Retirement frees us spend more time doing the things we enjoy most. Some folks travel, others go back to school, or start a new part-time business. Many golfers relocate to warm, sunny places where they can golf most of the year. There are many places that can be considered as golfing heavens. Let’s take a look at some of these spots that are perfect destinations for the avid golfer. Read more…
The Automatic Champion
by Saleem Rana
“Babe” Didrickson Zaharias was a phenomenal athlete. This Texan ran, jumped, rode horses, and played basketball and baseball-with tremendous flair.
In the Olympic tryouts in 1932, she won five first places in track and field events. In the games of that year in Los Angeles, she won a gold medal in the women’s 80 meter hurdles, a gold medal in the javelin throw, and a silver medal in the high jump.
After the Olympics, Zaharias turned to golf. Although she started from scratch, she won the National Women’s Amateur and the British Women’ Amateur.
There are as many different ideas about how to cure a slice as there are experts. But there are some fundamentals on which most agree.
What is a slice?
A slice is a shot that curves from left-to-right (for right-handed golfers, right-to-left for the left handed). There are different causes for this, but the two main ones are a swing from over the top so the clubhead cuts across the target line. The second, related, cause is presenting a clubface that stays open and produces a left-to-right spin.
A hook is a shot that moves to the left of the target line. (For right-handers, for lefties reverse the directions.) Sometimes it starts out to the right, then veers left; sometimes it starts left and curves further left. (If it shoots off behind you, you have a different problem…) Read more…
There are dozens of sometimes clever, sometimes ridiculous tricks for improving your swing. We"ll review some shortly. And hope they"re viewed as clever, not ridiculous! But, first, some basics.
