Golf Course and Free Golf Tips

How do you know which golf equipment, what kind and type you should purchase? To make it easier for you to know which is which, the following are some tips you could keep in mind when you are shopping for your first set of golf clubs, golf balls, etc.

Do not forget to shop and ask

The best way to start is from your own home or set of friends, business partners or even your next door neighbor. They may be into golf as much as you are. Why don’t you try asking their opinion and recommendations on the kinds of golf equipment you can buy.

Or you could casually walk into a sports shop and ask advice from there. You could also ask your neighbor who may be into golf also. They may have ideas to give to a new golfer like you. It is a very efficient and practical way to gather ideas.

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Are you making the best use of your golf practice time? Judging by the golfers I watch at my local range, I’d bet that 90% of you could benefit from a better golf practice routine.

What can you do better at the range? It’s simple really.

Start with an idea of what it is you want to improve. Most golfers seem to be at the range to hit as many long, straight shots as they can. That approach is ineffective for several reasons.

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How’s your aim? Most golfers probably would say that good aim starts with good stance and alignment. Some may say that getting a good look from behind the ball is key.

While all of those things contribute to good aim, the most important aspect is the target you choose. The best golf aiming technique is to always pick out a very specific landing spot — no matter how far your next shot will fly.

When you want to make a straight 3-foot putt, you aim at the hole. Some of you may even aim at a dime-sized spot on the front edge of the hole.

It’s natural for your target area to get bigger the further you get from the hole. For example, on a 60-foot lag putt, the common advice is to aim at a 3-foot circle around the hole.

On approach shots to the green, some players aim for a quadrant or half of the green. Other players, depending on their skill level, are content to aim for the green itself.

On drives, some players aim for one side of the fairway or the other, in order to set up the best shot angle into the green. Others, again depending on expertise, may aim to get the ball somewhere in the fairway.

No matter your skill level, you should be aiming golf shots — even the longer ones — at a much smaller target. Whether you are hitting from the tee, or into the green, imagine that a towel is laying where you’d like the ball to land. If you play golf with higher-than-average skill, imagine a washcloth instead.

Picking a small target, even for drives, sends a clear signal to your body about your expectations. Give this a try at the range and on the course, and then let me know how amazed you are to find your shots finishing in such small target areas.

Kelly Conway is Founder and CEO of Better Golf U. At Better Golf U, we research, test, and teach practical techniques for the average golfer to improve golf scores and more fully enjoy the game.

So, your golf swing needs improvement and you know it? Here are some tips in making better golf swings.

Tip no. 1.  A great golf swing does not mean you have to swing with arms.

Behind your back, put your golf club while you turn your back to your target. It is like taking your club back as you hinge your arm at your shoulder.

You could also practice the drill known as no arms.

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Believe it or not, when one performs a golf back swing, it is not just your arms.  It is also more about the golfer’s back as it turns away from the target.  The club is more so as being put behind the golfer’s back than it is swung up towards the air.

The move backswing

If you look at it closely, the golf back swing actually works from up to down.  The takeaway back swing begins from the top as you make the movement on your arms and follows as you do that turn on your shoulders.  The movement then goes straight down towards the legs and the hips.

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Driving is one of the most important aspects of golf. A good drive will eliminate the need for chipping and for taking long putts. What you want is to lengthen your drive or give it more accuracy. Here are a few tips to start you off with driving.

Proper grip is important in driving. If you grip your club too tightly, you might get too uncomfortable to make an accurate shot. If you grip it too loosely, then you might see your club fly along with your golf ball. What you want is to grip it properly. For everyone, your less dominant hand (the one you don’t use for writing) is essentially a strong factor. You don’t want the club to be positioned too high in your palm and you don’t want it too low either. A diagonal position is a preferred grip of the club with respect to your less dominant hand.

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Putting is an essential, if not the most important, factor in playing golf. This is where the game is decided. Nerves of steel and lots of practice are needed to master the art of putting. Even professional golfers feel the pressure when it’s time to putt and the game is on the line. Here are some tips to learn and improve on your putting.

First thing to do would be to take practice strokes next to the golf ball. This would help you feel the needed rhythm in putting the ball. You will need to do this as you don’t want your shot to be too awkward or too strong.

Try to have some marker to help you focus and help you with proper alignment of your putt. A marker is where you will aim the ball as you putt. The position of this marker is dependent on the terrain of the golf course.

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