If You Can't Stand the Heat...

There are two things this year that are hotter than ever: temperatures and golf. Fortunately for all of us “fair weather golfers,” there are a slew of golf practice tips that you can use in the air-conditioned comfort of your own home… and thank goodness for twilight golf!

One golf practice tip, from LPGA Pro Christine Lovrine, works as well during the blistering summer months as it does in the middle of winter. Lovrine suggests doing exercises for stretching and building back strength, and also suggests swinging a shorter weighted golf club, such as the Momentus Traveler, doing so two to three times per week when you can’t make it to the golf course. If a weighted golf practice club is not available, you can hold your target-side wrist with the non-target hand and practice your golf swing in a room. Stand on a diagonal facing toward one corner and swing back, about shoulder high, to the room’s opposite corner (fingers and arm point to the corner). Swing through to the “target” corner (again, fingers and arm point to the corner).

This will help promote swinging from and to your intended target as well as ingraining a solid golf swing plane.

Christine Lovrine is an LPGA Pro and instructor at the Britton Golf Course in Fishers, Indiana.

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Medicus Lob Wedge for Training or Play

Often times it is hard to bring yourself to purchase a golf training aid when you'd really like to spend the money on a new short iron. Medicus announces the Maximus Weighted Lob-Wedge...a hittable swing trainer that doubles as a USGA-approved regulation Lob-Wedge!

It is a Hittable, Weighted Swing Trainer that drops you automatically into the correct swing plane to build muscle memory and develop accuracy with your swing! Also, because it's weighted, it dramatically improves your club-head speed for more power and distance. It's equally effective to use as your go-to wedge out on the course as it cuts through the grass and is excellent for regulation play.

Use the Maximus Weighted Lob-Wedge effectively as a swing trainer; as a regulation wedge, or to groove your swing in-between holes during a round.

Quoteable Golf Quotes

Below are a list of some of the most quoteable golf quotes. For more stories, tips, hints, quotes and humor, pick up a copy of Who's Your Caddy? from PracticeRange.com.

• "Hockey is a sport for white men. Basketball is a sport for black men. Golf is a sport for white men dressed like black pimps" -Tiger Woods


• "Green and black go well together, don't they?” - Tiger Woods


• "Golf is a good walk spoiled." - Mark Twain


• "In golf, the customs and etiquette and decorum are as important as the rules of play." - Bobby Jones


• "I never learned anything from a match that I won." - Bobby Jones


• "Nobody ever remembers who finished second at anything." - Jack Nicklaus


• "The most important shot in golf is the next one." - Ben Hogan


• "Nobody asked how you looked, just what you shot." - Sam Snead


• "Golf is the hardest game in the world to play, and the easiest to cheat at." - Dave Hill


• "There is no such thing as a natural touch. Touch is something you create by hitting millions of golf balls." - Lee Trevino


• "Don't play too much golf. Two rounds a day are plenty." - Harry Vardon


• "Hit the shot you know you can hit, not the one you think you should." - Dr. Bob Rotella


• "Why am I using a new putter? Because the last one didn't float too well." - Craig Stadler


• "You know what they say about big hitters...the woods are full of them." - Jimmy Demaret


• "Golf is a compromise between what your ego wants you to do, what experience tells you to do, and what your nerves let you do." - Bruce Crampton


• "I'll always remember the day I broke ninety. I had a few beers in the clubhouse and was so excited I forgot to play the back nine." - Bruce Lansky


• "Missing a short putt does not mean you have to hit your next drive out of bounds." - Henry Cotton


• "No matter how good you get you can always get better and that's the exciting part" - Tiger Woods


• "I don't think I've ever stepped into a gym - they won't let me smoke there. I just thank God Miller Lite isn't as fattening as most beers. If I cut back on beer, though, I'd look anorexic." - John Daly


• "All my exes wear Rolexes." - John Daly


• "I believe nicotine plus caffeine equals protein." - John Daly


• "My Sunday best is a Wednesday afternoon compared to him." - Nick Faldo, talking about John Daly


• "The only way to enjoy golf is to be a masochist. Go out and beat yourself to death." - Howard Keel


• "Golf and sex are the only things you can enjoy without being good at it" - Jimmy Demaret


• "When it's breezy, hit it easy." - Davis Love, Jr.


• "Is my friend in the bunker or is the bastard on the green?" - Anonymous


• "Golf is a game in which you yell “fore,” shoot six, and write down five." - Paul Harvey


• "One thing about golf is you don’t know why you play bad and why you play good." - George Archer


• "It is good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling." - Mark Twain


• "The difference in golf and government is that in golf you can't improve your lie." - George Deukmejian


• "Golf is a fascinating game.It has taken me nearly forty years to discover that I can't play it." - Ted Ray


• "Golf is so popular simply because it is the best game in the world at which to be bad." - A.A. Milne

Sometimes Simpler is Better

PracticeRange.com offers a comprehensive collection of golf practice aids from Medicus Golf -- from the simple to the sophisticated. Take the Armmaster and Coilmaster golf practice aids as an example. The Armmaster training aid is inexpensive, lightweight, and perfectly portable. This ingenious device uses simple straps (including the vital center tension strap) to improve your swing.

The Armmaster golf practice aid straps on just above your left and right elbows, encouraging you to keep your upper body in a perfect position throughout your swing. If you suffer from "flying elbows," a tendency to over swing, or a less-than-stellar down swing, the Armmaster is for you. Take technique, form, and precision out of the theoretical and into the practical with our Armmaster golf practice aid.


The Coilmaster is another golf practice aid that gets technique out of your head and into your body. If you wish you had greater power or better accuracy, the Coilmaster is for you. Using simple but ingenious straps, the Coilmaster creates (and maintains!) the right distance between your right knee and left foot. The straps allow your right hip to rotate while keeping a tight reign on your knee, encouraging you to achieve a stable, powerful stance without hip/knee sliding. By improving your stance, you'll enjoy a golf swing that is more powerful, more accurate, and best of all, more consistent. Order online now for your Coilmaster , Armmaster , or Medicus golf swing trainer.

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