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Recently, in Bahrain, we have experienced quite a few windy days and the ability to keep the ball low in windy conditions is essential.
Here are some tips in order to keep your ball low and under control in these tricky conditions:
l Keep the same stance and ball position as always (not closer to the back foot).
l Use 1 to 2 extra clubs than in normal conditions.
l Maintain a relaxed swing. Remember swing it easy when it’s breezy!
l Hitting the ball ‘softer’ imparts less spin, so the wind cannot affect it as much during its flight.
If you would like to book a golf lesson with a Royal Golf Club PGA teaching professional, please call +973 17 750777.
The Royal Golf Club’s academy team is offering three deals on golf tuition in January:
l Improve Your Distance
Want to gain those extra yards off the tee? Book a one-hour private lesson with one of our PGA instructors any time in January and receive use of our FlightScope launch monitor to optimise your drives FREE! Members BD38/ Visitors BD45.
l Group Putting Clinic
Juan Fuentes, Putting Zone Coach is presenting a new series of 90-minute putting clinics covering distance control, stroke, reading and aiming. These clinics will help students understand the four pillars of putting and teach them to considerably reduce their number of putts per round. Members BD20/ Visitors BD25. Clinics available every Thursday throughout January from 4pm-5.30pm and every Friday from 10am-11.30am.
l Sand Play
Book a 30-minute one-on-one session covering all aspects of bunker play from different lies to distance control. Sand Play lessons are available any day through January. Members BD20/ Visitors BD25.
To sign up for the above tuition offers, contact +973-17750777.
Experience nine holes of golf combined with a liquid tour of the world at the Royal Golf Club’s Mini Monty World Beverage Tour on January 21. Participants will play a two-player better ball competition on the club’s par 3 Mini Monty golf course while enjoying a different beverage station at every hole. The event tees off with a 6.30pm shotgun start and is open to all but places are limited and will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis. The cost for golf members is BD6 per person and BD16 for non-members. To sign up, contact +973-17750777.
Give your kids a big step up in future business dealings by introducing them to the world of golf. The Royal Golf Club’s friendly team of PGA Professionals runs regular six-week long tuition programmes for youngsters as young as six with the next series starting from January 15 and 23. Children of all ages and abilities will enjoy a one-hour lesson each week which not only includes the basics of golf but incorporates many other activities to improve hand-eye coordination skills and more. The course costs BD60 per child for six one-hour lessons. To sign up, call the Club on +973 17 750777.
