Posts Tagged ‘golf tips’

PACE OF PLAY

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

“Season” as we affectionately call it here in the Coachella Valley has arrived.  Season brings beautiful weather to our area which in turn brings our winter residents back to their homes and fills our resorts with guests.  It is a great time to be living in the desert.

 At Indian Wells Golf Resort we are fortunate to offer 36-holes of golf for approximately ten months of the year.  During the months of October and November we continue to have 18-holes available during the overseeding process where 18-hole facilities will be required to close the course entirely.  This means that our facility becomes extremely busy with guests of all skill levels and backgrounds including country club members, resort guests, local residents, etc. 

Due to this busy time of year “Pace-of-Play” becomes an important challenge to ensure an exceptional experience for all or our guests.  Two ways to improve Pace are to choose the appropriate set of tees and to play “ready-golf.”  At our facility a target time for a round of golf is 4 ½ hours.  Finally, we ask our guests to be courteous and respectful to each other and if an issue occurs to contact a Course Ambassador for assistance.

 If you would like more information on how to improve your Pace-of-Play visit the link here at http://golf.about.com/od/golfetiquette/ht/paceofplay.htm.

Enjoy the weather and good golfing!

Rolland Vaughn

PGA Head Golf Professional

Indian Wells Golf Resort

Keep Your Stats

Monday, July 20th, 2009

The best way to improve is by changing a weakness into a strength.  By accurately keeping golf stats you are able to quickly identify areas of the game where you excel and areas that need improvement.  I see a lot of amateur golfers spending their practice session hitting shots with their favorite club instead of focusing on areas of improvement.  Practice time should be spent working on the shot that you continually struggle with.  After you have gained confidence at the practice tee take the positive attitude to the golf course and your game will improve.

 

For all of you iPhone owners there is a great app called TeeShot.  It can be used to track your strokes, putts, fairways, clubs, and distances.  Also, it has a GPS that can be used to measure shot distance.  For the rest of you like me a small notepad works great.

 

Good Luck!

 

 

Rolland Vaughn

PGA Head Golf Professional

Indian Wells Golf Resort

WEIGHT SHIFT

Friday, June 12th, 2009

Proper weight shift through the golf swing will increase distance and control.  The golf swing is an athletic move so use other sports to visualize the weight shift.   If baseball is your game imagine a pitcher releasing a ball and his weight moving toward home plate.  If football is more your style then think of a quarterback passing the ball to his receiver by planting his back foot pushing off toward the target.  By having their weight move toward the target velocity and accuracy are both increased.

 

In the golf swing weight is shifted from the right leg on the backswing to the left leg through impact.  By transferring your weight properly you will be able to increase clubhead speed creating more distance and maintain a proper swingplane increasing accuracy.  Be careful not to slide through the ball.  Remember that the proper weight shift is a rotation and not a slide.

 

Rolland Vaughn

PGA Head Golf Professional

Indian Wells Golf Resort

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