Golf for Women

Golf has different challenges for different people. After15 years of teaching, reams of statistical analysis, and the opportunity to coach some premiere female players, I’ve found some common challenges that face female golfers.

I’m Scott Nichol, founder of Golf IQ. I’m a Canadian PGA Teaching Pro and have taught many female golfers. I designed my own golf training aids based on actual students. Unlike some other training aids, mine come in women’s sizes. I’ve designed them with the female golfer in mind. So let’s look out how we can help you face those challenges.

One of the most common misconceptions about elite golfers is that men are better ball strikers and that women are better at the short game. Ironically the opposite is true.

1. The leader in GIR on the PGA Tour in 2005 hit 71.8% of greens in regulation.
2. The leader on the LPGA Tour hit 77.2% of greens in regulation.

In other words – the LPGA leader hit more greens in regulation than the PGA leader. But it’s a slightly different story with putting.

1. The putting leader on the LPGA tour took an average of 1.75 putts per green in regulation
2. The leader on the PGA Tour took 1.70 putts per green in regulation.

What does all this mean? According to the statistics, men are better putters and women are better ball strikers. In my work with amateur golfers I have found that women golfers often come to me with complaints of too many 3 putts, and/or missing short putts.

So what can we do about it? I’ve got some tips to help you improve your putting. I also created golf training aids specifically designed to help with your putting technique.

The keys to a sound putting stroke can be summed up in two words: stability and squareness. Find out more at Make More Putts. The Golf IQ S-Factor will teach you how to master these critical elements of the putting stroke.

You know that the key to improving your putting is practice. But what should you practice? When practicing your putting it is best to make good use of your time to solidify your stroke mechanics, while at the same time improving your ability to make putts. Make time to practice your putting, whether you’re at the range, or at home or in your office.

We have some great practice routines and a simple practice aid that can be used at home, the office or on the practice green. Improve your putting practice time with the Golf IQ Putting Pocket.

Most putters are made 35 inches long which makes it difficult for golfers under 6 feet tall to take the correct putting posture. Many female golfers are playing with putters that are way to long for them. Follow the directions on making more putts to learn how to determine if your putter is the right length for you and if you have a sound putting set up.

Get a properly fit putter, improve your stroke mechanics, and make the most of your practice time and your scores will drop. I guarantee it.

See how our golf putting package can help you be a better putter.

Many female golfers struggle to hit the ball far enough to reach greens in regulation which puts too much pressure on their short game for them to score as well as they would like. A common misunderstanding that I hear from female golfers is that they do not have enough “upper body” strength to hit the ball as far as their male counterparts. While this may be true to a certain extent, I have seen several women of small stature and less than average strength who are able to regularly hit their drives 250 yards. How do they do it?

While it may seem impossible to increase club head speed without swinging harder, the search for effortless power is something that is within the reach of every golfer.

The key to generating this feeling of effortless power is to learn to harness the power of centrifugal force while you swing the golf club. Centrifugal force is a force that tends to move objects away from the center in a system undergoing circular motion. Centrifugal force is what keeps the water in a whirling bucket from spilling.

In the golf swing, centrifugal force is the reason that Annika Sorenstam looks like she is hardly even swinging the club but can regularly launch the ball in excess of 300 yards. It is often described as “letting the club do the work”.

This elusive feeling is something that golfers feel like they have some days, but other days the club feels like a sledgehammer. Golf IQ’s Swing Accelerator is the first training club that has been designed to teach you how to feel this elusive force using auditory feedback.

Here are some more hints for ways to increase your distance.

A common complaint among less advanced female golfers is that all of her clubs go virtually the same distance. This happens for two reasons. The first reason is a lack of club head speed. I recommend that instead you try the Swing Accelerator and more importantly you learn to harness the power of one of nature’s most powerful entities: centrifugal force.

Once you have built up your club head speed another way to increase the distance between your clubs is to look right at your clubs. Most irons for women are made with men’s lofts and are ½ inch shorter than men’s standard offerings. One sure fire way to increase the distance between your clubs is to make sure that your irons are progressively shorter by 1 inch instead of ½ inch and that the lofts are progressively higher by six degrees instead of the standard four. You will find that this set configuration will also allow you to put more fairway woods in your bag, which are easier to hit than long irons for any player with lower club head speed.

See how golf training aids can really help you improve your practice time and your game.

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