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New GolfCaptains Release
Presented by Golfers Report on November 6, 2017
We are very excited to introduce you to our newest release. In our quest to make GolfCaptains an even better experience, we’ve made some significant improvements and added some great new features. Here are just a couple of the changes: GetAway Captains We have added a brand new type of captain, for those who organize
Hurricane Irma Handicaps Our Naples Golf Game
Presented by Golfers Report on September 15, 2017
(Photo taken during the eye of the storm) We live in Naples Florida, and as you know Hurricane Irma came through Naples as a category 4 direct hit, and played havoc with Collier County and Lee County. Each of us here in Naples have experienced some level of damage, and are still facing the after
One Of The Toughest Shots In Golf
Presented by Golfers Report on August 28, 2017
by Kathleen Ekey When you think about the toughest shots in golf, what usually comes to mind are shots like a buried lie in the bunker, a fairway bunker shot, or a short sided pitch shot. But you seldom hear about what amounts to the toughest mental shot in golf – the first tee. It
What Does It Mean To Clear Your Hips?
Presented by Golfers Report on August 20, 2017
by Mike Dero Because the golf swing is so fast, what you see is a lot less than what is actually happening. For example, we know we are supposed to shift our weight on the back swing, but when you watch someone on TV you can’t really see that the weight shift is really a
Teaching Pam To Play Golf – Part 4 Hitting Irons
Presented by Golfers Report on August 13, 2017
by Stan Geer This is episode 4 in the acclaimed series, Teaching Pam To Play Golf. In this episode, Pam has graduated to a full swing, starting with hitting irons. It seems to me that in the beginning, it is harder to hit the full shots; yet as you learn to hit full shots, it
Backhanded Rescue Shot
Presented by Golfers Report on July 30, 2017
by David Pelz Golf certainly has it’s challenges. And there are times when the challenges seem greater than most. Take for example the shot where your ball is headed for the water, but luckily you stay up. That’s the good news. The bad news is you have no stance without falling into the lake. Or,
Hitting Driver Off The Deck
Presented by Golfers Report on July 23, 2017
by Rick Shiels Ever find yourself in a great position to get the next ball on the green, but you just don’t have enough fire power? You know your three wood is going to come up short, and the only thing left in the bag is your driver, so what should you do? Well you
Teaching Pam To Play Golf – Part 3 Pitching
Presented by Golfers Report on July 15, 2017
View Video by Stan Geer This is episode 3 in the acclaimed series, Teaching Pam To Play Golf. In this episode, Pam moves back from putting and chipping to the fairway to learn how to pitch. In this series we will follow Pam as she begins her odyssey to learn the game of golf. Her
Chipping From Deep Rough Onto The Green
Presented by Golfers Report on June 26, 2017
by Chris Ryan If you watched the 2017 Travelers Championship then you saw some wonderful shots. Of course there was Spieth’s miraculous bunker shot to win the tournament, but there were also some very delicate shots from the deep rough around the green. And those shots are way more difficult for we everyday golfers, than
The Reverse Pivot – A Real Swing Killer
Presented by Golfers Report on June 18, 2017
by Clay Ballard The golf swing is hard enough as it is; and if you have a reverse pivot it becomes almost impossible to hit good shots. You may not even know you have a reverse pivot, in which case it will be up to one of your buddies to point it out. Or, just
Teaching Pam To Play Golf – Part 2 Chipping
Presented by Golfers Report on June 3, 2017
by Stan Geer This is episode 2 in the acclaimed series, Teaching Pam To Play Golf. In this episode, Pam moves back from the putting green to learn how to chip. In this series we will follow Pam as she begins her odyssey to learn the game of golf. Her instructor, Stan Geer, will take
Teaching Pam To Play Golf – Part 1: Putting
Presented by Golfers Report on May 12, 2017
by Stan Geer How hard is it to learn to play golf? Very, very hard, unless of course you start to play when you are eight years old, with lessons from the country club pro. In this series we will follow Pam as she begins her odyssey to learn the game of golf. Her instructor,
The Best Alignment Tip – Ever
Presented by Golfers Report on May 7, 2017
by Mike Dero I’ve always struggled with getting correctly aligned so that my golf balls travels in my intended direction – I just assumed I was directionally impaired. I watched all the videos that talked about visualizing railroad tracks, parallel lines, etc. Problem is there are no railroad tracks on the golf course, and it
Alignment Take Two
Presented by Golfers Report on May 7, 2017
by Mike Dero In the previous video Mike Dero showed us an excellent routine for making sure we are correctly aligned to the target. Since most of us don’t have a caddie to stand behind us, this is an essential skill. During the filming of the video one of the club members came by, and
Increasing your Club Head Speed
Presented by Golfers Report on April 30, 2017
by Mike Dero We all want more distance, and most of us know that the distance holy grail is club head speed. But what exactly is club head speed, where does it come from and are we actually capable of increasing our club head speed, or are we just genetically constrained? In this video Mike
Tee Shots For Seniors
Presented by Golfers Report on April 19, 2017
by Stan Geer Senior golfers always strive to hit the ball longer, but this often comes at the expense of accuracy. So if you are a senior golfer, you need to ask yourself what is more important, getting more yardage or keeping the ball in play. Of course the ego in all of us often
When Inside The Leather Starts To Grow
Presented by Golfers Report on March 21, 2017
So how do you define a gimme? Here is a pretty good definition from the internet: “In golf, a gimme is a shot that the other players agree can count automatically, without being actually played. When a player has only a very short putt left to play, other players may grant a gimme (i.e. one
The Flop Shot vs A Bump And Run
Presented by Golfers Report on February 28, 2017
by David Nesbitt Hopefully, by now, you have mastered the Dream Swing for those 50, 60, 70 yard pitch shots. So now lets turn to those pesky little 25, 30, 40 yard shots. You could, of course, try and flop the ball up there with your trusty lob or sand wedge. But be honest here,