Golf Courses around Pattaya, Thailand

Golf Courses around Pattaya, Thailand

This is the largest exclusive private golf club in Thailand. Architects of two championship courses, David Graham and Gary Panks are well acquainted with the special relationship between golf and nature. East Course with 19 lakes and wide fairways appeal to young golfers. West Course with its sand bunkers and rolling hills, challenge advance golfers. Burapha Golf Club hosted one of APGA major tournaments and receives congratulations for the highest quality of golf course.

The Importance of Putting

Consider par: the evaluation of how many strokes a highly-skilled player would take to get the ball in the hole to have an excellent score. It's based on the length of the hole plus two putts -- always two putts. If there are 18 holes on a golf course and each green is worth two putts that means that par for putting is 36. The majority of 18-hole golf courses are par 72. That means that half of par is putting. That's an interesting way to look at it.
Here's another interesting way to look at it. Consider the best golfers in the world: touring professionals. If the average number of greens in regulation for touring professionals as a group is approximately 12, that means that they are missing approximately one-third of the greens. But the average score for touring professionals as a group is very near par (perhaps even slightly under par, depending on which particular group you look at). The most blatantly telling statistic is putts per round, and the average number for touring professionals as a group is less than 30. That's how the average score gets back in the vicinity of par even with all those missed greens.
So the importance of putting cannot be overemphasized. Acknowledging that touring professionals play, practice and work on their games pretty much day in and day out, and realizing the complexity of the full swing and the general lack of control over the outcome of longer shots, do you think that your best chance of lowering your score, given the amount of time you have to practice, is with the long game or with the short game? Since the best players in the world can only manage a two-thirds success rate at hitting the greens the answer is fairly clear. Your best chance of lowering your score lies with the short game, beginning with putting in particular.
There is good news about focusing on your putting and short game: skill development and the reward of lower scores can happen much more quickly than with the full swing and the long game. And once you combine putting with chipping, and then pitching, and then greenside bunker play and the rest of the short game, the effect on your score should be substantial.
Start keeping track of how many putts you have on every hole and total them at the end of the round. Keep a running history of your putts per round. Also start doing everything you can do to improve your putting and your short game.
I work with golfers throughout the year on the entire game, including putting and the rest of the short game, and even though I'm more well-known for helping golfers increase their distance off the tee and with all their full shots I enjoy teaching the short game just as much or more, because the results usually happen so much more quickly. I also cover the ingredients of being a consistently good putter, and the keys to the rest of the short game.

Naraihill Golf Resort Thailand

SOLID IRON PLAY

One of the most common complaints I hear from students is lack of distance or poor connections with their iron shots.Most students would like to see their balls go farther, and have a more solid consistent hit.However, if you do not have an upper-body coil you may be just swinging with your arms, which sends the ball little distance, and often with a poor strike. This is because there is no power generated from a good turn. Some simple steps will help you make a better turn, and you will see the results almost immediately.

Step 1: Assume your set-up position-feet shoulder width for a nine iron. Rest a club horizontally against the upper part of your chest-parallel with your shoulders. Your spine should be tilted in your set-up position. Keeping your position, rotate your shoulders ninety degrees away from your target.

Step 2: As you turn, your weight will move to your right leg. You should feel some pulling in your left hip as you do this. Your weight should remain on the inside of your right leg. Otherwise you will begin to sway instead of turn. At this point, your left shoulder should be pointing in the direction of the ball. Now, begin to move toward the target leading with your hips and legs. Your shoulders will follow in the same direction.

Step 3: Always finish with your weight on your left leg and your hips facing the target. You must use your upper and lower torso to generate speed and power!

Another great power source is using the angles you create between your body and your golf club-otherwise known as leverage. You must make a good extension as you turn by “pushing” the club back with your left side. Many people make the mistake of picking the club up with their right side-then there is no extension. By making a good extension, you will be able to generate power as you swing through the ball and see greater distance with each club. Follow these easy steps for better leverage:

Step 1: Assume your set-up position. Begin by “pushing” the club back with your left side. Make a quarter swing with your arms fully extended. The shaft should be parallel to the ground and the toe of the club head pointing straight up to the sky.

Step 2: Continue your backswing by extending your left arm as you hinge your wrists. Do Not lock your left elbow! You will not be able to swing through the ball. Your right arm will fold naturally so that the elbow points to the ground.

Step 3: Now that you are “wound” up, pull down as if you are pulling a chain from the sky. Release at the ball, keep swinging your arms out to the target, and finish with arms over your left shoulder and hips facing the target.Practice the turn and using leverage separately and then put them together. Remember you do not need to hit balls to practice these moves. Practicing in front of a mirror will help and creating the same motion repeatedly will prove to be very helpful when you actually do play.