Plan to Improve Your Golf
Getting better at golf will not happen magically as you play more rounds - you will either ingrain your bad habits or create new ones as you try to correct your current mistakes.
Set up a plan for yourself that will include lessons, practice and tackling your strengths and weaknesses. Track your stats. It doesn’t take that much extra time when filling in a score card to record things like Fairway hit, number of putts, sand saves etc. See My Golf Domain’s Game Tracker and The Golf Space for tracking your statistics.
After getting lessons, it will make things a lot clearer as to what you are actually looking at when watching videos or studying good players.
To become a good golfer you have to make it happen. Set realistic goals and work methodically to reach them
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Grip, Alignment, Stance and Posture
Many high handicappers set up to the ball in a way that generally guarantees a poor shot.
Most mistakes actually happen before you even swing the club.
Check the following basics to make sure you are giving yourself every opportunity to hit a good shot:
grip - ease off on the pressure
alignment - make sure you really are […]
Go to Club
Do you have a “go to” or “get out of jail club”?
It’s the one you find you are most comfortable hitting. Take some time to learn how to hook it, fade it, punch it low or hit it high.
Once you master different shots with this one club, you will be able to get out […]
Pitching - Use Your Imagination
Find a spot at the range where you can hit pitch shots to an area that is out of your line of sight.
Try to imagine targets that are 25 to 30 metres apart and swing to hit your shots to those imaginary targets.
Check to see how well your feel for those shots are, and practice […]
Swing Easy, Hit Hard
The secret to hitting long drives is not by swinging long or hard.
You need to stay in balance, by making a wide back swing and full shoulder turn.
Let your swing speed come from turning your shoulders and allowing your arms to be pulled through the shot.
Your hands will then work as a lever to “crack […]
Making More Putts
Before you get to the green, start looking at the big picture of how the green slopes - where would water drain off?
If it’s early morning you have an added advantage if there is dew on the ground - you can see how putts before yours have rolled!
Watch the rolls of other putts and then […]
Pre-shot Routine
Under pressure?
Go through your pre-shot routine to visualise the shot, align yourself properly, and set up to the ball in good posture and in a relaxed position.
You will now feel calm and confident you have done everything in your control to hit a good shot.
Swing with freedom and trust your swing.
The pre-shot routine is the […]
Use a New Golf Ball
Try to avoid playing with a ball that has been scraped or nicked.
The flight of the ball can be changed quite dramatically by these flaws.
If you go to hit an old ball across a water hazard, you are defeating yourself by thinking you may hit it into the water.
Give yourself every advantage.
Limit Hip Turn On The Backswing
When making a back swing - avoid the temptation to turn your hips around in order to get more power.
Too much hip turn actually causes a loss of power as it prevents the top of your body coiling and forming resistance against your hips/lower body.
I like to keep my back knee slightly flexed and think […]
