Tips On Golf Swing

What are some Golf Tips that are absolutely essential to know when learning to golf?

I have been golfing once a week for a few years now, and although my game has improved from when I started, I have not been very consistent. I have never had formal lessons, only learning from friends who have been nice enough to show me things here and there. There are a lot of different swing styles and a lot of different golf tips out there, so it’s hard to disseminate the mountain of information to find out which tips are absolutely essential. I’ve heard people say things like, “It all starts with the grip,” or “Keep your eye on the ball.” I want to know what tips are like “rules” and what are things that can vary from swing to swing and player to player.

Everyone’s swing is different, and therefore the same advice is not always the best. Here’s a few tips though…

1. Get lessons from a certified PGA instructor. If you don’t know where one is you can find one here: http://www.pga.com/profinder/

2. Read some classic books. These books are simple, easy to understand, and classic. These include Harvey Penick’s “Little Red Book”, Jack Nicklaus’ “Golf My Way”, and most famously Ben Hogans’ “Five Fundamentals”

3. This is probably the most important. Don’t take advice from everyone you play with! Most people get in trouble because they listen to everyone that looks at their swing. In general golfers advice is flawed because of two reasons. 1. They tend to draw from their own experiences. This means that if a certain drill or thought helped them cure a slice for example, they assume that same thought works for you too, even though the reason you are slicing might be a completely different reason. and 2. They don’t have a full grasp of the cause and effect of the golf swing. This is what PGA instructors are trained to understand. The golf swing has many parts, all connected and any one part can effect any other part. Each bad shot has 10+ different causes and only a trained eye or video can identify which cause and what solution will best fit.

4. Avoid many of the cliche pieces of advice. This includes “keep your head down”, “keep your eye on the ball”, “left arm straight”, “turn your shoulders”, “start with the hips”, etc. While in the right context these pieces can be helpful, more often than not they are detrimental and complicate a beginners swing.

Hope this helps, and good luck!

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