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Golf Tips - Top Ways To Cure Your Slice

By: Shakil Zaman
Slicing a golf ball is a common problem faced by many amateur golfers. The problem with slicing a golf shot is that it usually results in a poor shot both in lack of distance and direction. It is important to solve this problem in order to lower your handicap and become a better golfer. Here are some tips to help you get rid of the slice and become a more consistent player.

Tip 1: Keep the right hand passive during the swing
If you are a right handed player then it is important to keep your right hand fairly inactive during the swing. Many new players try to use their strong arm which is usually the right hand to try to force the club through the hitting zone in an effort to hit the ball farther. The problem is that this usually results in casting the club in the downswing which results in an outside to inside club head path that produces a slice golf shot.

Tip 2: Pull the club with the left hand on the downswing
During the downswing it is a good idea to think of yourself pulling the club through the hitting zone. This will help to promote an inside to out club path that results in straighter shots.

Tip 3: Use the correct grip
Make sure the grip you are using squares the club face during the address position. Also be sure that the face of the club is not open or facing to the right of your target but is rather facing directly at the target.

Tip 4: Master the wedge game
Perhaps the best way to learn the game of golf is to learn it from the green back to the tee. If you have trouble hitting your shorter shots such as wedge shots straight then it is almost inevitable that your longer shots will suffer. Spend plenty of time hitting wedge shots from 120 yards and in.

Tip 5: Keep your head down
This is a cliche but it is still important that you do indeed keep your head steady and still during the downswing and let your head come up naturally with your right shoulder as you complete the swing.

Tip 6: Maintain balance
If you find yourself losing balance during or at the end of your swing then make it a point to develop a more controlled swing where you are balanced throughout the swing. Make sure that you end each swing with a balanced pose towards the target.

Tip 7: Slow down your backswing
Most new golfers have a backswing that appears rushed compared to the downswing. You want to maintain a consistent tempo between the backswing and the downswing. It is best to have a slower more deliberate backswing. Conserve your energy for the downswing where power and speed are generated to hit the ball far.

Tip 8: Check your alignment
Poor positioning of your body and feet towards the target can cause a slice to happen. Make sure that your feet are aligned and pointing directly at the target. If you find your feet are pointing to the left of the target then this can cause a slice to occur.

Tip 9: Practice consistently
Sometimes it is necessary to make a commitment to learning the game in order to get better and cure the slice. If you practice often you will find that some of your shots do go straight and eventually you will figure out how to hit straighter shots more often. There are many factors that can cause a slice so getting the pieces of the puzzle together can take time and regular practice. Follow some of these tips to help you hit straighter shots and lower your golf handicap.

Author Resource:-> Shakil is an online researcher, avid golfer and regular contributor to a site on golf tips. Be sure to also visit the section on putting tips to help reduce your handicap.

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Senior Major Championships

Like women's golf, senior (50-and-over) men's golf does not have a globally agreed set of majors. The list of senior majors on the U.S.-based Champions Tour has changed over the years, but always by expansion; unlike the situation with the LPGA, no senior major has lost its status. The Champions Tour now recognizes five majors: the Senior PGA Championship, the U.S. Senior Open, the Senior British Open, The Tradition and the Senior Players Championship.

Of the five events, the Senior PGA is by far the oldest, having been founded in 1937. The other events all date from the 1980s, when senior golf became a commercial success as the first golf stars of the television era, such as Arnold Palmer and Gary Player, reached the relevant age. The Senior British Open was not recognized as a major by the Champions Tour until 2003. The European Seniors Tour recognizes only the Senior PGA and the two Senior Opens as majors. However, the Champions Tour is arguably more dominant in global senior golf than the U.S. LPGA is in global women's golf. (Wikipedia)

Women's Major Championships

Women's golf does not have a globally agreed set of majors. The list of majors recognized by the dominant women's tour, the LPGA Tour in the U.S., has changed several times over the years, with the last change in 2001. Like the PGA Tour, the (U.S.) LPGA has four majors: the Kraft Nabisco Championship, the LPGA Championship, the U.S. Women's Open and the Women's British Open. Only the last of these is also recognized by the Ladies European Tour. The other event that it recognizes as a major is the Evian Masters, which is not considered a major by the LPGA (but is co-sanctioned as a regular LPGA event). However, the significance of this is limited, as the LPGA is far more dominant in women's golf than the PGA Tour is in mainstream men's golf. For example, the BBC has been known to use the U.S. definition of "women's majors" without qualifying it. Also, the Ladies' Golf Union, the governing body for women's golf in the UK and Republic of Ireland, states on its official website that the Women's British Open is "the only Women’s Major to be played outside the U.S." For many years, the Ladies European Tour tacitly acknowledged the dominance of the LPGA Tour by not scheduling any of its own events to conflict with the three LPGA majors played in the U.S., but that changed in 2008, with the LET scheduling an event opposite the LPGA Championship. The second-richest women's tour, the LPGA of Japan Tour, does not recognize any of the U.S. LPGA or European majors as it has its own set of three majors. However, these events attract little notice outside Japan.

Men's Major Championships

The major championships are the four most prestigious men's tournaments of the year. In chronological order they are: The Masters, the U.S. Open, The Open Championship (referred to in North America as the British Open) and the PGA Championship.

The fields for these events include the top several dozen golfers from all over the world. The Masters has been played at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia since its inception in 1934. It is the only major championship that is played at the same course each year. The U.S. Open and PGA Championship are played at courses around the United States, while The Open Championship is played at courses in the UK.

The number of major championships a player accumulates in his career has an impact on his stature in the sport. Jack Nicklaus is considered to be one of the greatest golfers of all time, largely because he has won a record 18 professional majors, or 20 majors in total if his two U.S. Amateurs are included. Tiger Woods, who may be the only golfer in the foreseeable future likely to challenge Nicklaus's record, has won 14 professional majors (17 total if his three U.S. Amateurs are included), all before the age of 33. (To put this total in perspective, Nicklaus had won 11 professional majors and two U.S. Amateurs by his 33rd birthday, and did not win his 14th professional major until he was 35.) Woods also came closest to winning all four current majors in one season (known as a Grand Slam completed first by Bobby Jones) when he won them consecutively across two seasons: the 2000 U.S. Open, Open Championship, and PGA Championship; and the 2001 Masters. This feat has been frequently called the Tiger Slam.

Prior to the advent of the PGA Championship and The Masters, the four Majors were the U.S. Open, the U.S. Amateur, the Open Championship, and the British Amateur. These are the four that Bobby Jones won in 1930 to become the only player ever to have earned a Grand Slam. (Wikipedia)

Etymology

The word Golf was first mentioned in writing in 1457 on a Scottish statute on forbidden games as gouf, possibly derived from the Scots word goulf (variously spelled) meaning "to strike or cuff". This word may, in turn, be derived from the Dutch word kolf, meaning "bat," or "club," and the Dutch sport of the same name. It is often claimed that the word originated as an acronym for "gentlemen only, ladies forbidden", but this is strictly a false etymology. (Wikipedia).

Golf Definition

Golf is a game in which a player, using many types of clubs including a driver, a putter, and irons, hits a ball into each hole on a golf course in the lowest possible number of strokes. Golf is one of the few ball games that does not use a standardized playing area; rather, the game is played on golf "courses", each one of which has a unique design and typically consists of either 9 or 18 holes. Golf is defined in the Rules of Golf as "playing a ball with a club from the teeing ground into the hole by a stroke or successive strokes in accordance with the Rules."

The first game of golf for which records survive was played at Bruntsfield Links, in Edinburgh, Scotland, in A.D. 1456, recorded in the archives of the Edinburgh Burgess Golfing Society, now The Royal Burgess Golfing Society. The modern game of golf spread from Scotland to England and has now become a worldwide game, with golf courses in the majority of countries.

Golf competition may be played as stroke play, in which the individual with the lowest number of strokes is declared the winner, stableford points play (as devised in 1931 by Dr. Frank Stableford of the Wallasey & Royal Liverpool Golf Clubs), in which the individual with the highest points score is declared the winner or as match play with the winner determined by whichever individual or team posts the lower score on the most individual holes during a complete round. In addition, team events such as fourball have been introduced, and these can be played using either the stroke, stableford or matchplay format. Alternative ways to play golf have also been introduced, such as miniature golf, sholf and disc golf.

Golf has increasingly turned into a spectator game, with several different levels of professional and amateur tours in many regions of the world. People such as Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Lorena Ochoa and Annika Sörenstam have become well recognized sports figures across the world. Sponsorship has also become a huge part of the game and players often earn more from their sponsorship contracts than they do from the game itself. (Wikipedia)

D to G - Golf Dictionary

D

dance floor
Slang for green.

dawn patrol
The players who tee off early in the day.

dead
(body bags, cadaver, on the slab, perdition, jail, tag on his toe, wearing stripes, no pulse - you get the idea)
No possible way out of the shot!

deep
High clubface from top to bottom.

deuce
A score of two on a given hole.

dimple
Depression on the cover of a golf ball.

divot
Turf displaced by the clubhead during a swing.

dogleg
Hole on which the fairway curves one way or the other.

dormant
Grass on the course is alive but not actively growing. Also my hair.

dormie
The player who's winning the match in match play -for example, five up with only five holes left, or four up with four left.

double bogey
Score of two over par on a hole.

double eagle
Score of three under par on a hole. Forget it, you,'11probably never get one. See also albatross.

down
Losing.

downhill lie
When your right foot is higher than your left when you address the ball (for right-handed players).

downswing
The part of the swing where the clubhead is moving down, toward the ball.

drop
Procedure by which you put the ball back into play after it's been deemed unplayable.

dub
Bad shot or player.

duck hook (shrimp, mallard, quacker)
Shot curving severely from right to left.

duffer
Bad player.

dying putt
A putt that barely reaches the hole.

DQ'd
Disqualified.

drain
To sink a putt.

draw
Shot that curves from right to left.

drive
Shot from teeing ground other than' par-3 holes.

drive for show, putt for dough
Old saying implying that putting is more important than driving.

driving range
Place where you can go to hit practice balls.

drive the green
When your drive finishes on the putting surface. Can happenon short par-4, or when the brakes go out on your cart.


E

eagle
Score of two under par for a hole.

embedded ball
Portion of the ball is below ground.

erosion
Loss of land through water and wind damage - most common on the coasts.

etiquette
Code of conduct.

explode
To playa ball from a bunker moving a large amount of sand. Or what you do if the ball doesn't get out of the bunker.

extra holes
Played when a match finishes even (is tied).


F


face
The front of a club or bunker.

fade
Shot that curves gently from left to right.

fairway
The prepared surface running from tee to green.

fairway wood
Any wooden club that's not your driver. Nowadays, you say fairway metal because you don't see many wooden clubs anymore.

fat
To strike the ground before the ball.

feather
To put a delicate fade on a shot - don't try it yet!

first cut
Strip of rough at the edge of a fairway.

first off
Golfers beginning their round before everyone else.

flag
Piece of cloth attached to the top of a flagstick.

flagstick
The stick with the flag on top, which indicates the location of the cup.

flange
Projecting piece of clubhead behind the sole (bottom).

flat
Swing that is less upright than normal, and more around the body than up and down.

flub
To hit the ball only a few feet.

flex
The amount of bend in a shaft.

flier
Shot, usually hit from the rough, which travels way too far past the target.

fly the green
To hit a shot that lands beyond the putting surface.

follow-through
The part of the swing after the ball has been struck.

foozle
To make a complete mess of a shot.

Fore!
What to shout when your ball is headed toward another player.

forged irons
Clubs made one by one, without molds.

forward press
Targetward shift of the hands, and perhaps a right knee, just prior to takeaway.

foursome
Depends where you are. In the States, a group of four playing together. In Britain, a match between two teams of two, each hitting one ball alternately.

free drop
Drop for which no penalty stroke is incurred, generally within one club length of where the ball was.

fried egg
When your ball is semi buried in the sand.

fringe
See apron.

frog hair
Slang for apron, fringe, or collar.

front nine
The first half of your round of golf; the second half is the back nine holes.

full swing
Longest swing you make.


G

gallery
Spectators at a tournament.

gimme
A short putt that your opponent doesn't ask you to hit, assuming that you can't possibly miss the shot.

G.I.R
Slang for greens in regulation - greens hit in regulation number of strokes.

glove
Usually worn on the left hand by right-handed players. Helps maintain grip.

Golden Bear
Jack Nicklaus.

golf widow(er)
Your significant other after he or she finds out how much you want to play!

go to school
Watching your partner's putt and learning from it the line and pace that your putt should have.

good-good
Reciprocal concession of short putts. (See gimme.)

grain
Tendency of grass leaves to lie horizontally toward the sun.

Grand Slam
The four major championships: Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, and PGA Championship.

graphite
Lightweight material used to make shafts and clubheads.

Great White Shark
Greg Norman.

green
The shortest-cut grass where you do your putting.

greenies
Bet won by player whose first shot finishes closest to the hole on a par-3.

green jacket
Prize awarded to the winner of the Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia.

greens fee
The cost to playa round of golf.

greenside
Close to the green.

greensome
Game in which both players on a team drive off. The better of the two is chosen; then they alternate shots from there.

grip
Piece of rubber/leather on the end of a club. Or your hold on the club.

groove
Scoring along the clubface.

gross score
Actual score shot before a handicap is deducted.

ground the club
The process of placing the club head behind the ball at address, generally touching the bottom of the grass.

ground under repair
Area on the course being worked on by the groundskeeper, generally marked by white lines, from which you may drop your ball without penalty.

gutta percha
Material used to manufacture golf balls in the 19th century.

A to C - Golf Dictionary

A

ace
A hole-in-one. Buy a round of drinks for the house.

address
The positioning of your body in relation to the ball just before starting your swing. And your last conscious thoughtbefore the chaos begins.

airball
Your swing missed the ball! Blame it on an alien's spacecraft radar.
albatross
British term for double eagle, or three under par on one hole.

amateur
Someone who plays for fun - not money. Playing golf for fun?
angle of approach
The degree at which the clubhead moves either downward or upward into the ball. A severe test of agility.

approach
Your shot to the green made from anywhere except the tee.Sounds dangerous; really isn't.

apron
The grass around the edge of a green, longer than the grass on the green but shorter than the grass on the fairway. Or what I wear to barbecue in.

attend
To hold and remove the flags tick as a partner putts, usually from some distance.
away
Term used to describe the ball farthest from the hole and,thus, next to be played.



B

back door
Rear of hole.

back lip
The edge of a bunker (a hazard filled with sand) that's farthestfrom the green.

back nine
The second half of your round of golf; the first half is the front nine holes.

backspin
When the ball hits the green and spins back toward the player. Galleries, or spectators, love backspins.

bunker
Hazard filled with sand; can be referred to as a sand trap.

buried ball/lie
Part of the ball below the surface of the sand in a bunker.

backswing
The part of the swing from the point where the clubheadmoves away from the ball to the point where it starts back down again. I hope that your backswing is smoothand in balance.

baffle
Old name for as-wood.

bailout (hang 'em high)
You hit the shot, for example, well to the right to avoid trouble on the left.

balata
Sap from a tropical tree, used to make covers for balls.

ball at rest
The ball isn't moving. A study in still life.

ball marker
Small, round object, such as a coin, used to indicate the ball's position on the green.

ball retriever
Long pole with a scoop on the end used to collect balls fromwater hazards and other undesirable spots. If the grip on your ball retriever is worn out, get some lessons immediately.

bail washer
Found on many tees; a device for cleaning balls.

banana ball
Shot that curves hugely from left to right (see slice).

bandit
See hustler. Avoid bandits at all costs.

baseball grip
To hold the club with all ten fingers on the grip.

best ball
Game for four players; two teams of two. The low score on each side counts as the team score on each hole.

birdie
Score of one under par on a hole.

bisque
Handicap stroke given by one player to another. Receivermay choose which hole it is applied to.

bite (vampire, bicuspid, overbite)
A spin that makes the ball tend to stop rather than roll when it lands.

blade
Not pretty. The leading edge of the club, rather than the clubface,strikes the ball, resulting in a low shot that tends to travel way too far (see thin or skull). Also a kind of putter or iron.

blast
Aggressive shot from a bunker that displaces a lot of sand.

blind shot
You can't see the spot where you want the ball to land.

block (

H&R Block, Dan Blocker)
Shot that flies straight but to the right of the target (see push).

bogey
Score of one stroke over par on a hole.

borrow
The amount of curve you must allow for a putt on a sloping green. Or what you need to do if you playa hustler.

boundary
Edge, of course; it confines the space/time continuum. Usually marked by white stakes.

brassie
Old name for a 2-wood.

break
See borrow.

British Open
National championship run by Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St.Andrews ­known in Britain as "the Open" because it was the first one.

bulge
The curve across the face of a wooden club.

c

caddie
The person carrying your clubs during your round of golf. The person you fire when you play badly.

caddie-master
Person in charge of caddies.

Calamity Jane
The great Bobby Jones's putter.

carry
The distance between a ball's takeoff and landing.

cart
Motorized vehicle used to transport lazy golfers around the course.

casual water
Water other than a water hazard on the course from which you can lift your ball without penalty.

center-shafted
Putter in which the shaft is joined to the center of the head.

character builder
Short, meaningful putt; can't possibly build character.

charting the course
To pace each hole so that you always know how far you are from the hole.

chili-dip (Hormel, lay the sod over it, pooper scooper)
A mishit chip shot, the clubhead hitting the ground well before it hits the ball.

chip
Very short, low-flying shot to the green.

chip-in
A holed chip.

choke
To play poorly because of self- imposed pressure.

choke down
To hold the club lower on the grip.

chunk
See chili-dip.

cleat
Spike on the sale of a golf shoe.

cleek
Old term for a variety of clubs.

closed face
Clubface pointed to the left of your ultimate target at address or impact. Or clubface pointed skyward at the top of the backswing. Can lead to a shot that goes to the left of the target.

closed stance
Player sets up with the right foot pulled back, away from the ball.

clubhouse
Main building at a golf club.

club length
Distance from the end of the grip to the bottom of the clubhead.

collar
See apron.

come-backer
The putt after the preceding effort finished beyond the hole. Usually gets harder to make the older you get.

compression
The flattening of the ball against the clubface. The faster you swing and the more precisely you hit the ball in themiddle of the clubface, the more fun you have.

concede
To give an opponent a putt, hole, or match.
core
The center of a golf ball.
course rating
The difficulty of a course, measured with some silly formula by the USGA.
cross-handed
Grip with the left hand below the right.
cross wind
Breeze blowing from right to left or from left to right.
cup
Container in the hole that holds the flagstick in place.
cuppy lie
When the ball is in a cup-like depression.
cut
Score that eliminates a percentage of the field (or players) from a tournament. Usually made after 36 holes ofa 72-hole event. I've missed a few in my time.
cut shot
Shot that curves from left to right.

Golf Dumber Module #2: How To Choose Golf Clubs

The most important part of playing a game of golf is choosing the right club. Even if your stroke technique leaves something to be desired, if you choose the right club you can often compensate for this. Once you have achieved a decent level of play, you can consider custom clubs with proper fitting. And even then, go for value rather than show.

There are many things you have to decide on when you are choosing golf clubs, but once you start to see the patterns emerging you will be able to always choose the right one without even thinking about it too much. The rules of golf allow a maximum of 14 clubs in your bag when you are playing a game.Each club is designed for a different purpose and will hit the ball a different distance.

The handicap of a golfer will play a huge role in determining what kinds of clubs he carries. If you usually score around 10 strokes over par, your bag will look significantly different than someone who scores over 100 strokes over par (which, despite sounding ridiculous, is usually fairly standard for those who are new to the game)


There are 3 types of clubs:

- Woods
- The Irons
- Putter


THE WOODS

When golf was first played, the original players used clubs where the club head was made from wood, and this is how the name stuck. With the advent of ever changing technology club heads have changed both in shape and size and are today made from hard metals such as steel or tungsten.

IRONS

The club head is usually made of metal and numbered 1-9. Remember number 1 will hit further than number 9. Also remember that the higher the number the higher the ball will go.

Wedges, such as a pitching wedge or a sand wedge also come in the the iron catagory. A sand wedge is mainly used as the name would suggest to escape from bunkers, and generally wedges are used to get more height on the ball.


PUTTERS

Putters, on which there is very little loft, are generally used on or just off the green when the ground is smooth and firm. There is a vast range of putters available to the golfer giving wide choice of shapes, weights and sizes. In fact there is no right or wrong putter and you should choose whichever give you the best results.


HYBRID/RESCUE CLUBS

The hybrid or rescue club as it has become known is a combination of the wood and iron, and is a big hit with lady golfers. Mostly it is used as a distance club, being more forgiving than a wood off the fairway. It has quickly become a standard part of the range of ladies clubs.

Hybrid clubs or adjustable clubs are also very valuable for beginners who have not yet gotten a grasp on their own playing style. Hybrid golf clubs are somewhere in between woods and irons. They provide accuracy due to their relatively short lengths, and they provide sheer distance with their specially designed heads that are usually very light and hollow. They are very unique and take some getting used to, but if you can try one out at the store before you buy it, you may discover that it adds a whole new element to your game.
All of these golf clubs play a very important part from getting you down the fairway right to the green and into the hole. Without one of them, you would have to use a different club to do something it wasn’t meant to. Therefore you should pay plenty of attention to all of the things that I have stated so far, and you will find that golf becomes a much more enjoyable sport to you


CARE OF CLUBS

Most golfers put head covers on their woods to protect the heads and stop them clanking against each other when on the move. You should dry woods off carefully if they become wet, wiping off any grass, mud or sand which accumulates on the head.

When rubber grips become dirty they can be washed with soap and water. When they become shinny they are ready for a change and this can be done by your local professional.