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Has your golf got bottle?

Has your golf got bottle?

The next time you have time to practise your chipping don’t forget to bring some water bottles with you. Although it’s generally a good idea to keep reasonably hydrated in sport you can also use the plastic bottles to check...

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Free flowing swing

Free flowing swing

Here’s a great little drill/exercise that can be done anywhere as it does not use a club or ball. The idea is to get the feeling of a free flowing synchronized swinging motion with the arms and the torso. Start...

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Free flowing swing

Free flowing swing

Here’s a great little drill/exercise that can be done anywhere as it does not use a club or ball. The idea is to get the feeling of a free flowing synchronized swinging motion with the arms and the torso. Start...

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Where to position the trail foot at address

Where to position the trail foot at address

For the purpose of this article I shall use the reference of a golfer playing right handed so their trail foot will be the right foot position. So let’s start with the question - how should the right foot be...

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Simple Take – Away Drill

Simple Take – Away Drill

It has often been said that the most important part to the swing after impact is the take away. Ben Hogan regarded it as one of the crucial moments in his swing. I think we would be fooling ourselves if...

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Simple Take – Away Drill

Simple Take – Away Drill

It has often been said that the most important part to the swing after impact is the take away. Ben Hogan regarded it as one of the crucial moments in his swing. I think we would be fooling ourselves if...

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Clubface & Swing-path

Clubface & Swing-path

It is easy to get wrapped up in swing thoughts, as a coach I’m always mindful of visiting that very conscious place in our heads to make swing alterations, in truth its very difficult to avoid for real substantial changes...

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Early Extension – What is it?

Early Extension – What is it?

Early Extension is one of the most common swing characteristics in golf but it may be a term you are not familiar with. It can simply be defined as any forward movement of the pelvis toward the ball on the...

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One foot for Crisper Irons

One foot for Crisper Irons

Here is a really simple drill to help you get the feel of nice crisp iron shots, especially from those tight lies. Start off with a 6 or 7 Iron although this will work with all irons, the medium clubs...

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Playing Golf in the Wind

Playing Golf in the Wind

Playing Golf in the Wind Adapting our games to the varying conditions of both course set up and weather conditions is something all players have to do regularly, but have you ever considered how you game stacks up when the...

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Playing Golf in the Wind

Playing Golf in the Wind

Playing Golf in the Wind Adapting our games to the varying conditions of both course set up and weather conditions is something all players have to do regularly, but have you ever considered how you game stacks up when the...

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Review of Open Week 2013 at Powerscourt Golf Club

Review of Open Week 2013 at Powerscourt Golf Club

Our open week took place this year on Monday the 22nd of July and ended on Saturday the 27th. This year open week was held on our East course and the conditions as usual were immaculat. So often this year...

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Review of Open Week 2013 at Powerscourt Golf Club

Review of Open Week 2013 at Powerscourt Golf Club

Our open week took place this year on Monday the 22nd of July and ended on Saturday the 27th. This year open week was held on our East course and the conditions as usual were immaculat. So often this year...

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Review of Open Week 2013 at Powerscourt Golf Club

Review of Open Week 2013 at Powerscourt Golf Club

Our open week took place this year on Monday the 22nd of July and ended on Saturday the 27th. This year open week was held on our East course and the conditions as usual were immaculat. So often this year...

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Golf’s Mental Challenge

Golf’s Mental Challenge

For me golf is a 100% mental and a 100% physical or in other words, for us to play our best both of these components need to be in place. In truth I consider these one and the same, the...

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Golf’s Mental Challenge

Golf’s Mental Challenge

For me golf is a 100% mental and a 100% physical or in other words, for us to play our best both of these components need to be in place. In truth I consider these one and the same, the...

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Golf’s Mental Challenge

Golf’s Mental Challenge

For me golf is a 100% mental and a 100% physical or in other words, for us to play our best both of these components need to be in place. In truth I consider these one and the same, the...

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Putting Aim

Putting Aim

One of the problems that are quite common in putting technique is a miss-aim of the putter face at set up. This leads to compensation during the stroke and although our bodies can develop a reactionary amendments this will have...

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Watch out for the Amygdala

Watch out for the Amygdala

I was watching the conclusion to the Seniors Open Championship played at Royal Birkdale the other day. An American golfer, Mark Wiebe had finished on 9 under and the great German golfer Bernhard Langer was 2 shots better on 11...

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Tee pegs to improve your Iron Play

Tee pegs to improve your Iron Play

Two important factors to look out for when playing our iron shots from the fairway are that we have a consistent centeredness of strike on the club face and we strike the ball on a slightly descending angle of attack....

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