help!!!

Hi, ive only been playing for a few months and so far only been on a driving range as i seem to have a few problems with my swing, firstly i cant seem to get any lift on the ball as it stays very low to the ground and also goes off to the right towards the end of its flight can anyone recommend anything to help with this.

One of the most common mistakes of a beginner is to try and help the ball into the air. The club is designed to get the ball in the air for you. Grab a 7 iron or a PW or whatever you are comfortable with (as long as it is a short iron) and put the ball in the middle of your stance and just try to swing back and smoothly through the ball, nothing else, just brush the grass where your ball is and the ball will get airborne on it's own. Don't try and watch the ball go, just focus on looking at where the ball was and your head will naturally turn as you follow through. I guarantee you will start to get the ball in the air. Once you have, note your common trajectory (does it go straight, start left and go way right, go straight left etc etc) come back here and we can give you some pointer from there.'

Good luck and stick with it. This is the greatest game ever invented, devilishly hard, frustrating, marvelously strategic and rewarding. Once the bug has bitten, you will be at the start of a life long journey of ups and downs, successes and disappointments. Enjoy it!

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Personal bests:
18 holes - 92 (+21 02/08/06), 92 (+20 24/06/07)
9 holes - 43 (+7 02/08/06), 41 (+7 24/06/07)
Putts (18) - 30 (04/09/07)
Putts (9) - 12 (02/08/06)
Fairways - 11/14 ((02/08/06, 24/06/07, 01/08/08), 10/13 (09/06/07)
GIR - 5/18 (01/08/08)
Pars in one round - 7 (24/06/07)

Lifetime birdie count - 7 Latest - 03/09/07 - 15th hole Champlain 126 yard par 3
Lifetime eagle count - 1 Latest - 15/06/08 - 4th hole Canadian G&CC 9 hole 481 yard par 5

Thanks, ill give that a try on my next outing

Snowman speaks the truth - in bucketloads. In addition, if you want to play with your head even more, try taking a short iron, and try to hit down on the ball, that is, rather than try and help it into the air, try and drill it into the earth.

Watch what happens. That's right - crazy, isn't it? It flies up even more!! Golf is a game of opposites. Swing slow, it goes further. Swing down, it pops up. Come across the ball left, it goes right. Go figure...

Thanks mate, the more i learn about this sport the more its starting to sound impossible , the likes of tiger woods makes it look so easy on telly.