Use the Rules of Golf to Lower Your Score -- Part 4: More Equipment Suggestions

Use the Rules of Golf to Lower Your Score -- Part 4: More Equipment Suggestions

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The Right Equipment Has Its Advantages




Have you ever looked at The Rules of Golf to see what restrictions there are on golf equipment. You can do so at www.usga.org/playing/rules/rules.html. The USGA does testing each year on golf balls and golf clubs to determine if they conform with the rules. On their site, they publish a list of conforming golf balls and conforming Driver heads.

Here are some more ideas of how you can use golf equipment to lower your score.

4. Laser Putting Alignment

Of the many facets of the game, it's been my observation that proper, consistent alignment is one that alludes many golfers, in the long game and short game. In fact, I yet to meet a golfer with handicap greater than 10 who is able to align properly.

Improper alignment is the cause of many swing faults and putting stroke faults. I'll be focusing in detail on alignment in my next few newsletters. For now, consider alignment in putting.

To hit a putt along the intended target line, the putter must be moving along the target line and be square to that line at impact. Because the collision between the putter face and ball is a low speed collision, if the face is open or closed at all, the initial direction of the ball is greatly affected.

Most golfers are unable to align a putter face correctly. Tap HERE for some research that has been done. They either align the face open or closed.

Until recently, it has not been possible for the average golfer to accurately check alignment of the putter face. With the advancement of cheap laser technology, golfers can now easily check the alignment of the putter face.

I recently tested and evaluated a Laser Putting Alignment Device and found it extremely helpful. I've always been told by some players that I tend to "cut" my putts a bit, which means my putter face is open slightly at impact. After attaching the laser device to my putter and aiming the putter at a target, I discovered that I consistently aim the putter face slightly left of the target. To compensate, I open the face slightly during the stroke and cut the putt.

After only a few days of practicing my alignment with the laser device attached, I am now squaring the putter face to my target consistently. I can now practice making a proper stroke confident that I am aimed at my target. I am missing my putts a little right now, but am confident that I will "cure" my cut stroke.

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5. Brush Tees

In recent years, new tees have been appearing on the golf course. These "bristle type" tees use many nylon bristles to suppor the golf ball as opposed to the wood of a tee. When the golf ball is hit from the bristles, the bristles flex and thus there is less resistive force on the ball compared to when using wooden tees.

Click HERE to learn more about the physics of forces between the tee and the ball.

Independent machine tests showed that golfers consistently hit the ball 3 to 7 yards using a bristle type tee compared to a wood tee.

I've been trying the new Flexi bristle tee and find it to be very durable. I haven't broken one yet. That's mainly because the ball sits so high on the bristles above the plastic tee support, that the club rarely hits the plastic. I would often have to look for my wooden tees after a Drive. Sometimes they flew forwards, sometimes backwards. The Flexi tee remains in the ground. I just bend over and pick it up. No searching.

A ruling by The United States Golf Association on the use of Flexi-Tee for PGA Tournaments has been acknowledged; conforming to Rule 14-3a of the Rules of Golf.

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6. GPS Distance Finders

You're probably seen them advertised; GPS systems that utilize the satellite technology to determine distances on a golf course.

I have yet to use any of these GPS systems for golf so I can comment on their usefulness. They do, however,
Conform to a USGA/R&A Ruling. They are not as accurate as Laser Rangefinders and their use is affected by the weather and location.

My advice? Use a RangeFinder to determine the exact distance (they're accurate +/- 1 yard), add another

5 yards

(because most times you come up a bit short), select the club for that distance, and FIRE!!

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In my next newsletter, I'll have much more to say about alignment and how to improve one's alignment.

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