Penalty Areas Golf courses have two different types of penalty areas which are distinguished by the color used to mark them. Penalty areas usually contain water but some rules committees make exceptions. Often times a penalty area is defined as an area where balls easily get lost or are unable to be played. Therefore, penalty […]
Stonebridge Golf Club Welcomes Barry Churchill, PGA Contact: Barry Churchill, PGA The Ultimate Golf School (802)324-GOLF (4653) Barry@theultimategolfschool.net (Monroe, NC – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) The Stonebridge Golf Club welcomes award winning PGA Instructor, Barry Churchill, who will be joining Director of Instruction, Fred Bond. Together they will offer outstanding instructional programs to their students. Barry […]
Golfing On A Budget Golfing on a budget is sometimes difficult. It’s well known that golfing can be an expensive hobby. Between the cost of clubs and equipment, greens fees and memberships, you’re bound to pay a pretty penny for your time on the course. But, there are ways to play the game and still be […]
Play the Course on the Range If you play the course on the range you have a greater chance of taking your driving range swing to the course. It’s a common complaint among golfers. “But I hit it so great on the range. Why can’t I do that on the course?” Sound familiar? Swings on […]
Practice Makes Perfect Right? Practice makes perfect is what everyone says so it has to be right. Well, not if you’re doing it wrong. I like to say, “Practice Makes Permanent!” If you are practicing the wrong thing, you will end up with a very good “bad habit”. To improve your golf game, it’s important […]
Golf Format The Stableford scoring system is a popular golf format. Developed by Dr. Frank Barney Gorton Stableford in 1931, the Stableford format is a scoring system in which the final score is not the stroke total. Instead, each hole earns a point value based on the individuals stroke total. As a result, the final score […]
Stay Safe In The Heat Playing in hot weather can effect your golf game and even worse, your health, so stay safe in the heat. However, as long as you’re prepared, you can still have fun out there while staying safe from the heat, too. Here are some tips for when your golf game coincides with […]
Increase Upper Body Rotation You probably do not know that you need to increase upper body rotation to get more yards on your tee shots. Furthermore, average players think that turning their upper and lower body more into the back swing is the recipe for more distance. Generally speaking, we should turn the upper body/shoulders […]
Shoulder Tilt All great golfers have shoulder tilt at the top of the backswing. Furthermore, they also maintain their tilt far into the follow thru. First of all, you know you need to “keep your head down”. Secondly, you know you need to “keep your eye on the ball”. But do you know the root […]
Hitting Off Of Hardpan Lies It’s difficult hitting off of hardpan and it can go wrong in a hurry if you don’t know what you’re doing. Hardpan is usually a flat, hard, dried out area with little or no turf. It’s typically found in low irrigation areas or places where golf carts are often used. […]