• The Power of the Launch Monitor in Club Fitting


    Launch monitorPerhaps the biggest development in golf club fitting in recent years is the addition of the launch monitor. The launch monitor provides vital data of both the golf ball and club head prior to, during and following ball impact.

    The following data is compiled by the launch monitor after each shot.
    - Clubhead speed
    - Ball speed
    - Dynamic loft (loft of the clubhead at ball contact)
    - Launch angle (the angle the ball is launched when leaving the clubface)
    - Club head path
    - Clubface angle
    - Angle of attack of the clubhead
    - Rate of ball back spin and side spin
    - Displacement of the ball during and after flight
    - Carry and total distance
    - Efficiency or smash factor

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  • Equipment paths the way for junior golfers


    jc1Choosing the right clubs for your child to golf with is an important step towards their love or hate for the game. I see too many junior golfers in the driving range and at the course using clubs that are too long, too heavy, too upright in lie angle, and too stiff in the shaft.

    Parents often buy clubs thinking that their son or daughter will grow into them just like buying clothes however, with golf, growing into your clubs is a very painful and unrewarding experience. Trust me – I’ve been through it.

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  • The lesson before your first golf lesson


    gc0So you’ve just picked up golf and thinking of finding an instructor and facility to try your hand. There are a number of considerations you must make before booking your first lesson.

    Firstly you must know that Hong Kong is not the exactly the easiest place in the world to take up the game, however if you don’t mind to travel about a bit then you’ll be fine.

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  • Kowloon Tong Primary School now offering golf


    Kowloon Tong Primary GolfSince the emergence of the young Tiger woods, the game of golf has changed from a rich peoples game the elderly play wearing funny clothes to a funky fresh faced sport for the young and of course all the way to the elderly. Golf worldwide is changing. Is it for the good or for the bad?

    For the good of course. Junior Golf in Hong Kong is growing stronger and stronger and given the recent results from our juniors playing internationally, Hong Kong may well one day produce its own Tiger.

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  • Xili Golf Club China – What a Gem!


    Xili Golf Club ChinaAs mentioned yesterday on facebook and twitter, I was fortunate enough to be invited up to Xili Golf Club China for a round of golf with students.

    I hadn’t been up to Xili for a while and I thought it was worth mentioning here that their course condition is the best that I have seen it in and would recommend you take advantage of this if you get the opportunity of playing there.

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  • Interchangeable component technology – changing the way we play


    HTJust a little more than a year ago on January 1, 2008 USGA changed the way we play golf dramatically. Their change of rules on equipment allowed adjustable clubs to be used in tournament play. This represented one of the most dramatic changes in equipment since steel shafts were allowed in the 1930’s. Has the future of golf clubs been altered forever?

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