Choose Basin Harbor for Your Vermont Golf Outing or Fundraiser!Here at Basin Harbor, you’ve got one of the best venues anywhere in Vermont for a golf tournament, corporate outing, or fundraiser. That’s certainly partly because of the quality of the Basin Harbor Golf Club: a championship 18-hole course boasting better than 6,500 yards and a…
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IS INCONSISTENT PUTTING PREVENTING YOU FROM LOWER SCORES? One putting mechanic that is often over looked and can produce inconsistent putting is grip pressure! In particular, consistent grip pressure during the ENTIRE stroke. In terms of grip pressure, imagine measuring your grip pressure on a scale of 1 to 10. ? One being so light…
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WOULD YOU LIKE TO FINISH STRONG AT THE END OF A ROUND, EVEN WHEN YOU FEEL TIRED? Late in an 18 hole round, do you find yourself coming up short with your shots into the green and/or pulling/pushing these shots? One possibility is that you may be getting tired and then you start pressing to…
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HITTING A LOT OF FAT SHOTS? On the down swing – one very simple reason for hitting the turf behind the ball (fat, chunky, heavy, etc) is that you have your chin buried against your chest! So at address simply raise your chin up a little and you should make better contact with the golf…
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Want to improve your putting and at the same time feel the pressure that you would experience on the golf course – then try this! While on the putting green with only one golf ball – putt the ball to a hole (trying to make the putt). If the ball goes in fine! But if…
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PLAYING SHOTS TO DIFFERENT PIN POSITIONS To be more effective when hitting an approach shot to the green, consider working the ball to the following pin positions: ? Pin in the front – hit a shot with loft ? Pin in the back – hit a shot with lower trajectory ? Pin on the right…
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  ARE YOU HAVING TROUBLE CLEARING YOUR LEAD HIP (CLOSEST TO THE TARGET) AT IMPACT? If so, make sure your lead foot (closest to your target) is a quarter of a turn open (turned toward the target) rather than perpendicular to the target line.

Grip Pressure The amount of pressure you use to grip your club, and the way that you distribute said pressure, can make your shot a success or a failure. On a scale of 1 –10, with 1 being the lightest and 10 being the heaviest, the ideal amount of pressure to apply to your grip…
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Golf Tip of The Week: The Grip The most important part of your golf swing is the golf grip. Think ofi t like a door; if the hinges of a door are not connected properly to the frame/door, the door will not open and close properly. It’s the same thing with your swing; if your…
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