The Golf Swing Tip Blog

i have played golf about three times a year since i was really little, i have my own clubs and bag, i’m just very, very mediocre. I’m going to start taking lessons very soon, my family are all golfers, i really want to make the team and am prepared to work hard any tips or techniques to keep my focus and how often should i play/hit at the driving range/practice chipping and putting? i’m pretty terrible but i understand the mechanics.

Your best shot at making the team is by showing the coach potential. If you show your love for the game, and your commitment to improving yourself you should be fine. From my experience, coaches prefer a lesser skilled player with a positive team spirit, over a better player who is cocky and only cares about himself. Oh and don’t go around throwing clubs if you hit a bad shot, be well tempered, mature, and respect the game.

Good luck!

Ive seen the classes beofe that do week long morning golf lessongs for beginners. Id like to find a place in the canaries and then find a hotel near it.. or all in one. The courses are for beginners usually.

In Teerife at the golf de zure I think that is its name. It is a big complex with a couple of courses and even bowls

I am a 22 years old a complete beginner at golf. I played one round of 18 holes when I was 17 and my second round a couple days ago. I also have gone to the driving range probably once a year in between. I really love it and want to get my own set of clubs. I just got a little money from graduating college and don’t know what my next step should be. Some people say that I should just buy a cheap set and start off with those. The problem is in under 2 year I will be working for a top-tier company and know I will be going golfing with very rich prestigious people and I don’t think I could use a set of sports authority clubs. Any advice would be great. I have about $300 to spend at the moment.

A few suggestions:

-More than how you play is your behaviour on the course. Be very knowledgable with golf course etiquette.
-Dress appropriately on the course. Tuck your shirt in, and take you damn hat off when you walk into a room. Nothing says "I’m a total rube with no manners" better than someone wearing a hat indoors or worse, at a table eating and/or drinking.
-Nobody cares about what brand of clubs you use. Just have a decent looking bag (no rips, tears, or inappropriate logos) with headcovers for your clubs, along with the appropriate accessories (balls- enough to finish a round, tees, divot repair tool, gloves, ballmark(s), etc.). Have a sharpie pen to put a mark on your ball (you can buy mini ones for a dollar or two, and they fit in your bag).
-It’s not the clubs, it’s the person using them that matters. If you have cheap clubs but know the rules, have good etiquette, dress appropriately, and play at good pace…that, above all else, matters. You don’t need some pro bag with top-line clubs; that says to me you’re trying too hard and that all of your effort was in buying clubs and not how to use them.
-Know your yardages for your clubs.
-Have your bag equipped for wet weather if you live in an area that sees any kind of rain. This would include a golf umbrella, a cover for your bag, and some kind of rain jacket. Not having this says to me "I’m not prepared."
-Understand and improve your pace of play. Knowing how far you hit each club is important.
-Learn the rules. Play by them. Show me someone who cheats on a golf course, and I’ll show you someone who cheats, lies, and steals in life.
-They can teach monkeys how to play golf. What can’t be taught is character, morality, and to a lesser degree, etiquette.
-There are numerous books devoted to golf etiquette; spend a few modest dollars on one, or check one out from a library.

I’ve been playing golf on/off for the last 15 years now and to this day, I’m still stumped that golf bag makers don’t make a fair amount of good golf bags with the added ‘padding’ on the right side of the golf bag!

For clarification: If you were to walk into any Pro shop and look at any of the ’stand bags’ which may line the walls and/or sales floor…You’ll notice that all the bags have ‘padding’ on just one side..which is usually on the left-side of the bag, to help protect ‘right-handed golfers’….Yet, I myself don’t carry my bag in a way where I need padding on the ‘right side’..but rather on the left side of the bag…as when I go to grab my bag after a shot and start walking up to my next shot, I always grab the bag with my left hand and swing it over my left shoulder first, then using the now customary ‘dual strap’, swing the other strap over my right shoulder.

Why is it it’s easier to get fitted for proper golf clubs, but it’s so hard

These exist. Contact or check out golfsmith store near you, I’ll attach the link.

Just about all of the major bag manufacturers make "left-handed bags".

Hope you find one you like.

The slice is obviously the most undesired yet most common ball flight in golf.. I got a tip from my coach who is rated one of the top 100 teachers in the world…This info is priceless…Do this experiment.. find a place in your home that has a window you can look out of, stand about 10 or so feet behind it.. Set a golf ball down inline with a spot on the window… Pick a target outside of the window in the distance as well…Notice what happens when you move to the left as if you were going to address the golf ball. The close target(window) moves right, while the target in the distance moves left…The perspective of the target changes when you address the ball..This is a trick your eyes play on you.. To hit the ball to your close target, you have to swing onplane and from the inside.. What I’ve noticed is that a straight shot looks like a big arcing draw from standing to the side of the ball. It’s about trusting your alignment to the close target and hitting it through there..
i’ll take that as a compliment Cena, thanks…
This is not only meant for slicers…Advance players have this problem including myself..I’m a +3 handicap and this tip straightened out all facets of my game…Driving it better, my irons have improved dramatically, and my wedge game is more precise..Good for lag putting as well….Best of luck

I cannot wait to share this tip with all of the golfers in my life. Thanks!

It took my boyfrined and I two hours to play six holes. Hahaha!
Well that is..when we weren’t making donuts in the sand with the carts
Wow…such hostility..
We didn’t really made donuts in the sand…BUT we did golf and I did do really bad. I try to keep my left arm straight but..ya know..I’m a girl. So that’s kinda hard to do. I just want to know how to get the ball up in the air instead of "burning the grass" everytime. Any advice for that?

Whoa…Donuts in the bunkers with the Carts!!! Ha-Ha I bet the Grounds Crew loved you guys… Anyway I find that when women are playing with men, The worst thing they can do is try to kill the ball. Skip that and just try and get the ball into play. Don’t feel you have to use a driver off the tee just because he does.. use the club you control best. Maybe your 7 iron. Next get your self to the Ben Sutton golf school in Tampa Fla.,,Good Luck,See you on the Links.

My technique is horrible! How do you properly hold it? Release it?

Thanks for the help!

I assume you are using a backhand, since most people use backhand for driving.

The first thing to check is the grip. Your 4 fingers should all be curled around grasping the rim, the forefinger should not be on the outside.

Second, a good backhand is not thrown with the arm, the power comes from the legs. Your arm should be straight and loose, do not start by bending your elbow. Your body is like a whip, with your arm as the lash. It should be loose so the power from the legs and back can flow through it.

If you have played badminton, a power backhand is exactly like hitting a low return on your backhand side. (for a right hander) your right leg steps towards 10:00, so your back is facing the direction you are throwing. Your backbone winds up like a spring as your hips rotate around to face the front while your shoulders remain facing back, and then your back releases and the shoulders whip around, dragging the arm with them. This is where the power is magnified – but only if the arm is 100% loose, so the power can flow through it.

There is a good description on the upa.org website, though I don’t know the URL offhand.

Here is my golf swing, it’s pretty obvious that my left arm breaks down. So, any help there would be appreciated. Also, I lunge to my left side with my upper body. Can someone recommend some drills for a proper pivot on the down swing?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZF7oyKyM7k

This may sound a bit harsh…..(though it s not intended to be) From the video there are too many areas of your swing that are problematic to even begin to offer suggestions here…..My advice is to take some lessons from a teaching pro. It will be a step by step approach as there are problems visible all the way from set up through to your your finish.

The golf magazines all have lesson locaters based on zip code.