When the ball is in the rough, the tendency for beginner players is to play their normal shot for the distance they need to the ball to travel. However, even when the ball is partially buried in the rough, playing a normal shot as if the ball is sitting o...

Standing on the first tee with your friends watching on can be a nerve racking experience. So, imagine what it must be like if you are teeing off in-front of a group of people you don’t know. This can happen if you are playing in a tournament or if there i...

If you have been playing golf for any length of time or watched tournaments on television, you are sure to have heard the phrase ‘he/she shanked it’. The shank is when the club hits the ball using the join between the shaft and the club face. This part of...

Links golf courses are some of the most popular in the world and if you have ever watched the Open Championship, you will have seen links golf at its finest. However, playing a links golf course, such as the Old Course at St Andrews or the Championship Co...

There has been some hot temperatures in the United Kingdom recently and as we enter the summer months, things will continue to heat up. While that’s good news for golfers and makes playing the sport a pleasure, you should always remain vigilant when playi...

No golfer likes to see their ball land in the bunker. However, some lies can be favourable and escaping is fairly straight forward but there will be other times when your ball is buried in the sand and this makes escaping more difficult. Today we have som...

The temptation when playing a shot onto the green for beginner golfers is always to aim straight at the flag and why not? The object of the game is to get around the course in as few shots as possible and the best way to achieve that is by getting approac...

There are many targets for a beginner golfer but on the most common is to break 100 when playing a round on a full 18-hole golf course. When watching the PGA and European Tour professionals play, you will see scores in the 60’s and 70’s and 100 seems a lo...

Many golfers enjoy looking down the fairway on a par-4 or par-5 hole and pulling the driver out of the bag. The feeling of crunching a sweet drive down the centre of the fairway is tough to beat for those who love the game. However, for some beginner golf...

Playing and improving on your local course is great and nothing beats the feeling for making a birdie on a hole you have struggled with in the past. However, you should try and play some different courses and if you enjoy the competitive element of golf,...