Friday, May 21, 2004
ball selection free golf tips
ball selection free golf tips
A ball that reaches its highest point early in its flightand then levels out gives you more carry and thereforeadded distance. In order to achieve this,you must choose aball that matchesyour swing style so that your clubheadcompresses the energy-packed core to give you the high-launch/low-spinning flight that optimizes distance.
Your ball selection depends on two swing factors -- speedand steepness (the angle at which your club approaches theball).
Speed is the more obvious of the two. The slower yourswing speed, the more difficult it is to compress
theball's cover enough to activate its core. If you strikethe ball at too steep an angle, less energy is transmitted to the ball, making itmore difficult to penetrate to thecore.
A two-piece ball with a softened cover is best for playerswho have the hardest time penetrating to the core, i.e.,golfers with very slow swing speeds and steep swings (somewomen, juniors and nonflexible seniors). The Precept LadyDiamond, Maxfli's Noodle Spin and Nike's Power DistanceSuper Soft are examples of this type of ball.
|Golfers with more speed and a swing with a more level pathto the ball get good results from a standard two-piece ballsuch as a Top-Flight or a Pinnacle. And players with highswing speeds(95 mph plus ) should try a multilayered ball.
The concept is simple: The more layers on the ball, thebetter the ball responds off both your irons and woods,but the more force is necessary to penetrate to the core.
Palmer reflects on final time
In 1958, a guy would get paid $14,000 for win-ning the Masters, a fortune of such greatness that theArnold Palmer household had trouble keeping track of allthe zeroes."When I won, I gave [wife] Winnie the checkbook and said,'Here, write Iron Man a check and give him 10 percent,'which was $1,400," Palmer said Tuesday, recalling hisfirst Masters caddie Iron Man Avery. "And Winnie wroteout a check for $14,000. That's funny now, but it wasn'tfunny at the time."When we finally realized that, old Iron Man was headedout the gate because no one here would cash it for him.The good news is we finally caught him."After 50 years of returning to the site of his greatesttriumphs, the Masters has finally caught Palmer, too.Winnie died in 1999, and Iron Man is long gone, butPalmer's grandson Sam Saunders will be on the bagThursday morning when the man who invented golf for acertain generation of Americans begins his lastcompetitive rounds at Augusta National.He calls the experience "bittersweet," but Arnie beingArnie, the "bitter" is getting the soft-sell. Asked torecall the best single day on the golf course in those50 years, he replied, "A single day? I've had 50 yearsof single days."Because this championship will ever be linked to Palmer --for eight consecutive Masters from 1958 through 1965, heeither wore or presented someone else with a green jacket-- the week is more than significant to the event. Palmerhas played 148 Masters rounds, but to a younger generationof players, the day transcends mere golf."There has not been any other player who has played at ahigh level like Arnold, or any other champion, that's beenas comfortable in his skin as Arnold has," Tiger Woods said."Whether that's in a major championship, waving at people,saying hello and looking at everybody and making them feelwelcome, feel like they are part of his little world thathe's in right now."I think that's been his gift to the game of golf that he'smade everyone feel comfortable and welcome. I think everyonewho has ever met Arnold can say that."Palmer hasn't seen a top-10 finish here since 1967, hasn'tmade the cut since 1983. But even at age 74, he stillconsiders himself "a dreamer" and envisions waking one morn-ing to discover "the secret to making the cut." Hence, whenthe question came over how he hoped his Friday would playout, Palmer's eyes fairly twinkled."I know exactly how I want Friday to unfold, no question,"he said. "That's the easiest question I've had today. Iwant to see what my starting time is on Saturday."
"There has not been any other player who has played at ahigh level like Arnold, or any other champion, that'sbeen as comfortable in his skin as Arnold has. Whetherthat's in a major championship, waving at people, sayinghello and looking at everybody and making them feel welcome,feel like they are part of his little world that he's inright now." — Tiger Woods on Arnold Palmer
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A ball that reaches its highest point early in its flightand then levels out gives you more carry and thereforeadded distance. In order to achieve this,you must choose aball that matchesyour swing style so that your clubheadcompresses the energy-packed core to give you the high-launch/low-spinning flight that optimizes distance.
Your ball selection depends on two swing factors -- speedand steepness (the angle at which your club approaches theball).
Speed is the more obvious of the two. The slower yourswing speed, the more difficult it is to compress
theball's cover enough to activate its core. If you strikethe ball at too steep an angle, less energy is transmitted to the ball, making itmore difficult to penetrate to thecore.
A two-piece ball with a softened cover is best for playerswho have the hardest time penetrating to the core, i.e.,golfers with very slow swing speeds and steep swings (somewomen, juniors and nonflexible seniors). The Precept LadyDiamond, Maxfli's Noodle Spin and Nike's Power DistanceSuper Soft are examples of this type of ball.
|Golfers with more speed and a swing with a more level pathto the ball get good results from a standard two-piece ballsuch as a Top-Flight or a Pinnacle. And players with highswing speeds(95 mph plus ) should try a multilayered ball.
The concept is simple: The more layers on the ball, thebetter the ball responds off both your irons and woods,but the more force is necessary to penetrate to the core.
Palmer reflects on final time
In 1958, a guy would get paid $14,000 for win-ning the Masters, a fortune of such greatness that theArnold Palmer household had trouble keeping track of allthe zeroes."When I won, I gave [wife] Winnie the checkbook and said,'Here, write Iron Man a check and give him 10 percent,'which was $1,400," Palmer said Tuesday, recalling hisfirst Masters caddie Iron Man Avery. "And Winnie wroteout a check for $14,000. That's funny now, but it wasn'tfunny at the time."When we finally realized that, old Iron Man was headedout the gate because no one here would cash it for him.The good news is we finally caught him."After 50 years of returning to the site of his greatesttriumphs, the Masters has finally caught Palmer, too.Winnie died in 1999, and Iron Man is long gone, butPalmer's grandson Sam Saunders will be on the bagThursday morning when the man who invented golf for acertain generation of Americans begins his lastcompetitive rounds at Augusta National.He calls the experience "bittersweet," but Arnie beingArnie, the "bitter" is getting the soft-sell. Asked torecall the best single day on the golf course in those50 years, he replied, "A single day? I've had 50 yearsof single days."Because this championship will ever be linked to Palmer --for eight consecutive Masters from 1958 through 1965, heeither wore or presented someone else with a green jacket-- the week is more than significant to the event. Palmerhas played 148 Masters rounds, but to a younger generationof players, the day transcends mere golf."There has not been any other player who has played at ahigh level like Arnold, or any other champion, that's beenas comfortable in his skin as Arnold has," Tiger Woods said."Whether that's in a major championship, waving at people,saying hello and looking at everybody and making them feelwelcome, feel like they are part of his little world thathe's in right now."I think that's been his gift to the game of golf that he'smade everyone feel comfortable and welcome. I think everyonewho has ever met Arnold can say that."Palmer hasn't seen a top-10 finish here since 1967, hasn'tmade the cut since 1983. But even at age 74, he stillconsiders himself "a dreamer" and envisions waking one morn-ing to discover "the secret to making the cut." Hence, whenthe question came over how he hoped his Friday would playout, Palmer's eyes fairly twinkled."I know exactly how I want Friday to unfold, no question,"he said. "That's the easiest question I've had today. Iwant to see what my starting time is on Saturday."
"There has not been any other player who has played at ahigh level like Arnold, or any other champion, that'sbeen as comfortable in his skin as Arnold has. Whetherthat's in a major championship, waving at people, sayinghello and looking at everybody and making them feel welcome,feel like they are part of his little world that he's inright now." — Tiger Woods on Arnold Palmer
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