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The article provides information on how to make over your golf game. In 2006, the author created various practice plans, which kicked off an online program called the Golf Digest Challenge. In 2007, the author, along with golf professional Peter Sanders, developed Shot By Shot, an online program that offers a detailed statistical analysis of the readers' rounds played. The program helps players compute a handicap for each part of their game.

The article offers golf instruction on applying practice techniques to actual games. First, one of the authors focuses the most common mechanical mistakes that players make in four areas, including pitch shots, sand play, chipping, and putting. The other author then gives instruction on applying the techniques worked in practice into an actual game.

The article offers tips on how to improve golfer's power, consistency and accuracy in long game.

The article presents comments of the author on the strengths and weaknesses of a select group of leading Professional Golfer's Association Tour players and offers suggestions for improving their golf skills. According to the author, golfer Tiger Woods keeps the clubface open more on the backswing creating a need to reroll the club through impact. The author suggests that he should limit the rotation of clubface for better results.

Presents insights of golf instructor Chuck Cook on the strategies he and professional golfer Payne Stewart used in preparing for the U.S. Open in Pinehurst, North Carolina. Application of the flyers strategy in shooting around the greens; Details of the runners strategy on a bank of closely mowed grass between the ball and the hole; Techniques in guessing the pin positions that would be used in the golf course.

The article reports on the importance of interpersonal relations among golfers while playing golf. A big part of golf is having a good time with friends. But having a good golf buddy provides another important benefit. Practicing by oneself is nice (and peaceful), but some help from a friend helps to get better and faster. The best thing 100-shooting golf buddies can do for each other is reinforcing good preswing fundamentals. Buddies in golf increases the variety of training aids one can use and also one can get two kinds of feedback.

The article presents few tips from golf professionals. PGA professional Mike McGetrick says that to hit more consistent shots one should accelerate one's club properly on the forward swing. He advice that transition between the backswing and the forward swing should be a gradual acceleration of the club, not a quick one. PGA professional Chuck Cook advice to build grip, stance, posture and alignment using the letter-and the peg. Golf Digest teaching professional Paul Runyan presents his underreach technique for solid short shots.

Presents an excerpt from the book "Breaking 100, 90, 80."

Short shots are the quickest route to an improved game. There are a lot of people who practice but don't progress. The golfers who get better are the ones who make a sustained, systematic commitment to seeing how good they can get. They don't put limits on themselves. One can have a general goal to get better every day, every month and every year. But the more specific one can get, the better. Charting one's rounds is a revealing way to find out chances of losing strokes. As one gets better it takes more time and effort to keep getting better. The key is to keep working at it.

Presents a guide to the scoring basics in golf. Role of the left wrist in hitting crisp, low shots; Use of a driver when hitting a low tee shot; Effectiveness of the topspin-forehand drive in getting match point.

Provides guidelines for golfers on controlling the swing. Components of firing at the flagstaff; Tips on using and selecting golf clubs; Color coding of golf clubs; Insights on reduction of hand action while making the swing. INSETS: How to get your free 10-minute lesson.;I tried it..

Explains the techniques of golfer Payne Stewart.

Offers tips on how to play golf by analyzing professional golfers' playing styles.

Presents various tips on golf. Includes the strategy of hitting the ball cleanly in fairway bunkers; Practice of hitting drivers; Non-rotation of clubhead; Topspin forehand play.

Provides tips for golfers on how to make a balanced golf swing that produces an acceptable shot. Three usable ball flights; Corrections and drills for different problems; Toed shots; Slices; Shots that are too short.

Offers advice on how to fix golf-swing problems. Importance of correct shoulder position; Grips; Drills for slicers and hookers; Shoulder turns; Club release; Follow-through.

Illustrates golf training mechanics for achieving a reliable golf swing. Includes model impact; Gadgets for proper posture; Check for arm position; Perfecting grips; Use of arms, hands and wrists; Down and backswing.

Looks at ways in which you could test your balls as professionals do. Information on low-spin balls; High-spin balls; Compromise balls; Other information highlighted.

Gives the steps on how to stand to the ball when playing golf. Ideal posture for entire body; Hands, arms and ball position. INSET: The basics at address..

Evaluates the golf technique of lifting the left heel on the backswing. What named golfers do; Factors affecting the technique; Purposes of keeping left heel down; Benefits and pitfalls of keeping down or lifting the left heel; Drills on keeping left heel down or lifting it up.

Advises golfers on correcting common swing flaws. Techniques in moving the right shoulder the right way; Impact of right shoulder position on the body's position; Bringing of the club into the ball on the inside path.

Describes the golf swing of Corey Pavin. Skill at making the necessary adjustments; Head position.

Gives advice on taking golf lessons with a professional.

Suggests ways to improve a score of 80 in golf. Three-step procedure to ensure consistency of draw; Adjustment for curves.

Suggests ways to improve a score of 90 in golf. Use of a 3-wood for teeing; Choice of drivers depending on the course.

Suggests ways to improve a score of 100 in golf. Putting techniques; Improvement of ball control; Ways to predict the flow of the ball.

Describes the innovations made on golf clubs. Advantages offered by the wedges over traditional wedges; Technique in using the clubs.

Advises golfers on how to match their releases with their grips. Description of three possible grips; Description of five wrist positions at impact; Differences between a weak and a strong grip.

Compares the golfing strategies used by Payne Stewart, Tom Kite and Corey Pavin in the 1996 US Open Golf tournament. Description of Stewart's golf swing; Kite's neutral grip resulting in a medium-high finish; Pavin's comfortability in playing a fade due to his weak grip.

Presents a history of the golf technique of lifting the heel on the backswing. Technique of golfers over the last 500 years; Successful golfers being copied; Restrictive nature of golf clothing; Excerpts from the book `The Complete Golfer' by Harry Vardon; Influence from well-known golf teachers; Evolution of the swing action in the 1980s.

The article focuses on how golfer Jason Day uses his shoulders, hips, and arms to generate a powerful swing.

The article focuses on proper moving of joints like the wrists, elbows, hips and shoulders to stay injury- free while playing golf. The elbows bend most freely in one direction as they are the hinge joints. Rolling the elbows clockwise to point the clubface to the sky is incorrect. The correct motion is the wrist-hinge drill. Hips are ball-and-socket joints meant for rotation. Putting weight on the back foot without turning is incorrect.

The article provides tips for golfers on how to deal and overcome the effects of aging on golf plays. It advises to rotate the golf clubs open in the backswing process to avoid pitch yippings. It recommends golfers to pre-set theirs wrists to gain power during strokes. It suggests to stand back at the sun and address and imaginary ball to test a backswing technique.

The article features Art Sellinger, the American two-time National Long Drive Champion in Golf. Sellinger wanted a swing that he could use on the course, and has traveled worldwide conducting over 1,500 tournaments. He suggests that to have a great backswing player must start with a mirror and make slow swings.

The article features two golf coaches Chuck Cook and Art Sellinger. Reportedly, they were the ones who taught three U.S. Open Champions Tom Kite, Payne Stewart, and Corey Pavin. It also advertises golf lessons from Cook and Sellinger and guarantees quality and satisfaction to those golf aspirants who wanted to join and win in golf tournaments.

The article offers step-by-step instructions on hitting a straight swing in playing golf.

The author suggests tips on how to swing the ball farther while playing golf. There is no magic formula for hitting it farther or getting better, but one can incorporate some simple changes into your swing and do both. The first thing to remember is the formula they use in physics: Power is a product of mass and the square of the velocity.

Provides a guide for golfers on how to improve their game. Playing by average as a means of breaking the score barrier; Impossibility of improving scores from 100 to 80 overnight.

Presents a golf lesson on how to hit a shot at the middle of the green. Factors to consider when aiming for the pin; Selection of golf clubs.

describes the right-hand technique of golfer Vijay Singh. Similarity of his technique with Fred Couples; Bending of his right wrist backward at the top of the swing; Flipping his right hand under to play a fade.

Advises on proper technique for drawing the ball in the game of golf. Need for right hand to roll over left.