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The Power Play Q2 Titanium Left Handed Driver features a square shaped profile with a comfortable perimeter weighting for a look and sound even the best golfers will desire. Additional adjustable weight screws are positioned in the most beneficial positions within the club head to increase high moment of inertia (MOI) designed to hit the ball straighter over the entire face. At 460cc, the entire design conforms with USGA Rules. Left Handed Golfers, find out for yourself the best kept secret in titanium left handed drivers.
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The Taylor Made r7 Left Handed Graphite Irons features four tungsten cartridges positioned strategically from heel to toe for maximum moment of inertia (MOI) resulting in increased club head speed. A large face area and wide sole provide high launch angle for increased distance and accuracy. The Taylor Made r7 irons are the perfect set for any serious golfer.
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The Taylor Made r5 Left Handed Fairway Wood features a graphite shaft and titanium club head for distance and accuracy. Designed with the renowned Taylor Made engineering, the Burner fairway wood has a high moment of inertia (MOI) for increased club head speed to assist in launching the ball higher. A deep center of gravity allows forgiveness on those difficult stances in the fairway or shots from the rough. Adding the Taylor Made Burner to your bag is a must! Click here to buy!

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The Acer Mantara Left Handed Driver is a bold, symmetrical and powerful titanium driver. Inspired by the graceful manta ray, the square club head design moves the weight further from the center of gravity toward the perimeter. The result is a higher moment of inertia (MOI) providing a straighter, more accurate drive off the tee. The Acer Mantara Left Handed Driver has a 10.5 degree loft which can be customized to include your desired shaft, length, and grip. Hear what Andy from Salisbury, NC had to say about his Acer Mantara Driver, “The first time I used it, I started laughing. Straight down the middle of the fairway!” Click here to buy!

How much time do you spend practicing your putting? Most amateur golfers spend 4-5 times more time on the practice range than the practice green. More shots are from around the green in a round yet this is the least practiced area. The game of golf should be learned from the practice green back to the tee. That means the most practice time should be on putting, then chipping, fairway shots, and finally driving in that order! Yet most golfer’s practice time is just the opposite.

Below are a few putting tips to consider:
1. The average golfer typically uses too much of their wrists in a putting stroke which creates loss of control. To become consistent in putting, the perfect combination of shoulders and arms should be used throughout the putting stroke. Any wrist action involved should be caused by the weight of the putter during your stroke.
2. With your putting stroke, concentrate on your shoulders. On the back swing, your right shoulder moves down and your left shoulder moves up, focusing on your shoulders becoming synchronized. Your right wrist should stay nice and firm throughout (this is for left handed golfers; right handed golfers would be just the opposite). Muscle memory of your putting stroke is essential.
3. A big question is how long a putting stroke is needed. A good starting point is one inch for every foot in the length of the putt. As an example, a five foot putt, bring your putter back five inches, follow through five inches. The keys are following through the same distance as the back swing along with keeping the same tempo back and through the putting stroke. This rule of thumb will need to be adjusted based upon your individual putting stroke, the speed of the greens, or whether you have an uphill or downhill putt. That is why practice, practice, practice is so critical.
4. Most putts are missed because the putter head is not square to the target line (regardless if the target line is correct or not) either in the back swing, at contact, or on the follow through of the putting stroke.
5. There are many theories about hand grip, weight shift, and stance over the ball. These topics will not be discussed in this article as our opinion is if you are comfortable when addressing the ball and master what was discussed above, that is plenty to remember when putting.
6. Finally, one major area the pros consider when putting, that amateurs do not, is where should the putt stop if you miss? For example, if the green is sloped back-to-front, the Tour pro will make sure to leave any miss below the hole for an easier, uphill putt.

Putting is complex and has many components to master. But remember the putting tips above, that more time should be spent on the practice green than on the range. If you change this behavior, there is little doubt your putting stroke will improve and several strokes will be shaven from your score.

The Callaway FT i-brid Left Handed Iron Set have graphite shafts with two i-brid clubs to replace your long irons. The short irons provide forgiveness, distance and accuracy. The deep center of gravity gets the ball in the air quickly and easily. The wide sole and larger hitting area helps the i-brid club glide through the turf reducing digging and that “fat” shot. The left handed iron set includes 4 iron through SW.
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The Callaway Big Bertha 06 left handed irons remain the undisputed leader in golf. For the player looking for a solid game improvement, the Big Bertha irons provide a proven combination of forgiveness and styling. All of the Callaway irons core technologies are still found in these Big Bertha irons. The Callaway irons remain the #1 irons in golf for eight straight years, so why not get yourself into a set of these winning clubs. Click here to buy!

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The Big Bertha Left Handed Driver is the club that started it all. The original Big Bertha was called the “World’s Friendliest Driver” and the first wide body driver in stainless steel. Named after the most famous artillery piece used during World War I, the Big Bertha is still the name everyone knows. Today, there are many Big Bertha Left handed Driver options from the original to Hawk Eye to the War Bird and many more.
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The Cleveland Hibore XLS460 Left Handed Driver separates itself from traditional left handed drivers by aligning the center of gravity projection (CGP) with the center of the club face. The CGP is the single point on the club face where no head rotation occurs at impact. Traditional left handed drivers have a high CGP which makes the top of the club face the only area capable of producing efficient launch conditions. The problem is that when golfers hit the ball high on the face, they sacrifice energy transfer. By aligning the CGP with the hottest part of the face, the Hibore produces higher launching and lower spinning drives without the loss in ball speed typically seen with high face impacts on other drivers. The larger sweet spot resulting from this alignment also produces tighter dispersion.

“There are about a handful of products that you would say actually changed golf,” said Greg Hopkins, president/CEO of Cleveland Golf. “The Hibore driver is definitely going to change golf. We’ve made some good drivers in the past, but the Hibore is in a league of its own.”

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Flexibility, Strength and the Golf Swing
By: John Hinds, PT

Consistency is a universal goal in the game of golf. One sure way to improve your scores is to develop a consistent and repeatable golf swing. Lessons, practice, more lessons and more practice will certainly help develop a more consistent and reliable golf swing but you also need ample flexibility and golf strength. Golf flexibility and strength work together to develop a more consistent and reliable golf swing by promoting a more efficient, stable, balanced and coordinated swing. Adequate golf flexibility and golf strength will enable you to take full advantage of your lessons, your time spent on the range and help reduce the risk of injury.

Golf Flexibility
Although golf is a sport that is generally not considered strenuous, a minimum range of motion or golf flexibility is necessary. Adequate golf flexibility promotes an efficient golf swing by reducing stress on the many muscles, connective tissue and joints involved including those of the neck and back, shoulders, elbows, wrists and hands as well as the hips and knees. Restriction among any of these ‘links’ that make up the ‘kinetic chain’ that is our body promotes compensation. Compensation puts stress on areas above and below the area of restriction and eventually causes injury. For example, restricted shoulder motion causes excessive spinal rotation and can lead to injuries in the back and shoulder and visa versa. Restricted movement also promotes inconsistencies in our golf swing which may manifest themselves as slices, hooks, fat shots, thin shots, etc. Adequate golf flexibility results in a more efficient golf swing.

Golf Strength
Golf strength is important to the golfer for many reasons: yes, strong muscles, tendons, and ligaments help keep us injury free by improving our body’s ability to absorb and distribute the stress of the golf swing. But golf strength training also provides stability and improves our coordination. Golf strength in our legs, hips, back, shoulders and arms, which make up the links that connect our kinetic chain, provides a stable base of support for each succeeding link to work off. This allows the forces we generate throughout the golf swing to be transferred through each link to the club head and golf ball in a more efficient and coordinated manner. Improved efficiency yields greater power with less effort and less stress on the body. Core golf strength (strength in our trunk and hips) is important because it provides the foundation for the extremities to move on. The more stable and efficient our trunk and hips, the more efficient our extremities are. It doesn’t matter how fast your golf swing is, if the foundation on which you are swinging is not stable enough to control the path of the golf club.

Golf Posture
Golf strength also provides the ability to maintain proper golf posture and spinal alignment. The ability to maintain your golf posture throughout the swing is one of the keys to a more consistent and repeatable golf swing. Postural strength and stability, combined with leg, hip and trunk strength, allows for a more reliable axis of rotation throughout the golf swing which allows for more precise coordination of the legs and arms with our core. Good golf posture is also less stressful on your spine and back muscles. The inability to maintain your address posture throughout the golf swing will result in fat shots, thin shots, slices, hooks, pushes and pulls and possible injury.

Golf Balance
With club head speeds averaging 70-110 mph, the golf swing is a very dynamic movement. Good golf balance promotes crisp ball contact by preventing excessive movement such as hip slide or sway. In order to be most efficient and successful, to be more consistent and accurate, we need to maintain our golf balance throughout the swing. Adequate flexibility and proper golf strength training that includes balance training will contribute to a more balanced swing.

Endurance
Strength training also improves our muscular golf endurance which delays the onset of fatigue. Fatigue will cause a breakdown in one or more links within the chain and can lead to any number of faults such as loss of posture, balance, coordination and timing, which is not conducive to an efficient or reliable golf swing. Fatigue also leaves us more vulnerable to injury.

Injury prevention
All of the above reduces the risk of injury and promotes an efficient, more reliable and well coordinated golf swing. Of the hundreds of training devices on the market today, not one is more effective at improving your ability to play the game of golf better than your own body. It’s never too late to start a golf flexibility and strength training program.

Article Sources:
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