Considering New Clubs – 8 Questions

Get out your golf bag and ask some questions

Pre-season is the perfect time to give our golf gear a critical once over. Pull out the golf bag; think back to last season; think ahead to the coming year. We’ve put together 8 basic questions to consider – just a conversation between you and your clubs.
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Maybe your “team” of clubs did the job last season or maybe you’ll be making some changes. The new clubs for recreational players are lighter, bigger, more forgiving – and more fun – than ever. Talk with a professional club fitter who can assess your game and your clubs, and tell you about all about new options. Test some new gear at the Miles of Golf Cluboratory. And when the weather warms up, you’ll be ready to hit the links.
Thanks to the Miles of Golf staff for sharing their expertise.

When did you last replace your grips? Worn grips make us hold the club too tightly, leading to forearm stress and a host of bad swing things. A fresh grip provides traction, allowing you hold the club lightly – and correctly. Replace your grips every year, especially if they look shiny.
Do you carry a club that just doesn’t work, that you dread using? Dread is never a good swing thought. How about that 3 wood? Many golfers hit their 5 and 7 wood farther AND more consistently. Maybe some of the clubs you carry no longer deserve to be on the team.
Do many of your clubs go the same distance? Slower swing speeds often see very little yardage gaps in stronger lofted clubs (3 wood, 5 wood, 3,4,5,6 irons).
How old is your driver? More than 5 years? Retire it, says Stina Sternberg at Golf Digest. New technology will bring a new level of enjoyment and performance to the tee.
Are your shafts right for you? If you are using steel shafts, you’d better be young and strong. Graphite’s flexibility rewards the slower swinging player (women) with improved feel, distance and performance.
Blades vs. cavity back irons? A blade has a smaller sweet spot, requiring more accuracy, and is generally played by the low handicapper. A cavity back iron is more forgiving, its weight is lower on the club to get the ball up in the air, and distributed around the perimeter to create a larger sweet spot.
How about hybrids? They combine the best traits of fairway woods and long irons, and for most players they are easy to hit, go high and go straight. They have brought a new level of fun to the fairway – and the rough. Read more.
Is a fully configured set of clubs for you? Manufacturers have put a lot of research into making golf easier for the newer player. They offer sets fully configured with the woods, hybrids and irons all designed to work together for players with slower swing speeds. These sets are very popular with women.

If you are in the market for new golf equipment, schedule some time at the Cluboratory at Miles of Golf. Bring your old clubs, test some new ones. The $25 fee is refundable with a purchase. Read here about testing clubs at the Cluboratory.

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Reading Greens & Lining Up Putts – Direction in Putting

A well-struck putt heading confidently to the cup begs just one question – “Why can’t I do that every time!?” Improve your odds for a great putt by starting the ball on line to the cup, getting it going in the right direction. Establish a process of reading a green and lining up a putt, use the process every time, and improvement will follow. Trust the process!

READING A GREEN

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It starts before you get there.
You’ve made your chip, which is really a putt for position. Now survey the situation as you walk to the green. Notice the overall contour of the land, predominant slope, drains, nearby water, etc. Is it breezy? Now is a good time to quickly walk around the green and collect info.

See the big picture
Greens typically go with the tilt of the terrain. Are you on a hill?

Know your territory
Old greens are typically low in front, high in the back. In Florida, greens tend to tilt to the water. Newer greens are more complicated. Look for the drain.

Get your eyes low.
Greens are constructed to drain off in two or three places. Stand in the low point of the green and get even lower by kneeling. This vantage point is not always located behind your ball.

Pay attention to others
Watch the way the ball behaves when your partners chip and putt. Pay special attention to the area right around the cup.

Read with your feet.
Is the green soft or firm, wet or dry? Your feet can even tell you about the tilt you’re standing on.

Make a note.
If you keep a golf journal, record information about specific greens. Draw a green diagram with little arrows for little breaks and big arrows for big breaks.

ALIGNING THE BALL
You’ve determined where you want to putt the ball. Now get it going exactly there.

Mark it … before you start playing.
Draw a semi-circle with a Sharpie pen on your ball, nice and tidy with an inexpensive aid designed for the task. Many pro golfers mark their balls for putting alignment (and tee shots).

Mark it … on the green.
Use a ball marker so you can move and reset your ball.

Aim for alignment
Get low again, placing the ball with one hand out in front of you. Aim the mark you’ve made on the ball exactly down the path you’ve determined to start your putt. Getting low behind the ball gives a truer read than what you get when you are in your putting stance.

An intermediate target is a fine idea.
Pick out a small distinguishing feature on your target path – a blade of grass, a brown spot. Try aiming for it instead of for the hole if there is break.

Match it up.
Take your stance, matching the little guide on the top of your putter with the line on your ball. Trust it. Hit it.

Side note.
Take your practice strokes while you look at the hole or target. This will help you find the right speed. Green reading is also essential for speed. We must know if we are up hill or down hill.

Persevere!
Establish a process for your putting and stick to it. You’ll see results over time.

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Tending the Flagstick

Rule 17 in the Rules of Golf is devoted to the flagstick. It’s essential reading. Remember: no ball that begins on the green may touch the flag stick, whether it’s in the hole, lying on the green, or being held by another player.

Sometimes it’s difficult for a player to see the hole on a green. A player may ask another – often the person whose ball is closest to the cup – to attend the flag stick while she’s putting.

Knowing the rules, possible penalties and basic etiquette is important. Here’s how to attend a flagstick.

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Lift flagstick from the hole to be sure it isn’t jammed and then return it.

Stand at a distance so your arm is outstretched and grasp the stick firmly.
Pay attention to where you’re standing. Avoid casting a shadow and also be aware of the putting lines of other players.

Once the ball is in motion, remove the flagstick straight up (that’s delicate territory around the cup) and walk away.

Lay the flagstick on the green out of the line of all players.

A few last notes of niceness:

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Closest to the flagstick
Did your shot land closest to the pin? Head over to it and be ready to tend it if asked. You may ask the putter if she would like you to tend the flag. If she declines, take it out and lay it out of play.

First to putt out
If you are first to putt out, mosey over to where the flagstick is lying and be ready to pick it up and put it back in the hole. Efficiency in all things.

Did you leave your wedge back at the last hole?
The smart golfer places extra clubs she’s brought to the green next to where the flagstick is lying. Hard to forget them there.

Equity Decisions – You Are Entitled To the Lie Your Stroke Gave You!

You have played a pretty good shot to the green, and the ball has come to rest on the fringe or collar. A fellow-competitor then blasts out of a greenside bunker depositing sand all over and around your ball. Doesn’t seem fair, does it? The USGA agrees with you, and has adopted many Decisions they call Equity Decisions to take care of situations such as this. There is a principle in the Rules of Golf that says that a player is entitled to the lie his shot gave him. That principle comes into play here, and in the instance described above, the player is allowed to remove all the sand around his ball, even the sand on the fringe, and he can lift and clean his ball even though he is not on the green.

The same is true, in some circumstances, if another player’s pitch-mark through the green interferes with your lie or line of play. Normally, you may not improve your line of play by eliminating “irregularities of surface” or “pressing down cut turf”. Therefore, if the pitch-mark is there when your ball comes to rest near it, you will not get relief. But, if the pitch-mark is created after your ball came to rest, in equity, you will be allowed to repair it.

Your ball lies in a bunker. You take a practice swing outside the bunker, and by mistake, tear out a large divot which lands behind your ball in the bunker. That divot is a loose impediment, and you are not allowed to remove it without penalty. However, if another player does the same thing to you, you are allowed to remove the divot under the principle that “the player is entitled to the lie his stroke gave him.” The same would be true if your ball lies in a water hazard.

Suppose a branch falls from a tree and comes to rest on your ball lying in a bunker. You might assume that under this generous principle you are entitled to remove it. Not so. The principle applies only in cases in which the lie of the ball has been altered as a result of an act by another player, caddie, spectator or other animate outside agency. In this case, the lie was altered by natural causes and you are not entitled to relief.

The principle may also be applied when a player’s area of intended stance is affected by another player’s stroke. For example, if another player removes a huge divot when playing his ball, and that divot hole now affects your stance, in equity, you may restore that area as nearly as possible without penalty. The equity ruling even goes so far as to say that if the area of the stance can’t be restored, you may place your ball, without penalty, on the nearest spot within one club-length of the original lie that provides the most similar lie and stance to the original. This new spot may not be nearer the hole or in a bunker.

This equity principle also applies if your lie or line of play gets improved instead of damaged. For example, your ball lies in a bunker, and before you can reach the bunker, a greenkeeping staff member rakes the bunker improving your lie or line of play. As long as you have not sanctioned the raking, you are absolved of penalty.

The general rule of thumb is that if another person creates the situation, you are absolved of blame and can get relief. However, if you create the situation yourself, or it happens through natural causes, you are just out of luck!

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Jeanne Myers, Assistant Director-Rules & Competitions
Golf Association of Michigan

At Home On The Range – Etiquette at the Driving Range

The other day at the range I put my money in the ball machine and ALMOST forgot to put the bucket in place. Only two balls escaped – comedy averted – but it got me thinking about being at the driving range. Whether it’s a basic facility, a well manicured hitting area with practice balls in nice pyramids, or a full-service operation like Miles of Golf, there are ways to make your visit safe, considerate and fun.
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Don’t Go There
Never retrieve that mis-hit ball lying seductively just a few feet in front of you. The unbroken tees out there aren’t worth your noggin either.

Keeping an Eye on the Other Guy
Don’t set up too close to other players or walk in back of them. Before you walk into a stall, wait until golfers on both sides have finished their swings so they are not distracted.
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Curb Your Cell Phone
Enough said.

Pace of Practice
If it’s crowded, you don’t need to rush your practice. Be mindful, work efficiently, and move away quickly when you’ve worked through your basket of balls.

The Art of Saying “Thanks….. and Goodbye!”
You know him/her – Helpful Herbie. This is the person who has personal insights into your golf swing… and apparently all the time in the world to share them with you. Try saying, “Thanks, I’m working on that with my coach”.

What’s Right?
It’s perfectly OK to set up right-handers next to lefties. No particular etiquette there.

Save the Grass
On grass tees, try to keep divot pattern close together to minimize area that gets abused.

A Word About Winter
If you’re playing at heated tees, keep your clubs close to keep them warm – and turn off the heater when you leave.
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Picking on the Picker and Other Strategies For a Good Time at the Range
You know what they say about golf, it’s just a stick and a ball. It’s all about having fun. So go ahead… it’s OK to try to hit the ball picker (we checked!). Play some games, promise yourself some rewards, (I WILL go shopping if I hit 10 wedge shots within a yard of the target. OK, make that two yards of the target), try something new, shake it loose…. you get the idea!

By all means, put that basket under the spout on the ball machine
At least once a week at Miles of Golf, someone doesn’t… who said golf isn’t fun?

Golf Gifts For $25 and Up

HIT IT LIKE A PRO….
Men’s TaylorMade tour-caliber balls: TM TP Black and TM TP Red. Price: $43/dozen, now 2 dozen for only $55
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HOT CLUBS AT COOL PRICES
TaylorMade Burner Series 2007. Our most popular metal wood line EVER!! Drivers, $149. Fairway Woods, $129. Hybrids, $99. What a deal.

GOLF BAGS-LITE
images-6 Bag manufacturers compete to make the lightest, most feature-laden, stylish stand bags. One favorite is the Ping 4 Under, as in under 4 pounds. PGA golfer Hunter Mahan used this bag recently in competition in New Zealand, a caddy-friendly move indeed. Price: $139.99. Miles of Golf has stand bags from Ogio, Sun Mountain, and Nike all under 4.5 pounds.
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GET IT TOGETHER
Did you arrive at the course without socks? Do loose golf balls roam freely in the car trunk? Wish you had an extra hat or glove on hand?. Or maybe it’s a Rolaids? For every want-to-get-organized golfer on earth the Nike Trunk Organizer is the go-to gift. Price: $69.99

HAVE BAG, WILL TRAVEL
The Last Bag® by Club Glove is used by more touring professionals tour than any other product in golf. Its heavy-duty features are too numerous to mention here…. but they don’t call it the “Last Bag” for nothing. It’s the last one you’ll need. Price: $279.99

COTTON COMFORT
While most golf apparel manufactures tout the benefits of all-polyester, Ashworth continues to offer shirts that are a cotton/poly blend. If you like the look and feel of cotton, you’ll like these. Men and Women. Price range: $39.99- $59.99
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EXPRESS YOUR INNER BELT BUCKLE
images-10 Adidas Golf makes it easy for golfers to play mix and match with their buckles and leather straps. There’s an in-store display at Miles of Golf for building your own belt. Take a look at the three-stripe Adidas theme in brushed metal, white, black, silver, lime, orange. Price: Buckles $19.99, Belt straps $39.99

KEEP THE COLD OUT IN STYLE
The Nike Winter Sweater Knit Women’s Golf Hat and Scarf set looks good on and off the course. 100% merino wool. Machine wash. White, Red. Price: $39.99
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THE 15^TH CLUB
Who doesn’t want to feel more confident on the course? Range finders and GPS devices can help you be just that. Read about them in this recent Miles of Golf Women’s Club post. Price range: $199.99 – $429.99

* * * * * FOR THE SMALL SET * * * * *

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“I went to the animal fair;
The birds and the beasts were there”
Daphne’s Head Covers are a fuzzy, friendly menagerie of animals. Delight assured. Price: $24.99

CLUBS FOR YOUNG GOLFERS
US Kids Golf understands kids clubs. Their Ultralight and Tour Series are based on height and swing speed. Available as bag sets or as individual clubs. Prices: Individual clubs starting at $24.99. Starter sets with stand bag starting at $119.99
There’s currently a rebate program through 12/31/09 for the Tour Series: http://www.uskidsgolf.com/eng/storeSection/tsrebate.cfm

SHOES THAT REALLY SWOOSH
Nike’s junior Remix shoe is water resistant and sports an integrated spike system. But the cool part: the 8 custom color inserts that let the small golfer switch up the colors of their Nike Swoosh. It’s like having 8 pairs of shoes. Boys and Girls. Price: $49.99

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Nifty Golf Gifts For Under $25

MILES OF GOLF RANGE CARDS at half price
Purchase $50 worth of merchandise, and you’re eligible to buy an unlimited number of $20 cards for just $10. A great stocking stuffer!!
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A TEE BELOVED BY GOLFERS AND MOWERS ALIKE
Zero Friction’s unique 3-prong design drastically reduces contact area between tee and ball for awesome distance. Company claims it’s the #1 tee on the PGA. Made with environmentally friendly materials that are biodegradable, it’s safe for course mowers. Price: $6.99 for 50

TEETOTALLER
Martini Tees stand up and are noticed with a full 3 1/4” length, festive colors, virtually unbreakable poly-resin, and a martini glass shape to make you smile. $4.99 for a 5 pack or $19.99 for a 24 pack with a free martini shaker!
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HIGH TECH, HIGH COMFORT SOCKS
images-5 A feet treat. FootJoy TechSof Sport Socks are engineered especially for golf, targeting foot areas that receive the highest impact. There’s actually a left and a right sock! Nike and Adidas also offer high tech socks. Price: $9.99

TITLEIST HATS
Show your team spirit with a Titleist Golf hat. In addition to the Titlist script logo on the front, these hats have sports team logos. UM, Michigan State, Detroit Tigers… Price: $24.99

PRACTICE RANGE IN YOUR BACKYARD
AlmostGOLF’S Point3 golf ball is the first CO2 pressurized practice ball with real ball flight and performance. It’s extremely soft and very realistic – except it only goes 1/3 the distance of a regular golf ball. Grab a pack – great gift for every level of golfer.
Price: 10 pack $10.99. 36 ball pack $29.99
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SPEAKING OF GOLF BALLS…
NEW Ladies iQ Precept Plus is the softest ball on the market. Longer distance at lower swing speeds and a soft touch around the green. Clear, Pink, White. Another option … Solaire, Callaway’s women’s ball, is a low-compression softie that is far-flying and light to the touch. Pure White, High-Vis Pink. Price: $19.99 per dozen

Range Finders vs. GPS Devices

Golf’s a game of shot-making, of course, but behind the shots there’s the decision-making. With the 2008 change to Rule 14-3b, distance-measuring devices are more and more common around the course. Making decisions is becoming easier.

Range finders and GPS devices are simple to use, accurate, light, durable — and helpful. But hold the similarities there. They are very different pieces of equipment and selecting one or the other can be complex and personal. Ease of use, accuracy, innovation, travel use, cost, annual fees, buzz factor – each device offers a mixed bag of pros and cons. Another decision for the golfer!

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RANGE FINDER
This is an optical device, part binoculars, part State Trooper’s speed gun, part 5th grade arithmetic exercise. Select and lock onto an object. The range finder shoots a laser, and by measuring how fast it travels to the target and back again, it determines distance.
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Upside of the Range Finder

Hassle-free – pop out of box, pop in battery, go.
Works on every course everywhere. Great for travel.
Measures distance to anything in line of sight – tree, face of bunker.
Pinpoint accuracy to the hole location, not just to front, middle and back of green.
Higher end models adjust distances based on changes of elevation (slope), giving readings of both straight distance and adjusted distance. Don’t guess about taking an extra club to that elevated green.
Can be used on the practice range.

Downside of the Range Finder

Requires a direct line of sight.
Needs an object to target. Sometimes hard to measure edges of hazards or bunkers.

GPS UNITS
Simply put, GPS devices talk to satellites. They pinpoint your exact location on Earth and use previously recorded locations on the course to tell you the distance to important locations such as the front of green. You download maps of specific courses into the GPS.

Upside of the GPS Unit

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Easy to use on course – walk up to ball, look at your GPS, see where you are.
You don’t have to see the target to know where it is. On a dog-leg, or in the woods? No worries.
Most courses are mapped.
Gives measurements like how far to carry the bunker in front of the green.
Gives rough outline of the green – helpful if course is unfamiliar.
Some have cool features, like Callaway’s uPro, which offers hole fly overs.

Downside of the GPS Unit

Doesn’t measure exact pin placement. Measures only front, middle, back of green.
Course maps must be downloaded. Most GPS units typically hold only a limited number of courses.
Just one vendor, Sky Caddy, has its own GPS mapping team (those guys with backpacks). Others purchase satellite maps or images and may not be as accurate.
Some require yearly fees for subscriptions.

Every owner of a distance-measuring device should know when to hold it and when to fold it. The new rule states “The Committee may make a Local Rule allowing players to use devices that measure or gauge distance only”. Most GAM events allow distance measuring devices. However, the PGA and the USGA have not adopted the same policy. Any model that features the slope feature will not be allowed regardless of the local rule.

There’s lots to learn about range finders and GPS devices. At Miles of Golf you can compare models such as Bushnell Tour V2, Nikon Lr550, as well as Sky Caddy, Golf Buddy and Callaway uPro. Talk to the staff about the fine points of each.

Winter Project – Getting (Golf) Fit

IMPROVING FLEXIBILITY, STRENGTH & BALANCE … AND OUR GOLF GAMES!

tpi-237 I stood on one foot, shut my eyes – and toppled over. Jeff Goble, Director of Instruction at Kendall Academy watched the leaning tower of womanhood and made a notation: under 5 seconds. A typical golf pro holds the no-peeking pose for more than 28 seconds. OK, yet another reason why I’m not a golf pro. But can I improve balance and other physical roadblocks to my better golf game? Yes! And raise my overall fitness level too. Game on.

We met with Jeff a couple of weeks ago at Miles of Golf, and he put us through a series of simple exercises designed to identify physical limitations that impact our golf games. Jeff is a certified instructor for the Titleist Performance Institute (TPI). After the assessment with Jeff, the program generated a personal fitness handicap and a just-for-me routine delivered through the MyTPI website, complete with scheduled workouts, video instruction, and plenty of information on golf-specific health and fitness.

It’s like having a personal trainer show up at the house 3 days a week.

“A golf fitness regimen starts out as something you do to lower your score,” said Dr. Greg Rose, a co-founder of TPI. “People aren’t thinking about their health at all. But it ends up making you more fit over all. It recharges people, and they play better too.”

Sounds good! So we’ve embarked on a 6-week TPI Workout Program after which we’ll head back to Jeff for a progress assessment.

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THE EVALUATION
It takes half an hour, nothing too strenuous. Wear comfy workout clothes, sneakers and bring golf shoes if you wish. No clubs necessary.

First we chatted with Jeff about expectations, any physical limitations, how the program works, etc. We hit a few 9 irons while he videotaped, so he can give our swings slo-mo scrutiny. Then we went on to the main event, about a dozen exercises to assess flexibility, core strength and balance. Jeff is a walking ad for the program, demonstrating the moves to perfection. He’s also patient and humorous. It all looked easy. Looks deceive.

EVALUATION FINDINGS
Within a couple of days we received our official TPI e-welcome, login info and evaluation findings including our personal physical handicaps and inspirational/motivational remarks. “You have over 180 degrees of flexion in your lat muscle on the right. Normal range of motion on the PGA Tours is over 180 degrees”. Very rewarding. Or, “It was very difficult for you to stabilize your pelvis in the bridge position, which indicates a weakness in the left glute”. Oh yeah? Just wait 6 weeks!
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STARTING THE WORKOUT – FIRST DAY, FIRST WORKOUT
I logged into MyTPI and clicked on the first of my personal workouts. Each is demonstrated in a video that can be downloaded to an iPod. You can print off the exercise info too.

Some folks may head to the gym to do the TPI exercises, but I’ll do them at home, opening up the back sliding door and looking out at the still-green world. Winter’s ahead, but I’m thinking spring.

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We’ll update you on our TPI progress.
If you have questions about the program, contact Jeff Goble.

Teeing is Believing

ETIQUETTE AT THE TEE BOX

Tee the ball and get set up for the drive; envision a beautiful arc down the fairway, and the bounce and roll that carries further still. Brava! The teeing area is like a stage, each golfer stepping up to perform, every drive a soliloquy of motion. Alas, poor golfer … sometimes we flub our lines. Well, that’s golf.
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The teeing area is a pretty staightforward piece of real estate, but like everywhere on the golf course, there are things to know. Learn the little details by heart, and then go ahead and deliver that top-flight performance.

Nine notable things to know and do around the teeing area

Brand your ball
Ever hit someone else’s ball on the course? You take 2 penalty strokes… and many self-inflicted lashes of embarrassment, regret and distraction. Save yourself! Before you begin your round, know what brand of ball you’re playing, tell the other players, and be sure to mark them with a distinctive squiggle, dot or initial. Golf is confusing enough.
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Ready or not
Has your group decided to play ready-golf? If so, there’s no order to players teeing off. Be aware, though, many golfers play honors; the player with the best score on the previous hole has the honor of teeing off first. If no one wins the hole, then the order of play does not change from the previous tee. Who tees first on the first hole? That’s often determined by random, or sometimes the player with the lowest handicap gets it going.

Hitting from the “ladies tees”
Stina Sternberg, former editor of Golf For Women Magazine and current TV golf personality, has some strong opinions about what tees to use and she shares them in her Golf Digest blog: “Ladies tees” is an out-dated term – like calling a flight attendant a stewardess. It might have been acceptable years ago, but today it’s insulting. Tees should have nothing to do with gender and everything to do with the golfer’s skill level. If you’re a short hitter, you should play from the forward tees, no matter your age or gender. It pains me to watch men who can’t hit the ball 200 yards off from the whites – or heaven forbid, the blues. The reverse is also true: Long hitters should move back, even women. I know many men who cringe when they play against a woman who bombs it from the reds. It’s a huge advantage”. Thanks, Stina.
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Behave
When someone’s teeing off, stand safely and courteously out of the way and out of her peripheral vision. Turn off your conversation and stand still, no banging of clubs, blowing of noses, sneezing, coughing or wiggling of anything. This is the theatre, remember?

Pretend you’re a caddie
Watch everyone’s drive and make note of the spot where each ball lands. Have you ever disowned your errant drive, its pathetic path too painful to watch? It’s great to have another pair of eyes. I always appreciate it when someone can quickly and accurately help me find a hidden ball.

When it’s your turn…
Have your club ready, and ball and tee in hand. Rule 11 defines the teeing area as “a rectangular area two clubs lengths in depth, the front and sides of which are defined by the outside limits of two tee markers”. Think of a rectangular box. You may stand outside the box, but your teed ball must be inside it.

When you’re done, attend to some housekeeping, filling in your divot with the sand mixture provided. Don’t forget to pick up your broken tee.

Curb your cart
Motorized carts should not be driven on the teeing area, and the best-mannered golfers will even leave their pull carts and carry bags off of it.

Just a wee bit of tee history
Early golfers made tees from piles of sand. At each teeing ground, courses provided sand in boxes as well as water so golfers could clean up. Sand tees are long gone, but the term “tee box” has remained and is now used by golfers to refer to the entire short-grassed area where a hole begins. A more accurate name would be “teeing area” or teeing ground”.
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Exit stage right, stage left, just exit!
When your group has finished driving, be ready to move out with dispatch. Show’s over.