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6 days ago |
golfdigest.com | Ron Kaspriske
There's a widely believed theory—known as the principle of least effort—which might explain why you struggle to hit the golf ball farther than you do. The theory suggests that people instinctively choose the path of least effort when performing any activity. You don't zigzag from your car to the front door, right? You walk straight in. Same with golf. When you swing a one-pound golf club, your instinct is to use only your arms because that's all the effort you need.
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1 week ago |
golfdigest.com | Ron Kaspriske
At the Mexico Open at Vidanta in February, defending champion Jake Knapp was battling just to make the cut when he hit a bunker shot on his final hole (the ninth) of the second round. The ball didn’t make it out of the bunker, and in frustration, Knapp swiped the sand with his club. This is a screenshot from the Golf Channel telecast that captured the moment (below).
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1 week ago |
golfdigest.com | Ron Kaspriske
The reality of being an avid golfer is, without countermeasures, we are physically doomed. The body just isn't engineered to perform the biomechanics required to swing a golf club effectively without inviting excessive wear and tear to its joints and soft tissue. Not to depress you even further, activities of daily life such as working in front of a computer and staring into a mobile phone only exacerbate issues in one area of the body already stressed by playing golf—the neck.
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2 weeks ago |
golfdigest.com | Ron Kaspriske
Forget the Ryder Cup, the annual grudge match between Shady Oaks Country Club and Misty River Golf & Tennis always gets a little tense. These two clubs just don't like each other, they say. Knowing how important a win is in this 12-on-12 team competition, you might expect either side to do whatever it takes to get an edge.
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2 weeks ago |
golfdigest.com | Ron Kaspriske
Abdomen muscles such as the rectus and transverse abdominus are hugely responsible for keeping the body stable when you perform any athletic activity, that includes swinging a golf club 90 miles per hour or faster. Without those muscles firing, you'd have a heckuva time swinging in balance, much less trying to get the clubhead squarely back to the ball.
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