Are you having trouble with the golf swing basics? Even though it may seem easy, it is more difficult than you may think.

Here are 3 tips that you need to know to improve your golf swing basics and improve your golf game.

Golf swing basics should be simple, straightforward and repeatable. The more you think about your swing the more difficult it becomes to have a consistent swing. Practicing some golf swing basics will allow you to develop muscle memory that you can take to the golf course. Read the rest of this entry

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Putting is one of the toughest aspects of the game. Most of our strokes are counted on the green. Sinking your short putts can make all the difference in your round of golf.

Let’s focus on two areas of the putting stroke; Length of your stroke and acceleration through impact. Mastering these two parts of your putting stroke will lead to more consistency and sinking more short putts.

Many golfers will take too long of a back swing in their putts.  This will generally lead to decelerating at the point of impact causing your putts to come up short. Read the rest of this entry

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The ability to shape your golf shot when playing a round of golf can make all the difference in the world.

How many of us would like know how to draw the golf ball, hook the golf ball, or fade or slice the golf ball on purpose?

If you are facing a shot that is a dogleg right or a dogleg left, or the wind’s blowing from the left or wind’s blowing from the right, you want to be able to shape your golf shot.

These shots are not as hard as they may seem. Follow these 3 tips the next time you play golf to shape your golf shots. Read the rest of this entry

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