What all golf guys do in between shots...?
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initial energy : (mv^2)/2 = (0.047*56^2)/2 = 73.696 J\nfinal energy : mgh +KE= 0.047*9.81*17 + KE = 73.696\n\nKE = 73.696 - 7.83819 = 65.85781 = (mv^2)/2\nv = squareroot(KE*2/m)\nv= 52.94 m/s
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Good answer tyler, simple, but it is true, just play without worry, i am going to use that, thanks.\n\nsome advice is what i always say to people, sort of like tylers answer, Just grip it and rip it.  You cant overthink the game or it will kill you.  If u are still having trouble try just using a half swing for a bit and just foucus on hitting the ball and not worry about where it goes.\n\ngood luck and have fun
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Pro golfers generate clubhead speed through technique which combines body rotation, armswing and wrist snap or rotation, and they've worked to put the three together to create the incredible clubhead speeds they generate.\n\nOf course, it's impossible to give a real answer to your question, since I've not played with you and haven't seen you swing, but from the tone of your question, I would look at two things to start -\n\nFirst, when you're driving from a tee, the ball should be a little bit forward in your stance, and the clubhead should be level or starting on its upward arc when you strike the ball.  If the ball is back and the clubhead is still on its downward arc, you're going to lose a great deal of driving distance.\n\nSecond, you need to make sure that you hit *through* the ball and complete your swing.  If you are only swinging *to* the ball, you're going to be slowing down your swing before the clubhead reaches the ball, resulting in lost distance.  You need to take a full swing, and just let the ball get in the way.
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You are most likely trying to hit the ball too hard.  The golf swing for most people should be a controlled, slower movement.  Allowing the club to do "all the work".  Slow down and move the club head through the ball where you can make contact.  Develop a tempo/rhythm of the club going back on a nice even pace and then coming down and through the ball at just a little faster pace than the backswing.  It doesn't have to be much faster.   Just a slight acceleration.   Don't worry about distance until you get more consistent.  Once you get a feel for the club swinging you will have more success.
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That depends entirely on the specifics of the shot. How much rough do you have to carry? Is it only green that you need to run on? Are there obstacles in between you and the hole?  What you need to do is go to a driving range that has a chipping green and figure it out for yourself.  There is no set answer.  If you'd like to try a different approach to chipping, rather than smacking at the ball, try this:  Put the ball in the middle of your stance with feet at shoulder width.  Take a PUTTING grip on the club, and putt it.  Just like a putt, don't swing faster on your follow through than on your backswing. Make a smooth, steady stroke.  Try that out at the range, and write down, or just remember, the distances that they carry.  Remember, if you want the ball to get up quicker, and roll less, use a higher lofted club, like a PW or SW, or even a Lob Wedge.  And if you want the ball to roll further, use a smaller iron. (5i, 6i, 4i, whatever works)  Standing 10 feet off the green, with 50 feet of green to run, I would suggest something like a 5 iron, with the stroke I mentioned before.
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hold your angles in a golf swing?\nhttp://www.pga.com/improve/features/mentalgame/improve_bondaruk032106.cfm\nThere are three checkpoints that deal with your wrist hinge. During your back swing, the top of your swing, and just past impact. Get these positions correct and you’ll hit better shots.\nhttp://www.pga.com/improve/tips/swing/improve_elliott062904.cfm\ntrue slotting of your club.\nhttp://www.pga.com/improve/tips/rickmartino/improve_martino120605.cfm\n\nwrists should start to hinge and how they should hinge during the golf swing.\nhttp://www.pga.com/improve/tips/rickmartino/improve_martino103105.cfm
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Welcome to golf - Golf you have to try to repeat the same swing over and over.  Your mood, the weather, pace of play and or you drive to the golf course can play a roll in how will play that day.  Let traffic up set you on the way to the course and you want play the same.  Argue with your wife the same thing.  When your body is cold and muscles tense up the same thng.  Here are some things you can to to help \n\nhttp://www.pga.com/improve/features/mentalgame/index.cfm\n\n\nhttp://www.pga.com/improve/features/cochran_blog/20060418.cfm\n\nhttp://www.pga.com/improve/features/mentalgame/heartmath_051005.cfm
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When I start hitting the ball heavy I typically move it back about a 1/2 in my stance. I also focus on a point towards the back of the ball and not on the back itself. This should give you a little better contact. \n\nWhen the ball is above your feet you should take one club more and grip down a little bit. I also try to hit cut shots when the ball is above my feet. This helps to prevent pulling the shot. \n\nHope that helps a little.
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another one is golfing...but at least these people get some exercise!  so, how's this one for boring?  still like yours! LOL
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Assuming you are a right handed golfer, stand with the ball slightly to left of midline so that it will be struck at the lowest pint of the swing arc. Keep left arm straight and slowly bring the club back and then follow thru. Keep your head down (this is the tough part) during the follow thru and rotate with your hips (it's actually a slide of the hips). This describes the "athletic" golf swing, conversely is the "reverse C" which can cause back problems. Watch Tiger, he's got it goin' on. Remember, don't try to kill it, let the club do the work.
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Typically this is called a SHANK.\n\nMany golfers consider "the shank" the worst shot in golf. In a shank (if you are right handed) the ball squirts almost straight right from the moment you hit it. The first time it happens, it comes as a complete shock. You were probably winning and/or about to shoot your best round ever, when it happened.\n\nYou were probably playing "a safe" or "no brainer" shot when it happened. It was "the worst" --- "most unexpected" thing that ever happened to you in golf. The scene gets worse because --- you probably shanked your next shot as well.\n\n\nSo what is a shank?\n\nWell technically it is NOT a "golf shot." A golf shot is something a player tries to hit. As far as I know, nobody has ever tried to intentionally hit a shank on the course while competing.\n\nThe shank is the portion or part of an iron where the clubface and hosel meet.\n\nWhen a golfer hits the ball in that area of the clubhead it produces a unwanted ball reaction which is called and widely accepted as a "shank."\n\nOddly, due to it's recessed position the shank rarely makes contact with the ball.\n\nThe reason a shank happens is because the golfer is trying to play a safe shot. They are trying to "push" the golf ball rather than hit it.\n\nIn other sports or games when we play a safety we "push" rather than hit. In baseball for example a "bunt" is a safety of sorts and we "push" or hold the bat rather than "swing it."\n\nIn golf when we "push," we "push" only the grip portion of the club forward and the clubhead lags behind. When that happens the face twists open allowing the hosel area of the iron clubhead to enter the impact area first.\n\nSo in a shank the hands are in front of the ball (as much as 6 to 8 inches) when the clubhead contacts the ball.\n\n\nNow for the second important part, "What do I have to do to get rid of the shank?"\n\nI'm sorry but as far as I know NO ONE has ever gotten rid of "the shank." We may control it and do our best to prevent it but that's the best we can expect.\n\nSo, how do you prevent or avoid them. Well you need to do, "the opposite."\n\n\nTo correct it, you "must" reverse the club's overall position at impact.\n\nIn this case the clubhead "must" now come into the ball (impact area) before the grip portion of the club.\n\nIn a properly hit golf shot, the "grip" portion of the club and the "clubhead" should be in a relatively straight line at impact. Indeed that is our goal, but at this time we need to overcome and reverse our present bad habit.\n\nSo to do the opposite you must get "the clubhead" into the impact area ahead the hands. Picture a pane of glass so big as to cover an area from the back of the ball up to your hands.\n\nIn a shank your hands or the grip portion of the club make the initial contact with the glass breaking the top of the glass first. Now to correct it, you want the clubhead to break the bottom of the glass first.\n\n\nTo do it properly:\n\nFirst --- relax your grip (this is necessary because the wrists must be able to act like hinges and allow the clubhead to pass in front of them).\n\nSecond --- mentally picture the clubhead hitting the bottom of the glass before the hands.\n\nThird --- just let it happen.\n\n\nOnce a golfer knows what they need to do, then the best way to do it is to simply let the body do it for them. I tell my students, "What the mind can conceive, the body can achieve --- "if" you let it."\n\nThe next thing I had my students do was to shank the ball on purpose. That's right, in order to correct anything you must completely understand why it happens. What better way to understand a shank then by intentionally hitting it.\n\nSo for your drill, I want you to intentionally hit three shanks in
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You may want to go to www.playgolfamerica.com and sign up for a free golf lesson from a local PGA pro \n\n\nhitting down on the ball is good with all clubs in your bag except your driver.\nhttp://www.pga.com/improve/tips/swing/improve_rihm040704.cfm
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Asked and answered many times my man....see here:\n\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/search/search_result;_ylt=AlyceLVF1Z0Z0kyra7w9MWLzy6IX?p=golf+fore
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Best thing to do, watch how the pro swings in the bunker. Practice your bunker shots and you will see how versatile one club can be
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May is free golf lesson month go to www.playgolfamerica.com to sign up for a free golf lesson from a local PGA pro\n\ntrying your 3-wood instead of your driver.\nhttp://www.pga.com/improve/tips/swing/improve_anderson061504.cfm\n\nIf you struggle with your tee shots, try a couple of these drills to help you build confidence and consistency\n\nhttp://www.pga.com/improve/tips/swing/improve_polites110104.cfm
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Where has common courtesy gone?  If I wasn't willing to take the penalty strokes, drop a ball and play on, I would get the ball myself.  If I "needed" to have the caddie do it, then YES I definitely would up my tip at the end of my round.  I may be old fashioned, but I would also say "thanks!"