Online Help For Golfers
The Internet is a great invention. In fact, it’s one of the greatest ever. It’s also among the best resources around for learning about a topic. Usually, all you have to do is type a keyword or two in a search engine and you’ll get a wealth of information on a topic. It wasn’t always that way, though. In the early days the Internet was rather cumbersome to use. But thanks to the World Wide Web, the Internet is now among the world’s most practical information gathering tools.
For golfers looking to improve their golf handicaps or who just want to play more, the Internet is a godsend. It provides everything from online golf tips and video golf lessons to descriptions of golf courses and details on golf trips abroad. It even provides in-depth information on equipment and training aids. It helps both amateurs and professionals. And it’s simple to use.
Below are two sites we uncovered that will interest today’s golfers. One is designed to help you improve your golf handicap. The other is designed to help you enjoy playing the game pain-free. We’ll continue to monitor the Internet and highlight sites like these as we discover them.
Shot By Shot (www.shotbyshot.com)
This Web site is for those serious about cutting their golf handicaps. Created by Golf Research Associates (GRA), formed in 1989 to develop and market statistically based, golf performance analysis programs. The site provides a complete statistical analysis of your game. It analyzes everything from the long game and sand shots to the short game and putting, and it applies proprietary methods of analysis to determine your strengths and weaknesses. What’s good about this easy-to-use site is that it not only provides detailed reports on how you played, but also pinpoints where you need to improve first.
ShotByShot’s proprietary methods analyze every part of your game. Its methods have been tested and refined over the last 10 years, resulting in an accurate game analysis program based on a database that now exceeds 24,000 rounds. Professional golfers use the site to improve their games. So do amateurs. The Golf Digest and Pinehurst Instruction Schools uses the site to improve student’s play, as do the men’s and women’s college golf teams at Clemson, Duke, and North Carolina. GOLF Magazine gave the site, which has an annual subscription fee, an “Excellent” rating.
ShotByShot embodies the creator’s idea that traditional statistics (fairways hit, greens-in-regulation, sand saves, and the number of putts) provide little insight into how you play. In fact, they could even be misleading when used as performance indicators. The sites approach enables avid golfers to accurately determine the strengths and weaknesses of their games. This information focuses a player’s practice efforts and accelerates his or her improvement process.
The site is simple to use. First you record the data on your scorecard as you play. The site provides special scorecards you can print out to make the process easier. Then you enter the data into the site. Next, you select a target golf handicap group. The site then compares your results with that of your target group. After comparing data, the site reveals which area of your game you need to practice the most. Given this information, you can focus your practices on improving this area. Once you’ve improved the area, you can start the process all over again, until you get to where your want to be in terms of skill.
GolfersMD (www.golfersmd.com)
GolfersMD is another good resource for golfers. The official health and fitness content partner of the Golf Channel, it specializes in health information for golfers looking to improve their health and their game. GolfersMD is a comprehensive online health community, dedicated exclusively to injury prevention and treatment for golfers. Through insightful articles, expert-hosted videos, and an ever-growing community of golfers sharing information, GolfersMD educates, enlightens and empowers golfers with solution-focused content.
The site covers the top golf injuries, including back pain, knee pain, and shoulder injuries. It provides a symptom checker to help you pinpoint your health problem as well as a doctor finder to help you locate physicians near you who specialize in golf–related health problems. It provides insightful article and videos on topics like hydrating your body for better golf and the impact of caffeine on golf performance. And it provides the latest news and information on technology and equipment to maintain a golfer’s health.
In addition, there’s a forum where golfers can discuss health-related issues and an extensive library of health-related videos, as well as mental tips from Dr. Morris Pickens, psychology coach for Zach Johnson, 2007 Masters Champion. Other topics covered include physical fitness with Dr. Robert Donatelli, nutrition with Susan Hill, and short game, full swing, and playing equipment with Jerrett Garner. There’s even a Web store where you can buy health-related products online.
GolfersMD.com provides valuable practical health-related information to help gofers of all golf handicaps play pain free. ShotByShot.com offers practical advice to help golfers of all golf handicaps excel. They’re just two of the many Web sites out there devoted to improving your game. Given time and the creativity of entrepreneurs, more and more of these sites will emerge. We’ll keep you posted.
About the Author
Jack Moorehouse is the author of the best-selling book How To Break 80 And Shoot Like The Pros. He is NOT a golf pro, rather a working man that has helped thousands of golfers from all seven continents lower their handicap immediately. Free weekly newsletter available with the latest golf tips, lessons and instructions.
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