{"id":4504,"date":"2018-05-24T12:17:52","date_gmt":"2018-05-24T16:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/?p=4504"},"modified":"2018-08-24T15:26:18","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T19:26:18","slug":"golf-tips-t-shot-ranch-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/golf-tips-t-shot-ranch-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf Tips from the T-Shot Ranch"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Janie C. Farina LPGA<\/em>
\nmail@floridanewsline.com<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Is your golf game \u201caging gracefully\u201d?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cGrow old along with me! The best is yet to be, the last of life, for which the first was made. Our times are in his hand who saith, ‘A whole I planned, youth shows but half; Trust God: See all, nor be afraid!\u201d <\/span><\/i>~Robert Browning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Is your golf game aging gracefully, or is golf aging you? Determined to grow old with the equipment you\u2019ve had for decades, or maybe hoping to breathe new life into your golf game by trading your whole bag in for a younger model? Can new clubs actually reverse the golf aging process? <\/span><\/p>\n

Personally, I like hanging onto things \u2014 especially my golf clubs, as I feel dedicated to the fine-tuning of a swing, by using equipment that I\u2019ve become used to. Only recently, I\u2019ve become unfaithful to my steel shafted irons from 2003. <\/span><\/p>\n

What\u2019s the equipment \u201cfacelift\u201d all about? Everything from bags, shoes, and especially, golf clubs:<\/span><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Bags: My memories of playing golf and carrying my Sunday bag involved laying the bag down on the ground every shot, then bending over to pick it up again. When the stand bag came along, it alleviated many sore golfers from early back pain. <\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Shoes: No more metal spikes to tear up the greens or wooden pro shop floor that splintered endlessly. Now plastic spikes are incorporated into the sole of the golf shoe, with sneaker-like weightlessness to eliminate sore, achy feet during a round \u2014 and spike marks or blemishes on the green are faded memories. <\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Club head design: Irons, woods and putters can add years to your game with forgiving head designs, such as cast vs. forged irons and face balanced putters that enable players to smooth out the wrinkles in their putting stroke. Driver heads have expanded to dirigible size by using metal composites for thinner, lighter and stronger design. <\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Shaft composite: Not only is graphite technology the fountain of youth for players with physical challenges, slower swing speeds, beginners, seniors, and juniors, but also for advanced players with swing speeds the young bucks possess. These lighter, longer, more stable shafts allow players to swing faster, gain more distance, and create higher launch angles for more desirable ball flight. <\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Grips: Do we really need a golf glove, with grips that feel like baby\u2019s skin and have the tackiness of Elmer\u2019s Glue? Not to mention the colors, shapes and sizes that putters sport, these days? (If you\u2019re getting blisters, a golf lesson on how to hold the club may be in order, but if your hands sweat a glove is a great idea).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Now that my carry bag feels like a feather holding my new fitted graphite clubs, cushy new grips that arthritic fingers love to hold, and knowing my shots are traveling light years farther and higher at my age that shouldn\u2019t be legal, growing old with new golf technology has made a believer out of me \u2014 that the \u201cbest golf\u201d is \u201cyet to be\u201d!<\/span><\/p>\n

    Keep golfing gracefully!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    By Janie C. Farina LPGA mail@floridanewsline.com Is your golf game \u201caging gracefully\u201d? \u201cGrow old along with me! The best is yet to be, the last of life, for which the first was made. Our times are in his hand who saith, ‘A whole I planned, youth shows but half; Trust God: See all, nor be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3656,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5,4],"tags":[126],"class_list":{"0":"post-4504","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-creekline-st-johns","8":"category-mandarin","9":"category-ponte-vedra","10":"tag-golf"},"yoast_head":"\nGolf Tips from the T-Shot Ranch - Florida NewsLine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"CreekLine, Mandarin NewsLine, Ponte Vedra NewsLineBy Janie C. Farina LPGA mail@floridanewsline.com Is your golf game \u201caging gracefully\u201d? \u201cGrow old along with me! The best is yet to be, the last of life,\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/golf-tips-t-shot-ranch-3\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Golf Tips from the T-Shot Ranch - Florida NewsLine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CreekLine, Mandarin NewsLine, Ponte Vedra NewsLineBy Janie C. Farina LPGA mail@floridanewsline.com Is your golf game \u201caging gracefully\u201d? \u201cGrow old along with me! The best is yet to be, the last of life,\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/golf-tips-t-shot-ranch-3\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Florida NewsLine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheFloridaNewsLine\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-05-24T16:17:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-08-24T19:26:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Janie-C-Farina.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"240\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"313\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@floridanewsline\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@floridanewsline\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/golf-tips-t-shot-ranch-3\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/golf-tips-t-shot-ranch-3\/\",\"name\":\"Golf Tips from the T-Shot Ranch - Florida NewsLine\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/golf-tips-t-shot-ranch-3\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/golf-tips-t-shot-ranch-3\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Janie-C-Farina.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-05-24T16:17:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-08-24T19:26:18+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/#\/schema\/person\/f112e5505697e0e24f438c3562ad0fcc\"},\"description\":\"CreekLine, Mandarin NewsLine, Ponte Vedra NewsLineBy Janie C. Farina LPGA mail@floridanewsline.com Is your golf game \u201caging gracefully\u201d? \u201cGrow old along with me! The best is yet to be, the last of life,\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/golf-tips-t-shot-ranch-3\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/golf-tips-t-shot-ranch-3\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/golf-tips-t-shot-ranch-3\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Janie-C-Farina.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Janie-C-Farina.jpeg\",\"width\":240,\"height\":313},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/golf-tips-t-shot-ranch-3\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Golf Tips from the T-Shot Ranch\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/\",\"name\":\"Florida NewsLine\",\"description\":\"The Newspapers Everybody Gets\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/#\/schema\/person\/f112e5505697e0e24f438c3562ad0fcc\",\"name\":\"editor\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/author\/editor\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Golf Tips from the T-Shot Ranch - Florida NewsLine","description":"CreekLine, Mandarin NewsLine, Ponte Vedra NewsLineBy Janie C. Farina LPGA mail@floridanewsline.com Is your golf game \u201caging gracefully\u201d? \u201cGrow old along with me! The best is yet to be, the last of life,","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/golf-tips-t-shot-ranch-3\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Golf Tips from the T-Shot Ranch - Florida NewsLine","og_description":"CreekLine, Mandarin NewsLine, Ponte Vedra NewsLineBy Janie C. Farina LPGA mail@floridanewsline.com Is your golf game \u201caging gracefully\u201d? \u201cGrow old along with me! The best is yet to be, the last of life,","og_url":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/golf-tips-t-shot-ranch-3\/","og_site_name":"Florida NewsLine","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheFloridaNewsLine\/","article_published_time":"2018-05-24T16:17:52+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-08-24T19:26:18+00:00","og_image":[{"width":240,"height":313,"url":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Janie-C-Farina.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"editor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@floridanewsline","twitter_site":"@floridanewsline","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"editor","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/golf-tips-t-shot-ranch-3\/","url":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/golf-tips-t-shot-ranch-3\/","name":"Golf Tips from the T-Shot Ranch - Florida NewsLine","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/golf-tips-t-shot-ranch-3\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/golf-tips-t-shot-ranch-3\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Janie-C-Farina.jpeg","datePublished":"2018-05-24T16:17:52+00:00","dateModified":"2018-08-24T19:26:18+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/#\/schema\/person\/f112e5505697e0e24f438c3562ad0fcc"},"description":"CreekLine, Mandarin NewsLine, Ponte Vedra NewsLineBy Janie C. Farina LPGA mail@floridanewsline.com Is your golf game \u201caging gracefully\u201d? \u201cGrow old along with me! The best is yet to be, the last of life,","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/golf-tips-t-shot-ranch-3\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/golf-tips-t-shot-ranch-3\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/golf-tips-t-shot-ranch-3\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Janie-C-Farina.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Janie-C-Farina.jpeg","width":240,"height":313},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/golf-tips-t-shot-ranch-3\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Golf Tips from the T-Shot Ranch"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/#website","url":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/","name":"Florida NewsLine","description":"The Newspapers Everybody Gets","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/#\/schema\/person\/f112e5505697e0e24f438c3562ad0fcc","name":"editor","url":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/author\/editor\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4504"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4505,"href":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4504\/revisions\/4505"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}