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Clubhead pace is the secret weapon today
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 08/04/2026
» Your ball is in what the Rules call "temporary water." You may play your ball as it lies or take free relief. You take free relief by finding the nearest point of complete relief where you are clear of the puddle and then drop your original ball away from the puddle and within one club-length of that point, not nearer the hole. You may also take relief from a puddle of water if your ball is in a bunker.
Develop right muscles with weighted club
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 28/02/2024
» I'm asked regularly on how you put backspin on iron shots. The obvious answer is that if you hit the ball solidly, the loft of the club will automatically put backspin on it. But my answer is invariably too simple, as the average golfer thinks there's a secret that makes a middle-iron shot land on the green and dance backwards.
Let your left heel come up for real free flowing swing
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 21/02/2024
» A retired golfer has the time to practise the short game. Short shots don't require strength or flexibility. Certainly, the older golfer can't hit the ball as far as the younger player but once you reach the fringe of the green young and old become no worse than equals. Nothing sharpens your focus and improves your touch if you just use one ball in practice for getting up and down.
Like chess, it is forever challenging
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 31/01/2024
» The term 'average golfer' is often used but sometimes l wonder, what is the average golfer. I read somewhere that statistics show that the average male golfer shoots around 92. Personally, l find this hard to believe. Playing from stringent tees and holing every putt -- most golfers won't break 100.
Learn short game first, progress to drives later
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 20/12/2023
» Starting from the hole and then progressing back towards the tee is the best way to learn golf.
Hands must be touching each other
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 06/12/2023
» Thank you all for the feedback from last week's tip on the grip.
Turn on axis instead of lateral slide
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 19/07/2023
» By moving your left knee forward, the hips are naturally turned back and allow for the backswing to occur. By making sure the kneecap doesn't move laterally, you are limiting the overall movement of your lower body, and in doing so promoting a more reliable and compact swing.
Planets align perfectly for down-to-earth Lee
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 29/03/2023
» Golfer Danny Lee emigrated from South Korea to New Zealand at the age of 8 and went on to become the youngest winner of the US Amateur in 2008.
Have we lost the plot regarding reality?
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 15/03/2023
» A reader recently sent me the results and prize money breakdown of the Dunlop Masters played at the St Pierre Marriott Hotel and Country Club in Chepstow, Wales, 50 years ago.
Golf is just a game so enjoy your time on the course
Sports, Brett Brasier, Published on 19/02/2023
» I was asked recently an honest and interesting question -- "Has playing golf always been fun for you?"