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Two minutes from now I’m going to have an answer for all of you on how high you should be teeing your tee shots so you can improve your swing. The new drivers that have come out in the last 5, 10 years have what is referred to as a deep face.

From the bottom to the top it’s about two or more inches. Most players associate all of that space with teeing the golf ball high. We even have three-inch tees now.

So, that isn’t true. You don’t need that. Some of you might, but most of you don’t.

So, here’s my rule of thumb for how high should you tee the driver: If the mistake you make is that you constantly top the golf ball, that isn’t always the answer. You could fix your posture and bend over a little bit and that would fix topping the golf ball.

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Your golf handicap is calculated with a formula that averages how a player should be able to play better than par.

There are two slightly different ways to calculate your handicap which I detail below.

A wide spread belief amongst golfers is that a player’s handicap is their average score, when in fact your golf handicap is only the potential of your game. Most golfers play their handicap 25% of the time which is know as playing your “average best”. So in a large, handicapped competition, the golfer who shoots the best with respect to his or her abilities and the normal variations of the score should win.

While there are many variations, handicap systems are generally based on calculating an individual player’s playing ability from his or her recent history of rounds. Therefore, a handicap is not fixed but is regularly adjusted to increases or decreases in a player’s scoring.

A golfer whose handicap is zero is called a “scratch golfer.” A golfer whose handicap is 20 is called a “bogey golfer.” It is possible to have a handicap below 0; these are referred to as ‘plus’ handicaps, and at the end of the round, a ‘plus’ handicap golfer must add his handicap to his score. A professional golfer plays off scratch, but has no actual handicap.

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The Net is loaded with golf fitness tips, some good, some great, and as well as some seriously out dated golf fitness information can be found online, but when it comes to fitness and golf Mike Pedersen is the expert the Pros turn to for advice. Below Mike shares his knowledge with us!

Fit for golf is a term you should have heard by now. It’s all over the television and now becoming mainstream with amateur golfers wanting to reach their full potential. Golfers are now realizing there is a fitness component to golf, and are seriously considering fit for golf approach.

It may sound like an oxymoron, but tell me if you’ve ever hurt yourself playing golf. How about a strained lower back? Or, a sore shoulder after playing? The list of injuries from swinging a golf club is a mile long.

This would strengthen the point that fitness for golf is NOT a fad, but an integral part of any golf improvement program…if you want to stop the madness, and play like you know you are capable of.

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If you are starting to worry about your ability to finish a round or to get to that par five green in regulation, you can keep your game in shape with a golf exercise video. It’s not just technique and equipment that keeps your handicap where it is but your exercise to play the game.

OK you can run the Boston Marathon and bench press the wife and kids, but how about your rotational strength, and the continuing flexibility of your joints? Are they still up to the demands made on them by that very unnatural rotational and twisting motion that is your golf swing? Probably not, or you wouldn’t be getting worried about it.

You Can use your Videos in your Bedroom or your Hotel Room

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