Neil Hay What do you think is the average club head speed when hitting the driver on the PGA Tour? In 2021 it was 114.2 mph. What would you then say is the average club head speed for an amateur golfer if we take the average handicap as around 14? The answer here is 93.4mph. We can … Read more
“Keep your head still!” How many times have you heard this expression as a golfer? But is it possible to keep your head completely still when you swing the club and if so is it beneficial to do so? Keeping your head still is one of those classic lines used to help prevent head movement … Read more
Fairway woods vs Hybrids. This is an interesting argument in the modern game and the perfect answer is… well, there is no perfect answer because it’s down to your requirements and preferences on looks and to cover certain distances and trajectories. But that is actually okay, because it provides options to tailor the makeup of … Read more
Is there any better feeling in golf than catching the driver squarely in the middle of the club face and seeing your ball flying down the middle of the fairway, and knowing that you’ve just hit one of your longest golf drives ever? If your tee shot has gone a good distance then it’s an … Read more
How far do you hit your wedges? This can be a difficult question to answer if you don’t have a golf wedge distance chart, which in reality most amateurs won’t have. We’re going to share a few golf wedge average distance charts based on type of wedge, sex, and playing level. We’ll also show you … Read more
Golfers of the early 90s will remember being brought up on a diet of instruction trying to mimic the swing of Nick Faldo, who was arguably the best golfer of that era before Tiger Woods burst onto the scene. Faldo’s prescription for how to get a longer backswing in golf was to see certain positions … Read more
When you sit down to watch golf on the television have you marvelled at how professional golfers have the enviable ability of shaping golf shots? When we watch professional golf we’ll maybe hear the commentators talk about how the player has had “the golf ball on a piece of string”. This doesn’t mean they have … Read more