Aug 30
If you have a problem with hooking the golf ball, you may have a problem with your grip. One of the most important golf grip tips for people who hook the ball is to learn to weaken your grip.
The problem is that your grip is too strong, which closes the club face at impact, producing a ball flight that goes far left for a right handed golfer. To see if you have a strong grip, take your grip and look at your left hand. See how many knuckles are visible. If you have three to four knuckles visible, your grip may be too strong. One way you can fix this problem is by rotating your left hand more to the left so that only one or two knuckles are visible.
Tagged with: ball • ball flight • club face • face • golf grip tips • grip • handed golfer • hook • hooking the golf ball • way
Aug 26
If you are able to improve your short game, you will very likely take a few strokes off your score. While driving a golf ball 250 yards may seem more impressive than chipping a ball 50 feet, the latter is more important when it comes to scoring. You may drive the ball 10 or maybe 12 times per round, but you’ll probably need to use your pitching wedge or other short irons for twice as many shots. A good tip for short shots just off the green is to use a less lofted club and keep the ball only a few inches or maybe a foot off the ground. If the grass is not too high, you can even putt your ball. This strategy will produce less errant shots and help lower your score.
Tagged with: ball • foot • game • golf ball • green • ground • irons • pitching wedge • short game • strokes
Aug 24
Do you fall over, or backwards, or sideways, as you’re finishing the swing of your driver? You’re overswinging, one of the most common mistakes when driving the golf ball. Even though you hit the ball, the most common result is that you miss the fairway and you lose distance.
Try these tips — swing your driver with the bottom of your back shoe in contact with the ground through impact. Swing at about three-quarters speed, and turn your shoulders fully through the ball. Do not let your back foot come off the ground until you feel the foot pulled up by the rotation of your body. Maintain your balance right to the finish. Remember these tips, keep your overswing in check, and your driving will improve almost immediately.
Tagged with: ball • Driving • fairway • foot • golf ball • ground • result • shoulders • swing • three quarters
Aug 19
The perfect golf swing is a work of art. Graceful and powerful, the club flows as a single extension of the arms, completing a powerful arc with a high follow through as the ball travels majestically skyward on an elliptical path traced through the sky. Players who can perform this most envious of tasks have the admiration of duffers everywhere.
The perfect golf swing involves all of the major muscle groups acting in harmony. The head is down, focusing on the ball, while the shoulders turn and the lower body is lead through this motion by the torso.
On the downswing, the arms lead the hands until the wrists un cock at precisely the right time, providing the necessary force to propel the golf ball extremely high into the atmosphere.
Tagged with: admiration • art • ball • elliptical path • major muscle groups • muscle • necessary force • perfect golf swing • sky players • work
Aug 18
If you’re one of the many golfers out there who slice the ball, anti-slice golf instruction is your top priority in order to correct it.
Here are 3 simple things you can do today to fix your slice.
#1 Strengthen your grip. A weak grip (or old grips for that matter) can cause the club to move in your hands at impact.
#2 Close the club face slightly by a few degrees. By having the club face slightly closed, you will offset any opening of the face that occurs during your back swing.
#3 Move the ball position forward in your stance. By having the ball slightly forward, you will give yourself that bit extra time to get everything square at impact.
These 3 basic anti-slice golf instruction tips will help you get rid of that slice.
Tagged with: back swing • ball • ball position • club face • face • golf instruction tips • grip • matter • slice golf • today
Jul 29
For many players, the problem with their swing is a big one. If I could give those players one golf swing tip, it would be to swing the club less steeply. Too many players take a steep approach, coming down over the ball rather than swinging through. What happens with this type of swing plane is players rarely make solid contact and they always put hurtful sidespin on the golf ball.
A better approach to come around with the swing, rather than straight down. This golf swing tip is one that is hard to master for many, so it must be attacked with patience. If you work hard to come around the golf ball, you will cure the slice and put more of your shots on target than ever before.
Tagged with: ball • contact • golf ball • golf swing tip • patience • problem • sidespin • swing plane • target • type
Jul 28
Many beginning golfers just want to grab the driver and whack the ball. There is some sort of sense of accomplishment as you watch the flight of a 200 yard drive down the fairway. But, if you really want to better your score, having a good short game is essential.
The short game, which I would describe as any shots of 100 yards or less is key to good scoring. Considering that maybe a third to a half of all shots come from inside 100 yards, and another third to one half are putts, it is obvious how important the short game is to your score.
Learning to escape the bunker can save you many strokes. You should aim about an inch or two behind the ball, striking the sand first which will push the ball gently up into the air and on to the green. It takes practice, but eventually, you will gain confidence and no longer fear shots out of the bunker.
Tagged with: accomplishment • ball • beginning • bunker • fairway • golfers • short game • sort • strokes • yard
Jul 27
If you are looking for two or three little things to help improve your golf swing, then keep these items in mind. The first has to do with swing plane. When taking a full golf swing, you should be coming squarely through the golf ball. Too many players have a tendency to swing over the ball, causing the vicious slice that will drain distance and destroy a round. Likewise, understand that you don’t have to swing hard to be successful. Too many players try to swing outside of themselves and this brings about mistakes. Your full golf swing should be smooth and you should be able to repeat it. Stay within the limits of your own game, or you will end up with a series of bad mishits that destroys your score.
Tagged with: ball • game • golf ball • golf swing basics • round • score • series • swing plane • tendency
Jul 26
Improvement in golf usually comes in big chunks rather than gradually. People will shoot in the mid 80s and then one day start shooting in the high 70s because of a small improvement. Dropping shots from your golf game usually involves fixing you major issue that is causing you to have high scores. For some people. their putting is what causes them to have poor scores. Other people have problems with their ball striking. hitting the ball all over the course. In order to keep dropping shots from your game. you need to identify what the weak part of your game is. Be honest in your evaluation. because if you aren’t you are only hurting yourself. Once you have identified your problem. work on improving that area and you’ll see your scores drop quickly.
Tagged with: ball • Dropping • game improvement • golf game • issue • mid 80s • poor scores • Shots • weak part • work
Jul 07
Most bad amateur golfers are familiar with the slice, as it is the most common ball flight for golfers who have poor technique. One of the main causes of a slice is having an improper grip position on the golf club. Here are some golf tips slicers can use to improve their grip.
First, make sure that you are holding the club properly. For a right handed golfer, the grip should run along the line where the fingers meet the palm in the left hand. After the proper left hand grip is in place, the right hand should be placed in such a way that both palms face one another. The V’s created between the thumb and index finger of the left hand should point towards the golfer’s right ear.
Tagged with: amateur golfers • ball • ball flight • grip • hand grip • handed golfer • improper grip • line • position • technique