One of the biggest problems I see with most amateur golfers is dealing with a slice. We’ve all experienced it and when it happens are first reaction is to tinker with our swing. Golfers will try just about anything to keep their golf ball in play. Reducing your slice or eliminating it all together is one challenge that can be corrected and will improve your game quickly.
We all know Golf is a game that is more mental than physical. Think about it, if you are like most golfers you will spend hours practicing and working on your golf swing at a driving range. When you head out to play a round of golf, you are excited and ready for a great day on the golf course. You are looking forward to putting into action the improvements you made at the driving range.
You step out to the first tee confident that you are going to drive the ball down the middle of the fairway and what happens? If you do hit a solid shot, your confidence goes up. If you hit a poor shot, more than likely a slice, your confidence goes down and you immediately start to think about that shot.
This problem is so common, even professional golfers deal with hitting a slice. They have an advantage over amateur golfers. They can recover from a bad shot and put their next shot back in play. Where as an errant shot for an amateur will more than likely lead to a bogey or worse. Read the rest of this entry
Most beginners to the game of golf have one thing in mind, and that is to hit the ball as far as possible. What they don’t understand is that accuracy is the first thing to consider and the distance to their shots will follow.
There are many golfers that never really get out of this mindset. This is one of the big reasons why these golfers will never achieve the distances that they are capable of.
Golfer’s that truly understand the game of golf will take the time to practice for accuracy first and concentrate on the distance once they have mastered the art of control.
There is an old saying in golf that goes “Drive for show and putt for Dough”.
How many times during a round of golf have you been frustrated by a putt that was on target only to come up short? What about those putts that miss the cup and go sailing 3 or 4 feet past the hole? By using these 7 proven steps, you can improve your putting; lower your scores and your golf handicap.
When you go back and look at your scorecard, how many putts did you have during the round?
Putting accounts for half or more of our score at the end of the day. Consider that on most golf courses there are 14 holes where you will tee off with a Driver or fairway wood. Again depending on the golf course, you should have 18 to 22 strokes using an iron, hybrid or fairway wood. All golf courses attribute 36 strokes to putting.
This is a huge statistic that too often goes unnoticed or unaccounted for in the amateur golfers mind. I always count the number of putts during a round of golf. I know that if I am going to shave strokes off my score that the easiest way is to take fewer putts.
When you tee off set a goal in regards to your putting. When playing 18 holes, set a goal of 32 putts or less. For 9 holes your goal should be 16 putts or less.
Want to make putts like this one? Read on to learn more about improving your putting and lower your scores and your golf handicap!
