The Gazette & Herald and sister paper the Wiltshire Times have teamed up with PGA golf teaching professional Simon Shanks for a new series of tips to improve your game. Simon, from Warminster, is based at the Bowood Hotel, Spa and Golf Resort, near Calne has been voted a Top 100 Teacher by Golf World magazine and is also the head coach to the successful Wiltshire Boys team. Get in touch via simonshanksgolf.com or at simonshanksgolf@gmail.com

The correct plane will give you lift-off

The correct plane will give you lift-off

1:38pm Thursday 13th June 2013

THIS WEEK: swing plane

It’s all in the hips

Encourage your legs to stay stable and your hips to turn rather than tilt

2:07pm Thursday 6th June 2013

THIS WEEK: The strike

Facing your fears

Swinging towards your target and not aligning the ball too far back in your stance can help cure the hook

1:26pm Thursday 30th May 2013

THIS WEEK: Hooking

Control the rhythm, control the distance

When putting, the swing length should be the same either side of the ball

5:00pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

THIS WEEK: Rhythm

Finding the right cure to end your topping woes

A shallow angle of hit causes you to hit up on the ball

1:19pm Thursday 16th May 2013

THIS WEEK: The top (part two)

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Your Say Your Times

It has been heartening to see the coverage of the new Wiltshire Council market being opened in Trowbridge and, as a Wiltshire Council market trader of long standing, I wish it every success. New markets are needed in these straitened times and it is only right that stallholders at new markets are offered special reduced rates.  − Name and address supplied

Rents rising on quiet »

I have an office in the small trading estate at the top of Westwells Road, Hawthorn Hill, near Rudloe, in Corsham. Traffic flow on Hawthorn Hill – and, as a consequence, office access – is currently in a state of chaos, thanks to work being carried out by Bardon Constructing.  − Geoff Fry, Neston

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