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Funny thing – I was just watching Bobby Jones – How I play golf on TGC – as he hit Brassies from 243 yards to within fifteen feet, and he said he made sure he straightened his right leg as he swung back. He might have been a decent golfer if he didn’t straighten his right leg, you think? 
uhhh, well of course, when I don’t keep my knee in place, I get a good shot too! Yeah, thats right! Me & Bobby
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Funny thing – I was just watching Bobby Jones – How I play golf on TGC – as he hit Brassies from 243 yards to within fifteen feet, and he said he made sure he straightened his right leg as he swung back. He might have been a decent golfer if he didn’t straighten his right leg, you think?
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I like the couple of flashlight type tips I have seen – I noticed though that Felicity has a torch type tip…
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – What is the single most valuable and consistently helpful tip you ever received to play better? Here’s mine, and the longer I play (and the lower my handicap drops) the more important it becomes: You must be flexible and have all your muscles warm before you hit the ball consistently well…..and believe it or not, while the arm/shoulder/back muscles might be your first thought to "stretch out", it is your legs which are equally/more important. The reason is that your arms will gradually loosen up as you swing the club during a round, but your legs (hamstrings, calf muscles, etc) take much longer, so they need special attention. Let me tell you — there is huge difference in how I play based upon how much time I have spent loosening up before a round. My best days are when I take 15-30 minutes at home before I leave for the course and go through my Tae-Bo workout. When I start the first hole with my legs already feeling fatigued, I know I will drive the ball great that day and stay relaxed on all my shots the whole day… —
I was playing a pickup game at the local publinx course. I teed of on a 150yd par 3 with a good tail wind. I knew it wasn’t a full 8 with the wind, so0 I shortned up and tried to hit a 1/2 8. I bladed it, and the ball squirted off to the right, a rotten shot if there ever was one. This ‘old guy’ (I was young then) said, "what in Hell were you trying to do there"? I told him I was trying for a 1/2 8. He asked what I was carrying a 9 iron for. Decoration? The moral is, if you have the clubs use them in the right situation. Murphy
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Best tip ever that helped me play better – "Golf is a game. Why not play?" Once I quit taking the game and myself so seriously, I began to play better and enjoy the game at the same time. So now, if I can’t have fun, I won’t even bother to get the sticks out of the truck. What is the single most valuable and consistently helpful tip you ever received to play better? Here’s mine, and the longer I play (and the lower my handicap drops) the more important it becomes: You must be flexible and have all your muscles warm before you hit the ball consistently well…..and believe it or not, while the arm/shoulder/back muscles might be your first thought to "stretch out", it is your legs which are equally/more important. The reason is that your arms will gradually loosen up as you swing the club during a round, but your legs (hamstrings, calf muscles, etc) take much longer, so they need special attention. Let me tell you — there is huge difference in how I play based upon how much time I have spent loosening up before a round. My best days are when I take 15-30 minutes at home before I leave for the course and go through my Tae-Bo workout. When I start the first hole with my legs already feeling fatigued, I know I will drive the ball great that day and stay relaxed on all my shots the whole day…
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"On address, visualize that you have a flashlight taped to your right knee. That flashlight has it’s narrow beam aimed right at the ball. On takeaway and back swing, visualize keeping that flashlight beam locked on the ball". - Frank That was by best tip too. Not the flashlight part, but "keep the right knee in the same place in space all through the backswing," and "Don’t straighten the right knee," etc. It’s hard to obey but when I do I usually have a good shot. - Puttster
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Most golfers’ backswings are longer than they think they are – focus on a more compact backswing and accelerating through the ball [you'll still be parallel+/-]. When mortal golfers go past parallel their grip breaks down, the elbow collapses and the swing may fall off plane – add the more exquisite timing required for a too long swing and you have a recipe for disaster. What is the single most valuable and consistently helpful tip you ever received to play better? Here’s mine, and the longer I play (and the lower my handicap drops) the more important it becomes: You must be flexible and have all your muscles warm before you hit the ball consistently well…..and believe it or not, while the arm/shoulder/back muscles might be your first thought to "stretch out", it is your legs which are equally/more important. The reason is that your arms will gradually loosen up as you swing the club during a round, but your legs (hamstrings, calf muscles, etc) take much longer, so they need special attention. Let me tell you — there is huge difference in how I play based upon how much time I have spent loosening up before a round. My best days are when I take 15-30 minutes at home before I leave for the course and go through my Tae-Bo workout. When I start the first hole with my legs already feeling fatigued, I know I will drive the ball great that day and stay relaxed on all my shots the whole day…
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I find that alcohol before a round makes the first 3 holes play better (eliminates nerves), but after that makes me sloppy. And if I drink during a round I stop doing my complete pre-shot routine…of course, after the 4th/5th shot I don’t care anymore…
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – A couple of shots from the 12 year old bottle while loading up the truck and then a few more on the way to the course warms me up perfectly. My golf bag even has a pocket that is the perfect size to hold a 12 year old bottle so I can stay warmed up during the round. Bert What is the single most valuable and consistently helpful tip you ever received to play better? Here’s mine, and the longer I play (and the lower my handicap drops) the more important it becomes: You must be flexible and have all your muscles warm before you hit the ball consistently well…..and believe it or not, while the arm/shoulder/back muscles might be your first thought to "stretch out", it is your legs which are equally/more important. The reason is that your arms will gradually loosen up as you swing the club during a round, but your legs (hamstrings, calf muscles, etc) take much longer, so they need special attention. Let me tell you — there is huge difference in how I play based upon how much time I have spent loosening up before a round. My best days are when I take 15-30 minutes at home before I leave for the course and go through my Tae-Bo workout. When I start the first hole with my legs already feeling fatigued, I know I will drive the ball great that day and stay relaxed on all my shots the whole day…
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A couple of shots from the 12 year old bottle while loading up the truck and then a few more on the way to the course warms me up perfectly. My golf bag even has a pocket that is the perfect size to hold a 12 year old bottle so I can stay warmed up during the round. Does Koenig know of this?
He invented it. — Washington State University "That shot is impossible!…Jack Nicholson himself couldn’t make it!"– Homer Simpson
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A couple of shots from the 12 year old bottle while loading up the truck and then a few more on the way to the course warms me up perfectly. My golf bag even has a pocket that is the perfect size to hold a 12 year old bottle so I can stay warmed up during the round.
Does Koenig know of this?
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A couple of shots from the 12 year old bottle while loading up the truck and then a few more on the way to the course warms me up perfectly. My golf bag even has a pocket that is the perfect size to hold a 12 year old bottle so I can stay warmed up during the round. Bert
What is the single most valuable and consistently helpful tip you ever received to play better? Here’s mine, and the longer I play (and the lower my handicap drops) the more important it becomes: You must be flexible and have all your muscles warm before you hit the ball consistently well…..and believe it or not, while the arm/shoulder/back muscles might be your first thought to "stretch out", it is your legs which are equally/more important. The reason is that your arms will gradually loosen up as you swing the club during a round, but your legs (hamstrings, calf muscles, etc) take much longer, so they need special attention. Let me tell you — there is huge difference in how I play based upon how much time I have spent loosening up before a round. My best days are when I take 15-30 minutes at home before I leave for the course and go through my Tae-Bo workout. When I start the first hole with my legs already feeling fatigued, I know I will drive the ball great that day and stay relaxed on all my shots the whole day…
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What is the single most valuable and consistently helpful tip you ever received to play better? Here’s mine, and the longer I play (and the lower my handicap drops) the more important it becomes: You must be flexible and have all your muscles warm before you hit the ball consistently well…..and believe it or not, while the arm/shoulder/back muscles might be your first thought to "stretch out", it is your legs which are equally/more important. The reason is that your arms will gradually loosen up as you swing the club during a round, but your legs (hamstrings, calf muscles, etc) take much longer, so they need special attention. Let me tell you — there is huge difference in how I play based upon how much time I have spent loosening up before a round. My best days are when I take 15-30 minutes at home before I leave for the course and go through my Tae-Bo workout. When I start the first hole with my legs already feeling fatigued, I know I will drive the ball great that day and stay relaxed on all my shots the whole day…
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I think the answers to this are going to tend to depend on the "problems" of the golfers who respond (although warming up and stretching will apply to everyone). My most valuable tip was helpful because it responded to a problem I fight. I saw it in Golf Digest: "On address, visualize that you have a flashlight taped to your right knee. That flashlight has it’s narrow beam aimed right at the ball. On takeaway and back swing, visualize keeping that flashlight beam locked on the ball". For me, this eliminates the unwanted lateral movement I tend to make and encourages a good shoulder and hip pivot rather than movement to the right. – Frank
What is the single most valuable and consistently helpful tip you ever received to play better? Here’s mine, and the longer I play (and the lower my handicap drops) the more important it becomes: You must be flexible and have all your muscles warm before you hit the ball consistently well…..and believe it or not, while the arm/shoulder/back muscles might be your first thought to "stretch out", it is your legs which are equally/more important. The reason is that your arms will gradually loosen up as you swing the club during a round, but your legs (hamstrings, calf muscles, etc) take much longer, so they need special attention. Let me tell you — there is huge difference in how I play based upon how much time I have spent loosening up before a round. My best days are when I take 15-30 minutes at home before I leave for the course and go through my Tae-Bo workout. When I start the first hole with my legs already feeling fatigued, I know I will drive the ball great that day and stay relaxed on all my shots the whole day…