Your guide to the best Golf Training Aids
thegolfhacks Written by Steve — a low-handicap club golfer at Clandon Regis GC in Surrey, with nearly 40 years in the game. Every review is independent and written for UK club golfers. Putting is where handicaps are quietly won and lost, and yet most of us practise it by rolling a few balls and hoping. The … Read more
Written by Steve — a low-handicap club golfer at Clandon Regis GC in Surrey, with nearly 40 years in the game. Every review is independent and written for UK club golfers. Every club golfer wants more distance, and for years the only honest answers were “swing better” or “get fitter” — both slow, both hard. … Read more
Written by Steve — a low-handicap club golfer at Clandon Regis GC in Surrey, with nearly 40 years in the game. Every review is independent and written for UK club golfers. For years, a personal launch monitor was a fantasy for the ordinary club golfer — the good ones cost as much as a car. … Read more
Written by Steve — a low-handicap club golfer at Clandon Regis GC in Surrey, with nearly 40 years in the game. Every review is independent and written for UK club golfers. Personal launch monitors used to cost more than a decent second-hand car. In the last few years two devices have changed that completely, putting … Read more
Written by Steve — a low-handicap club golfer at Clandon Regis GC in Surrey, with nearly 40 years in the game. Every review is independent and written for UK club golfers. Putting is where scores are made and thrown away, yet it is the part of practice most club golfers skip — because tapping balls … Read more
Written by Steve — a low-handicap club golfer at Clandon Regis GC in Surrey, with nearly 40 years in the game. Every review is independent and written for UK club golfers. If you have watched any golf on TV in the last few years, you have seen it: a bright orange ball on the end … Read more
Every summer, thousands of UK club golfers hover over the same purchase: a practice net for the garden. And every summer, the same doubt stops them — is hitting balls into a net actually practice, or just exercise? It’s a fair question. A net is one of the bigger training aid purchases you’ll make, and … Read more
Chipping is the part of the game where club golfers give away the most shots — and it’s also the easiest part to practise at home. Unlike the full swing, a chip needs no ceiling height, very little space, and no expensive kit. Fifteen minutes on the lawn or the living room carpet, a few … Read more
Alignment sticks are the cheapest training aid in golf and — used properly — one of the most effective. A pair costs less than a dozen premium balls, fits in your bag, and can be used for full swing, short game and putting. The catch is that most club golfers who own them use them … Read more
The slice is the most common miss in amateur golf, and it has probably cost club golfers more balls, more penalty drops and more quiet swearing than every other fault combined. If your ball starts roughly on line and then curves hard to the right (for a right-hander), often finishing in the trees or the … Read more