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Welcome to "Better Golfing" - the site for the golfing community at large.
Whether you have just started playing golf or whether you are an accomplished player this site is for you.
In this website I plan to give you some honest opinions on equipment but more importantly give you a reality check on YOU. You are different to me and you are different to Tiger.
With some honest opinion and advice, the correct basic equipment and a little bit of practice we will get you on the road to Better Golfing!

Better Golfing - Simply.

With "Better Golfing" I hope to get you to relax about the game of golf, enjoy it to the best of your ability, accept your limitations, retain your competitive edge and celebrate your achievements. We need to learn to enjoy to the full those days when "everything goes right" and accept the times when "absolutley nothing you do works". I welcome your participation by way of anectodes, questions and opinions - please contribute freely. With your input I hope to make this a place where we can all enjoy the game more and all move on to "Better Golfing".

Let's Talk Golf!

Golf is probably the most mysterious game of all and is pretty unique in many aspects. First and foremost it is a game that involves a static ball. In most other games the ball is moving at a high speed and the participants either have to hit, catch, kick, dodge, steer or guide it somewhere. There are no two golf courses that are the same, and all golf course are altered daily by moving the teeing ground and or moving the pin location. No two shots ARE EVER the same. Participants have an array of up to 14 clubs to choose from for each shot. It is a game where the partcipant is the referee. The game relies on the honesty of each golfer to ensure the rules are adhered to. How unique is that? Golf is played year round - weather permitting. There are only 34 rules in golf. These 34 rules and the various definitions cover any situation that may arise in the course of a round of golf.

Saturday, March 17, 2012

The Latest tiger Woods Book by Hank Haney

I for one cannot wait for the release of the latest Tiger Woods book.
Obviously this book titled 'The Big Miss' was going to cause some interest not least of which is the fact that it is written by someone who was once part of Tiger's 'inner circle'.
This may have led to Tiger and some of his current 'inner circle' panicking that something bad could come out of this book.

Now that is all speculation and of course it will help, rather than hinder, the sale of the book.

I have been reading up a bit on the book as I am interested in the relationship they had as coach and player. I mean what can you teach Tiger?

I came across the following excerpt from the soon to be released Tiger Woods book which I found interesting from a player's perspective:

I believed in what we were doing, and so did Tiger. Gradually the wild drives started to lessen, but the process was going to require steps through the different levels a touring pro faces. First there would be fewer wild drives on the practice tee at Isleworth, then in practice rounds at Isleworth, then on the practice tee at tournaments, then in practice rounds at tournaments, then in practice sessions before competitive rounds, then in competitive rounds, and finally in competitive rounds at majors. That's a tour player's progression, one of the hardest things about the profession.

It seems a perfect description of what all players go through when learning something new.

How many times have you hit balls on the range and found that you cannot repeat the same thing on the course? I know it happens a lot for me and can be very frustrating.

So that chapter is encouraging. Just keep working at whatever it is you are working on until it becomes natural or a habit.

I for one will be getting a copy of the book as soon as it is released. I fully expect the book to detail everything but his personal life which has been so public and of no interest to me as a golfer.

Read more about Hank Haney's new Tiger Woods book.