Nearly Single Figures RSS

Recently I met Jackie Hitchcock, Managing Director of Sky Caddie at the glorious Oxfordshire Golf Club. I interviewed her about her range of golf GPS rangefinders. It took less than 10 minutes for Jackie to convince me of the merits of using a SkyCaddie; and only 2 minutes to convince the cameraman to get one too!   I've got my eyes on the SkyCaddie SG5 - with its large colour screen it's easy to read and straightforward to operate. You can download your course from the SkyCaddie website - they have over 17,000 professionally mapped courses worldwide and if yours...

I've been trying something really simple for my last couple of rounds and it seems to be working as my scores are slowly falling (I shot 10 over last week, which is my season's best). Following the advice of Dr Karl Morris one of Europe's leading sports psychologists I've been trying this simple 3 tasks approach.   Basically, from the first tee to the last green for every shot just focus on the same 3 things only. In my case it has been;   1. Visualise the shot all the way, including its trajectory and reaction on landing.   2....

I came across this golf blog recently from Sandy Jamieson, one of the world's leading golf coaches and currently coach to Australian star Robert Allenby. On his blog he periodically talks about his trips around the world (not always in private jets) and the odd golf tip or too. The one tip I found particularly useful was the one about using an alignment aid when practising. It's so simple and it helps you form and keep good habits and you will see the benefits on the golf course. He's also uploaded a video of Robert Allenby's swing on his profile...

In my quest to get to single figures I have brought home many, many weird and wonderful contraptions and peculiar paraphernalia for lost and desperate golfers. My wife has always been very supportive and hasn't seemed to mind me cluttering up the garage, the garden and now the house with these brightly coloured items.... until now.   Generally, golf swing improvement aids or golf putting training aids are small bits of kit that attach to a club and are reasonably portable. Explanar on the other hand comes in a huge 44kg box, and is a large steel hoop that stands...

When I first picked this up I thought this might be an expensive gimmick. But boy was I wrong! This has proved to be one of the most useful training aids I have tried and for £49.95 + p&p it’s good value too.         SensoGlove is simply a normal cabretta leather glove with a built-in computer that continuously reads your grip pressure. You can use it with any club and receive audio and visual feedback about the exact grip pressure on the club at address and during your swing.           Working on the...