Most popular used golf terms

Birdie: One shot less than a par ( it only took 4 shots on the par 5 hole).

Bogey: One shot more than par ( it took 6 shots on the par 5 hole).

Par: The number of shots designated as a standard for playing a golf hole.

Driver: The longest hitting club in the bag which is used off the tee.

Bunker shot: A shot played from the sand trap around the green.

Chipping: A shot that carries a shot way and then rolls to the hole.

Downswing: The swing of the club down to the ball from the top of the back swing.

Fairway shots: Shots played from the mowed grass between the tee and the green.

Fairway Woods: A  metal head long club that is used in the fairway ( 3 wood, 5 wood, 7 wood).

Long Irons: the numbers 1,2,3, and 4 irons.

Mid Irons: the number 5,6,7 and 8 irons.

Short Irons: the number 9, wedges and the sand irons.

Pitching: less than a full swing shot that is lofted onto the green.

Putting: A putter that is used on the green that has no loft and rolls the ball.

Steering: trying to over control the swing by not swinging freely through impact.

Swing Plane: The path that the club head travels in the swing.

Tee Shots: Shots played from the teeing area at the beginning of a hole.

Green side Bunker: The sand trap around the green

Drop Site: Area marked to replay the golf ball after the first ball went out of bounds

Your golf Friend
Robert Brown

Are you slicing and pulling your driver

To eliminate pulls and slices you must learn to swing the club on a more in-to-out path and also square the club face at impact. Most all slices and pulls start at the top of your golf swing on the downswing trying to hit at the ball and not swing the club on plan.

Here are some drills / pointers that will fix your golf swing you may need to use a combination but believe me the fix is here, somewhere.

1. Try a more close stance to the target, move your right foot back two or three inches, turn your shoulders and hips to the right of the target and move the ball back in your stance. swing the club from inside the target line to out side the target line.

2. Strengthen your grip by moving both hands to the right on the grip until you see three knuckles on the back of your left hand. keeping the Vs’ on both hands parallel.

3.Practice hitting balls by placing a 2×4 board long ways about three inches away from the golf ball and parallel to the target line, slowly at first you will feel a different swing path because your body will not let you hit that board. This will promote a more in-to-out swing path. (PS you do not want to hit the 2×4 board).

Or you may just want to practice hitting ball from a side hill lie, with the ball several inches above the level of your feet. this will also promote a more in-to-out swing path.