Golf question: What area if the most important to cut your score down?  Driver tee shot. Short game. Approach.
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They are all important. If you suck in any of the areas, you suck!
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I think the first thing you want to check is if you are lined up correctly. Make sure that you are aiming at the target. Practice using your shorter, loftier irons, like your wedge and practice short shots. As you get better increase the distance of your target and eventually move to the longer clubs. Your swing on the shorter clubs can be the same, just remember that with a longer club mistakes are "magnified".
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You need to be able to hit all the clubs.  There are plenty of golf holes that require a longer drive.  If you only drive the ball 210 yards, you will never have a chance to reach a par five in two for example.  For me, I'm most happy with a slight draw because I know that when the ball hits the ground it is going to run.  \nMaybe what you need is a new driver with a little more loft to get the ball flying through the air a little longer?  Or perhaps try teeing the Calloway up a little higher and playing it more toward your left foot?  Not sure what you are doing now but just a couple things to think about.  With a 200 yard 5-wood, you should expect more out of your driver.
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I'm not exactly sure what situation you're referring to, but you can review the rules of golf here:\n\nhttp://www.usga.org/playing/rules/rules.html
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The best advice I can give to anyoen trying to play the game is try your hardest to not get frustrated over the little things and be patient.  Golf is a game that is played on a fraction of millimeters.  One millimeter the wrong way and your ball will be yards away from where you wanted to hit it.
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Woman goes onto the links, plays the 1st hole, then gets stung by a bee. She goes to see the doctor, who tells her to drop her pants. She asks why, he says, "You told me you got stung between the first and second holes."\n\nMan finishes his round of golf, puts his ball in his pocket. As he walks to the clubhouse, a woman notices the bulge and asks what it is. "Golf ball," he says. She replies, "That must be terribly painful. I just got over a case of tennis elbow."\n\nWhat are three words often heard on a golf course but never in the bedroom?  "Bite, you cocksucker!"
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Factors \n1.  Regular Tee Shot - New golfers or golfers who average over 95 should consider hitting a 3 wood off the tee.  They will have better control and maybe more distance.  Hit the driver on the holes it can't hurt you.  Use it on a wide open hole.  \n\n2.  When deciding what club to hit off the tee on a certain hole here are some things to consider:\n  a.  A tight short hole hit a 5 iron to the 150 yard mark.\n  b.  Long tight hole you may want to hit 3 wood.  Unless you have control over your driver only hit it when you feel good about it and it will save you a stroke.  A par 5 that you can't hit in 2.  Pick a club that you control and still hit the green in 3 shots.  A long par 4 you can't hit in 2 with a good drive, why risk it?\n\nThe funny thing is none of us like to play that way.  We want to hit driver.  We all could play a lot better if we stick will shots we can hit.  \n\nYou can find some good articles about what to use off the tee at www.pga.com improve your game section  \n  http://www.pga.com/improve/tips/techniques/improve_kirk082304.cfm\nhttp://www.pga.com/improve/tips/swing/improve_polites110104.cfm
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Yo Mick! A "club foot"? \n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club_foot\n\nIf you're playing with me and you've got a club foot, I'll give you the one footers man....otherwise I think you're violating the rules of golf by striking the ball with something other than the head of your club!\n\nhttp://www.usga.org/playing/rules/rules_of_golf.html\n\nSee rule 14...
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You may want to go to www.playgolfamerica.com and sign up for a free golf lesson from a local PGA pro \n\n\nhitting down on the ball is good with all clubs in your bag except your driver.\nhttp://www.pga.com/improve/tips/swing/improve_rihm040704.cfm
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I play golf because it's fun, and you can never be "perfect" so you can always improve. Plus if your into buisness it's a very handy place to talk to possible buisness partners. Also a lot of people play it, so you could meet potential friends.
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the info is from Rick Martino is Director of Instruction for The PGA of America\n\nHitting a Draw\n\nTo draw the ball from right-to-left, you want your clubhead to enter the hitting area from inside the target line. The simplest approach is to close your address position. In other words, pull your trail side back from the target line.\n\nThis sets your feet, knees, hips and shoulders in position to make an inside-to-down-the-line-to-inside swing, which will put a counter-clockwise spin on the ball, causing it to curve to the left.\n\nYou need to aim the clubface where you want the ball to start. This swing shape will allow your arms and club to rotate faster than your body through the hitting area. Meanwhile, this swing thought will also help ensure that you swing along a proper inside-to-outside path to produce a draw.\n\nThe best club to practice a draw or a fade with is a 5-iron, since it has enough loft to easily get the ball airborne, while still putting enough sidespin on the ball. The more loft a club has, the more difficult it is to curve the ball.\n\nWhen playing a draw shot, the ball tends to have lower flight and run farther than it would if it were played with a standard shot, because you are actually taking "effective" loft off the club. In other words, a 5-iron will really have the loft of a 4-iron at impact. So, make sure that you select a club with enough loft to play this shot.\n\nIt is difficult to hit a hook with a long iron, because the shape of your swing causes the clubface to close down as it reduces the true and effective loft of the club.\n\nConversely, you need to address the ball with a slightly open stance when hitting a fade -- with your target or forward foot pulled back away from the target line. This promotes both taking the club away from and returning to the ball outside the target line. This swing path allows the clubface to cut across the ball at impact, producing a clockwise spin that curves the ball from left-to-right.\n\nBecause the swing you make with a fade places the body ahead of the club, a fade will cause the ball to fly higher than normal and often stop more quickly when it hits the ground. As a result, many people believe it is a safer, more easily controlled shot than a draw.\n\nHowever, keep in mind that the shape of a fade swing actually increases the effective loft of a club. While the ball will fly higher than a normal shot, it won't carry as far. So, in effect, when playing a fade shot with an 8-iron, you will actually produce a shot that has the trajectory and distance of an 8 1/2-iron.
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Its kind of hard to explain but I was always taught a drive was a shot aimed at the opponents head. It should be quick, very straight, and not high like a clear.  Just think  of it like you want to knock your opponent in the head as hard as yo can
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A golf course has 18 holes. Each hole is given a parr rating of 3, 4 or 5. Average course is 72. A pro should do the course in parr (72) or less. \n\nWhen you start playing golf you have an handycap of 28. So you get 28 extra stokes over the 18 holes. \n\nIf you played against a pro and you went round in 100 and they went round in 72 in would be a draw. If you did it in 99 or less you would win.\n\nHaving a handycap allows different rated players to play against each other.\n\nTo lower your handycap, you play 3 rounds of golf at a course and take the average score.\n\n1st game you do it in 98 ( 2 stokes below your expected of 100)\n2nd game you do it in 96 ( 4 stokes below)\n3rd game you do it in 98 again.\n\nyour average would be 97, which is 3 stokes below your handycap of 100. \n\nCourse 72 plus handycap of 28 = 100. now deduct the 3 stokes from your averaged score over your last 3 holes. Now giving you a handycap of 25.\n\nYou keep playing and try to reduce your handycap to as low as poss. The lower your handycap score the better golfer you become.
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heres my two cents, if your hitting it out on the toe of the club, your more than likely topping the ball the other half of the time, 99 out of 100 your clubs are too short, inshort not allowing you to get back to the ball at impact, not that you cant play with shorter clubs, just makes it alittle harder to do it consistantly, go to your local repair shop, have them measure you for the length of golf clubs you should be playing with, i believe the standard length 5 iron is still 37 1/2", goes 1/2" increments from wedges to 1 iron, ie., 6 iron is 37, 7 iron is 36 1/2, you get the point, what they should do is measure you to get the length of club that is best for you, ask if they have a club you can go hit thats your length, go hit a small bucket, that should do the trick, if that helps your ball flight, you have a couple of options, 1 get the guy to put extensions in your clubs and cut to your length, should be about 5 or 6 bucks plus cost of grip, have him measure you for your proper grip size while your at it, just try doing your favorite clubs you use most often first, if that helps do the rest of your set, 2 reshaft your clubs, get ready to pull out your wallet here, can get pricey, then take the advise of the guy above and go thru the full blown fitting process and consider buying new clubs custom built to your golf game. length, shaft flex, lie, grip size, set make-up, if you go and do all this and your still hitting it out on the toe, take advantage of the free deal of the month thing on lessons, and thank god your not at the dam office, grip it and rip it.
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One shot less than par for the hole.  2 shots less woulld be an eagle.  One shot over par would be a bogey.
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another one is golfing...but at least these people get some exercise!  so, how's this one for boring?  still like yours! LOL
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Here ya go sporty:\n\nhttp://readygolf.com/catalog/pdetail.php?prdid=263