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Golf Lessons From A Beginning Golfer?

Would you rather hear what you need to length of the hole - from ANYWHERE on the
learn from someone who is already an green. When you have mastered the ability
accomplished golfer? Would a few hours to get the ball close like that, then
with Jack Nicholas REALLY help your game? work on the short 2 footers - almost from
"Just do what I do, it's easy!" Or would the start you'll find that you can get
you rather learn from a beginner, who the majority in.THAT's the secret - the
understands the struggles, the small drive doesn't matter, the next shot is
improvements and remembers those early OK, but the one that gets the ball TO the
changes that lead to greater success?It green is crucial! Then if you can putt to
almost makes sense, doesn't it? The best withing a very close area of the pin, and
coaches are often mediocre players, and make THOSE easy putts - you're a bogie
the worst coaches were stars, who had golfer - TA DAAA!Wait, there's one more
everything come easy to them. Natural thing - the mental part of golf. If you
ability is hard to teach to others! As a have a certain ability, how come you see
beginning golfer, I have noticed some flashes fo greatness on some days, and
dramatic improvements, though, and wanted flashes of needing to break your clubs on
to pass them along to other beginning others? Same guy, same equipment,
golfers.First, the drive. To many of us different results? THAT is the mental
starting out, it seems to be part of golf - and it becomes more and
all-important. I have had instructors moe important as you master the basic
tell me that if you can hit the ball 150 strokes and techniques.At the beginning
yards, that you can work your way down stages of golf, you are thrown off by
any length of hole in about 3 shots, chip worrying about what others think - it
on and putt in, and play bogie golf feels like people are watching your
without ever hitting a John Daly type 300 drive, partners are evaluating your game,
yard plus drive. As beginners, all we people are seeing if you can play golf
see is the big drives, the pressure, well, etc. The answer to this is that
people watching us tee off, and everyone started off as a beginner, and
understandably we want to be able to VERY few people can play below 90s golf.
pound the ball!What I've learned is that Basically, we all suck! Take the pressure
you can cut back on the swing to almost a off of yourself for the first 20-50
half swing, hockey slapshot type thing, games, and you will have the routine
and increase the accuracy, with a small ingrained, the swing will be solid, all
reduction in distance, until you are more will work fairly well - under pressure or
comfortable with the swing. Also, a not.Relaxation, and realizing that golf
friend helped me with the description of is a game against YOURSELF, are the keys.
coming "inside-out" with the swing. While You can't play a real tournament against
that sounds complicated, imagine holding another golfer until you shoot in the 70s
your back hand (I'm a left handed golfer) - so don't let that enter your head - try
tight to your body and swinging through playing alone - you can - very early or
the ball and outwards after contact - very late - or with total strangers as a
straightened out my ball flight and walk on.Over time, you WILL get better -
increased distance.Lessons seemed to boil visibly, noticeably. Try playing a few
down to getting into the same position, days in a row, or a series of days either
and swinging smoothly and evenly making playing golf or practicing. Practice
sure the club is flat at contact - try makes perfect - especially the short game
swinging at the driving range - not to that is ignored by the majority pounding
hammer the ball, but try swinging with shots into the darkness at driving ranges
virtually NO effort, then 20% 40% 60% - work on the touch, the feel, the magic
etc. Get comfortable with a straight line ability to get 25%, 50% or 75% shots, to
of whatever distance, and KNOW how far control the distance.Most of all, relax
each club will take you. If you need 100 and enjoy the walk, the scenery, remember
yards, say, it doesn't matter if you get the things that went WELL - and move on
that with a pitching wedge or a 5-wood, from the ones that were duffed, hooked
as long as you can get it accurately into the trees, or when you putted back
there!Pitching (from under 100 yards) and and forth across the green like a madman
putting are the majority of the strokes, - they all happen - to ALL of us - even
the easiest area to improve your game, Tiger Woods (every now and then). The
and if you've ever played with a senior, trick is to concentrate on making the
they can be outdriven from the tee, but NEXT shot, the NEXT hole, the NEXT
play so solidly from there onwards, with practice or game - be your very best.
straight, accurate shots - you can't beat There's no going back and reshooting that
them!Makes you rethink the wisdom of shot that went into the water! Forget
working on that booming drive, huh? The about it and calmly, confidently move
majority of time should be spent on.Your best games, your best shots will
practicing the 100 yard and shorter shots occur when you have a calm, confident
- which inadvertently improves the feeling, feeling that you are just
overall stroke and technique, and makes repeating what you've practiced, and
the drives better over time!Practice easily accomplished in the past. Look at
shooting 10, 20, 30 etc yards, and have the grin on Tiger's face as he sinks a
the short chip down pat. Then work on putt and pumps his fist - this game can
putting - NOT trying to sink the putt, be FUN!!
just to get the ball to within a club




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