Golf Shoes For Games And GreensWearing the right golf shoes is important, not only for your game but also to help keep your favorite golf greens in tip top shape. Golf shoes, you may have heard, are required for most golf courses. Though this may seem true--just look at the sheer number of players who wear specialty shoes--many courses in fact do not require special shoes for playing. Of course, every player has been to at least one course that specifies the type of shoe worn. This is for good reason. The whole purpose of these shoes is more than to just make a fashion statement on the links. For players, they help keep their feet planted, allowing them to take full advantage of leg strength during a swing and preventing slips and falls. For the greens keepers, golf shoes can represent a benefit, or a nightmare, for their course. Smart players provide a bit of relief for the these keepers of the green and the fairway, because smart golfers wear non-cleat shoes. Yes, you heard that right. Smart golfers wear either shoes that have soles that do not have spikes on them, or soles with a “suction cup” or subtle tread. These save the green from undue destruction. The traditional spiked shoes, on the other hand, have proven in tests to maul greens and fairways alike. Even the newer golf shoes with detachable plastic studs are no good. They leave imprints and alter the green’s surface, making it rough and bumpy. Not only does this mean more work for the greens keeper. It will even affected your put and your score. The solution could be to wear your shoes without those studs attached. After all, on dry weather days, your chances of slipping are slim to none. On rainy and wet days, if you feel more comfortable with the studs in, then surely screw them in. By holding off on dry days, though, you will definitely save the green from undue wear and tear, and unbelievably shave points off your average. Why Warming Up Is Important How important is a warm up? In a word – vital. The pros say this is one step that you can’t afford to skip. But if you’re in great shape, you play often and you’re anxious to get right up to the tee, is it enough to take a couple of practice swings and then go for it? You actually may find that you are ready to play from the moment you step out of the clubhouse, but you also may find yourself injured or playing a poor game just because you didn’t take those few minute for warming up. &nb ... Golf Terminology Primer Regardless of how much you’ve played golf, you’re probably going to hear some new terminology every time you’re golfing with a new group or working with a new instructor. The way to save face is to simply nod like you know exactly what they’re talking about, even when they’re touting new words. The smart thing to do is ask. Even a casual golfer knows words like bogey, slice and approach. But did you know that balata is that rubbery substance that covers a golf ball? Here a ... Golf Is Good Mark Twain once wrote playing golf was a good way to spoil a walk through the pasture. The inimitable Mr. Twain, from this statement, could be believed not to be a golfer. After all, there is more to golfing than just walking through a pasture. First and foremost, golf is a way to either work out stress and frustration, or, for many, to get even more stressed out and frustrated. It can be the most infuriating game ever played or invented, or the most fun. And, no two trips ... |
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