Dr, and The Medic Game Improvement Tip and The Rules Quiz

Dr. and The Medic: Trapped Behind

Problem

You’re not sure where the clubhead is during your backswing. You lose your balance during your swing and often suffer backache following your round.

Cure

Your hands may be getting trapped behind during your backswing. This results in a flat swing plane. In order to effect a correction to hit the ball, your body must turn quickly, often causing loss of balance and creating huge pressure on the vertebrae of your lower back. You need to develop a steeper swing plane.

Therapy

With the club held only in your left hand, practise swinging always ensuring your left hand is in front of your body throughout. Lift your arm up higher than normal on the backswing. Put your right hand on the club and check your swing plane in a window or mirror. What may feel steep will look correct. With the correct plane, you will be able to effect a more solid downswing that will not hurt your back and produce much better balance throughout the swing.

The Rules Quiz

Just for fun this week see how much you really know about the rules of golf. Taken from “999 Questions on The Rules Of Golf” by Barry Rhodes.

Q1. True or False: A fellow competitor or spectator, may not assist a competitor in removing a large loose impediment.

Q2. True or False: Time spent in playing a wrong ball is not counted in the five minute period permitted for searching for a ball.

Q3. True or False: A player who is naturally right-handed may carry a left-handed club to use for shots where she might otherwise have to turn a clubhead over, for example, where her ball is lying against a tree.

Last weeks answers:

Q1. True or False: You hit your ball into a totally flooded bunker. There is no place in the bunker you can drop. There is no penalty for dropping outside the bunker at the nearest point of relief. Answer: False

Q2. True or False: A player carrying a broomhandle putter is entitled to use it when measuring relief. Answer: True

Q3. True or False: In a match Nick places his putter gently on the ground in front of his ball in the act of lining up a putt. Padraig claims the hole saying Nick has illegally touched the line of the putt. Padraig is correct. Answer: False

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