In lockdown? Keep your game in shape with these tips from PGA pros
With the help of its members the PGA has been compiling a variety of home golf drills and exercises so you can work on your game during the lockdown and these difficult times.
From chipping drills to controlling your clubface through impact, PGA pros from around the world have come together to help you through this difficult time.
Keep the game at the forefront of your mind and get your golfing fix by practice in the comfort of your own home.
We take a look at some of the best drills from the PGA’s members from around the world.
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Home golf drills: How to control the clubface
With the help of a table tennis bat, Katie Rule shows how to keep your clubface in control through impact and help improve your dispersion.
Home golf drills: How the body moves during the golf swing
One of the main problems for club golfers is understanding how the body moves during the swing. With the help of Steve Buzza, improve your knowledge of how the body moves during the swing transition.
Home golf drills: How to teach your kids golf at home
Are you struggling to keep your children entertained during the lockdown and also want to get them into golf? Michael Patterson has created some fun drills to help your children have some fun while learning the game.
Home golf drills: Improve your chipping
Everyone struggles with keeping their short game sharp during a period away from the game. These tips from Chris Bonner will help prevent you from duffing your chips when you return to the course after lockdown.
Home golf drills: Improve your golf fitness
It can be particularly difficult to keep yourself fit when you are stuck inside your home. These five minute tips from Matt Leach and Ali T from Fit&Flexi will help you stay physically and mentally sharp.
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Matthew Beedle
Matthew has been playing golf since he was around 13 and took up the game at a local nine-hole municipal course with his friends before joining Pontefract & District Golf Club just over the hedge.
Still a member of Pontefract with a handicap of 3, he currently sits on the board of directors to help with digital and marketing initiatives in order to improve membership and visitor income.
Matthew graduated university with a First Class in Sports Journalism from Leeds Trinity University and has been working in the golf industry since graduating.
NCG’s social media & marketing manager, Matthew’s main job role is to increase website traffic to the National Club Golfer website via our email and social media channels as well as driving entries to grow our NCG Top 100s Tour events amongst other tasks.
Not one to change his equipment too often, Matthew currently plays the TaylorMade M2 driver which has lasted the test of time in his bag. Elsewhere, you’ll find him using the TaylorMade Stealth 2 three-wood with a Ping G425 Crossover 2-iron to aid his long game.
Through his 4-iron to Gap Wedge, Matthew uses the Ping i500 irons accompanied by Ping’s Glide 3.0 56-degree and 60-degree wedges.
Another club that has stood the test of time in his bag is a Nike Method Core MC-3i putter which has had to have the SuperStroke grip changed at least three times. Ball of choice is the Titleist ProV1.
