Having a hard time keeping your puts on line? Do your puts miss right or left on a consistent basis?
Here’s a great practice tip I picked up a long time ago that really works.
The problem is that on impact your putter’s face is either open (ball will go to the right) or closed (and the ball will go left). Why do we have such a hard time sometimes in getting our putter face square on the ball? Practice and practice correctly.
Go to the hardware store or your workshop and get a 1” dowel rod and cut it to about 4” in length.
Set the rod up so it’s pointing at an imaginary target or pick a spot out on the floor. This drill works great on hallway floors or on your kitchen linoleum.
Now make your stroke and imagine you have about a 5-6 foot putt for birdie. A very slight mishit will cause the rod to spin off to the left or to the right.
Practice this drill over and over until you can make the dowel rod go straight dozens of time in a row and you’ll know that you’ve got it down and that your putter face is square at impact.
The next time you line up a money put, you’ll have no fear of hitting it off line and you’ll earn that dough!
Thanks for reading. Good luck, good hustling.
Big Freddy
“As long as there’s been golf, there’s been gambling. And where there is gambling, there will be hustling.”
Showing posts with label golf games. Show all posts
Showing posts with label golf games. Show all posts
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Like to bet on Golf? Try the game of "Bridge"!
Over $10 Billion a year is bet on golf right here in the United States alone. This exceeds all other gambling action on most other sports combined!
The only thing bigger is the Super Bowl and the Final Four.
Clearly, like those events, only one winner will be declared, right?
So if you like to golf, try some of the different gambling games. Learn the rules, the science of betting, the strategies, attitude and more.
One game that is quite popular among the high-rolling, big-cash gambling set is a Partner Game named after the volatile card game of Bridge.
Bridge, (the golf version) definitely puts a lot of pressure on you and your partner to perform. It is not for the faint of heart and can definitely show who has the fortitude and who lacks it.
Hence, when you get an edge you can really put the pressure on your opponents to come through as well.
Here’s the basic rundown of a game that requires much balls, skill, psychology and the ability to read your opponents:
Teams of two alternate holes, bidding the number of strokes that will be the total score of its two balls. For example, if team A believes it can finish the par 5 in 11 strokes, team B can do the following:
1. Accept this bet and hope team A scores higher.
2. Bid lower than 11 for their own score.
3. Accept the bid of 11 strokes and double the bet. Team A can redouble it if they are confident enough to do so.
The hole-winning team gets two points for its bid and an additional point for each stroke under its bid. 2 points are subtracted if the team misses their bet and 1 point is subtracted per stroke above their bet.
Make things even more interesting by making provisions that if both partners birdie, the points are doubled. Playing for $100 per point can have the losers reaching for their checkbooks on the 18th hole!
One key to this game is to vet your partners well or you’ll be sweating it out big time when he starts putting up 8 after 8.
Good luck, good hustling.
Freddy
“As long as there’s been golf, there’s been gambling. And where there is gambling, there will be hustling.”
The only thing bigger is the Super Bowl and the Final Four.
Clearly, like those events, only one winner will be declared, right?
So if you like to golf, try some of the different gambling games. Learn the rules, the science of betting, the strategies, attitude and more.
One game that is quite popular among the high-rolling, big-cash gambling set is a Partner Game named after the volatile card game of Bridge.
Bridge, (the golf version) definitely puts a lot of pressure on you and your partner to perform. It is not for the faint of heart and can definitely show who has the fortitude and who lacks it.
Hence, when you get an edge you can really put the pressure on your opponents to come through as well.
Here’s the basic rundown of a game that requires much balls, skill, psychology and the ability to read your opponents:
Teams of two alternate holes, bidding the number of strokes that will be the total score of its two balls. For example, if team A believes it can finish the par 5 in 11 strokes, team B can do the following:
1. Accept this bet and hope team A scores higher.
2. Bid lower than 11 for their own score.
3. Accept the bid of 11 strokes and double the bet. Team A can redouble it if they are confident enough to do so.
The hole-winning team gets two points for its bid and an additional point for each stroke under its bid. 2 points are subtracted if the team misses their bet and 1 point is subtracted per stroke above their bet.
Make things even more interesting by making provisions that if both partners birdie, the points are doubled. Playing for $100 per point can have the losers reaching for their checkbooks on the 18th hole!
One key to this game is to vet your partners well or you’ll be sweating it out big time when he starts putting up 8 after 8.
Good luck, good hustling.
Freddy
“As long as there’s been golf, there’s been gambling. And where there is gambling, there will be hustling.”
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Golfing with your Kids? Keep things Fresh.
This golf lesson is to help moms and dads enjoy the time spent on the golf course with our kids even more. Golfing with our kids can be extremely rewarding and sometimes exasperating. In this article we explore a fun game to play with our kids during a round to help them focus and stay interested. By taking the focus off of mechanics we can help them have more fun and love the game more.
Golfing with our kids can be one of the most rewarding and yet challenging times we can spend with our children. The question is how to keep our younger kids focused on the game and keep them from getting frustrated or losing interest after a few miss-hits which happen to the best of us.
Golfing with my dad is a memory that stands out among the best of times we ever spent together. I still remember the smell of the grass and leather in the trunk when he'd open it up to change into his golf shoes and get his gear together for our rounds.
I always looked forward to spending 3-4 hours with my dad, walking the loop as we played, him pointing out the markers to me and teaching me the game. I learned a lot about life as well as my dad used this time to explain to me the way a man should carry himself as he makes his way in this world.
I also remember that my dad could drive the ball 260 yards, hooking it around a dog leg and be perfectly in the middle of the fairway and in great position for his second shot and me getting frustrated at my feeble attempts to get past the ladies' tees.
So my dad did something that looking back kept me from getting frustrated and hating the game, quitting on it before I could grasp the fundamentals and strike the ball well consistently.
I don't know if he did it on purpose or not but this worked for us and hopefully you'll try it with your sons and daughters, keep them interested and have a lot of fun as well.
We played the games common to golfers who wager on their rounds but for us, it was all about the fun.
For fun or money, people who play golf like to make things interesting either by wagering money, a soft drink at the end of the round or just plain bragging rights and “pick-up sticks” or “sticks” is a great and fun game to play the next time you get out there on the course with your children.
Sticks is a lot of fun and very entertaining. The game is played match play and for each hole a player loses, he takes one club in the winner’s bag out of play.
The loser of each hole also can reclaim a club taken out of his/her bag on previous holes. Decide beforehand if putters are in play or not. Usually, players agree to keep the putters out of it and leave them alone as they are integral to the game but including them does add to the fun.
Personally, putting with a wedge or a 2-Iron can be easy if you practice for just a few minutes before your next round so I suggest including the putter and after just a few minutes putting with clubs other than your putter, you and your boy will be able to be creative.
The reason why I found this game to be so much fun is that even though I could never beat my dad on most holes, it was great fun to watch him get creative and try to punch and run his 6-Iron to make the ball travel as far as a 4-Iron or tee off with 5-iron on a par 5.
I also learned a lot of strategy playing this game.
Later in life I would play this game with my friends and I learned from my dad to not immediately grab the driver from my opponent’s bag as most people do.
It is the worst club to take away, period. Most players would actually do better without their driver, using their 3-Wood or 2-Iron to tee off with, leaving them 220 yards in the middle of the fairway instead of 250 yards deep into the rough.
Playing this game with my dad also taught me to determine my opponent’s weaknesses and what clubs to choose first. Reading people in this regard helped me to be able to read people off the course later in life as well.
For example, I learned 2 things playing sticks with my dad and I often think about them when dealing with people today.
1. The best club to take first is the sand wedge, hands down. A lot of players rely on the sand wedge for nearly every shot within 100 yards.
It is nearly impossible to get up from any greenside bunkers without that club.
2. Look to see if the player carries a lob wedge. If they do, grab that first and then the sand wedge. Clearly, if a player carries a lobber, they rely on that and that’s what life is all about – getting an edge.
Both of these lessons translate well in my daily negotiations and I often smile when I see the equivalent of a lob wedge in someone's argument during a negotiation.
Although a silly golf game for sure, this is an excellent game for fathers (and mothers) to play with their kids.
Keeping our kid's interest on the course while they duff their way around is essential to their future love of golf. I see too many parents putting the emphasis on "head down, weight shift...etc" and being too serious about it before their kids have the chance to really love what they're doing.
Sure kids want to score well, they like to be competitive just like us but most kids don't have the physical make-up to develop consistent swings yet and they get frustrated quickly.
Avoid having your kids get fed-up with feeling like they have to be so technically precise to enjoy being out there with you that they give up and go sit in front of the TV.
These are precious times with our children and getting away from the world for a few hours in the quiet environment the golf course provides is priceless. Use a game like "sticks" to keep their interest fresh and help them enjoy the time out there with you.
Believe me, by keeping things interesting you'll be enriching their lives forever and someday, they'll think back fondly of the smell of your trunk and emulate the way you carry yourself as you navigate the course without your putter.
Take care,
Freddy Kaboot
Golfing with our kids can be one of the most rewarding and yet challenging times we can spend with our children. The question is how to keep our younger kids focused on the game and keep them from getting frustrated or losing interest after a few miss-hits which happen to the best of us.
Golfing with my dad is a memory that stands out among the best of times we ever spent together. I still remember the smell of the grass and leather in the trunk when he'd open it up to change into his golf shoes and get his gear together for our rounds.
I always looked forward to spending 3-4 hours with my dad, walking the loop as we played, him pointing out the markers to me and teaching me the game. I learned a lot about life as well as my dad used this time to explain to me the way a man should carry himself as he makes his way in this world.
I also remember that my dad could drive the ball 260 yards, hooking it around a dog leg and be perfectly in the middle of the fairway and in great position for his second shot and me getting frustrated at my feeble attempts to get past the ladies' tees.
So my dad did something that looking back kept me from getting frustrated and hating the game, quitting on it before I could grasp the fundamentals and strike the ball well consistently.
I don't know if he did it on purpose or not but this worked for us and hopefully you'll try it with your sons and daughters, keep them interested and have a lot of fun as well.
We played the games common to golfers who wager on their rounds but for us, it was all about the fun.
For fun or money, people who play golf like to make things interesting either by wagering money, a soft drink at the end of the round or just plain bragging rights and “pick-up sticks” or “sticks” is a great and fun game to play the next time you get out there on the course with your children.
Sticks is a lot of fun and very entertaining. The game is played match play and for each hole a player loses, he takes one club in the winner’s bag out of play.
The loser of each hole also can reclaim a club taken out of his/her bag on previous holes. Decide beforehand if putters are in play or not. Usually, players agree to keep the putters out of it and leave them alone as they are integral to the game but including them does add to the fun.
Personally, putting with a wedge or a 2-Iron can be easy if you practice for just a few minutes before your next round so I suggest including the putter and after just a few minutes putting with clubs other than your putter, you and your boy will be able to be creative.
The reason why I found this game to be so much fun is that even though I could never beat my dad on most holes, it was great fun to watch him get creative and try to punch and run his 6-Iron to make the ball travel as far as a 4-Iron or tee off with 5-iron on a par 5.
I also learned a lot of strategy playing this game.
Later in life I would play this game with my friends and I learned from my dad to not immediately grab the driver from my opponent’s bag as most people do.
It is the worst club to take away, period. Most players would actually do better without their driver, using their 3-Wood or 2-Iron to tee off with, leaving them 220 yards in the middle of the fairway instead of 250 yards deep into the rough.
Playing this game with my dad also taught me to determine my opponent’s weaknesses and what clubs to choose first. Reading people in this regard helped me to be able to read people off the course later in life as well.
For example, I learned 2 things playing sticks with my dad and I often think about them when dealing with people today.
1. The best club to take first is the sand wedge, hands down. A lot of players rely on the sand wedge for nearly every shot within 100 yards.
It is nearly impossible to get up from any greenside bunkers without that club.
2. Look to see if the player carries a lob wedge. If they do, grab that first and then the sand wedge. Clearly, if a player carries a lobber, they rely on that and that’s what life is all about – getting an edge.
Both of these lessons translate well in my daily negotiations and I often smile when I see the equivalent of a lob wedge in someone's argument during a negotiation.
Although a silly golf game for sure, this is an excellent game for fathers (and mothers) to play with their kids.
Keeping our kid's interest on the course while they duff their way around is essential to their future love of golf. I see too many parents putting the emphasis on "head down, weight shift...etc" and being too serious about it before their kids have the chance to really love what they're doing.
Sure kids want to score well, they like to be competitive just like us but most kids don't have the physical make-up to develop consistent swings yet and they get frustrated quickly.
Avoid having your kids get fed-up with feeling like they have to be so technically precise to enjoy being out there with you that they give up and go sit in front of the TV.
These are precious times with our children and getting away from the world for a few hours in the quiet environment the golf course provides is priceless. Use a game like "sticks" to keep their interest fresh and help them enjoy the time out there with you.
Believe me, by keeping things interesting you'll be enriching their lives forever and someday, they'll think back fondly of the smell of your trunk and emulate the way you carry yourself as you navigate the course without your putter.
Take care,
Freddy Kaboot
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