For golf fans, whether professional or just starting out, the quest for the perfect swing is often a top priority for perfecting their game. While some golfers may have the resources to pay professional trainers to help improve their game, others may look to improve their swing through golf swing trainers such as the Refiner Golf Training Aid. How a golf swing trainer device works, the diversity of the aids available, the effectiveness of the product, and the reputation of the manufacturer are all things that a golfer looks for when deciding on which golf swing training device to use. This article will explore the Refiner Golf Training Aid and try to determine if this product can live up to its claims.

The Refiner Golf Training Aid works on a patented hinge principal which claims to make it possible to improve your swing by feel instead of swing mechanics. Refiner Golf states that a golfer uses the Refiner Golf Training Aid just as they would a normal club throughout the swing up to the point of connecting with the ball. If anything is wrong in the golfers swing, the club will hinge and make it impossible to finish the swing to completion. It is said that the Refiner Golf Training Aid can detect and help improve problems such as excessive grip pressure, an open or closed club face, bad swing plane, and improper lower body movements. Aside from the ability to detect such swing problems, the Refiner Golf Training Aid also comes with a variety of clubs.

Most golfers will realize that in addition to using a driver to hit the ball a long distance they also need to improve their skills in using other types of clubs in order to hit the ball a shorter distance, chip, and putting. Because of this fact, the Refiner Golf Training Aid program offers four styles of clubs including a driver, a 5 iron, a chipper, and a putter. The website says that you can purchase these clubs separately depending on your specific needs or pick from three different combination packages of clubs for specific goals. The clubs are offered in men, women, and junior lengths with some, but not all, available with a left hand option or you can custom order specific length clubs if needed.

The Refiner Golf Training Aid makes some awesome and what would seem to be difficult o believe claims but testimonials on their website indicate that they have many satisfied customers. The company claims that while there are other hinged Golf Swing training aids available, the Refiner Golf Training Aid product is superior due to its patented hinge design that can easily be calibrated by the user to suit their own preferences. With the purchase of any Refiner Golf Training Aid product, you will also get a 30 minute instructional video with PGA trainer Rick Bradshaw demonstrating how to use the product. The Refiner Golf Training Aid has been around since 1992 and is said to have a solid reputation in the golfing industry. Refiner Golf is said to have an excellent warranty on all of their trainers and offer a 30 day money back guarantee if you feel that your golf game does not improve. It is also said that Refiner Golf employs a unique advertising strategy which brings the cost of its product down to a level other companies can not meet.

As you may now realize there are many reasons why the Refiner Golf Training Aid is getting a lot of attention thorough out the golfing world. With its inexpensive price, variety of clubs, and patented design, it may well live up to its claims. While most companies make claims that are hard to believe, reviews of the Refiner Golf products do indicate that while people are not becoming golfing professionals over night, the Refiner Golf Training Aid products do improve their game.

Rick Churchill
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Everyone knows that exercise is an important component of a plan for overall health. Usually, the more exercise you can fit into your day, the greater chance you will have to keep your weight at a healthy level and the more likely will you be to strengthen and train your heart and lungs to improve their function. Golf is a great sport that can be played over one’s entire lifespan, from child to adult, and it can be used, along with a proper diet and regular doctor visits, as a part of a healthy and active lifestyle.

As any athlete can tell you, if you go out and play a hard game of anything without proper training beforehand, you are much more likely to get hurt. Smart golfers often start training before their golf season begins. They use a series of golf conditioning exercises that focuses on strengthening the muscles used in the pursuit of playing golf: the center or core of the body, arms, shoulders and legs. They also perform exercises that are used to improve the player’s coordination, balance and flexibility, all of which are crucial components for any golf player’s game.

It is important to remember that for golf conditioning to be most useful, you should start the exercise routine a month or two before you plan to start your golf season. Many people find that they are stronger on one side of their body, and a bit weaker on the other. These imbalances can affect your game, but they also can be corrected with proper golf conditioning exercises. Stretches are also included to help improve your range of motion. Think about the contortions your body goes through when you reach all the way down to place a ball on a tee, or even more, when your perform a swing. A body that is not in good condition is more likely to sustain injury, which means that you will be on the sidelines resting rather than enjoying your sport, so a little pre-season conditioning is a great way to prevent that.

Golf can help improve your cardiovascular system if you walk between holes rather than take a Golf Cart. Even a fairly slow walk sustained for thirty minutes can burn approximately 130 calories, so even little bits of walking in between holes can really add up. Walking on a regular basis can help you lose a little weight or assist you in maintaining your current weight, it can strengthen your cardiovascular system when you walk at faster speeds, and walking can even help relieve the stresses that we carry with us throughout the day. Simply head out to your favorite Golf Courses and improve your health by playing golf today.

Jonathan Blocker
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You’ve seen them everywhere you go; on TV, in the stores, on the course, even your last company golf tournament. Personalized golf novelties can very effective in almost every situation. Whether it’s advertising, promotion, celebration, or identification, these items are great.

Personalized golf tees are a great promotional tool that can be used almost like a form of business card. They can be imprinted with your name or business website on them in just about any color and size. The great thing about them is how economical they are. This type of advertising can be bought in large bulk quantities that are very cheap.

Personalized or logoed golf balls are often used as wedding favors with the bride and grooms name and special day imprinted on the ball as a memory for the guests. These logoed golf balls are also used for identification of your own ball on the course. Since every player is required to have a unique distinct marking on their own ball this is the perfect way to do it. Even the great Tiger Woods has his name marked on his Golf Balls. This can help prevent anyone else hitting your ball (and gaining a penalty) if your name is tattooed on it visibly.

You can also use these other golf novelties such as hats, visors, or t-shirts, as prizes at company parties, golf tournaments, picnics, or as simple little bonuses. They work as great advertising for the company. Everyone loves to get a free hat or t-shirt to wear so you can’t go wrong.

As you see on television or simply on the pro tours many players are endorsed and paid big money to wear some of these personalized novelties. The thing is you don’t have to be a celebrity or a pro golfer to use these little promotions or pieces of memorabilia to your advantage. They can be used by anyone in the most creative ways possible.

Whether you’re a big golf fan yourself or you know that your audience or guests enjoy the game, don’t be afraid to use one of these great little golf novelties. They can turn out to be a very effective tool or simply something to put a smile on your face.

John Bolt
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Have you ever considered how important the driver is as part of your golf equipment? There is a propensity for less inexperienced golfers to go out and by the biggest and meanest looking club in the golf shop but if it doesn’t suit your style, mainly your swing speed then you will be heading off into the trees in search of your ball more often than not following a tee shot.

Golf Equipment should contain a small selection of drivers and in this report, we’ll look at some of the aspects required in the make up of this all important tee shot club.

Golf Equipment And The Driver

There are different variations to a golf driver and players will use them where appropriate. In a standard bag of clubs there are usually three… 1,3 and 5 wood however, the more experienced a player is, the more likely their golf quipment will contain more drivers. The head of the club is a topic of discussion. The larger heads are coming more into vogue today for several reasons.

It’s considered the bigger the head of the driver the more chance a player has of connecting with the ball in what is known as the sweet zone area. Take a look at the pro golf circuit today and it seems more and more professionals have a club in their bag with a larger head. They look a little ungainly in use but their effectiveness in gaining more leverage in power at the connection point seems unquestioned.

Club Weighting

Weighting of clubs is a vital component of today’s clubs as players can adjust the height they hit the ball or control shots such as a draw or fade. Slicers eager to find a quick solution to their problem may go for a club with more of a draw bias and vice versa for a player who tends to hook a lot.

With a larger club head on a driver, the launch angle to penetrate greater distances is higher and golfers today are tending to steer towards this direction. A driver with a higher loft degree is highly recommended although if you are a beginner and receiving coaching then check with your mentor first who may be keener for you to build a little more control into your game before you start to worry about head design features on clubs.

Golf Equipment-The Driver Shaft

How flexible should the driver shaft be? This is a perplexing question for average players who seem confused by the give in a shaft. It’s reasoned that the more flexibility a shaft has the greater power behind the point of impact. This is true in a sense but be careful you don’t waste money here unneccessarily. Why? Because shaft flexibility should be in relation to the swing speed of a person’s swing. The slower the swing the more flexible the shaft; the faster the swing, the less flexible the shaft for better accuracy.

Dean Caporella
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This is actually the second round of golf for the 2007 year and was played on March 30, 2007. I usually play once a week during the golfing year and am around a bogey golfer. I have not ever calculated a handicap as I am not that serious a golfer. I enjoy being out in the open away from everything and getting fresh air. I normally golf with 2 other co-workers who don’t keep score and don’t necessarily follow golfing etiquette or rules.

The first hole is a par 4. We will be using the orange tees, which are one less than the longest blue tees. Later in the year, we will start hitting from the long tees once we get into the season. This hole is about 400 yards straight south with a slight slope down to the green. The handicap on this hole is a 5, so this is the 5th hardest hole on the course. This may be due to the fact that normal winds would be from the south, so you would be hitting into that wind. Today, there is not much wind to speak of at the first tee.

OK, before we tee off, the group ahead of us must be either really bad or just started golfing. The group is teeing off from the blue tees and at least half of them didn’t make it past the women’s tee box. This might be a long round. To show how serious we are, the first joke at the tee goes like this: “After the golfer hit his shot only 20 yards off the tee, the fellow golfer immediately noted the obvious problem. He stated that his fellow duffer was standing too close to the golf ball after he hit it.” Think about it for a second and you will get it.

I used a driver off the tee. I have a discount, clone golf driver that has a loft of 9.5 degree. It was fitted to me, and I finally figured out how to hit it early last year. I drove it right down the center in the fairway about 250 yards. This left me with 150 yards to the pin, down hill. My 8 iron is my 150 yard club, so this was an ideal spot for me. I hit the golf ball pin high, but off the green to the left about 45 feet. I used a pitching wedge to within 15 feet of the golf hole and two putted. This gave me a bogey for the hole. Average for me, but I felt I was in good position off the drive. I had a little draw on my 8-iron and this took the ball off the left side of the green.

Hole number 2 is another par 4 that is a dog leg left. It is about 390 yards long and handicapped as the third hardest hole on the golf course. I used a 3 wood off the tee and pushed it a little to the right off the fairway in the rough. Again, this left me about 150 yards out. I again went to my 8 iron, but ended up short in the sand bunker guarding the front of the green. My sand play is not the best, so I am always disappointed to be in the sand. I again didn’t hit my 8 iron well, but it was on line to the pin. I hit out of the sand bunker with my sand wedge past the pin about 23 feet. I putted to 8 feet, then putted 3 feet past and then holed it on the third putt. This gave me a double bogey, which was really a disappointment, again. I was out in the nice weather, though, so it wasn’t all bad.

Hole number 3 is a short par 4 with a dog leg right just at the end of the fairway and guarded by water on the right in front of the green. It is handicapped at 11 for the course. I used a 3 iron off the tee to stay short of the water and hopefully give myself about 130 to 150 yards to the green. I ended up on the right side of the fairway about 136 yards out. Just what I was planning! This is just right for a hard 9 iron, so that is what I pulled from the Golf Bag. Unfortunately, I put 2 straight in the water. The third ended up about 40 feet from the hole on the green. I putted to within 2 feet and then putted in the hole. By my calculation, I took a 7 for a triple bogey. Real disappointment, but I played from the tee exactly like I wanted and putted well.

The next hole is number 4 and is a par 3 about 130 yards long. The handicap on this hole is a 17, so plays quite easy. I used a 9 iron and hit the green within 21 feet of the pin. Putted to within 2 feet and putted in for a par! Now things are looking up.

Hole number 5 is a par 5 about 415 yards long and is handicapped at number 9. I used my driver and hit the cart path which gave me a little extra distance. I ended up about 150 yards from the pin, but behind some trees. I used my 8 iron and hit a branch, but ended up in the middle of the fairway about 75 yards out. I used my pitching wedge and ended up on the right side of the green, but on within 26 feet of the pin. Putted to within 7 feet, then putted 3 feet past. Putted it in and took a bogey. I need to get my putting stroke down.

The next hole is number 6. It is a par 4 about 350 yards long. It is handicapped at number 13. I used my driver and muffed it out to the left rough with about 220 yards to go to the hole. I used a 6 iron to about 50 yards out. A sand wedge got me to the left edge of the green and a 32 foot putt. Putted to 3 feet and then in for another bogey.

Number 7 is a 320 yard par 4 and handicapped at 15. I used a driver and hit to within about 50 yards of the green right in the middle of the fairway! A pitching wedge ended up about 2 foot off the front of the green. Putted to within 1 foot of the hole and tapped in for my first par of the round!

Hole number 8 is a par 3 about 167 yards long and over a ditch. It is handicapped at number 7. I used a 4 iron into a slight breeze. The tee shot ended up off the right side of the green about 40 yards out in the rough just past pin high. I used a sand wedge and landed on the green about 40 foot from the pin. Putted to within 4 feet and then putted in for another bogey.

The number one handicapped hole is number 9. It is a par 5 playing about 495 yards today. I used a driver and pushed the tee shot out right and ended up in the number 1 fairway with about 320 yards to go to the green. I used a 3 wood and hit to the left edge of the fairway about 100 yards out from the green. Actually, the golf ball ended up about 2 inches into the rough off the fairway. I used a pitching wedge to the middle of the green and about 36 feet from the pin. Putted to 8 foot and putted to 1inch. I tapped it into the hole for another bogey.

By my calculations, I played the front nine at 10 over par. This is about normal for my golf round where I expect to shoot around bogey. Now on to the back nine.

Kevin T. Fairbanks
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