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Golf is not a funeral, though both can be very sad affairs.....
Bernard Darwin
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After a dormant period from golf, whether because of seasonal reasons or just lack of play, preparation is the name of the game when gearing up for more golf. The longer you've been on a golf hiatus, the earlier you should start getting back to form.
The most important goal to focus on is getting your swing back to the way it was. This involves not only working on a set of swing drills, but also a few exercises in order to stimulate the muscles in your body that help you execute a swing. Stretch the muscles you use when you swing such as those in your shoulders, arms and back.
Returning to your swinging rhythm is important too. This exercise will help you keep your balance without compromising clubhead speed. Set up 5 tees in a horizontal line, 4 inches apart. Stand just inside the closest tee and swing a 7 iron with a continuous swinging motion, back and through. Start walking forward and clip each tee as you go along. Repeat this drill three times.
Happy Golfing
Fran
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"If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf." Bob Hope
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Thursday, May 29, 2008
Monday, May 19, 2008
Tips From The Pros
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Gord Holder, Ottawa Citizen
1. Preparation: Scott Mikkelsen says people frequently see players race into the parklng lot, put on their golf shoes and head straight to the first tee. "And then they expect to perform to their potential" says Mikkelsen, the head pro at Camelot Golf and Country Club,(1-613-833-0799) "instead of maybe showing up a half an hour early and going through their routine. "For people to even have a chance of playing to their potential, they need to be more prepared when they go to the first tee, and it doesn't mean spending an hour on the range and working out like Tiger Woods."
The fix: Go to the range, loosen up your body a bit, hit a few shots, then try a couple of putts on the practice green.
2. Posture: Adam Holden, assistant pro at Kevin Haime Golf Centre, says poor posture prohibits a good upper-body turn, and a golfer who fails to pivot properly won't keep the club on the correct swing plane. Most people lean too much forward, putting too much weight on the toes. To make a turn during the swing, they must raise up their upper bodies too much.
The fix: Maintain an athletic, ready starting position with knees slightly flexed, posterior sticking out past the heels and arms hanging loosely, away from the body.
3. Back Swing: Colin Orr, director of golf at the Ottawa Athletic Club, says another common problem is locking (straightening) the rear knee on the backswing, hampering weight shift. "Locking that back knee," Orr says, "causes three possible outcomes: a) If the knee remains locked, you swing 'over the top', creating an outside-in-path; b) you bend (readjust) the knee too much during the swing and hit the ground behind the ball; c) you bend it just right and catch the ball perfectly. 'Out of those three, two are bad, and one is just lucky."
The fix: During the backswing, try to feel as if you are rotating onto the back leg while maintaining the knee's flex.
4. Alignment: An unsuccessful shot is often the byproduct of poor aim, according to Dave Kalil, Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club teaching pro (1-613-736-1134). "Most people think they have to line their body up to the target, but it's their ball to the target and their body parallel to that line. That's what I taught Wayne Gretsky," Kalil says, referring to a tip he gave the Great One when he was in town with Team Canada a few years back. "The fact is, your body is two feet or so away from the ball, and that space, multipled by the distance to the landing spot, makes for off-line shots."
The fix: Practice with one club on the ground along the intended target line and another parallel to the first club, just in front of your shoe tips. That will get you accustomed to the viewpoint from lining up properly.
5. The Triangle: Too many golfers lose the triangle formed by the shoulders, arms and hands between address and the time the clubhead returns to the ball during the downswing, says Warren Grant, a teaching pro based at Manderly on the Green (1-613-489-2066) and Greensmere Golf Club (1-613-839-7772). "Turning the upper body too early gets its various parts out of sequence. The golfer's arms swing around the core horizontally instead of vertically. that makes the swing too flat."
The fix: Instead of forcing the upper body to turn, let it follow naturally from the motion of the arms on the backswing and downswing. This, Grant says, will promote the vertical swing path required.
6. Grip: Rideau View Country Club (1-613-692-4112) head pro Paul Sherratt distinguishes between outcome and process errors. A slice is an outcome error. To fix that, take 1,000 balls to the practice range and stay there until you can hit a hook. A bad grip is a process error that can lead to a slice, and Sherratt maintains that how a golfer holds the club will influence how they're set-up over the ball.
The fix: Go to a qualified coach and have them place your hands on the club properly. "Then the player needs to make a commitment that, with that new grip and set up, they will commit to hitting the ball with that new grip and setup until such time as they find the target."
7. Overswinging: "Far too many golfers overswing, taking the club too far on the backswing," Cedarhill Golf and Country Club head pro Greg White says, "from the short game to the long game, from the driver to the wedge. In the short game, overswinging leads to deceleration, and that's never good. On full-swing shots, it can cause excess body movement, which itself produces inconsistent contact between clubhead and ball." (1-613-825-2186)
The fix: Shorten the backswing, keeping the lead arm straighter. Most excess bending of the lead arm actually results from excess bending of the rear arm. Don't lift the arms, turn the shoulders. White suggests a practice drill in which you hold a heavy book while pretending to swing. At the peak of the 'backswing,' your back arm should be at a 90-degree angle, allowing you to balance that book on your hand just as you would a tray of food.
8. Pre-Shot Routine: Roseline Menard, general manager at Larrimac Golf Club (1-819-827-1506), says "too many players become overanxious while waiting to hit the ball. Golfers who pull the trigger too quickly aren't allowing their bodies to relax enough to execute the swing with good rhythm. However, even more wait too long, past the point when their bodies are ready to react" and extending into what Menard calls the 'dormant' stage.
The fix: Establish a consistent pre-shot routine. Menard says the average time needed to get set, ready and go is about seven seconds, but she agrees it might be better for an individual golfer to use, for example, 10. If you take 10 seconds, then it has to be 10 seconds always.
9. The Short Cut To Success: Guy Beaulieu says too many golfers display far too much ignorance of the importance of the short game. Golf and spa director at Chateau Cartier Resort (1-819-777-8870), Beaulieu cites two statistics produced by short-game guru Dave Pelz: 65 percent of golf shots are played within 100 yards of the hole; and 80 percent of shots lost to par come from shots of less than 100 yards.
The fix: "If they have an hour to spend practising, at least one of it, maybe more, should be spent on the short game, and it's usually the opposite," Beaulieu says.
10. A Firm Hand: It's the wrist actually. Anne Chouinard, the director of golf at Prince Edward Island's Canadian Golf Academy and a coach who has worked with LPGA Tour player Lorie Kane, says too many recreational golfers don't understand the concept of getting the ball airborne. "Too often they try to help the ball into the air by scooping it," Chouinard says, "and it can cause problems all the way from putts and chips to full swings. Scooping comes from breakdowns of the lead wrist. The club bottoms out before reaching the ball, or it hits the ball on the upswing, causing "chunked" or topped shots."
The fix: "You have to move the hands ahead of the ball at impact so that the club hits the ball first and then hits the grass," Chouinard says. During practice, she'll put a tee in the ground just ahead of the ball and tell a student to hit the ball and clip the tee on the follow-through. If they succeed, they get the feeling of hitting the ball on a downward arc, which, combined with a loft on the clubface, is what launches a ball in the air.
Bonus tip: A divot begins at the position of your hands relative to the ball at impact, Chouinard says.
More Golf Courses in Eastern Ontario to check out
Arnprior Golf Club 1-613-623-3314
Calabogie Highlands Resort and Golf Club 1-613-752-2171
Dragonfly Golf Links 1-613-432-3838 or 1-800-275-3838
Pakenham Highlands Golf Club 1-613-624-5550
Pembroke Golf Club 1-613-732-1665
Renfrew Golf Club 1-613-432-2485
Whitetail Golf Club 1-613-628-3774 or 1-800-280-2179
Happy golfing!
Frsn
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P.S. Check this out:
How To Break 80 Golf Instruction Program
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Gord Holder, Ottawa Citizen
1. Preparation: Scott Mikkelsen says people frequently see players race into the parklng lot, put on their golf shoes and head straight to the first tee. "And then they expect to perform to their potential" says Mikkelsen, the head pro at Camelot Golf and Country Club,(1-613-833-0799) "instead of maybe showing up a half an hour early and going through their routine. "For people to even have a chance of playing to their potential, they need to be more prepared when they go to the first tee, and it doesn't mean spending an hour on the range and working out like Tiger Woods."
The fix: Go to the range, loosen up your body a bit, hit a few shots, then try a couple of putts on the practice green.
2. Posture: Adam Holden, assistant pro at Kevin Haime Golf Centre, says poor posture prohibits a good upper-body turn, and a golfer who fails to pivot properly won't keep the club on the correct swing plane. Most people lean too much forward, putting too much weight on the toes. To make a turn during the swing, they must raise up their upper bodies too much.
The fix: Maintain an athletic, ready starting position with knees slightly flexed, posterior sticking out past the heels and arms hanging loosely, away from the body.
3. Back Swing: Colin Orr, director of golf at the Ottawa Athletic Club, says another common problem is locking (straightening) the rear knee on the backswing, hampering weight shift. "Locking that back knee," Orr says, "causes three possible outcomes: a) If the knee remains locked, you swing 'over the top', creating an outside-in-path; b) you bend (readjust) the knee too much during the swing and hit the ground behind the ball; c) you bend it just right and catch the ball perfectly. 'Out of those three, two are bad, and one is just lucky."
The fix: During the backswing, try to feel as if you are rotating onto the back leg while maintaining the knee's flex.
4. Alignment: An unsuccessful shot is often the byproduct of poor aim, according to Dave Kalil, Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club teaching pro (1-613-736-1134). "Most people think they have to line their body up to the target, but it's their ball to the target and their body parallel to that line. That's what I taught Wayne Gretsky," Kalil says, referring to a tip he gave the Great One when he was in town with Team Canada a few years back. "The fact is, your body is two feet or so away from the ball, and that space, multipled by the distance to the landing spot, makes for off-line shots."
The fix: Practice with one club on the ground along the intended target line and another parallel to the first club, just in front of your shoe tips. That will get you accustomed to the viewpoint from lining up properly.
5. The Triangle: Too many golfers lose the triangle formed by the shoulders, arms and hands between address and the time the clubhead returns to the ball during the downswing, says Warren Grant, a teaching pro based at Manderly on the Green (1-613-489-2066) and Greensmere Golf Club (1-613-839-7772). "Turning the upper body too early gets its various parts out of sequence. The golfer's arms swing around the core horizontally instead of vertically. that makes the swing too flat."
The fix: Instead of forcing the upper body to turn, let it follow naturally from the motion of the arms on the backswing and downswing. This, Grant says, will promote the vertical swing path required.
6. Grip: Rideau View Country Club (1-613-692-4112) head pro Paul Sherratt distinguishes between outcome and process errors. A slice is an outcome error. To fix that, take 1,000 balls to the practice range and stay there until you can hit a hook. A bad grip is a process error that can lead to a slice, and Sherratt maintains that how a golfer holds the club will influence how they're set-up over the ball.
The fix: Go to a qualified coach and have them place your hands on the club properly. "Then the player needs to make a commitment that, with that new grip and set up, they will commit to hitting the ball with that new grip and setup until such time as they find the target."
7. Overswinging: "Far too many golfers overswing, taking the club too far on the backswing," Cedarhill Golf and Country Club head pro Greg White says, "from the short game to the long game, from the driver to the wedge. In the short game, overswinging leads to deceleration, and that's never good. On full-swing shots, it can cause excess body movement, which itself produces inconsistent contact between clubhead and ball." (1-613-825-2186)
The fix: Shorten the backswing, keeping the lead arm straighter. Most excess bending of the lead arm actually results from excess bending of the rear arm. Don't lift the arms, turn the shoulders. White suggests a practice drill in which you hold a heavy book while pretending to swing. At the peak of the 'backswing,' your back arm should be at a 90-degree angle, allowing you to balance that book on your hand just as you would a tray of food.
8. Pre-Shot Routine: Roseline Menard, general manager at Larrimac Golf Club (1-819-827-1506), says "too many players become overanxious while waiting to hit the ball. Golfers who pull the trigger too quickly aren't allowing their bodies to relax enough to execute the swing with good rhythm. However, even more wait too long, past the point when their bodies are ready to react" and extending into what Menard calls the 'dormant' stage.
The fix: Establish a consistent pre-shot routine. Menard says the average time needed to get set, ready and go is about seven seconds, but she agrees it might be better for an individual golfer to use, for example, 10. If you take 10 seconds, then it has to be 10 seconds always.
9. The Short Cut To Success: Guy Beaulieu says too many golfers display far too much ignorance of the importance of the short game. Golf and spa director at Chateau Cartier Resort (1-819-777-8870), Beaulieu cites two statistics produced by short-game guru Dave Pelz: 65 percent of golf shots are played within 100 yards of the hole; and 80 percent of shots lost to par come from shots of less than 100 yards.
The fix: "If they have an hour to spend practising, at least one of it, maybe more, should be spent on the short game, and it's usually the opposite," Beaulieu says.
10. A Firm Hand: It's the wrist actually. Anne Chouinard, the director of golf at Prince Edward Island's Canadian Golf Academy and a coach who has worked with LPGA Tour player Lorie Kane, says too many recreational golfers don't understand the concept of getting the ball airborne. "Too often they try to help the ball into the air by scooping it," Chouinard says, "and it can cause problems all the way from putts and chips to full swings. Scooping comes from breakdowns of the lead wrist. The club bottoms out before reaching the ball, or it hits the ball on the upswing, causing "chunked" or topped shots."
The fix: "You have to move the hands ahead of the ball at impact so that the club hits the ball first and then hits the grass," Chouinard says. During practice, she'll put a tee in the ground just ahead of the ball and tell a student to hit the ball and clip the tee on the follow-through. If they succeed, they get the feeling of hitting the ball on a downward arc, which, combined with a loft on the clubface, is what launches a ball in the air.
Bonus tip: A divot begins at the position of your hands relative to the ball at impact, Chouinard says.
More Golf Courses in Eastern Ontario to check out
Arnprior Golf Club 1-613-623-3314
Calabogie Highlands Resort and Golf Club 1-613-752-2171
Dragonfly Golf Links 1-613-432-3838 or 1-800-275-3838
Pakenham Highlands Golf Club 1-613-624-5550
Pembroke Golf Club 1-613-732-1665
Renfrew Golf Club 1-613-432-2485
Whitetail Golf Club 1-613-628-3774 or 1-800-280-2179
Happy golfing!
Frsn
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P.S. Check this out:
How To Break 80 Golf Instruction Program
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Friday, April 25, 2008
Blanking Out Negativity
"If profanity had an influence on the flight of the ball, the game of golf would be played far better than it is." - Horace G. Hutchinson
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Blanking Out Negativity
A clear head is important for accomplishing what you want to do with your shot, so keep it simple.
The time that golfrs have to prepare for their next shot can be a bonus or a burden, depending on how it is used. When you start to overanalyze the next shot, your brain gets cluttered and so do your body signals.
Don't occupy yourself with thinking about past shots or holes. These will only obstruct your thinking. Focus on the current shot, not the one you had five minutes ago.
Try repeating a mantra (a word with no meaning or a single thought) to clear your mind. Focus your attention on breathing just before you prepare for a shot. This will help you to relax. If other thoughts come to mind, let them pass and return to the mantra.
Keep thinking about how you are going to hit the shot to one mental cue such as tempo. If you're a visual player, see the target and let your body hit the shot.
Putt on!
Fran
Amazing Golf Mind Mental Audios
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Blanking Out Negativity
A clear head is important for accomplishing what you want to do with your shot, so keep it simple.
The time that golfrs have to prepare for their next shot can be a bonus or a burden, depending on how it is used. When you start to overanalyze the next shot, your brain gets cluttered and so do your body signals.
Don't occupy yourself with thinking about past shots or holes. These will only obstruct your thinking. Focus on the current shot, not the one you had five minutes ago.
Try repeating a mantra (a word with no meaning or a single thought) to clear your mind. Focus your attention on breathing just before you prepare for a shot. This will help you to relax. If other thoughts come to mind, let them pass and return to the mantra.
Keep thinking about how you are going to hit the shot to one mental cue such as tempo. If you're a visual player, see the target and let your body hit the shot.
Putt on!
Fran
Amazing Golf Mind Mental Audios
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Putting Under Pressure
Golf is a puzzle without an answer. I've played the game for forty years and I still haven't the slightest idea how to play.
**Gary Player
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Putting can be the most stressful part of the game. Depending on how close you are to the pin, it's the last opportunity you have to shave some strokes off your score. The secret to a successful putt is the ability to work under pressure.
What's the problem?
Putting trouble usually comes from unnecessary body movement during the stroke. Practice a four foot length putt and focus on keeping the entire body perfectly still except for hands, arms and shoulders.
What can I do?
Try a stress exercise. With 10 balls, line up a straight putt of about four feet. Set a goal for the number of putts that you can get in a row and gradually incrase this goal to 50. If you miss one, you have to start all over again!
This is a good way to learn to deal with the pressur of putting. As you approach your fiftieth stroke, it will start to feel more and more like a real game. With the risk of having to start all over, a lot is riding on the final few shots.
Once you're used to this kind of stress, you'll be better able to deal with that last moment on the green.
Now get out there and improve your putting game!!
Fran
**Gary Player
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Putting can be the most stressful part of the game. Depending on how close you are to the pin, it's the last opportunity you have to shave some strokes off your score. The secret to a successful putt is the ability to work under pressure.
What's the problem?
Putting trouble usually comes from unnecessary body movement during the stroke. Practice a four foot length putt and focus on keeping the entire body perfectly still except for hands, arms and shoulders.
What can I do?
Try a stress exercise. With 10 balls, line up a straight putt of about four feet. Set a goal for the number of putts that you can get in a row and gradually incrase this goal to 50. If you miss one, you have to start all over again!
This is a good way to learn to deal with the pressur of putting. As you approach your fiftieth stroke, it will start to feel more and more like a real game. With the risk of having to start all over, a lot is riding on the final few shots.
Once you're used to this kind of stress, you'll be better able to deal with that last moment on the green.
Now get out there and improve your putting game!!
Fran
Monday, March 24, 2008
Golf Training For Success
Golf Training for Success
How does anyone become better at what they do?
Anyone knows that get to the top of your game you need practice and the more you want to succeed the more you will need to practice.
Vijay Singh has been known as the golfer who practices more than any other. He has stated that he might not be the most talented golfer in the world but his dedication to practice more often and longer than most others enabled him to succeed beyond the expectations of many people.
Vijay got to the top of his game by practicing from morning until night. Before tournaments here would be practicing for hours.
Michael Campbell won the US Open and in his early years when he was a youngster he would practice so much in his yard he would literally wear the clubs out and have to replace them for more practice.
The more you practice the higher the probability that you will naturally make the right moves without having to think about the actions you are taking. And the less you have to think about your stance, swing and so on, the more likely you are to hit the sweet spot more often and get the ball sailing through the air as though Tiger has just hit it.
Practice can be both cheap and convenient with driving ranges allowing you to hit a bucket full of golf balls to naturally program your mind and body to perform better once you hit the course in the weekend.
Here's the fun part - while your mates are watching television during the week you can sneak off to the driving range and sharpen your skills and then trounce them on the weekend and they will be none the wiser where your newfound skills have been honed.
How does anyone become better at what they do?
Anyone knows that get to the top of your game you need practice and the more you want to succeed the more you will need to practice.
Vijay Singh has been known as the golfer who practices more than any other. He has stated that he might not be the most talented golfer in the world but his dedication to practice more often and longer than most others enabled him to succeed beyond the expectations of many people.
Vijay got to the top of his game by practicing from morning until night. Before tournaments here would be practicing for hours.
Michael Campbell won the US Open and in his early years when he was a youngster he would practice so much in his yard he would literally wear the clubs out and have to replace them for more practice.
The more you practice the higher the probability that you will naturally make the right moves without having to think about the actions you are taking. And the less you have to think about your stance, swing and so on, the more likely you are to hit the sweet spot more often and get the ball sailing through the air as though Tiger has just hit it.
Practice can be both cheap and convenient with driving ranges allowing you to hit a bucket full of golf balls to naturally program your mind and body to perform better once you hit the course in the weekend.
Here's the fun part - while your mates are watching television during the week you can sneak off to the driving range and sharpen your skills and then trounce them on the weekend and they will be none the wiser where your newfound skills have been honed.
Golf Technology
Golf Technology
There is a lot of technology that goes in to the development of many golf products, from the clubs to the golf balls, which have more technological input than any other type of sports ball.
Sometimes you wonder where it might end but there is a lot more exciting development yet to come.
Imagine never having to worry about losing your golf ball again, unless of course it lands in a water hazard. GPS tracking might be the next step to help you find your golf ball no matter where you might hit it. The technology is already there to embed devices into golf balls so they can be tracked via GPS.
There will be the inevitable increase in price but think of all the money that you could save by never losing a ball again. If you consider the number of balls that are recovered on golf courses each week that could add up to a substantial saving across the board.
As these devices become smaller and smaller their applications become more plausible with items such as balls that can be tracked. There would be a market for such a ball, and where there is a demand someone will certainly decide to supply it sooner or later.
With advances in club designs we might all be driving as far as the Pros of today helped by the constant development of balls that are easier to hit and travel further in the process.
There is one thing that will always make golf a continuous challenge that we will never fully master and that is the human factor. We can have all the best golf clubs, balls, shoes and more and still make a mess of the simplest shot.
And that is why so many people all around the world go out week after week and try to master the game.
There is a lot of technology that goes in to the development of many golf products, from the clubs to the golf balls, which have more technological input than any other type of sports ball.
Sometimes you wonder where it might end but there is a lot more exciting development yet to come.
Imagine never having to worry about losing your golf ball again, unless of course it lands in a water hazard. GPS tracking might be the next step to help you find your golf ball no matter where you might hit it. The technology is already there to embed devices into golf balls so they can be tracked via GPS.
There will be the inevitable increase in price but think of all the money that you could save by never losing a ball again. If you consider the number of balls that are recovered on golf courses each week that could add up to a substantial saving across the board.
As these devices become smaller and smaller their applications become more plausible with items such as balls that can be tracked. There would be a market for such a ball, and where there is a demand someone will certainly decide to supply it sooner or later.
With advances in club designs we might all be driving as far as the Pros of today helped by the constant development of balls that are easier to hit and travel further in the process.
There is one thing that will always make golf a continuous challenge that we will never fully master and that is the human factor. We can have all the best golf clubs, balls, shoes and more and still make a mess of the simplest shot.
And that is why so many people all around the world go out week after week and try to master the game.
Consistency Is The Key
Consistency is the Key
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Putt To Win Click Here!
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Consistency is the hardest part of golf. It is not possible for any human, Tiger Woods included, to hit the golf ball perfectly 100% of the time. What good golfers can do however is consistently hit the ball very well most of the time, and near perfectly quite a lot of the time.
It is this consistency that sets them apart and even those at the top of their game have days when they don't get their shots right enough of the time.
There is only one thing that can really help any golfer get that consistency and that is practice.
But there is another matter that needs to be addressed when talking about consistency and golf and that is - Consistently bad shots.
The more you do anything consistently the more it will become natural behavior and this applies to poor technique too.
The sooner you address poor golf techniques, the sooner you will be able to practice the correct methods that will replace them and make those actions second nature.
This is why it is recommended that everyone should get professional instruction before learning bad techniques that will need to be relearned at a later time.
I would even go to the extent of advising a newcomer to the sport to have lessons before ever attempting to play a round. Or alternatively, learn how to use one club well, probably the 7 iron, and play a whole round, or nine holes, using only the 7 iron and a putter.
I knew of one player who made dramatic improvements to his game by using this technique and he had been playing for years. He started playing golf with only the 7-iron and his putter, until he perfected his swing, and then introduced other clubs one at a time. After getting his swing right with the 7-iron, mastering the other clubs was relatively simple.
Here's to improving your game!
Happy swinging.
Fran
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Putt To Win Click Here!
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Consistency is the hardest part of golf. It is not possible for any human, Tiger Woods included, to hit the golf ball perfectly 100% of the time. What good golfers can do however is consistently hit the ball very well most of the time, and near perfectly quite a lot of the time.
It is this consistency that sets them apart and even those at the top of their game have days when they don't get their shots right enough of the time.
There is only one thing that can really help any golfer get that consistency and that is practice.
But there is another matter that needs to be addressed when talking about consistency and golf and that is - Consistently bad shots.
The more you do anything consistently the more it will become natural behavior and this applies to poor technique too.
The sooner you address poor golf techniques, the sooner you will be able to practice the correct methods that will replace them and make those actions second nature.
This is why it is recommended that everyone should get professional instruction before learning bad techniques that will need to be relearned at a later time.
I would even go to the extent of advising a newcomer to the sport to have lessons before ever attempting to play a round. Or alternatively, learn how to use one club well, probably the 7 iron, and play a whole round, or nine holes, using only the 7 iron and a putter.
I knew of one player who made dramatic improvements to his game by using this technique and he had been playing for years. He started playing golf with only the 7-iron and his putter, until he perfected his swing, and then introduced other clubs one at a time. After getting his swing right with the 7-iron, mastering the other clubs was relatively simple.
Here's to improving your game!
Happy swinging.
Fran
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