http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Jack+Moorehouse Sports Jack Moorehouse Mon, 25 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=87289&ca=Sports Most of us are weekend golfers. If we’re really lucky, and the weather holds, we play on both Saturday and Sunday. If not, we play either Saturday or Sunday. Occasionally, we play during the week but that doesn’t happen too often. Our jobs and families keep us too busy to play regularly. Weekend gol... Sports Jack Moorehouse Mon, 25 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=87291&ca=Sports What’s the difference between a good putter and a bad putter? Usually, we attribute the difference to mechanics. Good mechanics produces good putting. Bad mechanics produces bad putting. At least, that’s what I’ve always stressed and taught in my golf lessons and golf tips. However, research shows t... Sports Jack Moorehouse Mon, 25 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=87292&ca=Sports Weekend golfers often equate “muscle power’ with length off the tee. I see it all the time in my golf lessons. The player swings his or her driver as hard as he or she can, hoping to hit a monster drive. They never do. In fact, swinging the driver harder, as I tell these players, shortens your drive... Sports Jack Moorehouse Mon, 25 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=87293&ca=Sports What’s the difference between a player with a high golf handicap and one with a low golf handicap? Often, it’s the low handicapper’s ability to get up and down on a hole. Or, in other words, it’s the low handicapper’s ability to turn three (or more) shots into two around the green. It’s called scori... Sports Jack Moorehouse Mon, 25 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=87295&ca=Sports How can I generate more distance off the tee? Recreational players, it seems, are always looking for golf tips on how to generate more distance off the tee. While proper technique is the true secret to generating distance off the tee, other isolated factors also affect distance. Taking advantage of... Sports Jack Moorehouse Fri, 18 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=76613&ca=Sports Always going for broke can cost your strokes and inflate golf handicap. Still there are times when going for broke is called for—like when the club championship is on the line or you need a birdie to break 70 or 80 for the first time. If your luck’s like mine, that’s usually when you face a pretty t... Sports Jack Moorehouse Fri, 18 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=76612&ca=Sports Supposedly, Tiger Woods used his driver only once in winning the 2006 British Open. In its place, he used low irons and fairway woods. I’m not sure exactly sure how many times he used his driver, but it wasn’t much, highlighting something I advocate in my golf lessons and golf tips—knowing when to l... Sports Jack Moorehouse Fri, 30 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=63587&ca=Sports When I mention the word basics in my golf lessons, players start thinking about things like grip, posture, ball position, alignment, and so on. That’s only natural. Golf pros talk so much about these subjects in golf instruction sessions that players assume they’re the focus when the discussion come... Sports Jack Moorehouse Fri, 30 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=63588&ca=Sports Everyone eventually lands in a bad lie. It’s just a fact of life. Even a good shot sometimes ends up in a divot. Shots off the mark, on the other hand, sometimes land on bare ground or in the rough. Pitching successfully from a bad lie cuts strokes from your score and positions you for your next sho... Sports Jack Moorehouse Thu, 22 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=61746&ca=Sports The chip shot is one of the easiest to learn in the game. Yet, many recreational players have trouble hitting the short chip shot, even after several golf instruction sessions. In fact, they’re so bad, they substitute their putter for wedge, which isn’t always wise, as I explain in my golf lessons....