Here is a list of 10 areas where you can quickly improve the quality of your golf game.
1. Control your Rhythm
2. Course Management
3. Approach Shots to Greens
4. Bunker shots
5. Pitch Shots
6. Chip Shots
7. Short Putts
8. Long Putts
9. Warming Up Before You Play
10. Nutrition
These 10 areas I discuss in my new book "You Can Easily Knock 10 Shots off Your Score"
I keep the instruction simple so that you can use it straight away and start benefiting from it within a very short time fram. The majority of areas require minimal practice, so those who don't have a lot of time in their week to practice are also able to improve.
Click here if you would like to learn more.
Have fun on the golf course!
Graeme,
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Tuesday, 21 October 2008
Thursday, 3 July 2008
What Everybody Ought to Know About Playing Golf
Golf is one of the hardest games in the world. For a beginner, it seems at times like an insurmountable task to get good. At lot of people "try" golf, meaning they will have a go at swinging a club, but fewer will actually attempt to play the game. As anyone that plays the game will tell you, golf is like a drug. You constantly want more of it.
Why do I say this? Well, when you get to a level where at least you can get the club on the ball consistently and get the ball going forward you will start to hit some golf shots. This is when it gets addictive.
You will hit one special one, and then you will want to do it again. The feeling when everything comes together is almost undescribable. The problem comes when you start to improve, so does that one special shot. So essentially the goal posts are always moving.
Not only that, but everyday is different. Even although you may play the same course twice, you will not hit the same shots twice. You will end up in different places and playing from different positions. This keeps you on your toes and keeps the game interesting. Thanks to mother nature, the weather is never the same (well for most of us) two days in a row. This affects the shots that you are required to hit, where you can hit the ball and the decisions that you make.
There is never any end to the game. You can always keep on improving. There are always new courses being built and there are lots of great courses around just now that would keep me very satisfied for a very long time.
The individual aspects of the game of golf are great, you can even play on your own, but some of the best are spent playing with fellow golfers. There is a great camaraderie in golf that you don't get in too many other sports. Some of my best memories of golf have come when playing golf with my Dad. It is also great to get a four-ball together and go and play a new course.
How many chances do you really get to leave all your worries to one side and just enjoy yourself? Most don't. To play great golf like everybody is capable of playing requires a quiet mind, so why not leave your worries in the clubhouse and just have some fun as soon as you step on the 1st tee?
There are a lot of lessons to be learned through playing golf. Not to mention humility, as it will on many occasion humble you if you don't give the game the respect it deserves. There are a lot of ups and downs in golf, as there are in life and some setbacks that require mental toughness to recover from, but most important of all, you get to be outdoors in some wonderful surroundings with friends sharing a common interest. You can't beat that!
Have fun on the golf course!
Why do I say this? Well, when you get to a level where at least you can get the club on the ball consistently and get the ball going forward you will start to hit some golf shots. This is when it gets addictive.
You will hit one special one, and then you will want to do it again. The feeling when everything comes together is almost undescribable. The problem comes when you start to improve, so does that one special shot. So essentially the goal posts are always moving.
Not only that, but everyday is different. Even although you may play the same course twice, you will not hit the same shots twice. You will end up in different places and playing from different positions. This keeps you on your toes and keeps the game interesting. Thanks to mother nature, the weather is never the same (well for most of us) two days in a row. This affects the shots that you are required to hit, where you can hit the ball and the decisions that you make.
There is never any end to the game. You can always keep on improving. There are always new courses being built and there are lots of great courses around just now that would keep me very satisfied for a very long time.
The individual aspects of the game of golf are great, you can even play on your own, but some of the best are spent playing with fellow golfers. There is a great camaraderie in golf that you don't get in too many other sports. Some of my best memories of golf have come when playing golf with my Dad. It is also great to get a four-ball together and go and play a new course.
How many chances do you really get to leave all your worries to one side and just enjoy yourself? Most don't. To play great golf like everybody is capable of playing requires a quiet mind, so why not leave your worries in the clubhouse and just have some fun as soon as you step on the 1st tee?
There are a lot of lessons to be learned through playing golf. Not to mention humility, as it will on many occasion humble you if you don't give the game the respect it deserves. There are a lot of ups and downs in golf, as there are in life and some setbacks that require mental toughness to recover from, but most important of all, you get to be outdoors in some wonderful surroundings with friends sharing a common interest. You can't beat that!
Have fun on the golf course!
Thursday, 26 June 2008
Practice How You Intend to Play
When you are practicing on the range, do you go through your pre-shot routine? If not why not?
You want to practice how you intend to play, so that when you get to the golf course you don't have to think about it. That includes practicing your routine on the range.
If you don't hit balls on the range going through your routine you are telling yourself that it is not as important as when you are playing on the course. The problem comes when you get to the course and all of a sudden, instead of just stepping up there and hitting the shot, you are now evaluating the lie, the wind, the yardage and taking onsiderably more time over the shot than you do on the practice area.
This automatically creates more tension (which we want to control at all times), as you have created the scenario as a result of the way that you practice.
Make sure that when you stand on the practice tee you hit balls going through your routine just the way you would on the golf course. You will find that you are a lot more relaxed on the course and able to execute the shots that you want.
You want to practice how you intend to play, so that when you get to the golf course you don't have to think about it. That includes practicing your routine on the range.
If you don't hit balls on the range going through your routine you are telling yourself that it is not as important as when you are playing on the course. The problem comes when you get to the course and all of a sudden, instead of just stepping up there and hitting the shot, you are now evaluating the lie, the wind, the yardage and taking onsiderably more time over the shot than you do on the practice area.
This automatically creates more tension (which we want to control at all times), as you have created the scenario as a result of the way that you practice.
Make sure that when you stand on the practice tee you hit balls going through your routine just the way you would on the golf course. You will find that you are a lot more relaxed on the course and able to execute the shots that you want.
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