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It's The Little Things

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Golfers are people and people whether golfers or not tend to think of scoring. Nothing wrong with that. You will need a bit of luck, timing, form, etc. but these are things that are not on tap or can be saved as memory as in a computer and repeated all over again. You need consistency and purpose. So one way of scoring is in not trying too hard to score as we may not even have the skills set so what we should aim to do is to do the simple things well and to make less and unnecessary errors. This will keep your score sheet more decent. Often in golf as in life, it is the little things that really count. Let me share some. Loft & Distance Most folks need more loft not less. I know you may feel more macho telling people you play with a 9 degrees lofted driver. Very few people can handle that well. You can have a 9 degrees driver with regular shaft but in Singapore due to the smaller pool they normally bring in 9 degrees in a stiff shaft. A golf ball has to reach an apex in traj...

High Tee

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Tiger Woods drove his BMW and stop at a gas station for a top up after golf. As he was about to come out from his driver's seat, a couple of golf tees he left in his trouser's pocket slipped out and dropped onto the car seat. The pump attendant, an old man came to deliver the usual service, spotted the couple of tees on the seat and enquired what those were. So, Tiger trying to be nice, patiently explained that "oh, these are tees that I use to prop up my ball when driving" to which the amazed old man exclaimed: "Damn, these people at BMW sure thought of everything for the driver!" Drivers Today Take a look at all the latest drivers in the last few years and you will notice their huge size from club face height to the length and its entire perimeter from front to back. How do we take advantage of technology since the art of driving has dramatically changed throughout the years? Long time ago, driver size was about the size of today...