Mike Wine Blog http://mikewinegolf.com/blog Mike Wine Golf Academy Blog Sat, 19 Jun 2010 12:14:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 Your Child Golfer is Not a Dwarf–He’s Just Little http://mikewinegolf.com/blog/?p=170 http://mikewinegolf.com/blog/?p=170#comments Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:36:24 +0000 mike wine http://mikewinegolf.com/blog/?p=170 Your child deserves clubs that fit. Adult clubs, even when cut down in length, are still too heavy for undeveloped joints and muscles.
Here is a free golf tip from Mike Wine at Livestrong.com:

Benefits Of A Junior Golf Club Fitting | LIVESTRONG.COM
Benefits Of A Junior Golf Club Fitting. Its tempting to save a little money and cut down a couple of your old golf clubs to get your child started in the game. But if you want your pint-sized golfer to enjoy golf and de…
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]]> http://mikewinegolf.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=170 Superman was The Man of Steel–Not Graphite http://mikewinegolf.com/blog/?p=167 http://mikewinegolf.com/blog/?p=167#comments Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:27:45 +0000 mike wine http://mikewinegolf.com/blog/?p=167 Are you a man of steel? Or Graphite?
Most touring professionals use steel shafts in their irons, and graphite shafts in their woods. Read this free golf tip in this Livestrong.com article by Mike Wine:

What Are The Benefits Of Heavier Golf Shafts? | LIVESTRONG.COM
What Are The Benefits Of Heavier Golf Shafts?. If you are torn between graphite and steel shafts for your next set of irons, consider that almost all male touring professionals use steel. Although slightly heavier than graphite…
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]]> http://mikewinegolf.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=167 You’re Not a Lady–You Are A Woman! http://mikewinegolf.com/blog/?p=164 http://mikewinegolf.com/blog/?p=164#comments Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:18:39 +0000 mike wine http://mikewinegolf.com/blog/?p=164 “One size fits all” doesn’t work for women’s golf clubs any more. Your club shafts should be based on your golf swing…not your gender.
Read this free golf tip by Mike Wine at Livestrong.com

The Best Golf Shafts For Women | LIVESTRONG.COM
The Best Golf Shafts For Women. Women golfers have plenty to choose from when it comes to modern golf club shafts. They are available in all colors, and you can even modify your shafts with snakeskin or flaming c…
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]]> http://mikewinegolf.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=164 When Weak is Strong…Why don’t you all just fade away? http://mikewinegolf.com/blog/?p=159 http://mikewinegolf.com/blog/?p=159#comments Sun, 06 Jun 2010 03:55:46 +0000 mike wine http://mikewinegolf.com/blog/?p=159 Hogan played the fade, Nicklaus played the fade, Trevino played the fade…why don’t y’all just fade away? Check out the benefits of a weak grip at this Livestrong article by Mike Wine:

What Are The Benefits Of A Weak Golf Grip? | LIVESTRONG.COM
What Are The Benefits Of A Weak Golf Grip?. You can talk to a fade but a hook wont listen is a quote by Lee Trevino, who grew up admiring the left-to-right shots of Ben Hogan. Tiger Woods go-to shot is the stinger, a s…
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]]> http://mikewinegolf.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=159 Too many fingers in the pie? http://mikewinegolf.com/blog/?p=155 http://mikewinegolf.com/blog/?p=155#comments Sun, 06 Jun 2010 03:46:59 +0000 mike wine http://mikewinegolf.com/blog/?p=155 Do you use all ten fingers on the club? You may have too many fingers in the pie. Try adapting to an interlocking grip, like Jack Nicklaus or Tom Kite, or an overlapping grip, like everyone else. Oops–there have been some players in history who used a ten-finger grip–I just can’t remember who they were…

10 Finger Grip Problems In Golf | LIVESTRONG.COM
10 Finger Grip Problems In Golf. The 10-finger golf grip, also called the baseball grip, can be a good choice for children and for adults with arthritis or other hand ailments. But if you are a healthy-handed adul…
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]]> http://mikewinegolf.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=155 Get Your Golf Swing Neutered… http://mikewinegolf.com/blog/?p=152 http://mikewinegolf.com/blog/?p=152#comments Sun, 06 Jun 2010 03:27:51 +0000 mike wine http://mikewinegolf.com/blog/?p=152 Are you tired of giving birth to crooked golf shots? Try putting your grip in neutral–you won’t regret it. An article by Mike Wine at Livestrong.com

What Are The Benefits Of A Neutral Golf Grip? | LIVESTRONG.COM
What Are The Benefits Of A Neutral Golf Grip?. There are three basic grips in golf. Weak grips tend to produce sliced shots, and the lines between the thumb and forefinger of each hand the Vs point to the left cheek. Strong…
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]]> http://mikewinegolf.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=152 Too Much Pressure? Get a Grip! http://mikewinegolf.com/blog/?p=147 http://mikewinegolf.com/blog/?p=147#comments Sun, 06 Jun 2010 03:02:25 +0000 mike wine http://mikewinegolf.com/blog/?p=147 Trying to squeeze too much out of your golf game? Try a little tenderness, and soften your grip pressure. You’ll feel better, and might play a little better, too. Check out this article at Livestrong.com

Golf Grip Instruction Tips | LIVESTRONG.COM
Golf Grip Instruction Tips. You will see several types of grips among professional golfers — weak grips, strong grips, and neutral grips. Some use overlap grips, and some use interlocking grips. But despite…
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]]> http://mikewinegolf.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=147 Old School Ball Position http://mikewinegolf.com/blog/?p=140 http://mikewinegolf.com/blog/?p=140#comments Sat, 05 Jun 2010 12:41:05 +0000 mike wine http://mikewinegolf.com/blog/?p=140 There are two schools of thought regarding ball position in golf, and they both produce great results. Modern players tend to play each shot off of the logo on their golf shirts, and widen their stances as they move from short clubs to long clubs.

In Old School Golf, players moved the ball in their stance to correspond with the club they were hitting. I wrote this article for Livestrong.com:

Drills To Get The Correct Ball Position In The Golf Swing | LIVESTRONG.COM
Drills To Get The Correct Ball Position In The Golf Swing. Proper ball position is essential for executing all types of golf shots–powerful shots with your driver and fairway woods or solid shots with your middle irons or spinning shots w…
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]]> http://mikewinegolf.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=140 The Brain Game–Build Mental Toughness http://mikewinegolf.com/blog/?p=137 http://mikewinegolf.com/blog/?p=137#comments Sat, 05 Jun 2010 12:16:13 +0000 mike wine http://mikewinegolf.com/blog/?p=137 Phil Mikelson and Tiger Woods have similar skills when it comes to hitting shots on the driving range, the chipping green, and the putting green. The determining factor in competition is mental toughness.

Here are a few tips about developing mental toughness from a Livestrong.com article I recently published:

Mental Toughness Tips For Golf | LIVESTRONG.COM
Mental Toughness Tips For Golf. Golf legend Bobby Jones said that Golf is a game that is played on a 5-inch course–the distance between your ears. He was referring to the mental game, that invisible element of…
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]]> http://mikewinegolf.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=137 How to Hit Your Hybrids http://mikewinegolf.com/blog/?p=133 http://mikewinegolf.com/blog/?p=133#comments Wed, 02 Jun 2010 02:28:07 +0000 mike wine http://mikewinegolf.com/blog/?p=133 > ]]> Free golf tips on hitting your new hybrids.

Hybrid Golf Club Techniques | LIVESTRONG.COM
Hybrid Golf Club Techniques. Hybrid golf clubs are like long irons with super powers. They have the ability, like long irons, to hit high long shots from good lies in the fairway. But they also have the abilit…
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