| Golf Tips | | | | combined with a solid repeatable routine, you really |
| Range Tips | | | | have something to work with when the pressure is |
| | | | on. |
| Alignment: A good way to check or correct your | | | | Slice Correction: A good way to combat a slice is to |
| alignment is to use a couple of old shafts or any like | | | | put a small mark on the back of the ball,(opposite |
| thing and place 1 on the ground aimed down your | | | | the target). When you go to swing, focus all your |
| target line a few inches on the other side of the ball. | | | | attenetion on that mark until after impact. It's very |
| Take your stance and check with another shaft or | | | | difficult to come "over the top" while doing this. Try |
| club to see if your shoulders, hips, and feet are set | | | | it! |
| up parallel to the target line. | | | | Hook Correction: One main reason people hook, |
| I take a second shaft and stick it the ground about | | | | myself especially, is because their weight stays on |
| 2-3 feet behind my back foot at an angle comparable | | | | the back foot or even moves backward in the down |
| to my shaft angle at address. Experiment with the | | | | swing. One way to fight this, is to make a conscious |
| exact position until it is in a place that you miss it by | | | | effort to "stamp" your front foot down at impact. I |
| a few inches on the way back and through. If you | | | | don't mean to actually lift and drop your foot, but |
| take it back slow and look at the gap between the | | | | feel as if you are stamping your foot down just at |
| two you can get it at just the right angle so that it | | | | the moment of impact. To do this, you must shift |
| gives you a good indicator as to your swing plane. IE: | | | | your weight. Watch the hooks disappear. |
| you can see if you are coming back too far inside or | | | | Puttig Tips: Get the speed right and you won't three |
| outside. Be careful the first few times as you don't | | | | putt. The correct speed ideally is that if you miss, the |
| want to hit the shaft during your swing. You can use | | | | ball stops 12-18 inches beyond the hole,(except for |
| one of those "pool noodles" or a pipe insulator on the | | | | lag putts). |
| shaft so you don't get killed or give someone next | | | | Lag putts when you don't feel confident or over 30 |
| to you a stroke if you hit it. | | | | feet. Pretend you are putting into a 4 foot barrel and |
| Now when you are ready to hit some, you stand | | | | anything you leave inside that 4 feet is good. Seeing |
| behind the ball and pick a spot on the ground or | | | | as it will be 2 feet or less, it probably is. |
| another tee 2-3 feet ahead of the ball and in your | | | | Never use your wrists in a putting stroke, just arm |
| target line. It and the ball should form a line parallel | | | | and shoulder muscles and you will control the distance |
| with the shaft on the ground. | | | | much easier. |
| All you have to do now, is to swing down that line | | | | Don't look up until your ball has rolled at least 6 feet. |
| through the ball. | | | | Go with your first thought/feeling when seeing the |
| Balance: I like to hit balls at times with no shoes on. It | | | | line, it is right more often then not. |
| may sound silly, but you will be surprised how much | | | | Spend time practicing 6 footers. If you can make 3 |
| you will feel with your feet. You will feel all aspects | | | | out of 4 of them, you will putt better than 80% of |
| of your weight moving during the swing. You should | | | | all golfers. |
| feel the push as you come down and through the | | | | If you play at the same course a lot, look at the |
| impact area, and the weight shift onto your front | | | | greens in a hard rain sometime and notice the way |
| foot. | | | | the water sits on the green to see all the nuances |
| Good Practice: A good way to improve your ball | | | | breaks in it. |
| striking with irons is to pick a torn up part of the | | | | Chipping Tips: For short chips, all you need to do is |
| teeing ground at the range and use it to hit balls | | | | use a putting stroke. As with putting It is much easier |
| from. If you can train your self to do this, when you | | | | to control distance when you don't involve your |
| do play from the fairway the ball will almost seem as | | | | wrists. |
| if it is teed up. On some courses where the ground | | | | A good rule of thumb in club selection for chipping is |
| isn't the best, your swing will be immune to bad lies. | | | | to get the ball rolling on the green as soon as |
| Visualize Your Shots: A lot of teaching pros tell you | | | | possible, and run it up or down to the hole. |
| to pick a spot to land your tee shot on to help your | | | | If you have 3 chips, one a flat 40 footer from just |
| visualization, but what I like to do is to use two or | | | | off the green, one an uphill 40 footer, and one a |
| three flags, trees, or whatever is out on the range | | | | downhill 40 footer, instead of varying your swing, |
| to form the boundries of an imaginary fairway, | | | | consider using the same swing for all three. For the |
| although narrower than a real one. If you can hit | | | | uphill, an 8 iron, for the flat, a 9 iron, and for the |
| shots within the "boundaries", it greatly increases | | | | downhiller, a wedge. The change in loft will make up |
| your confidence. If you get to the point where you | | | | for the difference in slope. |
| can shape your shots inside the boundaries, when | | | | |