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My favorite Golf Tip is one for putting. It is simple but the Golf Tip can tell you so very much about your putting stroke.

Dave’s Favorite Putting Golf Tip : Using a Range Golf Ball or a golf ball with a stripe painted around it. When putting, use this ball. Line the stripe of the ball in the direction you are putting at. Once you have stoked the putt, look at the stripe. A poorly hit putt, the stripe will have a wiggle to it as it rolls. A well hit putt, the stripe will be rolling smoothly at your target. Try this golf tip and see just how your putting stroke is.

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Golf Tips : Judging Distance
When the military have to judge distance on a rifle range one of the methods used is that of choosing a shorter distance and then imaging how many times this distance will fit into the longer distance. For instance if you are six feet tall and trying to judge a long putt how many times would your body length fit between you and the hole.

Golf Tips : Fundamentals
When putting, remember to check these four set-up fundamentals:
1: Putter face square to target line
2: Eyes over target line
3: Shoulders square (parallel) to target line
4: Hands vertically under shoulders
There can still be a lot of individual style and comfort within these parameters. These four set-up fundamentals are common to all great putters, and will help insure your success.

Golf Tips : Putting Grip
Your thumbs should point down the shaft. Your grip should be lightly pressured. Easy does it.

Golf Tips : Putting Stance
Feet shoulder wide with your toe tips parallel to the initial target line. Ball in the middle of your stance.

Golf Tips : Putting Posture
When you bend over your putt, your eyes should be directly above the ball. Drop a tee from your forehead between your eyes, and if it hits your ball, you're targeted.

Golf Tips : Putting Stroke
The stroke is a move of your shoulders not your hands or wrists. The triangle formed by your arms and shoulders should remain unchanged throughout the stroke. Practice putting on the course's practice greens to be aware of the greens' speed that day.

Golf Tips : Putting Impact
The putter should travel a straight path back and on return. A pendulum's move is perfect. Head is kept motionless. No fair looking! Once you've setup and started the putt, keep your head still. If it goes in, you'll hear it.

Golf Tips : Putting Line
Stand back behind the ball and sight the target through it. That's your perfectly flat and smooth green line. It never exists. Now scout along that path for slope, grain and imperfections that will change the ball's travels along it. Mentally correct where the ball would have to be to adjust for those parameters.

Golf Tips : Putting Target
Pick a target a couple of feet from the ball along the line. That's the HOLE as far as you're concerned. Get the ball to that point at the right speed and the hole is yours.

Golf Tips : Eye Position
Positioning your eyes directly over the ball enables you to line up more effectively and also gives you a more accurate perspective when looking down the line of a putt, so take a minute every now and then to check for sure that your eyes are directly over the ball. It's the simplest of procedures. Get comfortable first, adopting your normal putting posture, then drop a golf ball from the bridge of your nose. Gravity takes care of the rest. Where it strikes the ground is the exact spot where you should position it in your stance.

Golf Tips : Putt to Breaking Point
I see a lot of golfers get themselves in a real tangle on breaking putts, particularly those where there's a lot of swing involved. First, they have an alignment problem at address and then they tend to guide the ball, which results in a crooked stroke. That's the recipe for a lot of badly struck and badly missed putts. There's an easy and reliable solution to this, though, and it's a system I have used myself. What it involves is putting to a breaking point. Assess the line of a putt and identify a spot where you feel the ball will start turning towards the hole in a practice situation you can use a golf tee. Treat that spot as an intermediate target and don't forget about the hole, but for now just focus on that spot.

Golf Tips : Practicing
Practicing putting means making the darned putts. So practice positively and build your skills based on success with shorter putts until your confidence builds. There's nothing like the sound of the ball clunking into the cup to set up a conditioned response for your golfing psychology.

Golf Tips : Beat The Yips
First thing to do is realize that the yips are a series of patterns. Stop any of these patterns and you've got a control point on the yips. Spotting the fear earlier and earlier is your goal here. When spotted, step back, take a breath, restart your routine. Don't give the yips an even break. Once your body/mind learns you won't "put up" with such nonsense, it actually gets the message! Once you start a remediation process like this, you're putting your mind on the present, not the future where fear and its buddy, imagination, do their dirty work. Following the putting setup routines brings you to the "now". Use this to combat fear. Practice this and at some point it becomes so automatic that fear is wiped out as a part of your pre-putt routine.

Golf Tips : Pushing or Pulling
If you are pushing or pulling your putts, the cause may be that your hands are a bit too close to your body. This will raise the toe of the putter off the ground, so remember to keep your hands away from your body so the putter lies flat.

Golf Tips : Swing The Putter
Most good putters swing the putter. They don't over accelerate or decelerate, but have equal amounts of backswing and follow-through. You can be a good long putter with a decelerating stroke but usually not a very good short putter.

Golf Tips : Straight Off The Tee
Getting straighter shots is supported by targeting the middle of the fairway, and by consciously targeting, you begin your pre-shot routine which leads to proper alignment. Stay within your swing. The swing is the thing, not the result. Forget the narrow fairway, that isn't the problem. Swinging easily is the goal. Achieving that and the target is reached. Wanting the ball to get to the target is not the goal.

Golf Tips : Fix Your Slice
Dump your slice now by keeping the face of the club square at impact. Open faces means strange places. The easiest way to do this is check your grip. A correct grip will automatically give you maximum slice control. The V of your thumb and index fingers should point to your right shoulder (opposite for lefties). Work your hands to the right and watch the slices begin to disappear. Another way is to swing the club freely about 10 to 16 inches above the ground. Try hitting the ball that is way above your feet as another practice strategy. The trick is that this kind of practice helps you learn forearm rotation which is essential for hitting the ball square. Another method is hitting into an object like a bag full of towels and practicing hitting with the club's toe first.

Golf Tips : Drive With Your Legs
To hit the ball farther off the tee, remember that the strength in your legs is the resource you need to use the most. Your legs have the strongest muscles. When practicing, put your attention on your legs. This will help you gain more conscious control of them and use them more efficiently. Practice putting your feet together and swinging the club into your backswing, then stop and as you start the down stroke, step into your stroke as if you were throwing a bowling ball. While you do this, feel your leg muscles.

Golf Tips : Fairway Woods
Fairway woods are best used for accuracy. Use them for setting up your next shot. Use them to be conservative. Don't think of your fairway woods are your Big Irons. Think of them as your more controllable drivers.

Golf Tips : Tee Height
Many higher handicap players tee the ball low because they are worried about popping the ball up. With today’s large headed drivers it is imperative to get the tee height correct. When they tee the ball low, they try to help it in the air, which can cause them to make a steep, over-the-top swing. Such a swing creates a lot of slicing sidespin. Teeing the ball a little higher will give you more confidence that you can sweep the ball off the tee without such an aggressive out to in or steep path. This is set up by taking the driver away "low and slow" to promote a wider extension of the arms and get the tempo building gradually. You might even begin to hit a draw that will go a lot farther. You need to have one-half of the ball is above the clubface in order to hit the draw. If it is breezy and you are hitting into the wind, it is ok to tee it up a little lower. Remember that when the ball is teed low it will fade or slice...try this: make a few swings on the range with your driver without using a tee. You will find that the ball will most definitely be lower and will travel left to right. Slowly raise the ball on a tee until it is teed up as high as the tee will go. Make a nice smooth take away and watch that ball fly with a little right to left.

Golf Tips : Drive It Straighter
When you face a pressure situation like a long par 4 with a narrow fairway, don't give up on the driver in favor of the 3-wood. Simply choke down on the driver and inch or two to get the needed distance plus a little more control.

Golf Tips : Extra Yards Off The Tee
Some players who generate a great deal of clubhead speed still tend to hit the ball too high off the tee. One remedy for this is to switch to a less lofted driver that will direct most of the force into hitting the ball forward, not upward.

Golf Tips : More Driver Distance
When addressing the ball with your driver, you must be loose and relaxed. Do not tighten up over the golf ball. It is important to waggle the club back and forth a few times in order to create some flow to start the golf swing. This action will promote proper rhythm and tempo. At the top of the backswing, there are several helpful checkpoints for achieving more distance: full upper body coil, solid base with your lower body, left knee turns past the golf ball and good, wide extension with the arms. Teeing the ball higher will aid in hitting the ball farther. By teeing the ball higher, it will help achieve better launch angle and reduce backspin at impact. This will allow the ball to be hit on the up-swing - producing more carry and distance.

Golf Tips : Driver Off the Fairway
Hitting your driver off the fairway often helps on long par4's with an open green. Remember to choke down on the club about an inch-and-a-half and move the ball back in your stance. Swing a little shorter and easier.

Golf Tips : Stance
Aim clubface first. Then align your body.

Golf Tips : Hardpan Fairways
For full shots from hardpan, a normal set-up and swing will be effective as long as you hit the ball before the ground. To ensure that you do, strive for a full, in-balance finish; this will encourage acceleration through the ball, and reduce your chances of swinging too steeply (and hitting a fat shot).

Golf Tips : Ball Above Your Feet
Choke down on your club and tweak your aim when the ball is above your feet. When you choke down, your club becomes shorter, so use more club for the shot. Remember to change your aim to allow for the ball following the curve of the hill.

Golf Tips : Ball Below Your Feet
When the ball is below your feet, now you've got a challenge. You need to bend more at the hip and flex your knees to get down to the ball. Grip closer to the end of your shaft. Take a wider stance to get closer to the ball and lower your center of gravity for more stability. Side Hill, below feet lies, affect swing plane, so be alert to that.

Golf Tips : Downhill Lies
On downhill lies take a club with more loft. This overcomes the natural tendency of the shot to go low. Also, even up your shoulders with the slope the same as an uphill lie. This feels goofy at first because you normally have your other shoulder lower, but you'll get used to it with practice. Move the ball back in your stance as a fine-point adjustment technique.

Golf Tips : Uphill : Lies
Uphill lies are a cinch! The foot closest to the target is higher, and this will cause the ball to fly higher. So, you tweak by choosing a club that hits lower than the club you would ordinarily use. Remember, your shoulders should parallel the slope of the hill. This makes it as if you are standing straight on flat ground. Practice swinging and you'll get a feel for where the ball should be positioned relative to your target foot. Have that ball where your practice swings hit the grass, this will be more forward than usual. It's a bit tougher, but don't forget to follow through with a weight shift to your forward foot.

Golf Tips : Hit It Straight
The clubface has to be square to the target line when it meets the ball. It also has to be traveling on the correct path, one that corresponds with the target line. And to finish off, it has to be traveling on the correct angle of attack. Try to imagine your spine as a central column, with your upper body rotating around it. That's the essence of maintaining a constant spine angle. You don't want to be wavering too much from side to side and certainly not moving up and down. The spine stays fixed from the moment you address the ball to the moment it fizzes into the distance.

Golf Tips : Par 3 Club selection
Most golfers don't take enough club when playing par 3's. What you should do is figure the yardage to the back of the green and select a club that will reach that point. A less-than-perfect shot will still get you on the green.

Golf Tips : Tight Lies
When facing a tight lie, a lot of wind, or a very firm green on a wedge shot, it may be more advisable to hit a knock-down 6-iron than a wedge. The key is to keep your hands ahead of the clubhead through the impact area.

Golf Tips : Club Selection
The lower the loft of your club, the lower will your shot travel. A wedge has a high loft just so that it will impart most of the force of a swing upwards on the ball. Normally, you select a pitching wedge when you have enough green to work with and the ball can roll a ways after landing. If you don't have the green, then use a higher loft to get more height on the shot.

Golf Tips : Watch The Ball All The Way
In playing a shot just over 30 yards with your sand wedge, I would ask you to give a lot of consideration to your posture and how you prepare to play this shot. It's important that you stay in your striking position through the strike and watch the ball roll to a stop. Watch the ball from your striking position so you can pick up all the information you can for the putt. You'll also be much more consistent in striking the ball if you're not coming out of the strike. So, please hold your striking position after every shot, it is critical for achieving short game success.

Golf Tips : Chip and Run
In the low running chip, the goal is to land your ball on the green and get it rolling as quickly as possible. Your club selection will vary depending on two things: 1. The distance you need to carry to land the ball on the green, and 2. The distance to the hole. The following drill is a good way to get an idea of which club to use for your chips.

Golf Tips : Bump and Run
For solid, reliable impact and minimal backspin, the bump-and-run swing requires a low, sweeping motion through impact-- not a descending blow. The shaft should be gripped at full length (no gripping down), to encourage the flattest angle of attack. The 5- and 6-iron are the most commonly used for the bump and run, although any loft from 3-iron up can be used.

Golf Tips : Wedge Grooves
Let me give you a little equipment advise that's pretty important throughout your game, but especially so with short iron shots. Every now and then take a wooden tee-peg and really give those grooves in the face of your wedge a good cleaning out. That gives you maximum grip on the ball and therefore maximum backspin and control. And talking of control, don't even attempt high-spin golf shots unless you play a high-spin golf ball preferably one that has a balata cover. They are constructed in a way that enables you to create lots of backspin. Other golf balls simply do not give you that option, so if you play a two-piece golf ball don't expect to stop your pitch shots quickly on anything other than soft, receptive greens.

Golf Tips : Tall Grass
For pitching and chipping out of tall grass, remember the saying, The taller the grass, the tighter the grip. This keeps the club moving at a constant speed through the grass. Otherwise, the grass can close the face on the downswing.

Golf Tips : A lot of Green
When facing a chip across a long green, put the ball back in your stance, close the face of the club, and take it back inside the target line. In effect, you will be hooking the shot, and the ball will come out low and running.

Golf Tips : Long Grass on the Fringe
When the ball is nestled against the long grass on the fringe of the green, try a "bellied wedge" stroke. Use a sand wedge and your regular putting stroke and hit the ball's equator with the leading edge of the club.

Golf Tips : Greenside Rough
When facing a pitch shot from greenside rough, set your club on the toe and address by raising your hands on the grip. This makes it easier to get the ball in the air, and it keeps the clubface open through impact.

Golf Tips : Fairway Bunker and High Lip
When you have a high lip. If it's too high for a normal shot with, say, your seven iron, then you have to go back to the six or the five iron. With these clubs you need now to open the face a bit and choke down about two inches. Also, widen your stance and play the ball dead center. On these bunkers, you want to hit the ball first. Only dig into the sand with your target side foot and thus put more weight on it to support impact as you descend. Set your back foot too, of course, but only slightly. Don't take a full backswing. Three fourths is enough, because you have a longer club. With the open face, allow for a fade. Practice this and see that you're getting the distance without the crush, and the shots will stop quicker on the greens. Practice this with several irons. The more loft the less fade.

Golf Tips : Fairway Bunker and Upslope Lie
Shooting on the upslope of the fairway bunker. This doesn't have to be the bad break it often presents itself as. Adjustments make this an ordinary shot. As above, move one or two clubs down and open the face a bit while choking down about two inches. The ball should be forward in the stance. Now you should have more weight on the back foot with your right shoulder dropped a bit.

Golf Tips : Fairway Bunker
The toughest shot to make is your basic fairway bunker shot. At 100 yards away, with sand all around, it's intimidating. Instead of getting your clubface at 90 degrees and whacking, try changing how you're thinking. Think green in regulation rather than ball in hole. Use an iron you're comfortable with, open the clubface and pretend you're in the sand next to the green. Grip down a bit to give yourself a little more certainty. Get the ball a bit left of center, point your body to the left of the pin, and set your feet well. For shots farther than 100 yards, don't settle into the sand so much and "think shallow". Go for a softer angle swing, not the V you use for greenside shots. Do all this and you should see your shot stay low.

Golf Tips : Sand is Your Friend
The sand is your friend. Honest! It really forgives a lousy swing. Hit it too fat and you're still okay. There's no penalty for getting more sand on the green along with the ball. You're going to be using a sand wedge, and let's face it, how far can it go? You've got natural boundaries protecting you here, so relax! The most important concepts of sand play are getting the ball out of that thing and having a complete stroke. Finish your swing.

Golf Tips : Long Bunker Shot
For the longer bunker shot, use a 56-degree sand wedge and position the clubface square at address; this will produce a lower trajectory. Grip down on the club a couple of inches, and position your weight more on your left foot with your hands slightly forward. From there, take a big swing and make sure your weight shifts to your front leg, which produces a longer, lower shot.

Golf Tips : Buried
When your ball is buried in the sand there’s only one way to get it out: take your medicine and bash it back into play. For the bash shot, you will use the leading edge of your sand wedge to dig into the sand, so be sure to aim your club face squarely at address. This is different from the open clubface used for splash shots out of the sand. Your goal is to hit the sand behind the ball, so play the ball back of center in your stance toward your right foot. Anchor your weight on your left side for the entire swing.

Golf Tips : Choke Down
With bunker shots, and 99% of all other shots around the green, I always think it's best to grip down on the club a couple of inches. By shortening the club in this way, you bring your hands closer to the ball. And for money, that can only improve your feel of distance. If you think about it, judgment of speed is the most important part of a great short game. Being so close to the hole, accuracy is never going to be that much of a problem. At least it should not be. Anyway. So grip down and hone in on that flag.

Golf Tips : Long Bunker Shot
The long bunker shot is called the toughest shot in the game. If the ball is sitting up, play the shot exactly like a fairway shot of the same distance. Use a 9-iron or wedge, keep an open stance, square the clubhead, and grip down an inch or two.

Golf Tips : High Bunker Shot
To hit a high bunker shot that stops quickly, set the blade of the sand wedge open at address, use a weak grip, and play the ball forward. Cock the club quickly and release your hands. The result is a high shot that lands dead.

Golf Tips : Preparation
The intellect is what gets you to the course early enough to prepare to golf unhurriedly. Stretching, signing in, practice swings etc. take time. Let your golf discipline start with the mind taking care of Number One and allow time for getting started properly without starting the round in a hurry. Give yourself some time to calm down. This psychological buffer zone is something that only the mind can bring to your game. The body with all its skills cannot make itself relax.

Golf Tips : Visualization
Of all the uses of the mind, one stands out as the absolutely essential ability: visualization of the shot. Actually going into the imagined future and passing through all the stages of the shot is a powerful way to set up success and create confidence that wipes out tensions and fears. The mind, not the body, is what monitors tensions and tweaks them. Near a hazard? Only the mind can note that the body has somehow picked up a bad habit of gripping harder. This the mind can countermand.

Golf Tips : Putting Strategy
Don't think about the length of your putts. You have typical patterns of thinking associated with various lengths. Long putts you might relax a bit on because you think, "Well, I'll at least get close and might get lucky." But, the shorter putts, you think that you "have to make it or I'll be a bad golfer", and this throws more pressure on you. Don't think about the effect this putt will have on your score. Just putt! Toss out any thoughts about results on your score. Fear is the killer here. It's just a game.

Golf Tips : Fear
Nothing hurts your stroke like fear. Fear is strong word; more likely than not, you're calling it tension or stress, but fear it is. The first step to managing fear is to recognize it at its earliest. Feel your body when it happens and you'll start spotting this feeling at subtler and subtler levels, earlier. And the earlier you spot it, the easier it is to take a breath, step back, re-approach the ball, etc. This prevents the yips and jitters when you find yourself getting behind or one coffee too many or in the trap. With this control, you find yourself trying to crush it when 80% would and should do.

Golf Tips : Routine
The best way to deal with pressure on the golf course is to develop a repeating routine. Even the best players tighten up down the stretch, but that's when they depend on the pre-shot routine they've developed over the years.

Golf Tips : Don’t Crush It
Always: Be cautious. Don't crush it. Crushing it is always the last option. If you know in your heart that you need to hit a club almost perfectly for the shot to work, then DON'T USE THAT CLUB. Get it to the green with a longer iron.

Golf Tips : Be Conservative
Always: Be conservative. Going for the middle of the green instead of at the pin is going to give you a lot more putting chances. Better to have a long putt than a chip back.

Golf Tips : Prepare
Of course game management begins with the mind concocting a strategy before the round. Each hole is gone over and clubs selected. Plot your use of woods as opposed to irons. Goals and expectations are pondered and a plan for success is arrived at. Do this. It is golfing as much as swinging, and arguably more important.

Golf Tips : Smart In The Sand
When you're in a trap, get out of the trap! Don't think about getting close enough for a easy putt, think mostly about having ANY putt at all after your swing.

Golf Tips : Keep The Ball in Play
Almost no advice is more important--no matter what your skill level, than Keep the ball in play. Game management's first rule is Surrender to the lie. Play it where the ball is not where you want the ball to go. We all know there are times when a lie is almost impossible, and we are forced to chip to a better spot. Well, to some degree, all shots are somewhat unplayable. Read the shot. Discover the ultimate potential of the lie--given your talents. After that, ask yourself, what is 85% of the best I can do with this shot. More often than not, that's the shot to attempt. If you're counting on your very best effort, perfect contact, and at full power too, then you're setting yourself up for a fall. Go for the shot that you KNOW you can make. That's management.

Golf Tips : Analysis
You should make a thorough point-by-point analysis of a hole before ever hitting the tee shot. Can it be reached easily in regulation? Which way is the wind blowing? Where is the trouble, and on which side of the fairway is it safer to err? Where on the green is the hole cut? Is the best club a driver, or something else? Does it fit my strengths, or does it tempt my weaknesses? How have I played that day, and what was the pattern to my misses? There are many possible questions, and you should be asking the right ones.

Golf Tips : Keep It In Play
When your ball lies in very high rough and the lie is bad, simply get the ball back into the fairway and try to make par from there. Remember to open your stance, open the clubface, and pick the club up more abruptly on your backswing.

Golf Tips : Rotate
Topping and chunking can be cured! And, keeping your head down is not always the best solution. The key to getting to the ball is to not think you are aiming the clubhead with your arms. Think instead of aiming with your whole body. Your body is like a towel that is twisted by your backswing and unleashed. You swivel around the center of your body, your spine. Your whole motion is the aiming method--not just hand-eye targeting. Focusing on this twisting motion will train your body as a targeting mechanism. Your spine should always be upright--otherwise you lose something, targeting, power, timing. Think of the clubhead as a weight on a string and that will give you perspective about how targeting works. If you were trying to hit a ball with a clubhead that was at the end of a string, it would be an entirely different matter, right? Well, you ARE doing this if your swing is correct.

Golf Tips : Accuracy
Accuracy can be developed quickly. How your body is aligned is everything. Let's look at your feet first. This is the basis of alignment and the beginning of a perfect setup. Let's imagine you're right handed and using a mid-iron on a flat lie. First your feet must be about as wide apart as your shoulders. The ball should be about four inches behind your left heel. The stance should be closed. Turning your right shoulder towards the target is called opening your shoulders. Do it. Check that your hands are even with the ball. Normally, your head should be behind the ball with the above setup, check it and make also certain that your right ear is in line with the ball. That's it. Take your shot. Make this setup automatic. No thinking allowed. This setup will work in every situation with minor tweaks

Golf Tips : The Shank
Shanks suck. Let's dump them right now. First, realize that a shank is hitting the ball with your neck or hosel of your club. Watching a ball scoot directly sideways is a big confidence buster. Shanking comes from leaving your swing plane. There are many reasons why you leave your swing plane, but the cure is to pay attention to a correct swing routine, not what can go wrong. The basics: have a correct distance to the ball at address, arms are freely hung, knees flexed, and you do NOT try to control the swing plane. The correct mechanics always produce a swing within the plane. Practice that and forget about analyzing what could or did go wrong.

Golf Tips : Target
You have to aim if you want to hit. Pick a target. Before you set up, stand back and line up the target with your ball. Mentally think of the target as a bullseye about 10 feet across. Now, quit thinking about the hazards. You've got your target. That's what to think about. Now set up with that in mind.

Golf Tips : Understand The Angles
Scorers know the most efficient route to get around a golf course. The key to keeping the ball in play and leaving the easiest possible shot is in understanding angles. Off the tee, take into account what your shot pattern is, and what side of the fairway it’s best to be on. If the trouble is on the right, tee up on the left side of the tee. If the situation is the opposite, tee up on the right. On par 3s, give yourself the angle that gives you the most landing area on the green. If your shooting at the pin, in general you should tee the ball up on the side opposite the area of the green where its cut. The idea is open up the green, expanding the size of the safe landing area on the putting surface. Good Luck.

Golf Tips : Good Posture
Assume a "ready to respond" athletic position: flex your knees a bit, weight on the balls of your feet, tilt at the waist with a good straight spine angle. To make sure of a proper spine angle, when you take your set-up, take your golf club and hold it against your spine. Try to straighten your spine out. If you're too bent over and slouching, you'll feel the club go away from your back.

Golf Tips : Favorite Clubs
Everyone has his or her favorite club. The clubs you must fall in love with are the driver, wedge and putter. These are the scoring clubs. The driver is the club that sets up the hole, and while you don’t have to be tour-long (assuming you play the tees that match your skill level), you do have to drive the ball in play to shoot decent scores. For most golfers, the driver is the club that’s most fun to hit, so when I recommend to my students that they devote a third of their practice time to the driver, they don’t mind at all. Short-game practice is another story. While the practice tee is full, the short game area is usually empty. Divvy up practice time to reflect the three clubs, because 64 percent of strokes taken are from less than 100 yards, 60 percent to 70 percent of practice time should be with the wedge and putter. Say you have 10 hours to practice a month. Allot seven hours to wedge/putter and three hours to your driver.

Golf Tips : Grip Tip
Gripping the club too strongly can lead to a closed clubface at impact as well as a closed stance. Too weak a grip leads to an open clubface at impact.

Golf Tips : Keep Your Chin Up
One of the most misleading bits of advice in golf is the phrase, keep your head down. It really does make me want to cringe when I hear someone say this to their playing partner and I reckon it does ten-times more harm than good. In my experience, when someone is told to keep their head down, they tend to bury their chin into their chest at address. From there, they can't possibly make a good turn in the backswing as there's no room for the left shoulder to turn into. And no turn means no power. Keeping your chin up gives your left shoulder power in your golf swing.

Golf Tips : Distance From Ball
Get into a good, athletic set-up, flex your knees, weight on the balls of your feet and spine angle pretty straight. This will allow you to get the perfect distance from the ball every time. Use the following drill to help: Set up normally, then let your lower hand drop off the shaft. It should fall right across from where you took it off. If you're too far from the ball and you drop your lower hand, it will fall way inside by the butt of the club. Conversely, if you're too close to the ball, when you drop your hand, it will end up low on the shaft.

Golf Tips : Low Takeaway
To promote a wide, low-to-the-ground takeaway, imagine there is a second golf ball sitting 12in (30cm) behind the object ball, on exactly the same line. Address the shot and, as you start your takeaway, try to imagine that the clubhead sweeps the second ball away from the target. The clubhead will travel low to the ground, your wrists won't hinge too early and you'll create a wide arc in your backswing which is bound to help you hit the ball further.

Golf Tips : Practice Swing
Think of practice swings on the course as dress rehearsals for the shot at hand. To accomplish this, you must have a clear image of the shot, with consideration for the lie of the ball, the overall terrain, and the distance and trajectory. Then pick a specific object on the ground, such as a broken tee or dandelion, and try to strike it with your practice swing. This will focus your attention and lead to an accelerating, descending blow, just as you want in your actual swing.

Golf Tips : Wind
The key to playing in the wind is not to let it control you. Play within yourself and don't force your shots. Play the ball back a bit in your stance with irons and tee it lower with the driver. Stay in balance, swing easier, and hit it solidly.

Golf Tips : Keep It Low
When you need to hit a long, low shot, play the ball back in your stance. This promotes the descending blow you need. Don't forget to delay the release of your hands at impact.

Golf Tips : Full Swing
Many people think that using a three-quarter swing allows for more control. The fact is that a full turn allows the various body parts to work in proper sequence on the downswing. The full turn helps maintain accuracy and distance.

Golf Tips : Narrow Your Stance
Many amateurs believe that a wide stance increases the swing turn, when in fact the opposite is true. Narrowing your stance to within shoulder distance should result in better tempo and added control.

Golf Tips : Constant Ball Position
Keep it simple. Use the same ball position for every shot. The ball should be played off the inside of your forward foot and line up with the logo on your shirt or left breast. The only thing that changes is your stance (back foot) widens for drives and longer shots and narrows for shorter shots.

Golf Tips : Practice Tips
Most of us practice our mistakes rather than trying to find a way to fix our mistakes. One of the things I like to have people do is start every practice session by teeing the ball slightly off the ground. I would also have you start every practice session by taking short swings where you are going waist high and feel the weight of the club fall into the ball. This little exercise helps you get your arms loose and your hands gripping the club with the right grip pressure. From there, I would ask you to always put clubs on the ground. I find most people do not prepare in relation to their target. Out in front of your ball, put down a club that points directly at your target. Put down another club on the ground for your feet and body lines. Now, start getting set up to the ball. First, be very aware of how you get the club in position and pointing at your target. Next, let your arms hang down under your shoulders. Finally, square up your feet, knees, hips and upper body to the clubs on the ground. Sixty percent of the shots are played from forty to fifty yards in. Most people spend eighty percent of their time hitting full shots. I would encourage everyone to spend at least half their practice time on the short game. If you do, you'll quickly develop the sense and feel for using of the golf club. Spend part of this time hitting partial shots to develop your imagination and feel for shots of different lengths.

Golf Tips : Keep Your Head Still
It is important for your head to stay at a consistent level, but not necessarily in a fixed position, throughout the golf swing. When someone is told to keep their head still, one of the things that can happen is restriction of the shoulder turn on the backswing. Another problem arises on the follow through. When your head is in a fixed position, the hip turn is also restricted, commonly resulting in a topped shot. Allow your head to slightly swivel toward the right on your takeaway, and on the downswing, keep your eye on the ball but allow your head to swivel back to the left a bit.

Golf Tips : Cure Your Slice
The average slicer doesn't turn the upper body enough on the backswing, then turns too much on the downswing, producing an outside-in swing path. To fix this slice-producing move, your arms need to swing from the inside and lead your body. Set up so the ball is directly in line with the logo (on the left breast of your shirt). On the backswing, turn far enough so the logo points well behind the ball. Then keep the logo pointing behind the ball while the arms swing down; they will pull the body and club through impact.

Golf Tips : Cure Your Hook
A player who hooks the ball usually has a downswing path that starts from too far inside the target line and travels through the ball too far outside of the target line. To cure the hook, the player should concentrate more on trying to swing straight down the target line. In fact, you should actually learn how to cut or slice the ball. Practice hitting shots with the ball below your feet. This will help change your downswing path from a hooking inside-out swing to a slicing outside-in swing.

Golf Tips : Forget The Long Irons
I've always thought most recreational players would be better off eliminating their long irons down to a 5-iron. The new choices in woods make me even more convinced of that. Players with low clubhead speed should forgo the long irons and use higher-numbered woods such as the 5-wood, 7-wood and even 9-wood. These make it much easier to launch the ball higher.

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