Bend, Oregon Golf Blog
3 Things I Wish I Had Known Before Buying Golf Clubs
Getting new golf clubs is an exciting time for both casual and avid golfers. With a brand new set of clubs to use, you can work on making your golf game better. If you’re going to be choosing new golf clubs to buy, it’s important to know what to look for and what to...
New Year’s Resolution: Set Your 2021 Golf Goals
With the new year about to start, it’s a good time to think about your golf game. While making your new year’s resolutions for 2021, consider including some golf goals to help you improve your game. Whether you’re new to golf or a bit rusty, this is a great time to...
A Guide to Getting Fitting for Golf Clubs
Golfers are a lucky breed because they get to enjoy the great outdoors while facing an often complicated and always challenging game. River's Edge in Bend, Central Oregon's best golf course, doubles-down with the Cascade Mountains in the distance and an amazingly...
Must Have Accessories for Golfers This Holiday
Traditionally, golfers have scored some pretty cool gifts at holiday time, but with so many choices these days between autobiographical memoirs, How-to books, and tech gadgets that might never deliver the goods, what's a great golf supporter to do? Well, keep reading...
9 Habits of the World’s Best Golfers
1. Great Golfers Always Stay Motivated Great golfers combine mental toughness with physical abilities to succeed. But getting to the pinnacle of mental and physical clarity isn't easy. So think back to what first motivated you to try golf. Does it still drive you?...
Set These 4 Goals to Improve Your Golf Game
Most golfers find that their scores reach a plateau after they have played for a year or two. Muscle memory kicks in and meets their physical abilities, which can be both comforting and frustrating. We want to improve, but the game just seems to find our limitations....
From Focus to Fitness: 5 Ways to Lower Your Handicap
Lowering one's handicap is, for many golfers, an infinitely more challenging game than any competitive round of golf. It requires you, as a golfer, to explore the ways that your game can improve beyond your natural ability. You'll also have to face those ways that...
How to Master Distance Control
Improving Your Placement for a More Satisfying Game of Golf If your short game is improving, you're probably looking to master your distance control as well and chop your handicap at both ends. It can take some time to develop a good feel for which club to use to hit...
Pro Tips for Shooting Under Par
Many things go into a perfect round of golf like nice weather, the course, and your partners. If you were thinking about your golf score, well, that includes natural ability, your temperament, course knowledge, your clubs and equipment, instruction, mental acuity, and...
2 Ways to Avoid Back Pain While You Play
You can tweak your back at any time, no matter how young you are. And for those of us who have a few years of fairways under our spikes, the chances of experiencing lower back pain while golfing increases with age. Because of that, pros like Lee Trevino, Rocko...