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We all want to be able to out drive our friend or maybe at least feel competitive for the long drive contest in your next local scramble.  There is nothing better than stepping up to the tee and ripping one straight down the middle 300 yards.  I know we all suffer from this desire, so I have put together some concepts that will help you get a little more club head speed, but keep it straight at the same time and feel more confident on the tee.

Before I can touch base on the actual swing, I want to briefly talk about club fitting.  With all of the advancements in technology you can differ sometimes 30 yards between two drivers.  Also with technology the computer systems and high speed cameras offer these days you can actually compute the spin rate coming off of the driver as well as the club head speed and ball speed.  The general rule of thumb for professionals with higher swing speeds is that you want your back spin off of the driver to be around 2000-2600rpms.  Too much back spin can rob you of distance as the ball would go up instead of out; not enough and off of the tee you won’t be able to carry the normal lake on your dog leg par 4.  According to the PGA, the average male golfer's swing speed is about 85 mph.

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Let’s first talk about your body. Before we can even begin to address about your clubs, we need to make sure our personal hardware is in its best possible condition in order to hit the golf ball consistently with an athletic swing over a 4 ½ hour period. The best thing to remember is that you need 30+ minutes of cardio at least 2-3 times a week. That is the minimum requirement which is used as a rule of thumb. Any cardio is better than no cardio, but this will help you on the course more than you can imagine. The more cardio you have done in the past will result in more controlled swings over your 18 hole round and therefore lower scores...

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In a "Scramble" format the players or designated team captain decide after each shot which one the best shot is. Each player on the team plays their next shot from that spot; within one club length no closer to the hole. The group then plays this way until the ball is holed out. The group takes a score at the end of each hole based on the single best shots from each position on that hole.

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Starting to plan your golf trip for September/October and notice many of the courses will be closed for Overseed? You show up to a course you have been thinking about for months and say to yourself, “What the heck is going on out here? Are they trying to ruin my golf trip to Las Vegas?” Well first of all we need to look at the process as a whole and then you will see that what is being done is a necessary evil and you may decide for next time to plan around the golf course overseed schedule for Las Vegas. The same goes for aerification; once you realize what it is actually doing for the course/greens, you may not be that upset next time you see scheduled maintenance or end up playing on slightly bumpy greens.

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