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The World's Most Popular Sport - Golf
Golf is an popular international sport and you can read my lens to find out more about it! It includes teaching you how to play some kinds of shots and can certainly improve your hadicap!
Playing Good Golf
Do you like playing golf? Golf is a well-known and popular sport with over 27 million players throughout the world. Most beginning players find it difficult to control the ball properly. Even I had to take many golf lessons before I could manage to control the ball properly.
But when I read David Nevogt's, "The Simple Golf Swing", I gained even more confidence in playing golf and I'm quite good at it now. I found the book really interesting and I know some people who have benefited a lot from reading this book. They all rate it really highly and I strongly recommend it to anyone who wishes to play better golf.
But when I read David Nevogt's, "The Simple Golf Swing", I gained even more confidence in playing golf and I'm quite good at it now. I found the book really interesting and I know some people who have benefited a lot from reading this book. They all rate it really highly and I strongly recommend it to anyone who wishes to play better golf.
See Yourself in the Clubface
One of the keys to getting out of greenside bunkers is to keep the clubface "open." When you close the face, you get a lower trajectory and the Golf Club tends to dig in the sand. Here is a trick to help you achieve this: Imagine that the clubface is a mirror, and that you're going to see your reflection in it at the finish of your sand shot. This will ensure that you take the club all the way to eye level and that you've kept it open all the way to the finish.
David Nevogt's "The Simple Golf Swing"
David Nevogt's "The Simple Golf Swing"
"Splash" Some Sand
Next time when you're in a bunker, focus on sliding a thin "divot" of sand from under the ball and onto the green. Open the clubface a few degrees (clockwise) and line up slightly to the left. "Splash" the sand toward the target and the ball will follow!
Make a Steep Swing in the Sand
This helps you get a feel for taking the Golf Club back in a more upright plane out of the bunker. By taking the club back more abruptly, you increase your chances of getting under the ball properly and impacting the sand more precisely. Have a friend stand behind you in the sand and place a rake about two feet behind your ball--holding it in approximately a 45-degree angle. The goal here is to get you to swing up the rake handle and feel as though your plane is steeper than that of a normal swing. Take several swings like this and soon you'll hit high, soft shots from the bunker.
David Nevogt's "The Simple Golf Swing"
David Nevogt's "The Simple Golf Swing"
Chipping from Traps
Many golfers make the sand trap shot more difficult than it has to be. This is because they were taught that the only way to come out of a trap is with an explosion shot, a rather unnatural stroke for the beginner since the club head has to strike the sand behind the ball and does not strike the ball itself.
There are a number of occasions when the lie of the ball and the lay of the land make playing an explosion shot unnecessary and even unwise. Whenever the bank of the trap is low and there is enough putting surface between the trap and the hole, a golfer would be more sensible to play a variation on a chip shot with the club head contacting the ball cleanly and lofting it onto the green. Allow for some roll.
A chip from the sand is played the same as a chip from any other lie, with two modifications. First, you grip the club low on the shaft, as far down as the bottom of the leather if this is comfortable. Secondly, glue your eyes on the left half of the ball rather than on the right half as you do on ordinary shots. This enables you to deliver a clean, descending blow, and that is the essence of all chip shots.
There are a number of occasions when the lie of the ball and the lay of the land make playing an explosion shot unnecessary and even unwise. Whenever the bank of the trap is low and there is enough putting surface between the trap and the hole, a golfer would be more sensible to play a variation on a chip shot with the club head contacting the ball cleanly and lofting it onto the green. Allow for some roll.
A chip from the sand is played the same as a chip from any other lie, with two modifications. First, you grip the club low on the shaft, as far down as the bottom of the leather if this is comfortable. Secondly, glue your eyes on the left half of the ball rather than on the right half as you do on ordinary shots. This enables you to deliver a clean, descending blow, and that is the essence of all chip shots.
Fairway Bunker Shot
When taking on this shot be sure the club you are using has sufficient loft to get the ball over the front lip of the bunker. You do not want to strike the ball perfectly only to see it smash into the face of the bunker and dribble back to your feet.
If you are to hit your ball 150 yards out of a bunker towards the green you must catch it cleanly, that means removing as little sand as possible. In order to catch the ball cleanly just below its equator, you should stand tall and grip a couple of inches down the handle. Also, don't shuffle your feet down into the sand as you would for greenside bunker shots where you are trying to hit the sand before the ball. Try to remain on the surface. Play the ball an inch further back in your stance that normal to help guarantee you catch the ball, not the sand. Keep the swing short and quiet-that means a smooth takeaway and no lunges from the top of the backswing-and pick the ball off the top.
David Nevogt's "The Simple Golf Swing"
If you are to hit your ball 150 yards out of a bunker towards the green you must catch it cleanly, that means removing as little sand as possible. In order to catch the ball cleanly just below its equator, you should stand tall and grip a couple of inches down the handle. Also, don't shuffle your feet down into the sand as you would for greenside bunker shots where you are trying to hit the sand before the ball. Try to remain on the surface. Play the ball an inch further back in your stance that normal to help guarantee you catch the ball, not the sand. Keep the swing short and quiet-that means a smooth takeaway and no lunges from the top of the backswing-and pick the ball off the top.
David Nevogt's "The Simple Golf Swing"
Handicap Dropped from a 14 to a 10
Here is a letter from Scott Hughes which dropped his hadicap from 14 to 10 after reading David Nevogt's "The Simple Golf Swing"
Dear David,
I was about a 14 handicap last year - I just wanted to let you know that I tried the Heard Super Swing about 10 years ago - then went to NG - in fact I coaxed Tim and Todd Graves to come to Cleveland to do a clinic...Anyway - I never REALLY felt confident and comfortable with the swing - so I started poking around on the net this past January and I went to your site. Bought the DVD, read the manual - started messing around with it in Feb. - I went to visit my Dad in Winter Haven and played about 8 rounds - but the BIGGEST mistake I was making was NOT using the shoulders.
Once I came back up here to Cleveland,Ohio and started actually using my shoulders - It has been truly wonderful - I need to work on lining up properly (it seems I'm always hitting to the right side of the green even though I swear I'm positioned to far to the left), but my God - I swear I have picked up and easy 10+ yards - with NG my wedge was maybe 105 tops - now if I'm anywhere between 80 - 100 yards I use my SW...So kudos to you! I wish you much success with this method!!! Thanks! - Now I'm 10 handicap - 4 strokes is a lot!!!
Happy in Cleveland!
Scott Hughes
Dear David,
I was about a 14 handicap last year - I just wanted to let you know that I tried the Heard Super Swing about 10 years ago - then went to NG - in fact I coaxed Tim and Todd Graves to come to Cleveland to do a clinic...Anyway - I never REALLY felt confident and comfortable with the swing - so I started poking around on the net this past January and I went to your site. Bought the DVD, read the manual - started messing around with it in Feb. - I went to visit my Dad in Winter Haven and played about 8 rounds - but the BIGGEST mistake I was making was NOT using the shoulders.
Once I came back up here to Cleveland,Ohio and started actually using my shoulders - It has been truly wonderful - I need to work on lining up properly (it seems I'm always hitting to the right side of the green even though I swear I'm positioned to far to the left), but my God - I swear I have picked up and easy 10+ yards - with NG my wedge was maybe 105 tops - now if I'm anywhere between 80 - 100 yards I use my SW...So kudos to you! I wish you much success with this method!!! Thanks! - Now I'm 10 handicap - 4 strokes is a lot!!!
Happy in Cleveland!
Scott Hughes
In 1 Week - I Dropped 10 Strokes
Here is a letter from Dale M. Morvaji which dropped 10 strokes in 1 week after reading David Nevogt's "The Simple Golf Swing".
Dear David,
Good morning. I just wanted to write and let you know how successful your "Simple Golf Swing" method is as it applies to my game. This is no lie, in one week I dropped 10 strokes off of my game. "10 STROKES". I know that some may not believe me but this is the honest truth. The usual foursome I play with every weekend could not believe the improvement in one weeks time. Now it did take some time at the driving range, roughly 100 balls hit, but that was it. I know I have a ways to go to get to the level of play I would like, I am currently an 11 handicap.
I do have a bit of a dilemma though, my group was so impressed with my accuracy as well as my distance off the tee that I feel like taking all of the credit for this and yes, I did take all of the credit. Wrong of me I know and I believe this weekend I will spill the beans and give the credit were credit is deserved. Anyway, thank you so much for your knowledge and willingness to share it with others. I could not have done it without you.
Sincerely,
Dale M. Morvaji
Dear David,
Good morning. I just wanted to write and let you know how successful your "Simple Golf Swing" method is as it applies to my game. This is no lie, in one week I dropped 10 strokes off of my game. "10 STROKES". I know that some may not believe me but this is the honest truth. The usual foursome I play with every weekend could not believe the improvement in one weeks time. Now it did take some time at the driving range, roughly 100 balls hit, but that was it. I know I have a ways to go to get to the level of play I would like, I am currently an 11 handicap.
I do have a bit of a dilemma though, my group was so impressed with my accuracy as well as my distance off the tee that I feel like taking all of the credit for this and yes, I did take all of the credit. Wrong of me I know and I believe this weekend I will spill the beans and give the credit were credit is deserved. Anyway, thank you so much for your knowledge and willingness to share it with others. I could not have done it without you.
Sincerely,
Dale M. Morvaji
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