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Golf Swing Tips: Part 4

In this fourth part of our Golf Swing Tips series, we discuss many aspects of the complete golf swing. Are you keeping up? Part three of this guide is available here.

Golf Swing Tips: Part 3

In this third part of our Golf Swing Tips series, we discuss balance, general swing tips, takeaway and more. Part two is here and part one is available here.

Golf Swing Tips: Part 2

In this second part of our Golf Swing Tips series, we discuss rhythm, backswing, muscles and more. Part one of this guide is available here .

In this series of articles we help you simplify your golf swing and focus on hitting the ball as cleanly and powefully as possible. The golf swing is the most important part of the game, but it's something that can be discussed endlessly. Subscribe to our RSS feed for the rest of the golf swing tips series.

Hitting a driver off the fairway

HItting the ball off the fairway can be a dangerous, but extemely useful, golf shot. Try our tips to see if you're ready for this stroke-saving shot.

Curing the hook shot

The hook is often the result of any number of set-up problems. Generally, the hands have crept too much to the right, a position which is known as a strong, or hooker's, grip. And as the hands creep round, the shoulders tend to get more and more closed, until they are aiming too much to the right.

Choosing a starter set of golf clubs

You don't have to mortgage the house to buy your first set of golf clubs. Golfing legends such as Seve Ballesteros and Lee Trevino started out with only a few clubs and so could you.

The most commonly misunderstood rules in golf

The old axiom that "rules were made to be broken" certainly does not apply to golf, though one might get a different impression from watching some of the people who play the game. Many golfers simply do not fully understand certain rules, and as a result, break them.

The winning golf clubs used by Y.E. Yang

Y.E. Yang shocked the world when he won the final major of 2009 - the USPGA Championship - from the #1 golfer in the world, Tiger Woods. Yang's victory was as marvellous as it was convincing, and the real beauty is that no-one could have called it.

50 hot golfing accounts on Twitter

Presuming you haven't been in a coma for a year or two, you'll know what Twitter is. You might not use it - yet, and you might not like it. But you can't deny it's ever-increasing performance in this climate of internet free speech, up-to-the-second news and micro-blogging.

Can anyone stop Tiger Woods at the USPGA?

Tiger Woods leads the US PGA Championship at Hazeltine by four shots at the halfway stage and things are looking ominous. Sick of hearing the press give the trophy to Tiger before he's hit a ball? Check out some of the omens, records and stats about Tiger Woods at the majors of golf.

Top courses of the world: #1 Monaco Golf Club

In this new feature our American reporter Rob "Bunker" Bradshaw showcases some of the most exclusive and amazing golf courses from across the world. First up is the fabulous Monaco Golf Club - home of salubrious surroundings, expensive pleasures and Americans with big sticks.

10 golfers who changed the game forever

Deciding who's the best golfer of all time is a pointless and fruitless task - you can't compare men of different eras. Some men have changed the game forever without winning as many majors as Jack or Tiger. In this article we take a look at the men who have changed golf forever - and for the better.

Cink pips veteran Watson to Open Championship in playoff

Stewart Cink won the 138th Open Championship at Turnberry in dramatic circumstances. After four days play, Americans Tom Watson and Stewart Cink couldn't be separated and took each other on in a 4-hole playoff. Cink is 23 years his junior and it showed as Watson struggled to keep up and eventually lost by six shots.

Open 2009: Tiger toils at Turnberry

Red-hot favourite and world number one Tiger Woods toiled at the tricky Turnberry course today on day one of the 138th Open Championship. Woods has won three tournaments this year and few could look further than the 14-time major winner to lift a fourth Claret Jug. However the Ailsa course had other ideas.

Open Championship: Watson does a Norman and takes lead at Turnberry

59-year old golf legend Tom Watson snatched the lead at Turnberry with a first round 65 in good conditions today. The five-time winner of The Open Championship is five under - one shot ahead of unfancied Australian John Senden.

Reasons to love The Open Championship

The Open Championship is the oldest major in golf. Referred to in America as "The British Open", most others know it simply as "The Open". There's just something so grand about the original tournament of golf, originally competed by fields of 8 Scottish golfers. It's tough but it's full of history. If you strike the ball well, you're probably going to be in the running come Sunday.

Open Preview: Tiger takes inspiration from Federer

Tiger Woods and Roger Federer share more than just a Gillette sponsorship, the two superstars are friends and in regular contact - and a little rivalry. So after Roger's recent ascension to the most decorated tennis player of all time and passing Woods' total of grand slams in doing so, you'd expect a little banter between the two.

Open Championship preview: Odds and sods

We take a look at the golfers hoping to win the 138th Open Championship at Turnberry this week. Who will win? What are the odds? We lay our money down...

Tiger Woods & Lee Westwood paired at Open Championship

Three-time Open champion and reigning world number one Tiger Woods has been paired with Englishman Lee Westwood on day one of the 138th Open Championship at Turnberry this Thursday.

Why you aren't a pro golfer

If you're reading this article then you probably play, and love, golf. And if you're anything like us, then you've probably harboured ambitions of turning pro and making shedloads of money. However, some of us find it difficult to assess our own weaknesses and get a bit of levity on things. Fear not - we can do the hard job for you. Here's why you aren't a pro golfer.

40 reasons to love Golf

Golf is a cruel game and it can sometimes be difficult to remember why we spend so much time and money playing it. Let us remind you why you fell in love with the most wicked of sports with our tongue-in-cheek guide to keeping every golfer sane.

The 50 most annoying things about Golf

Golf can be the most frustrating, annoying and downright obnoxious of games. Sure, like a cruel mistress we love it and can't live without it, but when its back is turned we have a good moan about it. Let's blow off some steam...

Tiger Woods at the British Open Championship

Tiger Woods has had an up and down affair with the oldest major in golf - The Open. A winner three times, Woods has had missed chances, hearbreak after his father's death and classic displays of the famed Woods mental strength.

10 tips to network on the golf course

Golf is a game of networking and there are many opportunities for success and failure on the course. If you're not close friends with your boss then a game of golf could be a daunting prospect. Follow our tongue-in-cheek guide to playing with the boss to get ahead or avoid the sack.

Extreme 19th hole - Legend Golf & Safari Resort, Africa

The hardest golf holes in the world

You probably think you've played a few tough holes - maybe a 300 yard par 3 or a tricky dogleg par 4 at your local course. Maybe you've played all over the world and feel like you know a thing or two about golf. Either way, nothing can prepare you for these immense, challenging and in some cases beautiful golf holes.

Tiger roars again ahead of Open

Tiger Woods added the PGA National title to the Arnold Palmer Invitational and the Jack Nicklaus Memorial championship he won earlier this year - entering form just in time for the British Open at Turnberry.

Tiger Woods Facts

Tiger Woods has been labelled "the most marketable man in sport" but is more than just a money-making machine. A prodigious talent, Woods' whiter-than-white image, coupled with his mixed-race heritage means he cross many boundaries and is without doubt the richest and most recognisable man in sport.

10 reasons to take up golf

Looking for a push in your decision to take up golf? Maybe you just want to settle an argument about why golf isn't just a good walk spoiled. Whatever your reasons, we're here to convince you golf is a great game, and here's 10 good reasons why.

US Open: Tiger taunted by drunks

Tiger Woods had more than the usual water hazards to deal with at the US Open yesterday, sections of the crowd appeared to heckle players as they hit their shots on the Bethpage course. This year's US Open has been a strange affair, with awkward tee-off times thanks to buckets of rain and a schedule so tight many players have lost their normal rhythm and poise.

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