The history of golf is shrouded in mystery and much debate. However, generally it’s agreed that the game of golf evolved in Scotland in the Middle Ages and onwards into England. In some sources it’s claimed that William the III founded golf. However there’s no evidence to support this, as it’s not mentioned in his royal genealogy. Golf was played at court and was popular during the Tudor period. It was even a source of royal patronage and King Henry VIII established a golf club in the year 1539. Today golf is a sport enjoyed by millions. There are several […]
If you’ve been considering a basement conversion but aren’t sure if it’s right for you, think again. Basements provide a lot of valuable and useful storage space and can be made into a home office, family room, or any other number of areas. But you need to consider what you’re getting into before you move in. In this article, we’ll take a look at a few things you need to know about basement conversions before you get started. We learned a lot when we were converting the basement area of our golf club, and thought we would pass on some
Some people may be looking at this title thinking, yes very good that will ever happen, and other may be thinking yes I have often wondered this. While very few people have actually pitched the idea to their wife and family, many people will definitely be considering. There are a lot of unfortunate golfers out there that may live a few hours away from their nearest course. This means golf becomes a full day activity, rather than something they can do in the afternoon, evening and early mornings. If you want to really improve your golf game, you need to
Everyone wants to know how they can improve their golf game, and the truth is that sometimes you just have to go back to basics. We have thrown together a quick list of things that we want people to get out there and start practicing! Remember that practise is the key to any progress in life, so you have to put in the work. Stop just smacking balls and start trying to make some key improvements to your game. Without further ado, lets get into it. Tip 1 Sort Out Your Hand Position Get ahold of your driver and try
We are constantly asked about golf balls here at Golf Sense, and people are desperate to know if there is some magical ball that they can use that will improve their game overnight. We wanted to set the record straight on the subject, and really the first thing that any golfer should know is that it is not all about your balls. Ok but seriously, the type of ball that you use will not turn you into a pro simply by using it, you need practise and exposure to different balls and golf courses. We recently published an article here
We knew that when we launched our Golf Sense product that we wanted a slick and functional website to match. We spend years and thousands of pounds developing the product, and to skimp on the website at the last minute would just not do it justice, so we set about searching for a website builder that was up to scratch for us. The problem was, even though there are alot of people out there that make great looking websites, we know from past experience that the doesn’t always mean the website is well optimised for traffic and sales. We were
When it comes to improving your golf game, you can have all the data and statistics that you want, but it is useless without applied practice. Practice is how we improve and get better, but practice itself is an art, and many people get it wrong. If you are not practising in the right way, then you are essentially just repeating bad habits over and over, which will just make them harder to unlearn. To practice effectively, you need to have good form and be vigilant in how you approach it. You also need to make sure that you practice
As you may already know, we make special products that help golfers improve their swing. We do this with a special glove insert that measures thousands of key datapoints that are relevant to your swing. By collecting these values, we then determine which parts of your swing are working and which parts need improvement. We spent hundreds of hours developing the product and logging hundreds of thousands of points of data that we recorded, and we realised that we would need an automated logging process, much like what SDTM mapping software does in the medical industry. SDTM software makes it
Choosing the right golf club can be a tricky task, especially for beginners, and there are a lot of options out there that makes the whole thing very daunting. People want to know which golf clubs are best for them, and think that this is an important subject and one that we get asked about a lot. We wanted to give our advice on choosing a golf club so that you can get the best shot at improving your swing. Here are our top tips for getting to grips with the best golf club for you. TIP 1 – Don’t
In all levels of sport , sportspeople have to go through a lot of different forms of training and rigorous schedules in order to be able to perform at their peak performance levels. Lets look at the main ways in which sportspeople maintain their high levels of performance and what sets them apart. Training And Routine The key building blocks that are typically associated with high performance sport are training and routines. Both of these factors are important as training is needed to ensure an athlete can maintain their skills at a high level and additionally routine is needed in
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