Archive for October, 2009

Golf Resorts Across the Country Need to Adjust to the Slow Economy

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

Florida is the home of golf resorts. When you want to go golfing in Florida on vacation, chances are that you are going to end up staying at one of the popular golf resorts in the area such as TPC Sawgrass, Champions Gate, Sandestin or PGA National Resort and Spa. All 4 of these places are amazing, and honestly, I really can not say anything bad about TPC Sawgrass.  Who really can anyway?

The problem with these four resorts is that they are catering to the same individual all of the time, upper class people making 0,000 plus a year. They don’t allow the real people such as you and I the time of day to come and play at their course, or stay at their resort. Can I blame them… no I really can not? People are still paying the money to stay and play there and they are taking advantage of it just like any good business would do.

Now things have started to change in the golf resort world, especially in Florida. When the economy started to slow down, the amount of golf being played, and the amount of people staying at Florida golf resorts also started to slow down as well. The 4 popular golf resorts I mentioned above probably haven’t changed their ways yet, but I can guarantee you that they haven’t changes their ways and are probably losing large amounts of money because they haven’t adjusted to this new economy.

In reality, what did this economy do to the golf world? How has it changed the golf world? Will it ever get better? To tell you the truth, I don’t have a truthful answer I can give you because a lot of golf resorts and golf clubs aren’t being honest with themselves or other professionals in our industry. The economy HAS slowed down play in all areas across the country. The economy has made golfers start to play at cheaper courses, or look for special offers that are occurring at particular resorts. No longer can resorts rely on “regular” customers because a lot of those regulars have ditched their home course in search of the best deal.
What can they do about this? It is very simple; in fact it is really a no brainer. They need to come up with a shocking promotion that drives traffic to their golf resort. Need an example? I thought you might want to an example of one.

Juliette Falls is a new golf resorts in Florida in Dunnellon. It is only about an hour away from both Tampa and Orlando and is roughly 15 minutes way from Ocala. It’s a very isolated town in Florida. Juliette Falls has a beautiful course and the nice golf homes are jaw dropping. So what does a Florida gated community do when the economy slows and homes stop selling? They came up with a plan to supplement their lost income. Juliette Falls made the decision to start selling special packages that allow you to stay in a dazzling million dollar Florida golf homes, play a round of golf on their astounding course full of waterfalls, and enjoy all of the resorts facilities for just 9 a night. Who could refuse this offer, I know I couldn’t. What this does is create a new stream of money using assets that they have and are not in use. If they sell only two stays for every night of that year, that’s 5,000 a year in pure profits! It also could supply a steady stream of potential home buyer leads! Why aren’t other resorts thinking this way?

Golf Resorts need to start trying to think outside of the box. In this economy it may be the only way to keep a positive flow of income!

Golf Swing – Keep It Simple

Friday, October 30th, 2009

For some, golf is one of those games that may shorten your lifespan. But for others, it is a grand game where patience and a good hip go a long way. While it may seem simple enough as all you need to do is to hit a metallic ball really hard to hurl it towards a hole at the other side, countless people have trounced in frustration because of it. Luckily, it doesn’t have to always be so bad.

Keep it simple, keep practicing

The keyword in golf is consistency. If you can’t hit the ball the same way each and every single time, then you will definitely have bad scores. Such problems like short distance, slicing, hooks, and many other golfing maladies are caused by lack of consistency. Therefore, you are to achieve consistency by improving your form. The only way for your body to do the same thing in the same way is to train it, and train it well. Practice.

swing.org/">Learning how to swing your club properly should be simple enough as long as you practice. A good way to think about it is to use your spine as an axis and keep your grip on the club properly. Such techniques are used by expert golfers all around the planet. While differences can be quite subtle, there are many different types of golf swings. The similarity is that they all adhere to this principle. If you be trained how to apply these values to your swing, it follows that you shall obtain rejection tricky inwards driving longer distances with no slicing and having 90% of strokes landing on the fairway.

Economy of movement

The best thing to do with your golf swing is to reduce unnecessary movements. Think of it as energy conservation, since all of your energy is supposed to be focused on hitting the ball and not wasted on awkward movements that cause slicing and other problems in the first place. Get back to the basics and incorporate only the movements needed to hit the ball dead center. This should lower your handicap by 7-12 strokes in no time. With more practice, you will hit par or better every time. However, that is only if you do practice.

Get lessons

To learn more about how to improve golf swing, the most obvious thing is to receive instruction in an actual golf class. These classes would have equipment and instructors that can help you achieve perfection as long as you have the determination, discipline, and money to do it. Enrolling in such classes does require a fee, so you do need to be earning quite a bit before you can actually think of getting into it. However, you can learn a lot if you do.

Read up

Others would try to find information over the internet. This is quite opportune, but the in rank gathered can be located quite conflicting. As there are many different ways to hit a golf ball, experts are divided in what is the best way to improve your golf swing. Your job in this is to find out what is best for you. Every golfer has a different body, so not everyone can adhere to the same swing.

By being able to adjust to your configuration, you can improve without having to break a back or hip to do it.

Good luck putting this information to good use. Thanks for reading the above article I hope the information assisted you in some way.

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