Practice Makes Perfect: A Quick Guide to Driving Range Practice
One of the reasons why professional golfers are so much better than us average golfers is that they hit hundreds (or even thousands) of balls on the driving/practice range every day. Not only do they hit an insane amount of golf balls, but they do so with a very guided purpose and strategy to help them continuously improve their game. While us average golfers don’t have to hit hundreds of balls at a time, we could emulate the professionals by using our time on the practice range with a guided purpose, as opposed to just trying to drill tee shots as far as we can. This article provides a very basic, yet proven guide to help make your next practice session more efficient and effective.
1. Perform a Quick Stretch
I know stretching for golf doesn’t seem necessary, but it actually can have an amazingly positive effect on your golf swing by adding extra flexibility and rotation. It can be as simple as doing some waist twist side to side and/or making circles with your arms to loosen your shoulders and forearms; really just any movement that helps get your blood flowing a little bit.
2. Start with Your Wedges
Some people prefer starting with a 7-iron or even jumping straight into driver, but I would recommend starting with a wedge and hitting a few pitch shots. Not only will the gentle swings used in a pitch shot help further warm-up your muscles, it is also the easiest way to get your hand/eye coordination started for the day. Hit about 8-10 pitch shots starting with half-swing and then work your way up to near full swing with the wedge.
3. Move to Your Short-Irons
This is usually the biggest bulk of your practice session and will incorporate your 9-6 irons. Again, start off with your 9-iron and then begin working your way down (numerically). These are the irons you will use the most often in every round, so take the time to really focus on making pure contact here. Remember, tempo is everything.
4. Time to Hit Long-Irons/Hybrids
Now getting into the part of the bag that many average golfers fear: the long irons (i.e. 5-3 irons). There’s no doubt that long-irons are harder to hit than shorter irons, but if you can master this skill it can go a long way in improving your scores. Be sure to tee up a few balls when practicing your long-irons because it can be helpful to have confidence hitting irons off the tee on par-4’s if you’re struggling with the driver. Don’t fear these clubs… master them instead!
5. Let the Big Dawg Eat
When you’re towards the end of your practice session, it’s time to bust out the driver and/or woods. Be sure to pick a target area that can simulate a fairway on the driving range to help you determine if your accuracy is on or not. Hitting drivers can be tiring, however, so be sure to not over exert yourself.
6. Practice Greens
Once you dial in your driver, take the leftover range balls you have and head to the chipping green and hit some shots from a variety of different areas around the green. Focus on feel and distance control here. Lastly, head to the putting green and practice a few distances to get the speed down. Always finish your putting with five successful 3-foot putts in a row. It’s always helpful (and satisfying) to see the ball go in the hole.
That’s it… enjoy practice!
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For over 18 years, GGGolf has been the go-to software for golf clubs across the country, offering a wide range of options to respond to the different business needs of golf clubs. GGGolf is dedicated to constantly updating its software for all of its customers while making sure the golf clubs are well taken care of.
When it comes to booking a tee time for your golfing needs, GGGolf has the perfect platform in the Minutegolf portal -- your reference for golf bookings, tee times, discounts and golf packages!
Find a Tee Time online today, or download the Minutegolf app on iOS or Google Play. If you are in need of anything for your golf club, please reach out to GGGolf at 450-641-4241 or send a quick email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
GGGolf Is Tagmarshal’s Official Canadian Supplier
In order to ensure that GGGolf’s customers receive the best possible golf software, it’s crucial to seek integrations with solutions designed to optimize efficiency and ultimately, boost courses’ bottom lines. That’s why GGGolf has partnered with Tagmarshal, a business to business golf technology solution that increases field efficiencies. It also turns pace-of-play into an asset for a better golf experience.
GGGolf is Tagmarshal’s official supplier in Canada, ensuring that all courses using GGGolf, whether private, semi-private or public, can optimize their course performance and boost their revenue.
How It Works
Tagmarshal’s tracking system can be clipped onto golf bags, as well as on golf carts. Data from golfers’ tee sheets then gets submitted to Tagmarshal’s cloud servers, which is accessible to course management. GGGolf’s tee sheets are synchronized into Tagmarshal’s tracking system to ensure courses can better manage round times.
The system helps reduce average round times, enhances player experience, optimizes efficiencies and reduces costs. By reducing round times, courses can get more players on the course on any given day, which of course, will maximize revenue.
Public Courses & Resorts
Public courses will often have less frequent golfers who don’t have the same sense of best pace-of-play practices that avid golfers do. That’s why their Public Course solution emphasizes pace of play and field flow. Even occasional golfers prefer a quicker round of play, and are far more likely to return to a course if the flow of the game is smooth. Tagmarshal’s solution helps courses control the pace of play on the course and using data and facts, courses can make better decisions on how to plan for days loaded with tee times.
According to a USGA survey, 74% of golfers say pace of play and flow is critical to enjoying their round, second only to course conditions, which was important to 82% of golfers polled. Thus, you can see just how critical maintaining a good flow and pace is to getting golfers to return to a course.
Private Courses
While pace of play is crucial to public courses getting return golfers, that doesn’t mean loyal members of private courses don’t value it too. If golfers are committing to a private course for the season, they’ll be expecting a superior player experience. Tagmarshal’s Private Course solution specializes in meeting the needs of skilled, experienced golfers. This solution provides a similar goal in bringing round times down, while providing accurate data for player accountability. At the same time, the system is unobtrusive in its pace management and respects golfer traditions. As for the course’s benefits, the solution can promote a consistently lower average round time, which is sure to catch the eye of prospective members.
Tournament Track
As any tournament operator will know, there are a lot of things to track in organizing a successful tournament. With Tagmarshal’s Tournament Track, organizers can now enjoy insights into pace management, player and tournament performances and real-time tracking of results. These all play a factor into players enjoying themselves and for organizers to gather and analyze data.
With this solution, organizers can optimize tournament efficiency, and use in-depth analytics to improve field management. The system was built with input from real golf professionals, making it one of the most advanced golf intelligence platforms available today.
The system allows courses to save staffing costs or volunteer requirements, which simplifies the organization of a tournament. The Gap Time Management feature plays a crucial role, as operators are given real-time insight into field pace management and gap time management between groups.
The reports and analytics available will give operators information to streamline pacing. Operators will also be able to oversee a player’s pace management.
Golf Cart GPS
Many course managers value golf cart GPS tracking and Tagmarshal’s GPS tracker empowers staff, management and players with objective data to better manage on-course operations. Most clubs simply go with basic GPS trackers, but Tagmarshal’s solution will truly help courses see the difference in just how efficiently a course can be run, no matter how busy it is.
Conclusion
GGGolf’s golf management software is ultimately meant to simplify golf courses’ operations and improve bottom lines. With this integration to Tagmarshal, golf courses of all levels can ensure that pace-of-play is always respected and thus, provide a better service to its golfers throughout the golf season.
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For over 18 years, GGGolf has been the go-to software for golf clubs across the country, offering a wide range of options to respond to the different business needs of golf clubs. GGGolf is dedicated to constantly updating its software for all of its customers while making sure the golf clubs are well taken care of.
When it comes to booking a tee time for your golfing needs, GGGolf has the perfect platform in the Minutegolf portal -- your reference for golf bookings, tee times, discounts and golf packages!
Find a Tee Time online today, or download the Minutegolf app on iOS or Google Play. If you are in need of anything for your golf club, please reach out to GGGolf at 450-641-4241 or send a quick email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Vallée Des Forts Offers Top Quality In The Montérégie Region
As golfers, we tend to find a course we like and stick with it. However, to improve as a golfer, it’s important to play different courses. By playing on different courses that present new challenges, you can truly assess the weak points of your game and discover where your true strengths lie -- and Golf Vallée Des Forts will do just that in providing you with a truly unique challenge. This course is located in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada and is undoubtedly the most beautiful course in the area.
The Course
Vallée Des Forts has a sweet location, as its par-72 championship course lies within a sugar bush. With four tee markers, the course stretches from 5,104 to 6,840 yards, depending on your skill level. Playing this course allows you to be surrounded by nature, where you can sink a birdie surrounded by flocks of ducks and geese, or tee off surrounded by graceful deer in the forested area. The beauty of the Montérégie region is on full display on Vallée Des Forts’ course.
As soon as you start playing, the first hole puts you to the test with a par 5 totaling 564 yards. Your tee shot is crucial, as the fairway is flanked by two strategically placed pits along each side of the fairway. If you can control your tee shot, you’ll be in a solid position to hit the green with your next shot -- fair warning, the green is adjacent to a small lake on the right with woods on the left.
The bottom line on Vallée Des Forts is that the course offers golfers quality playing conditions and a wide variety of services from their devoted staff. Booking a tee time at Vallée Des Forts is easy with Minutegolf, and tee time prices start as low as $17.32!
The Club
Vallée Des Forts was founded in 1996, with its name originating from the various forts erected in the region during Quebec’s fur trade era.
On top of simply playing a round of golf, Vallée Des Forts also makes it easy for you to organize tournaments. The club will be there to guide you every step of the way in ensuring your event is a success. Tournament options include nine or 18 holes, as well as simultaneous or separate tee times. With the course having four different tee markers, your tournament will also be able to accommodate golfers of all levels.
Capable of accommodating over 200 golfers at a time, Golf Vallée Des Forts’ three reception halls will make your guests feel welcome, while offering businesses a competitive price and a superior guest experience.
Conclusion
Vallée Des Forts is a haven for golfers and the friendly staff ensures you will be taken care of. By using the best golf management software on the market, operations always run smoothly at Vallée Des Forts. Be sure to book yourself a tee time and let Vallée Des Forts be your fortress of solitude for a day!
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For over 18 years, GGGolf has been the go-to software for golf clubs across the country, offering a wide range of options to respond to the different business needs of golf clubs. GGGolf is dedicated to constantly updating its software for all of its customers while making sure the golf clubs are well taken care of.
When it comes to booking a tee time for your golfing needs, GGGolf has the perfect platform in the Minutegolf portal -- your reference for golf bookings, tee times, discounts and golf packages!
Find a Tee Time online today, or download the Minutegolf app on iOS or Google Play. If you are in need of anything for your golf club, please reach out to GGGolf at 450-641-4241 or send a quick email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
How To Organize A Charity Golf Tournament
Charity golf tournaments are usually always a great time and for a great cause. If you’ve played golf for a while now, surely you have played in a charity tournament or at least been invited to one. While charity tournaments are a blast to play in, have you ever wondered about all the hard work that it takes to organize one? Better yet, do you have a cause or project that you are interested in hosting your own charity/fundraising golf tournament for? Well, this article will try to help provide you some knowledge and tools to get you on your way to hosting a memorable golf outing!
Create a Budget and Find a Golf Course
The first step is to create a golf tournament budget, which should include the amount of cost that you feel comfortable asking people to pay to play in it. Once you have an estimated budget, the first step you should do is to contact a few golf courses to determine their tournament policies and what fees they typically charge (i.e., green fees, tournament fees, food and beverage, etc.). The golf course tournament planner, if they are smart, will assist you by plugging your tournament information and ideas into a one-stop shop tournament organizing program, such as GGGolf’s tournament module.
Determine When You Want to Host the Tournament
Once you narrow down your list of potential golf courses, your next step is determining when your tournament will be held. The price is likely to fluctuate depending on different courses “high” and “low” seasons. Also, it’s important to choose a date at least 8-10 months away so that you have plenty of time to market your tournament and the guests can plan their schedules around it.
What Kind of Tournament Format?
While some charity tournaments feature individual stroke play (like a typical PGA Tour tournament), the majority of them use a “Four Man Scramble” format. This format is great because each foursome works as a team and it is more beneficial for high handicap players that might struggle on their own. Another perk, is this adds an incentive for your potential guest to buy a foursome, as opposed to just a single ticket, so they can create a whole team.
What are The Prizes?
Most charity tournaments provide some sort of prize for the top 3 lowest scoring teams (and sometimes the team that comes in dead last as well). These can be trophies, gift certificates (from sponsors), or anything you’d like. It’s also a good idea to include a 50/50 raffle, silent auction, and putting contest to help increase the amount of donations to your charity.
Food & Beverage Choices
Most, but not all, charity tournaments provide a post-round meal included in the cost of a ticket. Some tournaments provide free beer and wine as well, but that is more subject to the tournament atmosphere you’re trying to create.
Sponsors
One way to help finance and enhance your tournament is to work with local businesses or companies that are someway involved in the type of charity for which you are hosting the tournament. Selling sponsorships for each tee box (i.e., a company pays to have their sign/logo on the tee box) or having sponsored lunches is a great way to add more visibility for the tournament.
Obviously, this is just a starter list, but it should get the ideas flowing. So what are you waiting for? Go plan your tournament today!
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For over 18 years, GGGolf has been the go-to software for golf clubs across the country, offering a wide range of options to respond to the different business needs of golf clubs. GGGolf is dedicated to constantly updating its software for all of its customers while making sure the golf clubs are well taken care of.
When it comes to booking a tee time for your golfing needs, GGGolf has the perfect platform in the Minutegolf portal -- your reference for golf bookings, tee times, discounts and golf packages!
Find a Tee Time online today, or download the Minutegolf app on iOS or Google Play. If you are in need of anything for your golf club, please reach out to GGGolf at 450-641-4241 or send a quick email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
The Best Ways to Book a Tee Time When You’re On a Budget
There is nothing better than finding a great discount at a stellar golf course. Golf is an inherently expensive sport, so anytime you can save a few extra bucks when booking a tee-time you should take advantage of it. But many people don’t know where or how to find the best deals on tee times. If you’re one of those people, you’re in luck as this article will break down some of the simplest tips on how to book a tee time, without breaking the bank. Booking tee times at your convenience is easier than ever, thanks to GGGolf’s golf tee time reservation software.
If you follow some of the tips below, you will surely be able to play beautiful courses in your area on any budget.
Play During the Week
If you’re fortunate enough to be able to play golf on a weekday, you can find some killer deals on a lot of courses. Golf is a weekend sport, dominated by Saturday and Sunday tee times that leave the courses booked and/or in hot demand. But a lot of courses are looking for ways to attract people to play on weekdays by offering amazing discounted tee times. If you work during the week, don’t be afraid to take a day off so you can also score a great deal.
Minutegolf
Sticking to the best internet/websites to browse for tee time discounts, it’s also very helpful to peruse a sight like Minutegolf.com. Minutegolf is website that allows you the chance to browse at many different courses at once and find the best deals and tee times available at each one. Many of the deals on Minutegolf’s website provide a 35-45% discount (sometimes more!), so you can save a real chunk of change. Check out Minutegolf before booking your next tee time.
Buy a Limited Membership
Ever dreamed of being a member at a prestigious country club? Well if you’re trying to golf on a budget, the country club hopes need to be put on hold for a little bit, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still get some of the perks of a golf membership. Many golf courses offer local residents “limited membership” where for a certain one time or year-round price, you can get unlimited golf (or certain amount of free rounds a month) and range balls. These can be a heavy investment up-front, but usually end up being a sweet deal if you take advantage of it.
Book a Twilight Rate
With the long Summer days comes the perfect opportunity to play golf late into the afternoon hours. This tried and true way to play golf on a budget is always a great way to save some cash, so of course it was going to make its way on the list. By booking tee times late in the day (usually tee-off sometime after 2:00 p.m.) you will obtain the cheapest tee time deals available. The only caveat is that you may not be able to finish all 18 holes. This is where it’s useful to keep your pace of play in mind. Regardless, afternoon twilight rates are a godsend for every budget golfer.
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For over 18 years, GGGolf has been the go-to software for golf clubs around the country, offering a wide range of options to respond to the different business needs of golf clubs. GGGolf is dedicated to constantly updating its software for all of its customers while making sure the golf clubs are well taken care of.
When it comes to booking a tee time for your golfing needs, GGGolf has the perfect platform in the Minutegolf portal -- your reference for golf bookings, tee times, discounts and golf packages!
Find a Tee Time online today, or download the MinuteGolf app on iOS or Google Play. If you are in need of anything for your golf club, please reach out to GGGolf at 450-641-4241 or send a quick email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.