Most amateur golfers have one thing in mind, and that is to hit the golf ball as far as possible off the tee with their driver. Many never quite overcome this mental mindset and this is one of the reasons why they won’t get the desired distance from the tee that they are capable of hitting.
A seasoned golfer will practice for ‘accuracy’ off the tee first, then concentrate on gaining the distance once they have mastered the art of control.
There’s not much point trying to drive long yards off the tee if the ball is going to end up on another fairway or worse, in the rough. All that is often achieved is making the following shots into the green all the more difficult.
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When we have a bad round of golf, it’s natural for us to perhaps get a little frustrated and angry with ourselves, and the lack of consistency in our game. While I think this anger and frustration can be a good thing ‘after’ we’ve finished playing, simply because we can use it to drive us to focus on improving our golf swing, but during play, not so good.
How often have you watched female golfers in a tournament? I happened to watch the women’s Australian open this year and saw Yani Tseng from Taipee, the 2010 LPGA player of the year and winner of two majors in that year and current world number 5, win the 2011 Women’s Australian Open for the second time, back to back by 7 strokes from her nearest rival, who happens to be the current world number one, Jiyai Shin from Korea.
The ability of these women and Yani Tseng in particular, who also happens to be one of the longest drivers off the tee on the LPGA tour, is well, amazing, to say the least. Have you ever asked yourself, where does their power and accuracy come from? How is it that these tiny women can out drive most amateur male golfers, and even some of the PGA players.
Did you know that most golf professionals often prefer to aim at, and land in a bunker, rather than play a shot from the rough? It’s true, if they can take a better line to the pin from within a bunker on the golf course, they won’t hesitate to aim for the sand. The reason is, they’re not afraid to play sand shots, they would rather be in there than have to chip out sideways onto the fairway and possibly dropping a shot.
