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Improve Your Putting This Month with some good Putting Tips and Drills

Putting is most probably one of the least practised departments of a typical amateur golfer, they would much rather be seen on a range belting drivers as far as they can!! Although this is great for a quick ego boost, it is most certainly not going to reduce there scores and handicap very fast.

I know you will all say to me “practising putting is boring” and I would most probably agree to some extent, but if you gave yourself some fun challenges in your practise rituals then you would most definitely spend more time on the practise green.

Here is a good drill to kick off with for those short knee knocking putts Putting Drill
I will be adding more video putting tips on putting drills as we move on into the spring, so keep a look out on the website and my youtube channel.

Remember 53% of a round of golf is played with a putter in your hands, so if you would like some help in improving your putting then please have a look at my Peak Performance Putting Programme Here and lets start working on your putting.

I have many great teaching aids to help you, from green reading to working on the tempo of your stroke and also I use the Tomi putt video analysis to help you understand your putting stroke.

The Luke Donald’s of this world spend at least 50% of there practise time on the putting green as they know “you drive for show and putt for dough”

Well done to MWGA Student Richard Hannam on winning the Weekend Stableford with 43 points this weekend at Dale Hill.

Richard has recently had a few lessons from me over the last couple of weeks and the changes that we have made are paying off, great work Richard. If you would like to improve your golf and take it to the next level please click here to see what lessons and programmes I am currently running.

Mark Wood Golf Academy – November Newsletter 2011

HIGHER TEMPERATURES BUT LOWER SCORES
With temperatures soaring into the high teens and the leaves only reluctantly falling from the trees, it’s hard to be thinking of Christmas and what present to buy your husband/wife, son/daughter and playing partner. And so I won’t even mention the fact that Lesson Vouchers make wonderfully welcome gifts for the man and woman who has everything but needs a little help with their golf swing. All the details about how you can buy them online at http://markwoodgolfacademy.co.uk/lessons/vouchers-gifts/ or by emailing me at [email protected] or telephoning on             07796 271661      .

WISE ADVICE
Because the grass has just kept growing and growing so late in the year, it’s possible that you’ve spent a lot more than you budgeted for on extra petrol for the lawnmower. Don’t worry as I can offer you a couple of tips that are both hotter than the weather and absolutely free. The first is how to hole out those Dennis Wise’s – in other words, those nasty looking five-footers. I (almost) guarantee you’ll never miss another one if you follow this Youtube link www.youtube.com/markwoodgolfacademy. And the other absolutely free tip gives away the secret of how to hit long shots out of fairway bunkers. If you still can’t manage it after studying my advice at www.youtube.com/markwoodgolfacademy#p/a/u/2/f0a_eKEnNl0 don’t panic, as a future tip will show you how to steer clear of fairway bunkers! In case you’re interested, the last I heard of Dennis Wise he was managing Chalfont St Peter.

QUOTE UNQUOTE
“Golf is a game the aim of which is to hit a very small ball into a ridiculously small hole with weapons singularly ill-designed for the purpose.” – Winston Churchill

DIM
At the beginning of this month, two not terribly bright golfers teed off on the second hole of the Old Course on a particularly foggy morning. Both hit decent shots and proceeded to the green. One of the balls was about six feet from the cup while the other was in the hole. Both were playing a TopFlite 2 and couldn’t determine who had had a hole in one. And so they came to me for help. After congratulating both on their fine shots, I asked, “Who was playing the orange ball?”

Until next time good golfing!!

Mark Wood
PGA Advanced Head Teaching Professional

Well done to the following clients in the July Stableford at Dale Hill golf club last weekend.

Div 1 Winner – Andy Harris 40 points
Div 3 Winner – Terry Kent 40 points

Well done guys.

Well done to the following clients in the June Stableford last weekend at Dale Hill golf club.

Div 1 3rd Andrew Stevens
Div 2 2nd with 41 points was Steve Webb and his handicap was reduced from 16 to 14
Div 3 Richard Hanman finished 2nd

Well done to Malcolm Forrest who won the Tams Medal at Dale Hill with a nett 63, he has also had his handicap cut from 27 to 25.

Well done all, lessons and hard work do pay off.

Well done to the following MWGA students this week on getting there handicap reduced –

Steve Ingles 11 to 10
Terry Kent 14 to 13
Ron Stevens 10 to 9

Well done to Ron Stevens on winning the June mid week stableford on Wednesday with 37 points in testing conditions.

Well done to MWGA student Brian Pennells on winning the Seniors over 70′s cup at Dale Hill golf club with 43 points on Tuesday.

Mark Wood and Mark Janes are launching an exciting new business venture together called the Ultimate Golf Retreat. The Ultimate Golf Retreat is a golf school designed to improve your golf over a one, two or a three day residential stay.

The Ultimate Golf Retreat website will be live very soon.

Congratulations to Rosie Hockey for winning the Ladies Club Championship at Dale Hill on Monday. Also Congratulations to Yoko Nitta – Martin for winning the best overall net score.

Both Rosie and Yoko have worked extremely hard on their games this year with me, all the work is paying off so a big well done.

Here are a couple of important things we need to do when playing from sloping lies.

Ball Above Your Feet

1. It is important to grip an inch or so further down the shaft then you would normally do, this will shorten the club and will help you make solid contact.
2. With the way the slope is, your weight is naturally is trying to be pushed back onto your heels so you need to make a conscious effort in keeping your weight more towards your toes.
3. The ball will fly right – to –left so allowances need to be made. We can aim slightly right with are body alignment or we can offset the clubface a little to the right to allow for the draw spin.
4. Maintain your height and keep your legs nice and quiet during your golf swing as this will help you to keep your balance and avoid any kind of miss – hits.

Ball below your feet

1. Hold the club right at the very top of the grip so you are using the full length of the golf club.
2. Bend your knees and bend from the waste a little more than normal, as this will help you to get to the ball. Your body weight should be and feel towards your toes and you need to keep completely balanced throughout the entire golf swing.
3. The ball will fly with left – to – right spin on it so we need to aim our body a little more left of our target and we can also offset the club to a slightly closed position to reduce the amount of fade spin created.

I hope you enjoyed the article, any comments or Questions then please leave a comment below..

Until next time I wish you all the golfing success

Mark

Mark Wood Golf Academy
Dale Hill hotel & golf club
East Sussex