Golf Purist or Golf Pragmatist

Which one describes you? I know which one describes me but I’m not going write it outloud, you’ll guess for yourself by the time you get to the bottom of the post.
In trying to decipher if I’m a pragmatist, and pursuant to us collectively trying to determine if technology of this type is acceptable even in ...

Do you take a divot when you hit a shot into the green? You should, but it’s one of the most difficult things in golf to master.
You will find that in most ball sports there is always a shot, or a pass, or a manoeuvre that requires you to spin the ball in some way. This is no different whether your ball ...

‘Drive for Show and Putt for Dough’ is a famous saying in the golf world, but how do you get off the first tee with your esteem in tact when playing in a society?
I can get a little anxious prior to my first tee shot of the day, even though I know I’m a relatively capable golfer. Relative in terms ...

Believe what you will, but a new brand of golf equipment is about to hit the market and make very light work of being stuck in the trees and the rough.
We’ve been given a sneak preview of the new wonder clubs, and we thought it only proper that we should write about it so you can start to save your ...

You’ve been there when the group of grump-meisters behind you are getting impatient and starting to encroach on your personal golf space. Maybe you’re playing with your son who has just started the game, or with your grandfather who plays off 42 in reality? It doesn’t really matter, the problem is not you it’s them.
A post about the ignoramus buffoons who are ...

Where do you start your round of Golf? on the putting practice green? on the first tee? on the 18th tee?
A post about when to start your preparation for a good round of golf.
The 7 P’s
(Prior-Planning-and-Preparation-Prevents-Piss-Poor-Performance)
Starting before your journey to the course, before you even put your clubs in the car, take your time getting to the course or it ...

I don’t know why but sometimes I can play a great punch shot and other times my ball is up in the air rattling the lampshade, but I just don’t know why?
A post about the importance of playing a punch shot well and a plea to seriously handy golfers to come and give us all some insight into ways to ...

What do you do on the course – manage it or mangle it?
A post about the mindset required to enable course management in any sense, and a plea to seriously handy golfers and coaches/pros to give us all some insight about the how to part of course management.
I really hope that this post develops into a good conversation and debate ...

Setting the scene
I stood on the edge of the water hazard, ball unplayable, half sunken into the silt on the shoreline of the small pool, being 4 under nett with 2 to play, well I wasn’t best pleased.
Drown you bitch! Just seemed to involuntarily spring out of my mouth as I glared at my ball there in the shallows. A ...

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Clean your Grooves Fool!
I was reading an article the other day that suddenly made me realize there might actually be a gizmo-gadget for golf that I don’t actually own. The article in question was 100,000 Sold…But Have You Ever Used One? (Golf Groove Tools) and I suddenly realised that whilst I do look after my clubs, that cleaning alone is not ...

When you win at Golf do you understand why? I often don’t but in saying that I don’t win all that often, however I am rarely outside the top half of the results.
A post about why you win at Golf when you just swing and nothing else..
The headline is a take on the famous football chant – you only sing ...

Now you might read more into the title than is necessary, but in fact it’s one of the most basic things that you can do. Especially in the Winter and when Winter Rules are in play, always use them to the fullest extent. After all it’s not cheating.
If you are new to golf or still in your early days, my ...

Sometimes when you’re just not ‘getting it’, your A game I’m referring to, it seems like no matter what you do, nothing improves. When you’ve got it really bad and every club feels like a bent lead pipe in your hand, and you haven’t swung that bad since

If you don’t warm up at the range or before you hit the Tee then you get 10 points for Macho, Nil Points for common sense.
I mean, if you really didn’t want to play for a few weeks because of a torn muscle or something similar then hey sign-off now.. but if you are sensible and want to enjoy golf ...