Golfer's Elbow

Golfer's Elbow , Medicaly known as Medial Epicondylitis, is similar to tennis elbow but instead of affecting the outer elbow it affects the inner elbow. It is pain and inflamation on the inner elbow where the tendons join your forearm muscles to your upper arm and could also possibly spread to your forearm and wrist.

Normal Pains for golfer's elbow include tendernous on the inner side of the elbow, Stiffness in the elbow making it uncomfortable to creat a fist, Weakness in your hands and wrists and also the feeling of numbness and tingleling extending through the entire arm.

There are a great number of Causes for golfer's elbow and the only way to recover from it is rest. Do not be tempted, like me, to start playing again as soon as it feels okay, give it another week or so and only then start otherwise it will persist and eventualy never go away.

Hope you never have to deal with Golfer's Elbow but if you do i hope this articel helps.

McIlroy Dominates the US OPEN

McIllroy blazed through the US Open setting a number of records and most overwhelming is that he is the 1st professional golfer ever to go lower than 16 under par in a US OPEN ever.

McIlroy took the experience from the MASTERS last month with great maturity and turned it into a possitive rather than a negative. I beleive this is what was holding him back from being a super star. With this, his first Major, win I see him rising up through the ranks and being the number one golfer in the world befor the end of the year.

I am excited for him and cant wait to see his new found and reconfirmed confidance start to dominate the professional golfing world

US OPEN ROUND 1

An exciting opening to the US OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP as McIlroy blazes to a bogey free 6 under par to take the lead yet again in a major this year.

McIlroy  coming into form yet again at the right time and hoping to finish it off a little better than how he ended the Masters just 2 months ago. I am sure that this time things will be a bit easier for the youngster coming down to the wire and hope he pulls it off. I know it is just the first day but i feel that this kid is the next super star to hit the golfing world and all it is gonna take is one break through.

I wish him luck and look forward to the next round of the 2011 US OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP.

THE US OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP 2011

After a thrilling start to the Major Championships with all the young guns taking the spotlight at the MASTERS, we come to the second major of the year, the US OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP.

Defending champion GRAEME McDOWELL feels great coming into the week as does the first Major Champion for 2011 Charl Schwartzel

"Coming to this golf course this week, it's another one that feels good to me. It's all in front of me, and I'm actually quite excited about this week" said Charl in his interview earlier today.

With the strongest field in a few years and the fact that any PLAYER could win the 2011 US OPEN it makes for a great weekends golfing action. The updates and scores will be posted every hour so be sure to return here to keep up to date with the golfing action!

HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO PLAY GOLF FULL TIME

This is a wide open question and I am sure we all want to know the exact number. I have been doing some homework to get funding for my Professional Tournaments and have come up with these results:

Practice facilities and coaching are between $1200 and $10 000  per month depending on how your game is. Obviously if you working hard at it and need to spend more time with your swing coach and sports phsycologist then you are closer to the $10 000 mark and if you in great form then you can get by for $1200 a month.

On average there is a Professional Tournament to play every second weak and is most likely for full time professional golfers to play a golf tournament every second week. The entry fees are between $250 and $500 with the average travel and hotel coming to a nice number of $1000 for local golf Tournaments and $2000 for international Golf Tournaments. I know that most players travel routines are different but we like to play 1 in 3 Professional Golf Events internationally so this averages the travel and hotel fees to some $1666.66. 

When we add this all up it costs us a small fortune at around $7966.66  a month to be a very competitive full time playing professional. Those of us who can't afford that number and try scrape through with the minimum amount by not traveling too far from home, Not playing enough international golf tournaments, not spending time with a sports guru and swing coach and teaching to pay for the golf tournaments really have no realistic chance of making it in the big leagues by only being able to do what we can for some $1000 a month.


The only way we make it is if the timing is perfect. If we get a golf tournament that is in the right place at the right time to offer us the opportunity after to get into the $7966.66. I still love what i do and will keep doing it as long as i can and just hope that that timing comes soon.

HOW I GET MENTALLY READY FOR A TOURNAMENT

Obviously practicing and working out is vital to preparing ones self for a golf tournament but i believe, like most gurus, that the most important part of success is belief!!!
If there is one thing that brings belief in my ability it is pictures, videos and visions of success. No matter what is happening in my life or what is going on around me i can always find inspiration and a positive outlook if i take a look at my past success's on the golf course.

I have made a dvd of some of the greatest golf shots i have played in tournaments that i have won. I also have the score cards of my four lowest golf rounds including my card where i shot 29 on the back nine at Kyalami CC to finish with a 9 under par 63. I watch the interviews and the final highlites of the PGA and European Golf Tours current tournaments and seek inspiration from these professional golfers and their results.

The week before i play a golf tournament i watch these golf video's every day at least once to get the goose bumps and hair raising feeling of pressure and success back into my system. This gives me a greater self belief and a more honest reason for being so confidant. It reinforces the fact that i have the ability to succeed and to win golf tournaments. I take these feelings in to a golf tournament and with each passing hole i feel better and more comfortable making me believe that i will be finishing the tournament strongly and have a great chance to win.

I look forward to my up and coming two golf tournaments and will keep the blog updated with my daily results however will not be writing any new blogs for two weeks. Wish me luck and check each day how i am doing!!!!

Lower Your Score

I have had a number of questions from weekend golfers about how they can lower their scores and and what percentage of amateur golfers break 90. The truth to the question is that there are not enough amateurs that break 90 and it is easily possible for all golfers to lower their scores with a simple strategy around the golf course.Click Here!
So many times have i watched golfers take on outrageous golf shots and then complain after that they made a number above a double bogey and that they then continued to produce bad golf shots till the end of the round and signed the score card for a figure way above their handicap. All this is from taking in that one golf shot that didn't have enough reward for the risk.

For those average golfers ( handicap 16-22) scoring an under par gross round may not be easy but to break par by nett is not a tough ask at all. For argument sake i will use a 20 handicap. If this golfer plays to their handicap they should score 24 over par, 96 on a par 72. This means that they can bogey every hole on the golf course and actually double bogey 6 of them. So with this in mind if you went on to the golf course and played all par 3's as par 4's, all par 4's as par 5's and all par 5's as par 6's it should take a great deal of stress out of the round of golf.
If you play with this thought in mind it means that when you have a difficult par 4 to play you do not even need to concern yourself with getting to the green in 2 shots because you no longer need to as it is a par 5 and this means that green in regulation is now 3 shots. You can hit the driver off the tee and then simply play two 7 Irons from there to get onto the green. This will stop you from trying to force that three wood which goes offline and in the woods or sand causing you to take a double or triple bogey. If you play each hole like this you will see that you end up making far less mistakes, enjoying your round more and the score card telling a story of glory.

I am sure that if you just stop trying to be a hero on the golf course and play within yourself using the tip i just gave you, you will be on your way to being one of the small percentage of amateurs who break 90.