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 A Simple 2-Step Drill To Help Beginner Golfer’s Perfect Their Swing Balance 

A common problem that beginner golfers have on their downswing is properly transferring their bodyweight from the back foot to the front.

New golfers tend to be slightly tentative with their swing, so they end up hanging back a bit. The result from this bad habit ends up with scooped shots that veer off to the right with very little power.

In order to get your balance in order, there is a simple drill that is designed to help you feel the proper weight shift over to the front foot. The beauty of this drill is that there are only two results that can happen; A) You properly shift your weight, or B) You topple over.

1. Set up with your normal stance, but before taking your backswing, slide the back foot behind the right foot, leaving only the toe touching the ground for support. Yes, this will leave you unbalanced when you take your backswing, but that is part of the design.

2. Now when you have reached the top portion of the backswing, swing through the golf ball like you would on any normal shot. With your feet positioned as instructed in step 1 above, your body should automatically make the proper weight transfer to your front side.

When To Pitch, When To Chip And Run And When To Putt

Steven Katz

Unless you have a laser sighted pitching wedge you will probably be like many other golfers and wonder why you are not getting as close to the pin as you would like as often as you would like.

This comes from the decision to pitch the ball onto the green or if you should choose to chip and run the ball.
A common misconception by many golfers who are starting out is that they should use the pitching wedge where ever they get the opportunity around the green.

NO! I remember when I worked out that using an 8 iron around the green and getting the ball on the ground faster could mean that I control the final destination of the ball on the green.
So lets take a look at the different scenario’s and look at the options and the choices you need to make depending on the environment:
Your ball is on the fairway and you have a clear view of the pin with a fairly straight putt just right to the pin will put you nice and close you are about ten feet from the green and 30 feet of green to the pin. A dry fairway means that this is the ideal situation to putt
from off the green. Why would you want to lift the ball when you can control the complete direction and speed along the floor.
The same situation with a wet fairway would sway towards a chip and run as this would give you the option to flight the ball to a spot on the green that would then allow you to runthe ball up to the hole. By chipping over the wet area of fairway you can take out the
unpredictable wet surface and roll the ball on the easier to read green.
When I play this shot my preferred club is an 8 iron, I stand with the ball back in my stance and close the club face slightly this gives the ball a lower trajectory and will allow the ball to run once it gets onto the green.

When gripping the club it sometimes helps to hold further down the club grip than normal.
Your ball is on the fringe of the green and it is resting on the thick rough you have around 30 feet to the hole. Here is a completely different situation the back of the ball is not in a position where you could cleanly get the putter or iron to strike the ball making the
direction of the ball movement more unpredictable, so it would probably be a better option here to pitch the ball. The fact that with a pitch you put more effort into the swing in and aim to get the ball up and down quickly means you have a better chance of making a cleanercontact with the ball. So here would be a good time to get your pitching or lofted wedge out.
With the ball further back in the rough but a good lie you would probably be able to get a good chip and run as long as you can see the back of the ball. Remember the softer you strike
the ball the more important it is to have control of the ball, grass between the ball and the club could result in the ball taking a route you don’t want or not have the power you intended.
All of these scenario’s are just that possible situations every shot is different and if you look at the shot before you decide what type of shot you are going to play you will have less doubt in your mind when you go to strike the ball.

Practice makes perfect as with every golf shot, get out on the range and practice, those targets that are close by are perfect for
practicing. Try the chipping green make sure you test the different types and get used to the feel of the ball and how to get the ball to run.
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As golfers it would be fair to say that most of us at one time or another has experienced
the pain of dropped shots because of a poor short game, this article gives some good tips on
how to improve that part of your game, if you can do it successfully just watch your handicap
drop.
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5 Tips to Lowering Your Golf Score

Bob Blick

1) Do Not neglect putting. Think about it. Once you hit the green, if you can regularly sink the golfball in two strokes or less, you gain a huge advantage. You need to practice your stroke for both long and short putts. Here again, practicing long putts is fun. However, begin dropping in putts from ten feet and in and you will be amazed how many strokes you knock off your score.
2) Practice the short game. Most golfers love to head to the driving range and see how far they can hit a golfball. You can cut more strokes from your golf score if you learn to hit the short irons. Start close to the green and begin pitching the ball. When you are consistently dropping the ball close to the hole, back up ten to fifteen yards and begin practicing from that distance. Master your short irons and you will quickly slash some strokes.
3) Hit it, then forget it. My point here is, if you hit a bad shot you want to analyze what you did wrong. Was the clubface not square to the ball? Did you rush the shot? Was your swing tight and not loose? However, after you do so, forget it. You can’t let the shot bother you. Do not try to overhit the next shot to make up for shanking this one. Just forget it. Let it go. It’s done now and beating yourself up over it won’t help and, in fact, can have the opposite effect.
4) Ditch the cart. Unless your golf course requires you to use a golf cart, or you have physical limitations, don’t use it. Golf was meant to be played while walking. While walking to your next shot, as you approach you begin thinking about how you want to play the next shot. You are thinking of club selection and whether to play it safe or take a gamble. When you are in a cart, golf becomes more of a rush thing. Get in the cart, drive to the ball and hit it. It just seems to take the fun out of it. Not to mention the exercise you receive when you walk the course.
5) When in doubt, play it safe. If you are a weekend golfer, there is only so much time you get to play the game. When you come into a situation, such as a lie behind a tree, and you’re contemplating whether to take a chance and try to slam the ball through the branches or simply hit a safe shot and get the ball back onto the fairway, you should probably elect to take the safe shot. Forget what Tiger did last Sunday. All you are losing is a single shot. If you go for it and hit the tree and the ball bounces back, you have lost an additional stroke.
Having said that, if you are just out to have fun and could care less what your final total is, go for it.
Golf can be fun. It should be fun. The reality is most of us have that competitiveness, and that is a good thing. So anything we can do to lower our scores, even by a couple strokes, is going to fuel the juices and want to do even better next time.
If you enjoyed these tip, you will want to visit <a href=’http://www.golfimpacttraining.com/’ target=_top>Golf Training Aids</a>. The author, Bob Blick, has a lot more tips and suggestions to help you play your best golf.
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Some good ideas here sometimes we spend to much time analysing what went wrong instead of what went right, spend more time on that and it will help your golf game tremendously and as bob says try and have some fun.
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