- Beijing 2008 -"Michael Phelps Quest For Gold"
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 was Destiny, Fate, Unbelievable, Miraculous - Scheduling Your First Tee Time and Playing Your 1st Golf Round
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 - Scheduling Your First Tee Time (Cont..'d.)
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 - Scheduling Your 1st Tee Time!
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 - "Relaxation" - My Key To The Golf Swing
I have just finished posts on My Seven Step Swing Checklist The one KEY ingredient to all of the seven steps is "Relaxation" - Your First Golf Round - From Pre-Tee To Green
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 - The Golf Swing - My Seven Step Check List - Step 7 - “The Follow Thru”
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 important but if the follow thru is not done correctly it can negate the proper execution of the other steps of the swing - “Myrtle Beach” - Top Rated Golf Destination, Vacation Spot Or Both?
In the winter of 1990 I was contemplating planning my first golf vacation At that time I had been playing for about 13 years, approximately once a week, either with my golf club at Marine Dunes Golf Course in Brooklyn on Flatbush Avenue or Dyker Beach Golf Course in Bensonhurst, which at the time was the most played public course in the country - The New York Giants - Super Bowl XLII Champs - “A Season To Remember”
Unbelievable Destiny - The New York Giants - Super Bowl Xlii Champs - “A Season To Remember”
Unbelievable Destiny - The Golf Swing - My Seven Step Checklist - Step 4 - "The Backswing"
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 - The Golf Swing - My Seven Step Checklist - Step 3- The Waggle
What is a Waggle About thirty something years ago I may have asked that question myself - The Golf Swing - My Seven Step Checklist - Step 2 - The Set Up
To quote a line from Ed Norton, “Step up, plant your feet firmly, and address the ball- Hello Ball” For all of you Honeymooner fans out there, I’m sure you will recall that this was Eds’ direction to Ralph in the famous Honeymooner Golf Episode, which is one of my all time favorites In order to prepare for the golf swing, the set up is where you will step up to the ball, place your feet in position and address the ball, so Ed was pretty accurate in his direction to Ralph, except of course for the Hello Ball part - The Golf Swing - My Seven Step Checklist - Step 1 - The Grip
In this writing I will discuss The Grip, which is Step 1 of my seven step checklist for the golf swing After years of reading, practicing and experimenting with different methods and techniques to prepare for the golf swing I have broken it down simply to seven steps that work for me - Golf Guide For Beginners - Tips And Info
I sincerely hope that the information that I will be providing will make your experience with golf an even more enjoyable and rewarding experience than it was for me Enjoy - "Las Vegas" - Gambling, Golf And Good Times
In my previous writings I spoke about my Myrtle Beach and Disneyworld golf vacations, which are two excellent choices for golf and vacation destinations, no two ways about it I had been alternating between both places for about ten years and had some great times but we were ready for a change, for something different - Golf - Instruction Versus Self Teaching And Other Options
Golf can be fun no matter how skilled a person may be, but it's human nature to enjoy something more if you are good and excel at it Wouldn't you agree - Golf - Learn To Play
There are many options available to learn to play golf You can self teach, have a relative or friend teach you, go to your resident pro at the driving range, take lessons from the golf professional at your country club or pro shop, go to golf-tec at the Golfsmith locations or if your high school or college offers a golf program join the program - Golf - What You Need To Play
I would like to offer some tips on equipment purchase and what would be required to get started playing golf Beside club purchase, there are additional items necessary to prepare yourself for play - Golf "Etiquette" - An Important Part Of A Gentlepersons Game
There was a time not so long ago that I may have used Gentlemans in the title, as opposed to Gentlepersons, but then the ladies would have been all over me and not in a good way The game of golf, did however, originate as a gentlemans sport - Golf- Some Collateral Benefits Of The Game
In a previous writing I stated that I had been playing golf for about thirty years or so For the first 13 years of the thirty, I had played the game but never realized the collateral benefits to be derived from the game - Jack Nicklaus And Tiger Woods - "The Best Of The Best"
I mentioned Jack first, or should I say, Mr Nicklaus in the title because alphabetically and historically I think he deserves that courtesy, but they both should be credited with phenomenal accomplishments for their time in Golf History
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