Driver/Wood/Iron Swing (as request by Golfer Wannabe)

I was super happy with the tips I found the last post.
It really made a big difference for me and my friend who initially was playing golf in a stance that resembles a frog. keke..

Guess a lot of people are having this problem. The difference between a driver and an iron swing.
Based on some research online, I found out a few tips that I believe are important to maintain.

Before going through these points I would like to address the difference between a driver and iron.
Essentially these are 2 clubs that are made differently in material, shape and of course length.
Saying such, the weight of the clubs and face of the clubs are different too.

For the driver
Step 1:
Longer length = further distance between ball and person.
Step 2:
Larger, flatter face of the drive and put on the tee = stand with the tee closer to the left foot.
(so that when you hit the ball, it will be on a upward swing)
Step 3:
Keep the swing the same with a bigger arc ( you want to be consistent on all your swings)

Things to note:
The swing will feel weird as the weight distribution for the clubs are different.

Well practice makes perfect.

Guidance by video

Well as a newbie I am sure there are different style of playing golf so I was searching what are the ways and chanced upon this video.

Hopefully this will solve my blisters on my right thumb

Gonna try it the next time I go to the range (TML!!!!) hehehe…

Woohoo PC PC PC

Finally got my PC (Proficiency Cert) – a PC is a certificate that is given out by academies or golf course/range to certify that the player has the proper etiquette and knows the rules of the game.

Wait!! Before you start commenting, they also require the player to be able to properly ‘hit’ the ball.

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Hehe wonder how my PC card looks like. Maybe I’ll scan and post it here when I get the actual card.

Looks like my next aim is to get a Handicap -.- (why must they use that word?!?)…..

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Golf Clubs Revitalized

GGrrrr just can’t stand my golf grips. They are so hard and I think they should be the cause of my blisters.

The 2 golf grips that were introduced to me are.. 1) rubber grip and the other one was some hard grip (can’t remember the name – perhaps you can help me with it)

The choice was obvious for me. I wanted something that gave me more cushion. As I was paying for the grip this nice lady from the golf shop offered to check if I grip the golf club correctly. I held the golf clubs in my hands and she pulled. HEHEHEEE I AM SO STRONG. The golf clubs were still in my hands.

“You are holding the clubs too tight.” O.o

HUH?!? She held the golf clubs and offered to let me pull it. It just slips out of her hands. How can you swing a club if it is so loss? Well that was the advice. To loosen my grip and swing.. hmmm its rather demoralizing to learn about this fact only at the end of the course. I have been gripping my golf clubs wrongly…

Blistersss……

Kiang jiu hor.. mai ge kiang (smart is enough, dun act smart)

Seeing a friend who wanted to pick up golf, I decided to lend him my golf glove and used my bare hands.. STUPID!!!!

After a couple of shots, my golf club started spinning in my hands.. ouch… and blisters all over my hand.

Time to get a glove. Aaaahhh which to get which to get??
Things to consider when getting gloves
1) Material of glove (cloth, leather, synthetic leather)
a common material appears is ‘lycra’ a flexible rubber feel material.
Based on the shop attendant, synthetic leathers are better for practice, real leather has the best feel but is damaged easily (better for competitions). Cloth is just comfortable.
2) Breathability of glove. Some has more holes in them then others.
3) Brand – nike, footjoy, callaway and many more
4) left hand only or both hands
5) Pattern of a glove.
This is important especially the exterior of it. I had a friend who bought a glove which had some nice external patterns and got abrasion on his right when he did a interlocking grip and rubbed against the glove.

Regardless of whatever golf glove you choose, do bear in mind that a golf glove should allow the user to grip the golf club firmly, comfortable and hehe for me, look great on me (e.g. pink may not be the best color for me)

Exploration weekend

NO CAR!!!!

That is one of the biggest problem of playing golf. A bit for the more Atas people. I like golf but no car… Hmmm.. ever wonder which golf range is good?

That was what I wanted to find out. After learning my basic lesson at Marina Bay Driving Range, I decided to explore a few other golf ranges. Due to the limitation of no car and time, I only managed to visit 3 golf ranges. Below are some of the aspects of rankings i felt was important to me.

**Just Tee It has some good review on them. However I am a person who likes to compare (value for $$$) so yeah.. look below

Ball Ranking
1) Marina Bay Driving Range               (nice ‘ping’ sound and good feel)
2) Nature Park Golf Driving Range    (looks like the marina ones but seems older)
3) Keppel Club Driving Range             (looks like training ball, still flys but dull and dun have my favorite ‘ping’ sound)

Range Feel
1) Marina Bay Driving Range               (building looks clean, new, nice view of the course, sun set, view of Singapore Flyer)
2) Keppel Club Driving Range             (enclosed area. smaller golf range to marina)
3) Nature Park Golf Driving Range    (it just looks not well maintained. The golf dispenser looks like it has lots of experience in dispensing balls)

Accessibility (NO CAR!!!!!)
1) Nature Park Golf Driving Range (close to bus stop)
2) Keppel Club Driving Range          (about 10min walk)
3) Marina Bay Driving Range           (very very tired)

Finding A Golf Lesson

Oh My God!!! Where in the world should I start this course???

It is quite shocking that there is a lack of information of the golf courses in Singapore. I tried Googling for a golf course but am not able to find a good site for it. Somewhere that I can compare what is available.

After battling through pages of Google results, I settled on 2 sites, Just Tee It and Society of Singapore Golfers.

Just Tee It is an interesting websites that allows people to compare, create or join golf lessons. They seems to be a very new website as there are so much more they could do.

Another useful site is Society of Singapore Golfers. It basically consists of information of Handicap, membership and many more… AAAAAaaahhhhh too much information…

When I was about to give up, I went back to Just Tee It and decided to just based my decision on the number of stars and to see if the price was within my budget. Being Ah BoY (young and poor) I decided to take up a lesson for 6 at one of the academies.

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Lucky Lucky me…

Just Tee It has a “join a class” page. What makes this page special is that I do not need to find a group of 6 to start. I can just join one of the groups that are waiting to start due to lack of members. I selected the one and the rest was simple (typical online booking system).

Getting Started (with Golf)

This is a blog inspired by a golf noob, written by a golf noob, for a golf noob.

I have recently just picked up golf and have embarked on a super exciting journey (its not about 1 person just hitting the ball you know )

I am not a pro journalist or some legal consultant, thus mind the language and if you dun like something just let me know and I’ll take it down.

The motivation of this blog is to share with those who wants to join golf and find out more about golf and hopefully slowly fall in love as I have become..