November 21, 2015 Posted by Matt

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A good fundamental to remember is that the gap between your body and hands as you hold a club remains the same for all your clubs.  If you extend your hands well away from your body with your driver, for example, you are programming yourself for a flat swing and a bad hook.  Always let your hands and arms drop naturally from your shoulders, as this is where they will return naturally as you swing.  Any unnatural movement of the hands and arms away from the body will force you to make corrections during the swing.  Be natural and let your arms and hands swing freely.

November 20, 2015 Posted by Matt

The new Talis Park Clubhouse is officially open!  In addition to a new clubhouse, Talis Park is adding a sports complex which will provide a wide array of new amenities for residents. The three acre complex will include six Har-tru tennis courts, four bocce ball courts and a fifty-foot two-lane lap pool.

Talis Park is a luxury golf community in Naples FL.  The community includes an 18 hole championship golf course which was designed by Greg Norman and Pete Dye.  Membership is limited to 350 members making it easy to get a tee time even during season!

The golf course is surrounded by luxury single family homes and condos.  Golf homes range from $1.4 million to $4.6 million and golf condos start at $725,000 and go up to $2.45 million.  There are five distinct neighborhoods within the community:

• Corsica
• Carrarra
• The Residences at Vyne House
• Watercourse
• Seneca

In addition, Talis Park is one of the few Naples golf communities still offering new construction homes.  If you are considering purchasing a home in Talis Park, let me be your guide.  Call for a private tour of the new Talis Park Clubhouse and homes currently available for sale.

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Matt Klinowski – Golf Community Real Estate Expert – 239-370-0892

November 19, 2015 Posted by Matt

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November 19, 2015 Posted by Matt

Alignment of your shoulders, hips, knees and feet are critical for hitting good golf shots.  You need to make sure everything is going in the same direction.  A common error that many players are completely unaware of is setting up with different parts of the body misaligned to the target.  A usual mistake is to have the feet pointed in one direction while the shoulders are pointed left or right of where the feet are aimed.  The same can be said for the hips and knees; they might be out of alignment as well.  Find a full-length mirror and place a piece of tape or string that will run perpendicular from top to bottom.  Take your normal golf stance and check to see how your positions match up to the line.  On the range, ask a friend or your pro to stand behind you to check your aim as well.  You might be surprised at how far you are off in your alignment relative to your target.

November 18, 2015 Posted by Matt

For the 11th consecutive year, The Creek Course at Fiddler’s Creek has been ranked among Golfweek Magazine’s Top 100 Best Residential Golf Courses in the country. The signature 18-hole, par 72 Creek Course is designed by Arthur Hills. The course offers seven tee placements for all skill levels, and includes 7,157 yards, 67 bunkers, broad fairways and elevated greens. Golfweek began its rating system in 1997. This year, more than 700 course raters from across the United States reviewed more than 3,000 courses to create the list.  Both resident and non-resident memberships are available.

Fiddler’s Creek is a master planned community consisting of coach, villa, single family and custom single family residences.  Each village within Fiddler’s Creek offers unique styles and views.  It’s one of the few golf communities in Naples still building new construction homes.  These Naples luxury homes provide a variety of options to satisfy just about any homebuyer.  Single family homes range from $235,000 to $1,575,000 and condos range from $199,000 to $570,000. (View homes for sale in Fiddler’s Creek)

There are fifteen different neighborhoods within Fiddler’s Creek:

• Amador
• Callista
• Chaisso
• Isla del Sol
• Lagomar
• Lagomar II
• Mahogany Bend
• Majora
• Marsh Cove
• Millbrook
• Mussorie
• Oyster Harbor
• Runaway Bay
• Serena
• Sonoma

Association fees vary among communities.  For more information about properties in Fiddler’s Creek or another Naples golf community let me be your guide.

Properties currently available in Naples, FL:

• Single Family Homes for Sale (Naples, FL)
• Condos for Sale (Naples, FL)

Matt Klinowski – Golf Community Real Estate Expert – 239-370-0892

November 18, 2015 Posted by Matt

Good putters start the ball on their intended line.  The first six inches is critical to start your putt traveling to where you want it to go.  In practice place two tees about two inches apart on a flat part of the green.  The tees should be about three feet from a hole.  Place your ball about six inches behind the tees and stroke putts so that the ball rolls through the opening and into the hole.  Use this “field goal” drill over and over in warm ups, and you will gain confidence in your ability to roll the ball along your intended line and make more putts drop.

November 17, 2015 Posted by Matt

Good balance is critical to hitting good golf shots.  If you focus on balance alone, however, you may swing very tentatively and not go after the ball.  A great way to maintain good balance is to concentrate on your finish position.  When you finish, your feet should be under you, and there should be no extra movements, such as taking a little step or rocking back on your feet.  If you can swing and have your feet support you naturally at your finish, you are in good balance and on your way to good scores.

Here is a good drill to improve your balance….

November 16, 2015 Posted by Matt

It is always a good idea to start any movement with some form of a trigger to break inertia.  If you try to start your backswing on a full shot or even a putt from a dead stop, chances are you will make a jerky motion.  Try making a slight move forward with your hands for chips and putts, and use either your hands or back knee to make a slight movement to begin your full swing.  This is called a forward press, but you should keep it to a minimum, so it is just enough to break from a still position and signal you to begin the swing or stroke smoothly.

November 15, 2015 Posted by Matt

Adjust the clubs in your bag for better scoring.  You can have fourteen clubs in your bag and you may configure them in any way you want.  Some senior players tend to use more hybrids and fairway woods, as they need more distance.  For most players, however, it is a good idea to stack your setup to favor the scoring clubs.  Many good players will carry four wedges:  Pitching, gap, sand, and lob.  The lofts will run from about 48 degrees to 60 degrees with the lob wedge.  This will allow you to hit shots of different lengths and heights depending on what the shots call for.  By having many wedges, you will have more options around the green, where the real scoring takes place.

November 14, 2015 Posted by Matt

Just when you’re about to give up on the game, you hit a perfect shot on 17 or 18 with one of your woods and you think, “I really CAN play this game….I was just having a bad day”.