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Practicing golf can be tedious, so is it any wonder you have to force yourself to go to the driving range? But there's a place where practice can actually be fun: The PGA Learning Center in Port St. Lucie, Fla. Operated by the PGA of America, the Learning Center is more than 35 acres of practice area that is better conditioned than most golf courses. Not only will you not be bored at the PGA Learning Center, you'll be awed.
For many golfers, playing from a greenside bunker can be a nightmare of wasted and embarrassing shots. Here, PGA Pro Kellie Stenzel gives golfers some advice on how to get up and down without any problems. Because with a proper set-up and a commitment to a proper, full finish, however, you can impress yourself and maybe even your friends. Here are some valuable tips for getting out of a greenside bunker.
When you walk onto a tee box, do you randomly place your tee in the ground? If so, you're making a big mistake, according to PGA Professional Kellie Stenzel. Golfers should carefully consider their tee placement for better driving. At GolfInstruction.com, Stenzel offers three great tips for making the most of your tee placement, including finding a flat area.
The need to clear the hips while making sure your club is extending down the target line can be difficult to understand as well as to execute. Recently, while waiting to tee off, I casually started to perform a stretching motion with my hands on each end of the club and then had an epiphany! The motion I was making was the exact move I need my students to accomplish. So here it is ..
Tip: A bucket a day adds strength
MOI - moment of inertia - is the current buzzword of the golf equipment world. Golf clubs with higher MOI offer better energy transfer on off-center hits, and companies are going to great engineering lengths to maximize MOI in their drivers, usually at a big expense to the consumer. Some companies are introducing drivers with big MOI for much less money, though. The Hippo Hex2 and Tour Edge Bazooka Geomax are two of the best.
In the race to make drivers that are bigger and longer, feel has all too often been left behind, but there are still a few equipment companies out there that continue to strive toward both goals, including Nicklaus Golf. The company's Dual Point driver produces the best feel from a 460cc driver in recent memory. Despite a sloppy paint job, this golf club delivers on the company's claim of distance and feel, according to Kiel Christianson.
The Akira UI golf club looks like nothing else on the golf-equipment market. With its pearly shaft, brushed platinum finish and curved shining line from toe to heel, this hybrid, unlike most, does not look like atrophied fairway woods. But more than just good looks distinguish this Japanese-made hybrid club. The UI offers workability, height, respectable distance and very solid club feel, albeit at a premium price, according to Golf Equipment Editor Kiel Christianson.
Cleveland Golf loves its wedges, and so do many golfers. From its highly-regarded 588 Gunmetal wedges on up to the CG 11, Cleveland has invested quite a bit in its long line of short golf clubs. Now the company has its newest, high-spin wedge, the CG 12. National Golf Editor Tim McDonald gave it a try and found the CG 12 to be an extremely reliable and consistent club - even with his extremely unreliable and inconsistent swing.
There is nothing graceful or subtle about Nike's SQ Sumo2 driver, Equipment Editor Kiel Christianson writes. With its wedge-shaped head and bright yellow sole plate, the Sumo2 is a brash, abrasive, bold golf club. But its unbelievable distance might be just the ticket for average duffers looking to bulk up their drives. Simply put, the Sumo2 is a driver that gets the ball airborne, and keeps it there a remarkably long time.
Also: TaylorMade Burner a hot driver
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