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Southern New England Golf Show
Looking for something to do this weekend? The 2nd annual Southern New England Golf Show will be held at the Rhode Island Convention Center on February 13-14. Hours for the show are Saturday 10-6 and Sunday 11-5. Cost for the show is $9 and children under 12 are free. If you [...]

On Jan. 27-30 the 57th PGA Merchandise Show was held in Orlando, Fla. This event kicks off the new year for golf manufacturers, small golf businesses looking to make inroads into the giant golf market and the over 40,000 people who attended.
The PGA Merchandise Show event starts with a giant Outdoor Demo Day at Orange [...]

Enjoy reading our printed version of the Rhode Island Golf Newspaper, Ocean State Golf, 2010 Winter Issue.
Just click on the newspaper Icon below and it will open up in a new window in your browser with the Rhode Island Golf newspaper.  If you want to read this Ocean State Golf Newspaper on a PDF, just [...]

Golf Swing Technique…Should You Take the Club Straight Back?

A common golf swing for beginners tip is that they should take the club straight back along the target line to start the backswing.
This golf swing technique is simply not true and can cause many swing faults for the player who attempts to start their backswing [...]

Golf Swing Mechanics…
Should You Keep Your Head Still?

There is a lot to consider in golf swing mechanics.
And there are lots of myths.
If you play golf then at some stage in your golfing career someone has probably told you to keep your head still.
In many other sports that we play we are asked to hit a [...]

Golf Tips Putting is so helpful in bringing down your golf score.
In every round of golf you will play more shots with your putter than any other club.
Depending on your average score you will use the putter between 28 and 40 times in a given round, whereas the second most used club, usually the driver, [...]

Golf Tips Short Game can really help lower your golfing score. Isn’t it amazing how a good chip shot can quickly turn a possible disaster into a reasonable hole?

Chipping close to the hole and tapping in a putt can also maintain a positive attitude towards your round and keep you in a good frame of [...]

Golf Swing Mechanics for Proper Golf Swing…
Lead Arm Straight?

One of the more common myths for a proper golf swing is that to have an effective swing that produces distance and consistency you need to keep your left arm straight (for a right hand golfer).
This is simply not true. There are great players on the [...]

Which Professional Golf Tips do you remember most?
What about this one… If you want to get better at this game there is only one way to accomplish that…practice.
I do not just mean going to a driving range and hitting a large bucket of balls with your driver with no target and no goals for that [...]

“There is One Perfect Grip”
Now That’s a Big Myth!!
Only one golf grip? Watch any Professional Tour event on television and you will quickly see that there are a wide variety of different golf grips in use among the world’s best players.
Some players use overlap grips while others use interlocking grips.
Some grips are weak, while others [...]