| In order to become a golfer, you are going to | | | | It doesn't matter if you are left handed or |
| need to master the building blocks of your | | | | right handed, because it all comes down to |
| swing. You need to understand how to hold the | | | | which side has the stronger, more natural |
| club so that you can give the ball a good | | | | feeling swing. To find out which side works |
| wack. Once you have a good grip, how do you | | | | best for you try swinging the club as if it |
| align yourself to the target so that the ball | | | | were a baseball bat from side to side. The |
| get close to the target you are aiming for? | | | | muscles that are used to swing a baseball bat |
| What should your posture look like? Just how | | | | are similar to the range of motion in a golf |
| much knee flex should you have, and exactly | | | | swing. Of course if you are still having |
| where is the ball located in your stance? | | | | trouble hitting a straight shot, you can |
| Should you be looking at the sun or down at | | | | always blame the equipment. A lot of golfers |
| the ball when you take your swing? | | | | do. |
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| For golfers that are naturally left handed, | | | | The way that you place your hands on the club |
| perfecting the golf swing can be kind of | | | | can affect your shot. Proper and placement on |
| tricky. in the past there weren't very many | | | | the club is going to be a very important part |
| clubs designed for left handed golfers, and | | | | of your technique. Very few golfers that have |
| most golf course designs put the left handed | | | | played for any length of time pay a lot of |
| golfer at a disadvantage. As a result of this | | | | attention to their hand placement. A golf |
| many left handed golfers learned how to play | | | | grip is very hard to correct once you've |
| golf right handed. Today though technology | | | | gotten use to the ways your hand feel griping |
| has advanced to the point that some golf | | | | the club. To most golfer hand placement |
| clubs have been specifically designed for | | | | simply doesn't seem as important as the |
| left handed golfers. | | | | actually swing itself, this is why you see so |
| | | | many golfers with bad grips. |