On Par – All about golf in Australia

Played Saturday competition at the Growling Frog Golf Club, shot 31 points with the short game lacking consistency. Then had a lesson with the local professional Wayne Rogers.

Some of the swing thoughts from the lesson include: * Relax! * Relax the leading forearm through impact. My swing has a tendancy to [...]

Buddy excellent & a lesson to relax

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Last night went to the ‘G’ to see the Hawks play the Dogs in first week of finals. Buddy kicked 8 supreme goals, supported by a strong, hard and tough team, hawks won by 51 points.

Today had another lesson with Wayne Rogers at [...]

Back to the Growling Frog Golf Course yesterday for a late afternoon lesson with Wayne. Previous lessons have worked on improving my swing plane which has begun to improve my shotmaking, especially with the irons. However my game is still very inconsistent, so worked with Wayne on further refinements and setup tweaks to [...]

Trekked over to the Growling Frog again for another lesson with Wayne Rogers, the head professional. Last lesson, we had been working on my alignment and also started adjusting my swing plane. Yesterday we concentrated on my swing plane again.

As mentioned previously my swing plane closely resembles Jim Furyk, ie: all over the [...]

Finally got around to booking in my second lesson last Sunday with Wayne Rogers, the pro at the Growling Frog Golf Course. We focussed on my wedge in the last session, so decided to have a review of my overall swing this time around. After watching me swing at a couple of balls [...]

Had my first lesson today in quite a few years. Wayne Rogers, the pro at the Growling Frog Golf Course, was the man entrusted with working miracles on my swing! Having noted that my core problem at the moment was anything within 100 metres, he took one look at my swing and set [...]

In the endless search for short game nirvana, Ive found a couple of sites offering potential salvation.

Golf Medic – www.golfmedic.net A key to any good round of golf is sinking the short putts. Ive ruined many a good hole with a poorly hit short putt, and unfortunately a putt counts the same as a booming drive [...]

One shocking swing habit I lapse into is moving my weight too far right on the backswing resulting in a wide variety of inconsistent and hacked shots. Keeping weight on the inside of the right foot on the backswing helps avoid the sideways body movement.

As part of the golf day I played in recently, our team all had a quick golf tip from Henry Cussell, resident pro at St Andrew Beach.

When addressing the ball, the ‘waggle’ is important for relaxing the stance. I was using too much wrist and waggling too fast. Henry recommended [...]