"These 18 simple tips below should all help your game"
1. BEFORE PLAY - Always warm up before playing a round of golf, never go to that first tee cold. A bad start sets the tone.
2. BE POSITIVE - If you are unsure or nervous about a shot, always choose the lesser club and hit the ball harder, ie fully commit to each shot.
3. PLAY SMART - If your in real trouble, just try to get back in the fairway if you can, don't take on too much and there by compound one mistake with another.
4. LONG GAME - A lot of club golfers have too short a backswing. This can lead to a quick swing, which is not generally a good thing. So lengthening your backswing even just a little should improve the tempo of your swing.
5. BUNKERS - Really follow through with the shot, don't decelerate at impact and quit on it. Take two inches of sand behind the ball and really thump it.
6. CHIPPING - Accelerate through the chip, better a shorter backswing and accelerate, than a longer backswing and decelerate, keep your head still and down through the chip.
7. MENTAL GAME - Try to have positive thoughts over shots, see only the fairway or the pin, and not any trouble that might be there. Negative thoughts lead to poor outcomes.
8. COURSE MANAGEMENT - Generally take more club and get the ball to the hole more often. Too many club golfers come up short more often than not. Get your putts past the hole too, as they say never up never in.
9. CHIPPING - If chipping isn't a strong point, use the putter from fringes or even light rough , a poor chip is normally much worse than a poor putt. Golf is about how many, its what goes on that score card that counts.
10. GENERAL TECHNIQUE - Stay down through all your shots, don't let your head come up early, your momentum through the shot will naturally make your head come up at the right time.
11. MENTAL GAME - After a bad hole, don't let what happended back there affect you on the next hole, move on quickly, and re set with a positive mindset for your next shot.
12. CHIPPING - Again if chipping isn't a strong point, try using your most lofted rescue club in the bag, and execute the shot using a putting stroke. This method simplifies chipping.
13. COURSE MANAGEMENT - Always have a wet towel on your bag to keep that golf ball as clean as possible when putting.
14. PRACTICE SMART - When practising try to have something in mind as regards to what you are trying to acheive, rather than just hitting rapid fire shots.
15. SEEK ADVICE - A lesson with your club pro is the perfect way to identify what needs working on in your game.
16. MENTAL GAME - When hitting a few putts before your round, try to make the last putt you hit one that goes in, then go straight to that first tee.
17. TECHNIQUE - Control your distance putting by the length of your take away, ie the longer the putt the longer your take away, this should really help with your distance control.
18a. ENJOY YOUR GOLF - Finally and probably most important of all, enjoy your golf and smell the roses along the way, golf is supposed to be a lot of fun.
18b. 19TH HOLE - Always go straight to the 19th hole after play!
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