5 Tips on How to Play Better Golf
Golf is a great game and can become very frustrating for most golfers. It can be such a sweet game when you play well, and then it can be that day of ‘what the’. Here are 5 simple ways you can look at now to improve your game and play better golf
1. Practice swinging with your eyes closed. By swinging with your eyes closed, you can feel the weight of the club and sense its speed gradually accelerating from the top of your swing all the way through to a controlled finish. Once you’ve mastered that, re-create the swing on the course. If successful, you’ll see your consistency improve and your bad shots diminish.
2. Putting – keep your head still during a putt, and avoid looking where the ball is going once you’ve hit the putt. Why? Moving your head hampers accuracy. To putt well, you have to keep your head down and steady throughout the stroke.
3. Practice long putts – This is one of the best drills to improve your putting touch, putt balls to the edge of the putting green. Get about 5 balls and start about 30 feet away from the fringe and try to putt the balls as close to the fringe as possible. During this drill don’t worry about direction, only speed. Keep doing this and vary the distance from the fringe.
4. Learning how to hit wedge shots between 40 and 150 yards is the next key element of golf. These are your money shots and they can make a huge difference in your scores. The ball should be positioned towards the center of your stance. Developing touch with these shots is a function of consistent practice so make sure you put in the time necessary to learn these shots.
5. Sidespin occurs when the club-face is not aligned perpendicularly to the plane of swing. At the end of a swing, the weight has shifted almost entirely to the left foot, the body is fully turned to the left and the hands are above the left shoulder with the club hanging down over the players’ back. Standing over the ball for too long a time and wondering whether you’re going to swing the club correctly can easily result in a skewed shot, or completely missing the ball.
The tips above are simple and not too technical – but very effective at improving your overall game. So give it a go and play better golf now.
Comments
Got something to say?