Golf Tips

Gregg Hall asked:


Learning how to play the game of golf can be harder then you may actually think. Instead of playing the new Nintendo Wii why don’t you try and actually play it in real life. It is harder then you think when you are standing there trying to swing and actually hit the ball for a distance. When you are playing the game of golf you need to be flexible and in shape or you is not going to do well playing the sport. So when you decide to stop playing the Wii and get off the video games you just go buy yourself a pair of golf shoes and a set of clubs and start trying to play. Unless you have already played you are not going to be able to play because you have to know how to swing properly and actually be flexible enough to where you can step up swing real quick and then let someone else swing and keep playing. You have to know how to play the sport before you can actually start to play the game of golf. Like I said it is harder then you may think when you are playing on a video game.

The biggest problems that people have when first starting to play the game of golf, is that they look up when they are trying to swing and hit the ball. Most people will do this because they are not used to holding a club and then looking then swinging and hitting a ball and expecting it to go a couple of hundred yards. You cannot expect this from a beginner you have to teach them to not look down when they swing and play the game of golf because then they will always have to look down when they swing and that is not a good habit when you are starting out as a beginner playing the game of golf. You will want to keep your head up and your stance firm so that when you swing you actually connect with the ball and you hit it and it goes far.

The other common problem that beginners tend to have trouble with is putting. To some it may come with ease but with others it is very hard because they are trying to hit it so very easy and trying to make it go for a long distance. Some get really frustrated and quit playing because of this little part in golf but if you can master putting then you can play the game of golf. If you are having trouble with putting then you should watch pros on TV when they are putting watch how they perfect their putts and watch how they made their putts. You will be amazed at how far some of the putts can be and how up hill and sideways some of the shots they take are. The game of golf can get intense and can be hard at some times.



Agnes

fatfella1 asked:


They are much better off paying for a PGA pro to give them a lesson. Tips don’t work as they are too general and they are better off going to a pro. Any thoughts?

Jason

Erin O asked:


I am already getting lessons from a pro and have all the equitment what i want mostis tips on improving my swing and posture thanks!!!

Marjorie

Suums asked:


hi guys im 15 yrs old,my handicap is 11 and im going to a junior camp,so we hav a tournament this saturday,this is my 1st tournament,so golfers, u can giv me any tips?(GOLF PLYERS WUD UNDERSTAND Y IM ASKING THIS)!
thanks guys will do wat u said,thnks a lot!

Russell

Gerald Mason asked:


If you hit a great shot every time, you would be world champion!

But if you follow these tips you will hit a great shot nearly every time and at least make a major improvement in your game:

Once the swing gets down to the so called hitting area correctly, the chance of its going wrong is very slight.

Yet, golf being the strange game that it is, there is still the possibility of the good swing going off the track at this late stage.

In both the good swing and the bad, though, when the flaws appear they appear for basically the same reason-trying to “help” the club head get to the ball.

They will appear in the good swing when the player loosens his left-hand grip slightly and collapses his left elbow.

As the result of these actions there comes a peculiar body movement, a sort of heaving action, as though the player were trying, with the body, to help the swing or help hit the ball. It is a very strange contortion indeed.

In this movement the loosening left-hand grip and the collapsing left elbow have the effect of bringing the club up sharply instead of letting it go down and through the ball as it should. The left elbow crooks and bends out to the left, toward the target.

This suddenly shortens the radius of the swing, and since the straight left arm has been performing the function of a constant radius all through the swing, there is nothing for the club to do but come up.

If the swing happens to be from the inside, the loosening left hand and automatic strengthening of the right hand will cause the ball to be hit out to the right a push.

It may be a topped push or, if the club isn’t brought up far enough to make it top the ball, just a push. There is usually trouble to the right on any shot, as every slicer knows, and it doesn’t make any difference whether we slice the ball into that trouble or hit a straight ball into it. It still costs strokes.

A third possibility these flaws may lead to, if they are slight rather than pronounced, is a straight ball that doesn’t go anywhere a dead ball. This, of course, is caused by the loosening of the left-hand grip. The strong connection between the motive force of the arm and the club that is being motivated is weakened. The connecting link (the hand) gives slightly at impact and force is lost.

The best strokes for the good player, of course, are simply to keep his grip tight, hold the wrist position gained by the backward break, hit through with his hands, and let CQAM Jake its course. The first insures a strong, live connecting link between the arms and the club at impact. The second insures a square club face. The hard-swinging hands provide the speed. But COAM? What is COAM anyway?

COAM is the Conservation of Angular Momentum. In the golf swing it is the mysterious factor that makes the club head catch up to the hands, without any effort on the part of the player. Just a few more paragraphs and we will give you the full explanation.

For the poor or average player the same magic moves apply, but he must first learn to get himself into the position the good player is in as he reachers the hitting area retains the hand and wrist position, slides his hips laterally to the left, permits no hand lag, and makes no effort to move the club.

If he does these things he will keep unchanged the eternal triangle and he will be letting the body move the club. If he doesn’t do these things he will never be in the right hitting position. There are just no two ways about it.

The good player is moving most of his weight toward his left leg and his right heel has come up off the ground slightly. His body is beginning to bow out to the left, led by the hips. The upper part of his body, anchored by his head is still back, and his shoulders have not yet turned past the ball, though the left shoulder has risen and the

right shoulder has dropped.

His right arm is in close to his body. His hands are near his right leg but the club is still about horizontal and much of the wrist cock has been retained.

The good player here is coming down into a position behind the ball, so that he can hit it “out from under” and from the inside. He is not turning high and over the ball.

The most puzzling part of this picture is the position of the club, or of the hands and the club. The hands are so far down but the club still has so far to go, a full quarter-circle.

Pictures similar to this one have been printed by the thousands since the advent of high-speed photography. They are perfect for showing us how we should be at this late stage of the swing. But we believe also that they have caused more bad shots than any others ever printed.

Why? Because they have implanted-and if not implanted, strengthened-a terrible fear in the mind of the golfer. This is the fear that if he ever gets in this position he will never be able to make the club head catch up to his hands at the ball. Therefore, from this position he feels he would hit worse shots than he hits now, if indeed he were able to hit the ball at all. It looks, to him, impossible.

This is one of the fears that we dwelt on lightly in the preceding chapter-the fear that you will not be able to make the club head move fast enough. It is largely accountable for what we have termed the average golfer’s eternal preoccupation with the club head.

He thinks of it as the tool that hits the ball, of course, and right from the top of the swing he starts to manipulate it to make it go faster. Or he retards his hands so the club head will catch up. Even though he knows he should not do these things, his subconscious takes command over his reason (as it always will), and he gets an action which has long been known as “hitting too soon,” or “hitting from the top,” or just plain “flipping.” The deep urge to do this is motivated not alone by the idea that he must make the club head catch up to his hands.

Part of it stems from the mistaken idea that he must snap his wrists into the shot. We are not saying this snapping cannot be or isn’t done by experts. We are saying that it isn’t necessary for the average player. Even worse, it is suicidal. The average player, trying to do it, always gets the club head to the ball ahead of his hands.

That is because, as we have mentioned, the swing through the ball is only a continuation of the first movement of the downswing, the movement that brings us to the hitting area.



Katherine

k3s793 asked:


I’m shooting my company’s gold tourney this spring and would appreciate any pointers on doing this task. I’ll be shooting with a dslr and have an 80-200 f/2.8 in addition to kit lenses.

Edwin

Cuzisaidso asked:


I have read plenty of magazines, tried many tips and drills, and played the game of golf for about 8 years. Until this past year, I have never had a problem with shanking the golf ball. I seem to be letting my hands move away from my body at impact which moves the hosel and shaft closer to the ball, resulting in a shank from time to time. I also know that sometimes I’m not rotating my right hand (trailing hand) at impact, which causes the face to stay open at impact and can also cause somewhat of a shank. Does anyone know of a fail-proof way or practice drill to correct this, without giving up golf, of course? Thanks!

Floyd

ginia asked:


(not mini golf)
lol

Arthur

Broken like an Angel asked:


does anyone know 5 tips to remember for each of the following areas of golf…?

driving
using fairway woods (desperate for tips here)
chipping (again, desperate)
putting

pleeeeeaaaase help me!! any tips at all will help, no matter how small you think they are

Ann

Matthew Hick asked:


You are a frustrated golfer. You cannot seem to get a long drive on your shot. You have consulted numerous golfing magazines, sports shop pros, and even the book Golfing for Dummies. As embarrassing as that was, it didn’t even work. In fact, nothing seems to work. What should you do?

Don’t fret. Improving your drive isn’t the most complicated thing on earth to achieve, although at times it may feel that way. There are basically four things that you can do to make yourself a better player in this area. Let’s take a closer look at what you need to do.

Change your stance:

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that if you simply widen your golf stance, you will be more stable. This stability will give you the power you need to swing the club steadily and powerfully.

When you are at the tee box, make sure that you are properly aligned on it. Sometimes a confusing layout of a tee box can throw an even experienced golfer off. Make sure that you are always standing behind the ball and looking right down the fairway. This is by far the easiest way to avoid any stance confusion.

Use your toes to aim at the target:

That’s right. If you are left-handed, simply point your right toe right at the target. If you are right-handed, then vice versa is true. This will not only help your balance, but will force your body to take direct aim.

Focus… and then focus some more:

Take your mind off every little thought in your head that does not have to do with hitting this ball the right way. Concentration is absolutely necessary to drive your ball longer. One little uninvited though could throw off your whole game… and you don’t want that, do you?

Consider your form:

Do you hurry through your backswing? Or, do you take the club back as far as you possibly can when using a backswing? Which hand do you use more power in when hitting the ball? Do you keep your head still when swinging at the ball? If the things you are trying now aren’t working, then you need to tweak or change them, so that you can get something to work right for you. If it is your form that needs to be changed, try some different positions. See what works right for you.

In the case of keeping your head straight when hitting the ball, for example, this will help you to know where the ball is going to be when you hit it. If your head is not steady, your control over the ball is not going to be there.

And lastly, before you get out on the golf course, give yourself a little piece of advice: ‘You can do it.’ Not only can you drive your ball longer, but you can also have fun when doing so. The more you are relaxed when going to play the game of golf, the better it will turn out for you!



Cecil