Play Better Golf with Niall McGill - Homemade Chips When the weather is poor, it’s great to have a few home practice exercises, so that you don’t miss out on your golf all together! Although the chip shot is one of the shortest shots in golf it can cause some of the most problems, and many players have a real difficulty making a consistent good contact with the ball which can manifest itself into a loss of confidence. Today’s ‘at home’ exercise will help you re-gain your lost confidence and start reducing your scores. Firstly, place a spare club on the floor, perpendicular to your direction of play and about 8 inches behind the ball. Your feet should be quite close together and your weight favouring your front foot about 60:40. Now make your swing, rocking your shoulders back & through ensuring that your weight remains on your front foot for the entire movement. When you do this correctly you will not make any contact with the club shaft on the ground and you will strike crisply down on the back of the ball. If you try to “scoop” the ball into the air, then your swing arc will bottom out too early and your club head will strike the club shaft. It may take a bit of practice to build confidence and master this movement, but when you do, you’ll never look back. Once you have this working, you can start to focus on where you want to land the ball. When you achieve this focus change, you will become a much happier golfer.
Easter Junior Camp Our First Junior Camp of 2018 is open for registration!! The camp will be run by our new Qualified Professional Kevin McNiven who has organised and run camps at the Gleneagles hotel and in the Emirates golf club in Dubai. The camps will consist of games and activities designed to help develop Fundamental Movement Skills to help them learn skills specific to golf faster. The camp will run over two days Tuesday 10th April & Wednesday the 11th April from 10am - 1pm Ages for this are between 6 – 14years.
Cost £50 The cost includes hire of clubs (if required), all golf balls hit and PGA professional instruction. Those who are taking part will need to take a lunch, bottle of water and clothes & footwear appropriate for bad weather. For the Itinerary of the camp and more information Click Here. To book your place, click here |