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Hi their folks my name is wayne and im'e 24 and come from stoke-on-trent, have only played 3 rounds of golf so far since i started 4 weeks ago and although my scores have been high i have still enjoyed every minute of it and as my scores are slowly coming down ( first round 137/second round 120/third round 114) i must be improving but as you can see there is still a long way to go so i would be really glad of any general sound advice you guys could pass on to me thanks and happy golfing

[quote=frosty]Hi their folks my name is wayne and im'e 24 and come from stoke-on-trent, have only played 3 rounds of golf so far since i started 4 weeks ago and although my scores have been high i have still enjoyed every minute of it and as my scores are slowly coming down ( first round 137/second round 120/third round 114) i must be improving but as you can see there is still a long way to go so i would be really glad of any general sound advice you guys could pass on to me thanks and happy golfing[/quote
hi wayne
welcome to gto
always make sure your fundamentals are sound
always double check grip ball position alignment and posture

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Hi I'm Jeff and I'm new here too.

one piece of tuition I got recently from the golf pro at my club (where I'm also new) was a description of how lightly to hold the golf club.

'As if you have a baby bird in your hands that you don't want to fly away and that you don't want to hurt'.

So far it has helped me to hit more straight shots than anything else I've learned.

I have only scored one round of golf so far and that was 123 so lots of improving to do here as well - starting tomorrow when I'm going to score my round for the second time.

hi there jeff thanks for the advice you gave me i shall put it in to practice next time i play and i hope you do well on your round on sunday but just remember to enjoy it no matter how you play thanks from frosty and good luck

Hi, I am lisac(David), I m new here to. I have been following up some of the threads for a week. And I must say, it is really helpful for me. I realize a lot of problems I had are teething problems gone thru by countless golfers. I have only started to learn golf less than a year, and I cannot go thru a day without swinging at an imaginary ball without a club. That's how keen I am at learning this game. I think I must have jumped from my sit when I discovered this site!

Hi David
welcome to GTO.

Hi there Lisac it seems too me we have allot in common i too keep striking an imaginary ball the only problem is i keep missing LOL! no just kidding but your right it is verry addictive but just remember Rome wasn't built in a day so just keep on enjoying it and good luck. frosty p.s. i dont know if you allready know about this site but you might find it very helpfull http://www.golfsupport.co.uk

Thanks Frosty, will definitely check out the site. Seems to be down at the moment.
One important realization I had over the months about this game: Golf is not a game of perfect. When you finally think you understand the 'secret' it stops working the next time you return to it. There are just countless variables that make my game go south and only one that is necessary for a good play: a happy disposition no matter what, the outcome is always great.

When I started playing golf about 6 years ago I got some advice from a seasoned golfer that I paid attention and followed to the tee, no pun intended. I was told to leave my golf bag at home and take one club to the driving range at a time, starting with the SW, PW next, then 9 iron. You get the picture. The key to this was not to change clubs until I was comfortable with the club I had and knew the distance I was getting off each club. Some clubs I was hitting consistently after the first couple buckets of balls while others took a few days. After I went through every club in the bag (except for the driver) I took the whole bag of clubs to the range (except for the driver) for a couple of weeks and each day I worked up through all the clubs hitting 20 balls with each club. After that I started on my driver, however, I always started each practice session with SW through 3 wood hitting at least 10 balls with each before I grabbed my driver. This certainly helped my swing and made me very comfortable with all the clubs in my bag.

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I think you put that one about 2160 inches too far right. LOL

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Hi All

I,m new here... I can't believe i found this great forum for my new hobby playing golf... Now i just play at driving range...