Owner: A Blog on Golf Club Design URL:http://www.alphagolfclubs.com/blog/ Join Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:50:46 -0500 Rating:0 Site Description: The Alpha Golf blog chronicles insights in the golf club manufacturing industry. Alpha Golf
Clubs are the makers of the famous Alpha Drivers, which have won 6 ReMax World Long Drive Titles. Alpha also offers a full line of custom woods, hybrids, irons, Site statistics:Click here
Jack Nicklaus Explains One Basic Swing is All You Need 2008-09-02 19:14:53 Back to basics - Jack Nicklaus explains the one basic swing for all shots. Same grip, same aim, same ball position, and the same swing arc and plane. Read more:Basic
Collection of Golf sites, directories, and blogs 2008-09-02 19:13:49 This will be an ongoing post of some of our favorite golf sites on the web. We’ll add to it as we come across others…
Build Golf Clubs Directory
Golf Club Manufacturers
Golf Equipment at Ultimate Golf Directory
MyGolfDir - the best golfing resources
Sports Blog Directory
Blogs:
Golf Dash
A Golf Blog
Better Golf with Fitness
Deep Rough
Ontario Golf
Golf Suite 101
Eagle, Par, Birdie
Golf Wedges 2008-06-05 17:09:56 This article is meant to be a guide for golf club wedges. The wedge is designed to have the following performance characteristics: high and short trajectory, maximum backspin, and easy penetration into sand or grass. These characteristics make wedges useful for high-accuracy “utility” shots like chipping onto the green, escaping a sand trap, or getting [...] Read more:Wedges
Fitness Exercises for Golfers 2008-05-06 01:35:32 All golfers should do some basic stretches before teeing off. Here are 5 of my favorites that can all be done right on the course.
1. Back stretch
Keep your feet a little apart. Place your hands on a vertical club (like a titanium golf driver) or the back of a chair. Grasp it with both hands [...] Read more:Exercises
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Guide to Golf Putters 2008-05-03 18:54:05 Your putter is the most used club in your bag. Each hole requires your putter at least once (and for most of us twice, if not more!). Let’s take a closer look at the variations and classifications available.
Based on shaft length:
If your aim is to produce quality puts then it’s important to get the right [...] Read more:Guide
Choosing a Golf Shaft Flex 2008-04-15 12:38:44 Kickpoint, torque, bend profile, frequency, length, and weight are all important factors in the design of a golf shaft. But let’s go back to the basic and most important parameter - shaft flex.
The right flexibility of a golf shaft for you depends on your swing speed and swing tempo. You can qualitatively measure your swing [...]
Interchangeable Shaft Drivers 2008-02-27 00:29:58 In Feb 2007, the USGA formally proposed allowing more club adjustability. Specifically, this nearly guaranteed that drivers with interchangeable shafts would soon be ruled conforming.
“PGA Tour players have long had the opportunity to have their clubs adjusted or modified quickly and often. This has allowed them to fit their clubs to their swings as [...] Read more:Drivers
Golf Club on Fire 2008-02-21 19:45:53 Long Driver Cody Ellis decided to light his club on fire before swinging. Makes for a pretty cool picture!
For folks that asked, he is swinging the V5 LX, the best new driver we’ve created. Read more:Golf Club
COR Explained for Golfers 2008-01-07 23:54:33 Coefficient of Restitution (COR) is a physics term for the value representing the ratio of velocities before and after an impact. An object with a COR of 1 collides elastically, bouncing perfectly with no energy loss. While an object with a COR of 0 is said to collide inelastically, effectively “sticking” to the object [...] Read more:Golfers
MOI and the USGA 5900 Limit 2007-12-31 22:11:26 Moment of Inertia (MOI) has been a popular buzzword in golf recently. Let’s apply MOI to the design of golf drivers in this discussion.
MOI is the inertia or resistance of a rigid rotating body with respect to its rotation. In other words, it’s the measure of difficulty in changing the angular motion about the [...] Read more:Limit