The Expat Golfer

Welcome to the first instalment of “The Expat Golfer”. Each month we will explore the wonderful golf scene here in Jakarta in addition to throughout Indonesia. This particular series will include: Golf Lessons & Tips, History of the Game, Rules in addition to Etiquette, Player Profiles, in addition to much more.

Together we will explore the Indonesian Golf Scene, on the lookout for golf deals, bargains in addition to values. Whether playing a local course on Sunday or off to Bali for a weekend golf get-a-way, the Expat Golfer series can be sure to enhance your golfing experience!

Let’s kick things off which has a golf tip, shall we?

Chili Dip?  Get on the Stick!

“Drive for show, putt for dough’. Most golfers are all too familiar with This particular axiom in addition to yet very few golfers spend enough time practicing the short game. Let’s put the driver back inside bag for a moment in addition to spend some time around the green. that will can be truly time well spent. In fact, I recommend a 50/50 approach to your practice sessions. Half of your time working on the full swing in addition to the various other half chipping in addition to putting. Let’s talk about chipping for a moment. In golf, the hands are the enemy. This particular can be especially true when that will comes to the short game in addition to chipping. In pressure situations, adrenaline, stress in addition to tension often work their way down into the arms in addition to hands, rendering them completely unreliable.

Furthermore, these pernicious elements combine to activate the hands; resulting in a flipping or helping motion of the hands in addition to wrists in addition to ultimately spell disaster. In a proper chip shot, the hands in addition to wrists maintain their angle in addition to are not flipped. The hands should be soft or even dead, as Dave Pelzs describes in his book, “Short Game Bible”. So, how do we get the hands out of the short game? How can we get away coming from the flipping motion of the wrists in addition to more of raking motion with the forearms in addition to shoulders? Answer: get on the stick!  Simply find a three foot long stick in addition to tape that will to the handle of your club (see photo). today, for right-handed players, position the club in addition to stick combination to the left side of your body whereby the stick extends under your left arm in addition to left side of your body. As you proceed to practice your chip shots, the stick should not touch your left side. If you are in fact flipping your wrists, the stick will bang against your left side, which can be wrong. The chipping motion can be similar to that will of raking leaves.  As we rock our shoulders, arms in addition to hands, the handle can be pulled through not flipped. Just as in raking leaves, the handle goes first, then the end of the rake.

To summarize, here are the checkpoints:

1)    Tape stick to handle of golf club
2)    Dead Hands
3)    Stick should not hit your body as you chip

Great Luck!

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