Best Golf Tip Ever

Ok Guys and Girls,

In less than 7 words your "best" Golf Tip Ever.


Do your best!!!

"Swing within yourself"

This has multiple meanings:

1) Balance is maintained when you stay within your shoulder width. Too much sway back and through creates all sorts of problems. Staying within yourself keeps your head still and allows your rotation to hit the ball.

2) It also tells your brain to calm down when you face a dificult situation. Don't try anything you are not capable of doing consistantly. If you are trying to smash long drives everytime, you are going to make mistakes...it is just the way it is. Swinnging within your limits keeps your tempo under control and your ball in the fairway.

3) Especially in competitions, there is a tendancy to watch the other players. When you see them make a good shot, you are compelled to try to better it. It is in our nature. Keeping this thought will help you remember that golf is the sum of all your shots, and not judged on one shot alone. Keeping inside yourself and not watching what the others are doing will help you stay in the moment better. There are exceptions: Match play does have the need to see what the other player did to help you make a better choice for your next shot, but it is not all the time.

(I hope you are not counting the explaination in the 7 word limit)

"When practicing chipping, only use one ball."

Reason, you are learning how to score. Take one ball and putt every one out. Work on one chip and one putt.

GolfBald

"lead with your left wrist"
I was told you can use your left wrist as a 'fake' club face on the downswing, if that makes sense. If u turn your wrist too far left on the downswing, club face closes - hook. If you turn it right, face opens - slice obviously. Think it might of been hogan who first said it, not sure tho

Captain out of range before you Drive!!!!

For gods sake make sure the Club Captain is well out of range before you drive off the tee! As I have found out this can make you very unpopular. It is also a good idea to apologise straight away by stabbing yourself repeatedly in the heart and throwing yourself on a huge fire. Golfbald Greg and the gang keep up the good work, this is without doubt the best golf forum on the web.

Thanx
David

" First think of what exactly you want to do."

Greetings to all.

Welcome to the forum Tony!

GolfBald

Hi David,

As you can see, I'm a bit late in replying to this thread. I managed to miss it somehow.

It's not all bad news, when it comes to getting within range of the club captain. Last year, I was playing in an evening 9 hole, fun competition. The captain's 4 ball was the group in front. They were well out of range (300 yds uphill!!!) However, I managed to hit my all time best drive. I've no idea where this monster came from. It felt like I had just swung very easily and my ball would land around the 240-250 yd mark. Imagine my shock, when my playing partners shouted out "Fore". My ball went past the club captain's group.

The good news is that I was given a bottle of champagne, for the longest drive of the evening. The prizegiver? Yes, the cub captain!!

The best tip ever has to be:

KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN

If you don't keep your head down you can't hit the ball properly!!!

Have golf lessons!!

This may sound silly, but I have played golf for about 15 years.
only last year took lessons and still having them. I now know that what I have been doing on the golf course had nothing to do with golf, it was more to do with a long walk a few sticks, spending a lot of time with trees, losing and finding balls.

Now all I have to do is convince about 10 lads that it would be beneficial to them to take lessons too.


All the best

Gary33

Gary,

This is good advice. We all need some help, with our game, from time to time. Unless we are lucky enough to have help from a friend or relative, who is a good player, then seeking the services of a pro is the best solution.

Isn't it strange how we can often see what went wrong when one of our playing partners hits a poor shot? When we do it, we usually don't know, exactly, what went wrong. Perhaps, I'm only speaking for myself here but, I don't think so!!

I hope your game is soon back on track.

regards,

Alan

"Let the club do the work."

I have a tendancy to "Ahnold" it. All my greatest hits were when I took it easy.

I have to go with "get lessons".

I know practice makes perfect, but practice what?

If you practice a bad swing, all you ever do is become a good hacker. I picked up golf clubs June 2003 last year. I have had 4 lessons and practice everyday what I learnt. I am consistantly playing around 15 over par. thank god for lessons.