Golf Instruction Tips

For many people looking to take up a sport for the first time, the ideal choice should be one that combines a competitive edge with a social aspect to the best degree. With that in mind, golf is an ideal choice because it covers both factors perfectly.

Practicing and honing your skills for the game is also easy and it does’nt have to require a major investment in the first few weeks. As you decide whether the sport is right for you, you can spend as much or as little as you like in making the right selection. Read More →

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.

However, it can really make a bad round worse, when it happens during a round of golf. It’s good to consider what the source of your problems might have been after you just finished a poor round, rather than trying to figure out the problems whilst you’re playing.

You probably already know the situation I am about to describe. You hit a bad shot and then you tell yourself that the next shot has to be better to compensate, and the pressure begins to mount. This pressure increases tension in your body, and of course your golfswing, and another bad stroke is the result.

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Using more of your mental ability to help break 90, is the focus of this golf instruction tips post today. I’m sure you already know about the 90-10 rule in golf, but how much attention do you really give to it.

Any amateur golfer who plays to a handicap of around 20 or so, may experience some level of anxiety surrounding the breaking of 90 in a round of golf. All targets you set yourself should be just out of reach, so that you have to really stretch yourself to achieve them. Yet if you approach this goal in a practical manner and with a real sense of purpose, it is perfectly attainable. In other words, if you have a smart approach, you can achieve it.

On par 72 golf courses, a net score of 90 represents playing bogey golf, or one shot per hole over par. That’s perfectly reasonable and acceptable in normal club golf. Of course the mindset of most golfers is always that of the optimist. Many golfers have made at least par on most or all the holes on a particular golf course, but have never achieved that all on the same round. So, why then do we expect to actually achieve this in a single round of golf? Equally, there will be holes on the course that we have managed to birdie as well, so consequently we might even expect to birdie them again every time we play them.
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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.

As I watched I asked myself, ‘What is it that sets these women in particular, apart from the rest on the LPGA tour, why do they dominate so many of the world’s tournaments, many of them are just over 5 feet tall, Jiyai Shin the world number one from Korea, is only 5ft 1 inch tall, yet their domination of women’s golf worldwide is unmatched.

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.
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