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Ping Putters for all players

Ping Putters for all players

Ping putters have a proud pedigree and distinctive styling. All Ping clubs are completely customizable and they come in such variety that there is a Ping club for everyone; even top players like Lee Westwood (who recently changed from one type of ping putter to another) enjoy the control and adjustability you get from them.

There is also a Ping Putter for every aesthetic taste, ranging from traditional to intricate edges that could rival modern art sculpture. 100% milled putters have a heft and grip that will keep you feeling secure, while steel faced pings can improve your control and trajectory. An insert putter may be the better bet for someone who needs to combine strength with a lightweight feel. The Ping Jas is a lightweight insert putter composed of nano-nickel technology which will improve alignment, making it perfect for newer players who might be less confident in their swing. The perimeter weighting of the Ping In series is another good all rounder for beginners.

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The Ping I-Series is more for intermediate players, with a double insert that makes for a firm response – or ‘mallet’ feel, which helps or hinders depending on skill level. This range has modern heads that look like knuckle dusters and more traditional faced models. The Ping Karsten is another steel insert club that loses the weight of a traditional milled club but keeps the heft and solid response. The Wolverine H putter looks very cool and could be a teenage favorite. There are more affordable options like the Ping Scotsdale ZB putter, and the top end Ping Redwood, which has a RRP of £220 and is 100% milled, stainless steel and a precision head coated in black nickel.

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Once you have decided on the Ping putter that is best for you, it is very easy to place your order over the phone. And with our speedy delivery service and extremely competitive shipping prices to various destinations in Europe and beyond, you can be sure that you will have you new Ping Putter out on the course in no time at all. Order online today from an Official Ping Custom Fit Centre and Online Stockist – Golfbuyitonline.

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The Correct Golf Ball Position ? Steps You Need To Learn

The Correct Golf Ball Position ? Steps You Need To Learn

After you achieved the proper posture and are standing at the suitable distance from the ball, it is time to discuss where the ball should be positioned in your stance. For beginners and intermediate players, I propose that you position the ball in the center, or slightly forward of center of your stance. If you are a right handed player and are wearing a golf shirt with a logo on the left chest area, the logo is a fine reference point for where the ball should be positioned. If you play left handed, position the ball on a line just to the right of your sternum.

Do you know why is the position of the ball so important? To appreciate why ball positioning is so crucial, it helps to be familiar with what goes on at the bottom of your swing, which is the point at which your club meets the ball and ground. Your swing moves in a circular motion, because golf is a side-on sport. Side-on also indicates that you are standing to the side of the ball when you strike it.

If you have executed the swing correctly, would have much the same effect on the ball. The difficult part is getting the swing to have the correct arc so that when the swing bottoms out, the club head holds to the inside portion of the ball. Depending on the arc of your swing, the club can bottom out in three spots – the low point (toward the back of your stance), the midpoint (near the middle of your stance), and the high point (toward the front of your stance).

Those who draw or hook the ball tend to bottom the club out a little more toward the low point of the swing. This means the club comes more from the inside and then hits the inside portion of the ball. Because of the trail of the club, the ball flight of the right handed player sometimes start toward the right and curve to the left.

When players slice the ball, the trail of the club comes from outside the ball back to the inside, causing these players hit across the ball. The sidespin causes the ball flight to curve clockwise for a right handed golfer and counterclockwise for a left handed golfer. However many slicers do not realize that placing the ball forward in their stance causes an even more pronounced slice. Why is this so? The main reason is because the club head moves in a circular path. During the downswing, once the club head passes your sternum, its circular path begins to arc toward your front foot. Hence moving the ball forward causes the club to cut across the ball from an even sharper angle, producing extra spin.

On the other hand, if you locate the ball farther back in the stance, you have a much better chance of getting the club into the back of the ball sooner, with less spin. That is precisely why I inform beginning and intermediate players who are more likely to slice the ball, that if they err in their ball position, err toward the middle of their stance, or even a couple of inches back from the middle. Experienced players normally can play the ball a few inches forward in their stance, because the path of their swing tends to come from the inside and they usually draw the ball.

Last but not least, when you happen to be contented with the new swing and begin to hitting draws or hooks, you should position the ball slightly forward in your stance. How far the ball can move forward depends on the individual player and swing. However no matter which level of player you are, the ball must never be positioned out toward your front foot.

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The Best Solution to Drawing a Golf Ball – 4 Easy Steps

The Best Solution to Drawing a Golf Ball – 4 Easy Steps

Article by Sean O’Kelly

Most of us who don’t hit the golf ball for great distance hope to improve our long game by drawing, or imparting a little hook, on our long shots. For any beginner as well as some intermediate players this might initially appear extremely hard, however with a little knowledge of what we are attempting to accomplish plus a little practice, anyone can be hitting this shot consistently.

There are two key benefits to draw the golf ball:

• Distance. Hitting a ball which has a hook spin will cause the ball to roll a greater distance than will a fade spin.

• Accuracy. If we are able to consistently strike the ball with a controlled draw, we could aim to the right of our target and allow the golf ball to shape toward our target area.

So to understand how to draw a golf ball, we have to first consider the grip. The main elements, then, to get a hook grip are as follows:

1. Place the grip of the club along the base of the fingers. This permits you to produce increased power as a result of greater wrist hinge, while doing so enhancing your control, or feel, for the club.

2. Do not grasp the club too hard. As the great Sam Snead once said, “If a lot of people gripped a knife and fork the way they do a golf club, they’d starve to death”.

3. When gripping the golf club using a normal grip, the “V” between your thumb and forefinger points at the right shoulder for right-handed golfers, and the left shoulder for left-handed golfers.

4. To draw a golf ball, make use of a strong grip, which can be achieved merely by moving your hands on the club so the “V” is to the right of your right shoulder (and of course to the left of your left shoulder for lefties). This will automatically shut the face of the club as it approaches the ball, imparting a counter-clockwise, or hook spin.

These simple methods to draw the golf ball are only general, as each golfer will have to experiment how strong his grip must be for the ideal effect. For example, those with naturally strong hands might find a stronger grip unnecessary to bring the club into proper position.

The final component that must accompany the hook grip to properly draw the golf ball is correct swing path. In the event the club on impact doesn’t go through the ball, that is, if it cuts across the ball on an outside to inside path, the closed face of the club will result in a “pull” shot. This for a right-handed golfer will cause the ball to go far to the left. The path of the golf club head needs to be on a slightly inside to outside plain. The desired result will be achieved when the grip and the swing path of the club work together.

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