13 days ago by admin

(PRWEB UK) 23 January 2012 For many, golf may seem a relaxed sport with very little chance of injury, however over practice, incorrect grip and poor swinging techniques could lead to various golfing injuries that could not only put you off your game, but send you to the doctor?s office. Leading spor ...

17 days ago by Barry Rhodes

Warren Little / Getty Images I have noticed that when I give presentations on the Rules of Golf to Clubs one of the questions that is regularly raised is whether a player can ask for the flagstick to be attended when they are playing their ball from off the putting green. The answer is an unequivoca ...

22 days ago by Andy Brown

Today http://www.HomeofGolf.TV visits Musselburgh Old Course Golf Club, the oldest surviving golf course in the world. If you’re like me then at some stage in your golfing past you will have lipped out a putt and wished that the size of the hole on the green was just a bit larger. Well, in this epis ...

40 days ago by Barry Rhodes

Over three years ago, just a week after I commenced writing my weekly blog, I posed this Rules teaser; On a par 3 a player scores a hole-in-one with a ball other than the original ball that he played on that hole. How can this happen within the Rules of Golf? Here is a link to that blog with eight d ...

47 days ago by Barry Rhodes

http://www.golflafs.com At this same time last year I blogged on some ‘truisms’ about casual golf. Here are 20 more; Brand new golf balls are water-magnetic and, while this cannot be measured scientifically, the more expensive the ball, the greater this water-magnetism. If you want to hit a 7-iron a ...

53 days ago by Debbie

While many golfers have put away their clubs for the next few months, you can still keep your mind in the game! Did you know that the USGA website offers quizzes on the Rules of Golf? The quizzes are available to take online or can be printed for later use. You can choose your desired level of diffi ...

55 days ago by Barry Rhodes

The relevance of this plaque will become obvious when you read on. I received this email today from Peter Blaisdell, a respected, long-term, US tournament Rules Official. It led me to a story that is particularly appropriate for this time of year and I am sure that it will provide you with food for ...

62 days ago by Barry Rhodes

Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images There is much confusion over the subject of ‘Winter Rules’, or ‘Preferred Lies’, or as some critical golfers call it, ‘Lift, Clean and Cheat’. I think that the main reason for this is sloppiness by club or course Committees in properly wording the Local Rules that a ...

71 days ago by Barry Rhodes

This is a first for me, because in over three years of blogging on the Rules I have resisted the temptation to recommend any golf books, other than my own of course! However, I am going to break this practice by recommending two very different books. My first recommendation is partly for selfish rea ...

77 days ago by Barry Rhodes

What happens if your ball is struck by another player’s ball? First, check out this video of José Maria Olazabal’s ball striking José Maria Cañizares’s ball during the 1992 Volvo PGA Championship. For those receiving this blog by email click on this link: Olazabal’s ball in motion strikes another pl ...