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Arguably the next significant advance in golf instruction, the Pure Strike Keys to Consistency are principals that can help all golfers hit the ball with repeated accuracy and steady distance, which leads to better scores, said Medicus Founder and President Bob Koch.

“One reason teaching is so complicated is that a student can’t focus on 10 different parts of the swing at once,” explained Koch. “But while golf’s most prolific champions had different grips, stances and swing planes, all had mastered five essential things that are obvious on film and in photos. It’s the common traits that enabled the greats to strike balls with consistent purity.”  Read more... (701 words, estimated 2:48 mins reading time)

Bounce is the angle of the wedge from the sole (bottom of the wedge shape) to the leading edge.  Bounce is built into the sole of a wedge to keep it from digging into the turf or sand. This is probably the most neglected part of your equipment needs relative to your playing style and could be a  mis-diagnosed problem with your chipping or pitching.  Why are there different bounces to wedges you ask?

Two reasons. The first has to do with your style of play.  Are you a ‘digger’ or a ‘sweeper’ of the ball when you pitch or chip?
A ‘digger’ is someone who will hit the turf a little harder, that is, with more angle of attack and take more turf.  

A digger will need more bounce on the club so that the club’s leading edge to reduce the amount of turf taken. Even in a small chip shot the can be soiled removed when the club is ‘dug in’.

A sweeper as a lower angle of attack and they will need a wedge with lower bounce.  Read more... (250 words, estimated 1:00 mins reading time)

Most people believe that a putting stroke is “straight back and straight through”  in otherwords the putter head does not deviate off the line during the swing. That is not entirely true, watch this great tip about the arc of the swing.