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One of the cardinal rules of golf is getting as much distance as possible for every shot. Distance is the word that you hear talked about more often than any other in the clubhouse and golfers are always trying to match an increase in the distance with the consistency that they desire.
Perhaps the most important part of any golf game is the swing. Without the proper swing you’ll never get your ball close enough to be able to put, and if your swing is bad enough you may never even get close to the green at all. Every professional and even all of the weekend warriors will tell you that the swing is the most important part of the game by far. It’s something you need to work on and improve upon on a constant basis, and even when you think that you’re at the top of the ability, you need to work to maintain that status.
Before you even start playing golf you might think that it is an easy game where all you need to do is hit the ball with a club. Nothing could be further from the truth. It is a complicated game that requires an alignment of the body and mind, and that person who wants to play be in at least good if not great physical shape.
Anyone who has ever watched golf on television can more than likely hear that greatest of all golfing noises as you read this—the crack of a ball being hit straight down the fairway. Hitting those long straight drives is the stuff of every golfers dreams but there are more than a few things that can get in the way of that perfect shot and having a slice in your drive is one of them.
It’s one of the more common mishaps in a golfer’s world and hardly anyone who’s honest will look you in the eye and tell you that it’s never happened to them. In fact, it happens so often to so many different golfers from different experience levels, the professionals and experts alike have put together a series of tips to help you straighten out your swing so that you can start enjoying those long straight drives again.
And one of the problems that they’ve noticed is all about the placement of the hands. You might be turning you left hand too far in that direction or so the experts have noticed in some of the golfers that suffer from the slice. As well, they often see that the shoulders and the feet are aligned to far off to one side of the target line and that even the ball position might be too far forward. If you’ve got to reach to hit it, you’ll more than likely be putting the ball out of bounds on more than one occasion.
It also possible that you might be pushing the club too far away from your body on the back swing. That’s another problem that some of the people in the know see with the slice. So if you’re looking for those long straight drives, it’s important that you take a look at how you’re going about you game. Perhaps the slice that you’re struggling with can be easily fixed with a small adjustment.
Before you even start playing golf you might think that it is an easy game where all you need to do is hit the ball with a club. Nothing could be further from the truth. It is a complicated game that requires an alignment of the body and mind, and that person who wants to play be in at least good if not great physical shape.
How many times have you made your way all down the fairway to the point where you ball is sitting on the green—maybe just a foot or two from the hole, and you’re already counting up your score when you flub the putt? What you need is to take that part of your game a little more seriously. Many golfers think that putting is the easiest part of the game so they don’t give it as much attention as they should. Remember that putting is as important as any other aspect and it’s the part that turns many an eagle into a bogie.
All the best golfers know how to use all the clubs that they’ve got at their disposal, and the seven, eight, and nine irons along with the pitching wedges are considered the short irons in a bag of clubs. Most of the experts agree that these are the clubs that are played with much more feel than any others in the bag.
Every golfer knows that the golf stance is one of the most important parts of the game and that they way you follow through and stand is a huge part of what your handicap will be. The swing itself has long been considered an integral part of the procedure, but the stance itself is something that is overlooked often.
There’s a right way and a wrong way to do just about everything and that includes a golf swing. Do this the right way and you’ll be the champion of any course you play and watched and revered form the clubhouse. Do this the wrong way and you’ll get so frustrated you might even give the game up completely. Many of the experts that have won championships and the like advocate what they like to call the big swing but not for the reasons that most of us might think.
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It should be no surprise to anyone who’s been out on the links during a pleasant afternoon in the sun or seen the dew on the grass on the morning that golf has been a favorite past time for many years. To that end, it should be no surprise to anyone that the game has a storied history that spans an impressive stretch of time and colorful people.