set-Up, The Waggle, The Backswing and before we proceed any further with the remaining steps to the actual golf swing, I feel this is an important time to discuss Tempo. Tempo is not a single part of the swing but it should be an integral ... http://guideforbeginninggolfers.com/uncategorized/the-golf-swing-my-seven-step-checklist-step-5-tempo Now that you've taken your Grip, performed your Set Up Routine and The Waggle you're ready for action.   Before we start the backswing a few reminders or tips - 1. When you tee the golf ball, especially for use with the driver be sure to set it at the proper height. Note: The ... http://guideforbeginninggolfers.com/uncategorized/tha-golf-swing-my-seven-step-checklist-step-4-the-backswing