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Tips and tricks


Pause at the Top

 Swinging too quickly is a common mistake.
I'm not saying you shouldn't
swing with power and acceleration
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Eye on a Dime

 Feeling depressed over your putting?
Here's a simple drill that will put discipline
back in your stroke.
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See Clubface

 One of the keys to
getting out of greenside
bunkers is to keep the clubface "open."
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Rule 11 - Teeing Ground Print E-mail

11-1. Teeing
When the player’s ball is to be teed within the teeing ground,
it must be placed on:
• the surface of the teeing ground, including an irregularity of
surface (whether or not created by the player), or
a tee placed in or on the surface of the teeing ground, or
• sand or other natural substance placed on the surface of the
teeing ground.
A player may stand outside the teeing ground to play a ball
within it.
In teeing, if a player uses a non-conforming tee or any other
object to raise the ball off the ground, he is disqualified.


11-2. Tee-Markers
Before a player makes his first stroke with any ball on the
teeing ground of the hole being played, the tee-markers are
deemed to be fixed. In these circumstances, if the player moves
or allows to be moved a tee-marker for the purpose of
avoiding interference with his stance, the area of his intended
swing or his line of play, he incurs the penalty for a breach of
Rule 13-2.


11-3. Ball Falling off Tee
If a ball, when not in play, falls off a tee or is knocked off a tee
by the player in addressing it, it may be re-teed without
penalty. However, if a stroke is made at the ball in these
circumstances, whether the ball is moving or not, the stroke
counts but there is no penalty.


11-4. Playing from Outside Teeing Ground
a. Match Play
If a player, when starting a hole, plays a ball from outside the
teeing ground there is no penalty, but the opponent may
immediately require the player to cancel the stroke and play a
ball from within the teeing ground.
b. Stroke Play
If a competitor, when starting a hole, plays a ball from outside
the teeing ground, he incurs a penalty of two strokes and must
then play a ball from within the teeing ground.
If the competitor plays a stroke from the next teeing ground
without first correcting his mistake or, in the case of the last
hole of the round, leaves the putting green without first
declaring his intention to correct his mistake, he is disqualified.
The stroke from outside the teeing ground and any subsequent
strokes by the competitor on the hole prior to his correction of
the mistake do not count in his score.


11-5. Playing from Wrong Teeing Ground
The provisions of Rule 11-4 apply.

 

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Tip 1: Putting Games

 Need work on your short putts? One of my favorite drills is to putt to a dime—it's great for improving focus and concentration!
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Tip 2: Pull the Rope!

 've found that most people with a slice problem cut across the ball on the downswing. To learn the correct path for the club head to follow, think of a rope attached to a tree above you
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Tip 3: Hold Up the Ball

 Many golfers let the left knee collapse toward the right on the backswing. This causes your shoulder to drop, and makes your hips sway and overturn
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Tip 4: Be a Hitchhiker

 Here's a good image to keep in mind during your backswing: Think of placing your right hand in a "hitchhiker" position
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