Improve your golf
Before you start playing golf it’s best to have some golf lessons. But it’s often when you start to play golf that you learn the fastest.
By starting off with some golf lessons you’ll keep forming any bad habits to the minimum. If you have got bad habits and we all have them. The good news is that anyone can break these bad habits and learn good ones.
- Here are some tips to help you on your way to playing better golf. Where you aim is very important. If you can’t send the ball in the right direction you will never get to the greens. The clubface propels the ball, so make sure to line up the clubface with the target first, then take your stance with your shoulders parallel to the target line.
- Place the golf ball on the ground and take your stance in such a way that the shadow of your head covers the ball. Make your swing keeping your eyes on the shadow. If the shadow moves off the ball you have lost the proper swing center. If you keep the shadow on the ball, even though it moves a little, you have maintained the correct swing position.
- Aim away from possible problems. Tee the ball on the side where the problem is. This will help to keep the ball in play and avoid any penalties.
- 90 percent a bad shot is usually due to bad wrist action. Keep your left wrist flat in relation to the back of the left forearm and the back of the left hand, and don’t swing the club back further than your shoulder turn.
- Read the green properly. A golf ball will generally roll away from a hill and towards a water source. So, keep this in mind and adjust as necessary.
- The grain of the green is important too as it effects the roll. Shiny grass show the grain running away from you, and dull grass highlights the grain running towards you. Putts with the grain go faster and further. Those against the grain go slower and less far, adjust to make your putt.
Your shoulders should follow your swing. They should be passive and not lead. Remember that your shoulder movement will determine the direction that your club, and therefore the ball, will travel.