Every golfer wants to increase their golf ball distance, and if they tell you they don’t, they’re lying! If you can hit the golf ball further than your playing partners and more accurately, there is a good chance you will be the winner. I know it all depends on the putting, but I can tell you you’re putting becomes a lot easier if you’re making incredibly long drives and glorious iron shots!

Imagine a month from now, you are at the first tee with your friends and you tee off making an incredibly long drive. You’re playing partners are surprised to say the least and start checking your driver out to see if it’s a new one! How good would that feel? The good news is it’s easily doable!

Nothing beats the feeling of making a successful drive off the first tee. Not only does it give you the confidence that is so important in golf, it puts your playing partners under pressure right from the start.

I know putting is important that games are won and lost on the green. It’s just a very big bonus if you can get to the green before everyone else!

Plus the fact that everyone wants to be a good driver of the golf ball. I bet you have seen people at the driving range managing to reach the back fence and wished you could do that. With the right practice and the right drills you can.

Golf Ball distance doesn’t depend on the make of club or the type of balls you’re using, it depends on how your swinging the club.

Improve your golf ball distance and learn to drive like the pros!
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Here’s a leading question that I would like you to think about;

Have you ever been guilty of any of the following actions on the golf course, without declaring a penalty on yourself?

*Moved a ball while searching for it in the rough?

*Touched a ball in play, perhaps to identify it, without marking it first and asking a fellow competitor to witness the lift?

*Finished out a hole with a ball that you are not absolutely certain was the one that you were playing with?

*Discontinued play during a competition while a heavy rain shower passes over?

*Given advice to a fellow competitor on his grip, swing or which option to take, during a round?

*Moved your ball fractionally while removing a leaf, twig or stone that was lying close to your ball?

*Played a ball from the fairway, or on the putting green, that moved just as you were starting your downstroke?

*Improved your intended area of swing by knocking down a small branch of an overhanging tree with a practice swing?

*Placed a ball when preferred lies are in operation and then placed it again because it rolled of the original spot?

*Moved something growing (e.g. a bramble), thinking that it was a loose impediment?

Well, all of the above instances do incur a penalty under the Rules of Golf. I strongly suspect that there are very few of us that can honestly answer that we have always penalised ourselves in these situations. So, under what circumstance do you call a penalty on yourself and when do you ignore it, because it does not seem to be relevant? Here are a few sample situations to consider;

*You are playing a practice round on your own.

*You are playing casual golf with friends and there are no bets on the result.

*You are playing casual golf with friends and the loser has to buy the lunches.

*You are playing winter golf at your Club in a non-counting sweep of 20 players.

*You are playing in your Club’s monthly medal.

*You are playing in your Club’s Captain’s prize.

*You are playing in an Open competition at a neighbouring Club.

*You are representing your Club at provincial level with a referee monitoring the game.

*You are playing in a qualifying round of The Open Championship.

*You are playing in a match and your opponent did not witness your breach.

You may have guessed by now that it is my contention that it does not matter which of the above situations apply, players must be totally honest to themselves, their fellow competitors, or their opponents. Whatever game you play there has to be rules. There is no personal satisfaction in finishing out a game of solitaire if you have bent the rules along the way. Surely, there can be no pleasure in winning any game if you know that you have deliberately deceived others in order to do so. Rules have to be respected and observed in order that the competitors are playing against each other on an equal footing. It makes no sense at all for one player to be penalised for an action if others are not also penalised for the same action. If players participate in the same game but apply different rules it will almost certainly lead to arguments, confusion, disagreement and mayhem. Without rules and regulations there cannot be a satisfactory outcome to the game, competition or match

Golf is very special in that the vast majority of rounds are played without the intervention of any referee, umpire, judge or arbiter being present, so it up to the players to apply the Rules to the best of their ability and integrity. Ignorance of the Rules cannot be used as any kind of excuse, as Rule 6-1 states;

“The player and his caddie are responsible for knowing the Rules.”

My conclusion is that if you are not playing golf to its Rules, you are not playing golf.

Barry Rhodes

Barry Rhodes is an enthusiastic, high handicap golfer who developed an interest, then a fascination, and now an obsession with the Rules of Golf. He is resident in Dublin, Ireland, where he is an active member of Milltown Golf Club. Barry’s relationship with the Rules began in 2000 with his participation in the inter-club Rules of Golf quiz competitions, organised by the R&A for Golf Clubs in Great Britain and Ireland. This then led to him writing articles, running quizzes, and delivering presentations on the Rules at a variety of Golf Club and corporate functions. He has his own web blog containing miscellaneous content for anyone who wishes to improve their knowledge and understanding of the Rules of Golf at www.barryrhodes.com. In March 2008, Barry became the first person to achieve a 100% correct mark on the public Advanced Rules of Golf Course examination, run by the Professional Golfers Association (PGA) in their headquarters at The Belfry, West Midlands, UK.
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If you have not tried it then believe me when I tell you that golf is amongst the most enjoyable and rewarding sports you could possibly pick. You get the opportunity to unwind and play with friends while savoring the sunshine and wondering at the beauty of Mother Nature in all her glory.

There is however a problem. Although golf may well look easy, as any hardened player will tell you, it is not as easy as it looks and the majority of beginners take a long time to come to grips with even the basics of the game.

Despite the fact that golf is quite correctly classed as a sport it is very different from the majority of the other sports that we normally all play or watch. Consider, for instance, a sport like football. In this case the game is for the most part physical in nature and your role as a player is largely to react to what is occurring around you, often with considerable physical effort. Of course there is a degree of mental activity involved in a game of football, but the main focus of your attention is very much on using your physical skill and strength.

However, golf is a game in which, while you are of course competing against other people, you are in addition competing against yourself and, most importantly, it is a game in which you are in total control over the action. You set your ball up on the tee but after that nothing will happen until you make it happen. You are not reacting to what is occurring around you but are making all of the play yourself.

This is an extremely great difference as it means that golf requires a degree of focus and level of concentration as you control everything in your game and this is simply something that you will not find in any other sport.

Golf is a difficult game to master because as well as coming to grips with the physical facets of the game like the mechanics of the golf swing, you also need to learn how to produce the state of relaxed concentration necessary to control that swing in just the right fashion to achieve the shot you desire.

The simple fact is that it is your ability to master not only the physical but also the mental aspects of golf which dictates just how good a golfer you will be.

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