What Gifts to Give for a Keen Golfer in 2012?
| Every year golf technology seems to move at a faster and faster pace. It barely seems a few years ago people were marvelling at drivers with metal heads, now we have them forged from titanium, attached to shafts so flexible they could be Olympic gymnasts. Like computer technology, golf manufacturers are always searching for the [...] |  |
How Golfers can Qualify for the 2016 Olympic Golf Tournament
| After over 100 years of absence, golf will return to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. Some of the game’s biggest names will finally have the chance to get their hands on an Olympic gold medal; the first awarded since Canadian George Lyon won gold at the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis. [...] |  |
5 Worst Golf Gifts you Want to Avoid in 2012
| Every year golfers await their birthday with a mix of both expectation and trepidation. While your nearest and dearest may well have listened to your sage advice and done their utmost to procure you the jumper, club or golf balls that you desire, there will always be a member of the family who struggles to [...] |  |
Rehabilitation Through Golf – How Wounded Soldiers Rebuild Their Lives
| There are many reasons we choose to play golf. For some of us, it is just the chance to socialise with friends for a few hours, others have a deep and abiding love of the game, for many, the game is akin to an addiction that needs to be sated. A few of us, however, [...] |  |
The most Beautiful Golf Swing: Luke Donald
| The conventional golf wisdom is that to cope with the length of most tour courses nowadays, golfers have to hit the ball as far as possible. For many years, Tiger Woods length from the tee provided the cornerstone of his success. Many other top golfers now regularly spank the ball 300 yards or more down [...] |  |
Where and how to Position a Rake: In or out of the Golf Bunker?
| Here’s a good question for all you lovers of the Rules of Golf and it is one that certainly had me stumped for a while; where and how do you position a rake at a bunker once you have finished playing your shot from the sand and have prepared the bunker for the next group? [...] |  |
How to Maintain Pristine Golf Gear Through the Winter
| For many fair weather golfers, winter signals an unwelcome hiatus in golfing activities in many parts of the world. A combination of poor weather, fewer sunlight hours and soggy conditions on courses, can mean that many golfers have an enforced break every twelve months or so. That said, it is important to take care of [...] |  |
Disabled Golfers: The Paradox of the ‘Handicap’
| Ask any golfer what their handicap is and you’ll likely get told a fairly simple answer. Some may be low handicappers only being awarded a few shots each round, other golfers may be high handicappers, receiving at least a shot on each hole, two on some. Others will be somewhere in between the two, receiving [...] |  |
Tips on How to Choose a Good Golf Shoe?
| A good golf shoe is like a referee in a soccer game, you don’t notice the good ones, only the poor ones. A good golf shoe will fit snugly to your feet, keeping your feet warm, dry and comfortable. They won’t chafe around the angles or heel, or make your feet ache even after 18-holes [...] |  |
Happy New Year to our Fellow Golfers
| Gorilla Golf Blog team wishes a Happy and Healthy 2012 to all of our fellow golfers. Stayed tuned this year for even more thought provoking and stimulating articles! |  |
