Learn the Game the Right Way

The parts of golf nobody explains clearly — how to choose clubs, how handicaps work, how to read a green and how not to annoy everyone on the course.

Plain-English guides to the fundamentals every golfer needs: choosing the right clubs, understanding handicaps, reading greens and mastering the etiquette that makes you welcome anywhere. Written for new and improving golfers, with a local Arkansas eye.

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How to Choose Golf Clubs: A Buyer's Guide

How to choose golf clubs — a plain-English guide to drivers, irons, wedges and putters, shaft flex, game-improvement design and when to get fitted.

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Kit & the RulesGetting equipped and understanding the numbers.

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Golf Handicaps Explained

Golf handicaps explained in plain English — what a handicap index is, how the World Handicap Sy…

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Golf Course Etiquette

A clear guide to golf course etiquette for new golfers — pace of play, repairing the course, sa…

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When Does Golf Season Start in Arkansas?

When golf season starts in Arkansas and the best months to play — why the River Valley is nearl…

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Skills That Lower ScoresThe practice that actually pays off.

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Reading the Green

How to read a green and hole more putts — judging break, grain and speed, plus simple drills to…

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Short-Game Tips to Lower Your Scores

The short-game skills that shave the most strokes — chipping, pitching and bunker basics — plus…

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Course Management

How smarter decisions — not better ball-striking — lower your scores: aiming for the fat side, …

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