By Chris J H
Like you I can drive the ball down the fairway, chip it reasonably well (I can get it on the green most of the time), but I have trouble finishing the hole often taking two putts or sometime three. This often inflates my score and leaves me very frustrated. I have had a number of occasions where the putter almost went into the woods or pond. I'm guessing you're in the same boat, heck, that's why you clicked on the article in the first place. Well I'm here to tell you that there is hope for us and I will tell you how. No fancy gimmicks, you don't have to buy anything all you have to do is follow these simple rules.
The first thing is to keep your head down. I often watch most golfers out there and they will strike the ball and immediately look up to see where their ball is going. STOP! Try keeping your head down that few extra second after you strike the ball. What you will find is that keeping your head down will keep your ball on line with the hole and if you lined up your ball correctly you should look up (after keeping your head down for a few extra seconds) and see your ball rolling into the hole. Don't forget to make sure you take the time to line up your ball properly; otherwise this first step will not be of any use to you.
Next, make sure you practice. The magic number for this is 80%. Once you are making 4 out of 5 shots during practice you know you are ready to move on and try a different length. Think about the professionals you see on TV making millions of dollars a year. These guys and girls are very good, sure they may have natural athletic ability, but they still practice. You will find most athletes train six days a week and rest one day a week. I know for most of us this may not be practical as we all work the 9 to 5, but try to get out twice a week on the putting green and practice your technique. If you expect to just walk out there and sink your putts automatically, well you have another thing coming.
The third and final thing is to relax your hands while gripping the putter. Believe it or not this will help keep your club in more control and will allow the sweet spot on the putter to be struck. There is not much more I can write about this, relax your hands and your putting will improve. Think about when you're eating you don't have tight rigid group on your knife or fork, for one it would be uncomfortable and two your hands and arms would start to fatigue. You can apply these principles to your golf game.
Using these tips will not only improve your score, but also contribute to you having more enjoyment out on the course. So remember keep your head down, and relax your group.
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Showing posts with label Beginners. Show all posts
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Sunday, July 10, 2011
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Easy Way to Take Strokes Off Your Game-6/4/11
Golf is a game that requires skill, mental discipline, the desire to have fun, and a little luck. The purpose of this article is to focus on a key skill - Fairways Hit - that will allow you to better your game, have more fun, and more importantly knock a few strokes off your total. You don't have to pay hundreds or even thousands of dollars to improve; you just need to understand where your game needs improvement and how to improve it.
I think the trouble most bogey golfers have is that they focus too much on their swing, their setup, their delivery, their "mental game" and not enough focus on having fun and the specific areas of their game they can improve upon. We spend countless hours working on our swing, chip, and putt at the driving range yet we don’t know how to apply what we’ve learned on the course. A key assumption I make in my articles is that you play golf somewhat consistently and practice at the range when you can.
Fairways Hit
While it may sound like a simple and obvious skill, hitting the fairway off the tee is a must. It is like a basketball player knowing how to effectively dribble down the court or a hockey player skating down the ice with ease. They do it without effort; it is almost secondary to their ultimate goal: scoring! With golf, hitting a fairway is a skill that you must focus on and it should become second nature to you. It is critical to your ultimate goal: scoring--"sinking the putt in par or better". When you begin to hit more fairways you will notice a few things will happen.
First, your confidence will improve dramatically. How often have you come to play, ready to tee off from the first tee with pre-determined excuses about why you hooked or sliced off into the woods? How stressed have you been when paired up with someone you don’t know. Imagine how you’d feel if you knew your ball was going to hit the fairway every time. This alone is worth the practice. Second, you can shift your focus to your important second shot rather than your drive. An effective second shot, in most cases, will set you up for hitting the green in regulation which gets you one step further to par or better. Do you think a PGA tour player thinks about hitting the fairway? No, they think about where on the fairway they are going to hit it.
What to do
During your next round, simply keep track of the fairways you hit by writing an "f" on your scorecard next to the hole played. Divide the total number of fairways hit by the total number of holes played (par 4 or better). Use this percentage as a baseline to set your "fairways hit" goal. Keep this goal until you have consistently beaten it over several rounds. At that time, you are ready to set a new goal. For example, if after 17 holes (excludes a par 3) you hit 4 fairways off the tee, your baseline percentage will be 23.5%. You could set a goal of 30% fairways hit (or 6/17 holes, assuming at least one par 3).
Once you consistently hit 30% of fairways it's time to change your goal. Before you know it, you will be on your way to a lower score. Only two additional fairways per round can lead to an immediate 10% improvement in your overall skill set. Ultimately, you should strive to hit 100% of possible fairways during the course of a round and even hitting just two or three more over 18 holes will help improve your total strokes and better your game.
Be sure to read my other articles where I discuss greens in regulation and how to improve your putting. This article may be used on your site as long as the resource box below is included.
Jonathan Prentiss writes articles about golf and how to better your game. My articles focus on strategies to help apply what you practice, give you specific things to practice specific, and how to identify goals that will help better your game. To learn more about how you can better your game, calculate your handicap, receive additional instruction, and learn how to use this analysis please visit http://www.pasturepool.com
I think the trouble most bogey golfers have is that they focus too much on their swing, their setup, their delivery, their "mental game" and not enough focus on having fun and the specific areas of their game they can improve upon. We spend countless hours working on our swing, chip, and putt at the driving range yet we don’t know how to apply what we’ve learned on the course. A key assumption I make in my articles is that you play golf somewhat consistently and practice at the range when you can.
Fairways Hit
While it may sound like a simple and obvious skill, hitting the fairway off the tee is a must. It is like a basketball player knowing how to effectively dribble down the court or a hockey player skating down the ice with ease. They do it without effort; it is almost secondary to their ultimate goal: scoring! With golf, hitting a fairway is a skill that you must focus on and it should become second nature to you. It is critical to your ultimate goal: scoring--"sinking the putt in par or better". When you begin to hit more fairways you will notice a few things will happen.
First, your confidence will improve dramatically. How often have you come to play, ready to tee off from the first tee with pre-determined excuses about why you hooked or sliced off into the woods? How stressed have you been when paired up with someone you don’t know. Imagine how you’d feel if you knew your ball was going to hit the fairway every time. This alone is worth the practice. Second, you can shift your focus to your important second shot rather than your drive. An effective second shot, in most cases, will set you up for hitting the green in regulation which gets you one step further to par or better. Do you think a PGA tour player thinks about hitting the fairway? No, they think about where on the fairway they are going to hit it.
What to do
During your next round, simply keep track of the fairways you hit by writing an "f" on your scorecard next to the hole played. Divide the total number of fairways hit by the total number of holes played (par 4 or better). Use this percentage as a baseline to set your "fairways hit" goal. Keep this goal until you have consistently beaten it over several rounds. At that time, you are ready to set a new goal. For example, if after 17 holes (excludes a par 3) you hit 4 fairways off the tee, your baseline percentage will be 23.5%. You could set a goal of 30% fairways hit (or 6/17 holes, assuming at least one par 3).
Once you consistently hit 30% of fairways it's time to change your goal. Before you know it, you will be on your way to a lower score. Only two additional fairways per round can lead to an immediate 10% improvement in your overall skill set. Ultimately, you should strive to hit 100% of possible fairways during the course of a round and even hitting just two or three more over 18 holes will help improve your total strokes and better your game.
Be sure to read my other articles where I discuss greens in regulation and how to improve your putting. This article may be used on your site as long as the resource box below is included.
Jonathan Prentiss writes articles about golf and how to better your game. My articles focus on strategies to help apply what you practice, give you specific things to practice specific, and how to identify goals that will help better your game. To learn more about how you can better your game, calculate your handicap, receive additional instruction, and learn how to use this analysis please visit http://www.pasturepool.com
Monday, April 25, 2011
Golf Basics For Beginners - Searching For Tips That Truly Work
Finding good golf basics for beginners can be a long, drawn out process that doesn't end well. While there is a huge amount of information about it on the web, much of it is conflicting. How do you even know which websites have knowledge and tips that have worked for other golfers and which ones have info that is useless and full of fluff? Here is a much better way to go about finding golf basics for beginners.
It's all going to start by taking a good look at how you are looking for knowledge and beginner information. I am going to take a wild guess and assume that you are using search engines of some sort. I say this because this is how over 90% of people look for golfing knowledge online. It just seems like the best and fastest way to get what you need, right? Well, it might be fast, but it's also how everybody wind up getting tons of conflicting information on golf basics for beginners.
All you get is a random list of sites and each one has different ways to go about improving your game. How do you know which ones are telling the truth? They can't all be exactly right and some are going to be much better than others. Finding out which golf basics for beginners are good is the hard part.
That's what I want to help you easily figure out. It's always better to find out what has truly worked for other golfers out there. To find this valuable information, you only need one thing. Golfing forums. It's the ultimate community, full of many golfers who have always found the info you need to know and many of them have already implemented it on the course. You can use these great forums to find the golf basics for beginners that have really worked for others out there. As a matter of fact, there will be tons of topics on this very subject.
You can read their stories, tips, techniques, the guides they used and links to the places they have found the most beneficial to their continued success. Heck, you can even start a dozen of your own topics if you need more input. It's a sensational way to find out which golf basics for beginners are really worth trying and have done the job for other people out there. It sure beats trying random, conflicting results you get from Google all the time.
Locating good golf basics for beginners is just the first part, because you must consistently implement them on the course if you are to see any good improvements.
Here is the revolutionary, most original tutorial/guide that teaches you the perfect golf basics for beginners. Including tons of step-by-step instructions, videos and tips.
Adam Woodham is the author of this article and always uses his site to tell people about the Online Golf Tips that truly work for improving your game. Learning to golf like a pro has never been easier.
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It's all going to start by taking a good look at how you are looking for knowledge and beginner information. I am going to take a wild guess and assume that you are using search engines of some sort. I say this because this is how over 90% of people look for golfing knowledge online. It just seems like the best and fastest way to get what you need, right? Well, it might be fast, but it's also how everybody wind up getting tons of conflicting information on golf basics for beginners.
All you get is a random list of sites and each one has different ways to go about improving your game. How do you know which ones are telling the truth? They can't all be exactly right and some are going to be much better than others. Finding out which golf basics for beginners are good is the hard part.
That's what I want to help you easily figure out. It's always better to find out what has truly worked for other golfers out there. To find this valuable information, you only need one thing. Golfing forums. It's the ultimate community, full of many golfers who have always found the info you need to know and many of them have already implemented it on the course. You can use these great forums to find the golf basics for beginners that have really worked for others out there. As a matter of fact, there will be tons of topics on this very subject.
You can read their stories, tips, techniques, the guides they used and links to the places they have found the most beneficial to their continued success. Heck, you can even start a dozen of your own topics if you need more input. It's a sensational way to find out which golf basics for beginners are really worth trying and have done the job for other people out there. It sure beats trying random, conflicting results you get from Google all the time.
Locating good golf basics for beginners is just the first part, because you must consistently implement them on the course if you are to see any good improvements.
Here is the revolutionary, most original tutorial/guide that teaches you the perfect golf basics for beginners. Including tons of step-by-step instructions, videos and tips.
Adam Woodham is the author of this article and always uses his site to tell people about the Online Golf Tips that truly work for improving your game. Learning to golf like a pro has never been easier.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Adam_Woodham
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