Introduction Of Golf Channel

As a golf lover, where do you get your golf information from? Some of you may get the golf instructions and golf news form golf magazine or sport newspaper or on the website. Well, I would like to introduce the golf Channel cable station and some website to you.

Golf Channel can provide a unique blend of golf information, news, features and of course some instruction for you. And it also offers TV specials, documentaries, celebrity interviews, movies, video tours, lifestyle segments, and original programming, including Golf Central, a nightly golf news show and what’s in My Bag. They also have a series focusing on golf equipment, accessories, and manufacturers. You also can some live tour coverage form it. The first live televised tournament in Golf Channel is the Dubai Desert Classic in 1991, it offered limited tournament coverage after that. However, nowadays it features extensive coverage of the Nationwide, European, Canadian, and Champions tours, as well as the PGA Tour, LPGA tour, PGA of America, and USGA.

On the other hand, the Golf Channel offers golf instruction and golf tips designed to lower golf handicaps. Academy Live is a weekly call-in show that gives viewers an opportunity to improve their game by consulting with top teaching pros. Playing Lessons from the Pros provides golf lessons and golf tips from professional players on their off-day practice rounds. Golf Channel Academy offers golf instruction designed to help improve every aspect of your game.

Internet has become a part of our life, especially for the young ones. So the Golf Channel has its web site for the young golf lovers. For example, the TGC web site offers its own share of golf instruction including In Their Bag, which looks at what clubs the winner of the latest tour event carried during the win. One such look included a review of what Phil Mickelson carried when he won the Master's a couple of weeks ago. Some online instructions in the form of articles are written by teaching pros throughout country. Generally, the articles cover a wide variety of topics, from the set-up and sand game to the mental game and the basics of golf fitness, even cover swing theory.

The Game Tracker Pro, which is an innovative online instruction tool, will be the most unique feature in the site, it provides in-depth game analysis and pinpoints major playing problems, and a USGA Handicap Index based on your state golf association's regulations, a calendar, and an e-mail center, called My Inbox, where you can send and receive e-mails. The analysis tool is user-friendly. It's based on details you provide each time you play a round of golf. First, you select the course you played at. If the site's databank has information on the course, a score card with all pertinent information, like the course's rating, slope, and type of tee, appears on screen. If the course is not in the databank, you can provide the information yourself.

Game Tracker Pro basic is free of charge. You just sign up to take advantage of its features. The site also offers a chance to become a premium member for about $30 annually. The benefits of a premium membership include all the tools of TGC Basic, plus access to other instructional content, such as the site's Video Vault, which contains more than 2500 golf videos. After the information is saved, Game Tracker Pro analyzes your rounds to see where your problems lie, providing you with a sense of which instructional articles you should read and what you need to work on to improve.

From what has been introduced above, it can be drawn a conclusion that the Golf channel is very useful way to get your golf information and improve your game. And some practical tool will help you pinpoint and correct the weaknesses. You can try if you got a chance.