What are the yips

What are the yips

If you’ve played golf for long or watched much golf, you’ve heard of the yips. But if you’re still asking yourself, “what ARE the yips” read on! The yips are actually a general term for the loss of certain skills in ANY sport. So you can have batting yips, catching yips, putting yips, and as was the case recently with…

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Types of Golf Grips

Types of Golf Grips

When it comes to golf grips, you’ll likely hear lots of terms, especially if you’re a beginning golfer.  Words like “interlocking” or “overlapping” will be used, as will others like “strong” “weak” and “neutral.”  At some point in your golfing career you’ll probably find yourself using several of these terms to describe your own grip. For instance, I have a…

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Easy Driver drills to improve your game

Easy Driver drills to improve your game

There are so many important components to golf.  To score will you want to be good putter; you also need a good pitching and chipping game.  It’s helpful if you can hit some longer fairway clubs, and of course it’s great if you can drive the ball in the fairway the majority of the time. Each of these components involves…

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More golf etiquette tips

More golf etiquette tips

More golf tips and etiquette   A major part of golf is etiquette. There are rules to follow and while of COURSE we want you to have fun, following some general guidelines ensures everyone has a great experience on the course. First, make sure to repair ball marks on the green with a green repair tool. This keeps our greens…

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Short game tips

Short game tips

There are many golfers out there who will agree with us on the importance of the the short game. Sure, maybe you can blast it 275+ yards down the fairway, but what happens when you get close to the green? How’s your pitching? Your chipping? Your putting? If you can get it on the green in regulation but are still…

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At Home Golf Practice

At Home Golf Practice

If you’re doing your part to stay home and avoid people at all costs, that’s great! For those at higher risk, especially, staying home is the safest thing to do. While our course is still open for playing, with one cart per person, we understand that that there are many of you who don’t want to take any risks. We…

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Mental golf tips to improve your game

Mental golf tips to improve your game

When I started playing golf I was, as most beginners are, horrible. Not only was my physical game horrible, my mental one was too. I’m a perfectionist and golf is definitely not a game of perfect. Learning how to let go of that mentality and build up some strategies to help my mental golf game has helped my physical game…

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Golf Course Etiquette Tips

Golf Course Etiquette Tips

Whether you’re new to golf or you’ve been playing for years there’s one thing we’re all aware of: golf requires etiquette. Yes, golf is all about having fun with your friends and being outside, but it’s important to know and remember a few golf course etiquette guidelines. First, remember your pace of play.  At Redlands Mesa Golf course we do…

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