by Kent Smith
Here are 3 easy golf tips that will immediately give you a
better swing and improve your hitting! It did for me almost
instantly once I got the feel of it.
I went from hitting maybe one fairway per round and not being
able to hit my driver to hitting the vast majority of fairways
off the tee while still enjoying the extra distance of using
my driver. This is exciting stuff for a mid to high handicapper...so
read on.
Golf Tip #1 - Be certain that you are taking
the club back by turning your shoulders NOT picking up your
hands.
By taking the club back in a "one piece" takeaway,
which only means that your shoulders start the turn back and
your arms, hands and thus club follow in one piece - by doing
this you will automatically put the golf club on the proper
swing plane. So long as you do not try to help the club do
its job, you will be well down the path to a more solid swing
and consistent hits with this tip alone.
Practice this in front of a mirror with or without a club,
making sure that your head stays solidly in place and that
your three body parts mentioned above go to at least parallel
as one unit.
Golf Tip #2 - Don't overswing and swing easy.
They engineer the clubs to do the hitting - getting the ball
off the ground and a certain distance no matter how hard you
swing. As a matter of fact, the harder you swing the less the
club can do what it is supposed to do and you will sacrifice
both distance and accuracy.
Just make a full shoulder turn and a good wrist cock then
return the club from where it came from! When I say swing easy
I do not mean decelerate on the downswing. What I do mean is
find a good tempo and naturally accelerate through the ball
on your downswing with a complete follow through.
Golf Tip #3 - Relax and enjoy the game. Tension
in your golf swing is your biggest enemy. One of the tips that
I have recently read is that once you get over your shot and
are ready to swing....SMILE!! Believe it or not it works...it
is extremely hard to be tensed up and smile at the same time.
These 3 simple tips have taken 5 to 10 of those "dumb" giveaway
strokes off my game and it will yours too! Just get the swing
thought in your mind of takeaway with the shoulders for a full
turn, easy swing back through the ball to let the club do the
work and relax! You will be excited to start see those shots
going longer and straighter very soon!
Happy golfing!
About the Author
Kent is an avid golfer and student of the game.
