Hey All!!! Help the Novice..PLEASE

Hey there hows everyone doing? New to this site im a 21yr old just starting up in the game and am having a lot of difficulty in the accuracy of my long game. Just wondering if there is anybody out there that could through a few tips my way...cheers

Martin

Hey MC how long have you been playing? and what's your low score on a par 72?

hey forelife, i havent actually been round a full course yet!! i have only been playing for a few weeks...maybe a month. played a bit wen i was younger but only started it up again because most of the lads at work play and a lot of my family do. Im just having a really hard time with the accuracy of my driver and woods. hooking it off the the right 80% of the time...really knocks my confidence. sometimes wen the balls has finished its flight and coming to the end of its roll it'll be traveling away at a 90degree angle of which it started!!...maybe golf just isnt for me!!

First of all my cyber friend I'm glad you decided to play golf again and if you're serious about your game then the upcoming weeks and months ahead are crucial to your development. I started playing when I was 25 with 3 friends who were beginners also, 8 years later 2 of the 4 are pretty good golfers, and I'm stoked to say that I am one of the two that became pretty good and the reason is that both of us agreed on one thing which was FUNDAMENTALS.

well im glad one of the 2 better golfers is the one replying to my threads!! hopefully if its not too much trouble u can keep in contact or keep checking back on my progress and maybe give me some tips or drills that have obviously worked for you?

I look forward to the progress of your golf journey MC. What do you know about the golf grip and from this moment on you will tell yourself that "YOU ARE A GREAT PUTTER" advice from my pops who started at 29 self taught is now 66 and sports a 7 handicap

i usually use the overlap grip. i have been looking up on other grips and variations on this site to try out wen i go to the range next

both Tiger and Mr. Nicklaus us the interlocking grip those two are pretty decent golfers

its jus i have never really felt comfortable using that grip...hmmm maybe im not doing it correctly????

it takes some time to develop a golf grip some golfers never develop one. It is very very important to have a solid grip, do you own any instructional golf books?

no i dont, the only instruction i have had is off of websites

I used to go to the bookstore and read golf books i still do today, the books i read were by Ernie Els, Steve Elkington and TW

thanks for the tips ill be sure to look their books up. thanks for the help anyway hopefully speak to you agen soon.

Hey guys,

I am reading your posts and will offer some advice. When I started playing this game, I wouldnt listen to advice from most of my friends.That advice was to get a few lessons. I reluctantly did so and believe me, if I hadnt, I wouldnt be where I am now, enjoying the game and close to breaking 80. It doesnt happen overnight but is well worth the effort of getting those lessons and achieving the results you are looking for. Hope this will help

thanks for the tip robert....all tips and advice is welcome and need as much as i can get