Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Lower your Handicap


The best way to lower your handicap is to look at your score card and see where you are losing the most shots. "How do I do that" you ask? Well the first thing is to start keep a record of a few things on your score card. First F.I.R. that means Fairways in regulation. Every shot you hit off the tee if you hit the fairway make a check. If you miss make a X. Now you can start to see how your driving stats look. Next is G.I.R. that is greens in regulation. How many greens do you hit a round. Last but not least is marking down how many putts you take on each hole. At the end of your round add up your stats to see how many of those shots would have helped you make par. I bet that most of the hole that you shot over par were because you missed putts. Putting is where you have the best chance on lowering your score. If you can sink more putts your handicap will drop. So the next time you go to the range work more on your putting if they have a green for you to do so. You'll help your game and save money because you can buy a Small bucket and usually putting on the green is free.

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

The Hottest swing on the PGA Tour


Right now the hottest swing on the PGA Tour is that of Anthony Kim.

You can watch his swing through a link on our web site on our video tips page. Just to prove how great this swing is Anthony is on the cover of both Golf Digest and Golf Magi zine for the month of December 2008. You can see a break down of his swing and read some of his insight on his swing in both of those issues. What Par breakers likes the most about Anthony's swing is that we have been teaching the same swing for years. Compact and core driven. You will see more players in the future with the same swing. It takes most of the mishits out of the shot and when you do miss it is only a few paces into the ruff. If you want to learn more about Anthony's swing or are interested in learning the top swing on tour stop by Par Breakers and let us show you how core swings will help you play the best golf of your life!

Golf The Proper Grip



How important is the grip to the golf swing?
First we have to look at it's purpose. The grip is our only connection to the golf club. So it is very important that we get it right. All of our feel for the shot is translated into our grip and without the proper grip tension we can not allow this feedback to happen. First and foremost we have to have the club in our fingers as shown in the (photo above left).
If you look at the right hand in the photo you see that the grip is just touching the part where the fingers meet the palm or main part of the hand. The club should never go below this part of the hand and into the palm. If it does it will restrict the rotation of the wrist and the role it plays in creating club head speed. As for grip tension a good way to find it is to squeeze the grip firmly then relax your grip. Once your grip is relaxed that should be just right in the feeling of how hard you should hold the club. Your forearms should be relaxed also to keep tension free. This is most important again in being able to generate club head speed. The last important factor is the trigger finger. The index finger of the right hand should be seprated from the middle finger. This will help keep your hands ahead of the club at impact. Therefore hitting the ball then taking a divot.

Monday, November 17, 2008

Indoor Golf Simulator Leagues


Looking for a great way to have fun golfing this winter and not have to spend a arm and a leg flying to Florida to do it? Par Breakers Golf Academy in Oaks Pa. http://www.parbreakers.com/ is a great place to join your golfing friends on a cold winter night. They offer a simulator league that is unlike any normal format you have played before. You play in four nine hole matches with a friend and post your scores at the end of each round. The format is two player alternate shot. The best thing is you can book your tee time for your match whenever you like during their normal operating hours. If your lucky enough to be in the top four teams at the end of your four rounds you are entered in the finals with a chance to win cold hard CASH! That's right. $10.00 of your entrance fee goes into a pot that the winning team gets as the final prize. It's a great time and a chance to win big if you get plenty of your buddies to sign up. The more teams that play the bigger the cash payout at the end.

TOP 100 GOLF SITES

Par Breakers Golf Academy and Indoor driving range has been found on the top 100 golf websites and is ranked as one of the top golf learning centers in the Philadelphia and surrounding areas. Voted Best Golf Camp by MainLine Life 2008 Readers choice award.
If you want to learn the game of golf in a enviorment that enables you to work on every part of the game then Par Breakers Golf Academy is the perfect choice. To find out more about Par Breakers go to www.parbreakers.com for a well spring of information on all they have to offer. Sign up for their email list and get newsletters monthly with golf tips and info about discount golf clinics golf lessons and more.

Par Breakers Golf Academy & Indoor Driving Range

Par Breakers Golf Academy in Oaks pa. is a Indoor golf facility offering many services for golfer's in the Philadelphia area. From Private lessons to group clinics, short game practice area with sand bunker and 18 hole simulator. Par Breakers also offer custom club fitting and club building.
Golf club repair and regripping. If you demand the best and the lowest cost then Par Breakers is the place to find all of the above at great price points. If you have ever been to Par breakers then post to this blog to let us know how we can make your golf game even better.