Golf Practice Drills for Alignment and Divot Evaluation

Golf practice drills instill sound golf swing basics and the proper golf swing movements into your golf game.  Below are  two of our favorite, PGA proven golf practice drills that will really help with your golf shot alignment and ensure solid golf ball impact.

Alignment Golf Practice Drill

BENEFITS: This golf practice drill promotes should be used every time you practice and helps engrain proper alignment technique for every golf shot.

1. For majority of golf shots, alignment procedure is the same:

a. Club face aimed along “target line.”
b. Body position is parallel to target line along the “body line.

2.    Aim club face toward intermediate target 1 to 2 feet in front of ball. Position body parallel to target line. To help visualize, think of standing on railway line.

3.    When practicing, create an “alignment station” using 2 parallel clubs about 18” apart every time and place the ball in the middle. Use the clubs to ensure you are properly aligned toward your golf target.

Divot Feedback Golf Practice Drill

BENEFITS: This golf practice drill helps you evaluate your divot direction which indicates how well (and what direction) you are striking the golf ball.

To evaluate divots, lay down an iron to form target line and align a marker (ball or tee) parallel to the ball you will strike.  A proper divot results when you first strike the golf ball, then the turf. Remember, a crisply hit shot results in a divot that starts after point of ball impact.

Setup and hit the golf ball.  Evaluate the divot in relation to your target line and your marker ball.  Key evaluation points:

1. A straight or slightly inside to outside divot (relative to target line) is ideal.  The ideal depth of the divot should be should be 1/10 to 1/16 inch deep.
2. An inside to outside divot that points far right indicates too flat of a swing causing pushes or hooks.
3. An outside to inside divot indicates an over the top or too steep swing causing pulls or slices.

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Basic Golf Swing Tips for the Beginners

As the golf season is soon to get underway, now is the time to get “golf ready.”  It does not matter if you are a beginner or an advanced golfer, it is always a good idea to review and practice the basics of the full golf swing.  If you take just a few minutes each day to practice, simulate and ingrain the golf swing basics whether at home, in a hotel or working out, you will find that your golf swing fundamentals will be in place when you are ready to hit the course.

Below is a quick review of the golf swing basics for right handed golfers.  Practice or simulate the golf swing basics whenever and wherever you can and get a head start for the golf season!

Golf Swing Setup
1. Assume an “athletic” position and ensure you are balanced.  Your body weight should lie in the middle of feet.
2. Tilt your upper body from the hips about 30 degrees to help set the right spine angle to the ground.
3. Flex your knees slightly and keep your back straight with your chin up off your chest.
4. Let your harms hang loosely from your shoulders.
5. Place your feet shoulder width apart for longer irons (5, 6, 7 irons), less than shoulder width apart for wedges and shorter irons and a little wider than your shoulders for longer irons (2, 3, 4 irons) and woods.

Golf Swing Backswing and Downswing

Backswing

1. Rotate your club, body and arms together in unison while shifting your weight to the inside of your back leg. Make sure to keep your bag leg knee flexed and in the same position throughout the backswing.
2. Hinge your wrists as your hands approach your waist and keep rotating back.
3. At the top of your backswing, go through these quick checkpoints: left arm is straight (but not rigid), eighty percent or so of your body weight is on the inside of your back leg. Your back leg knee is flexed.  Your shoulders are turned about ninety degrees while your hips are turned from thirty to forty five degrees.

Downswing

1. The first movement of your golf swing downswing should be a weight shift toward the front leg, followed by your hips and upper body unwinding to impact.
2. When you reach the impact position, “release” the golf club by unhinging your wrists and hitting the ball with a square club face.  Keep your hands ahead of the club face at impact.  Also, check that your head is behind the ball at impact.
3. After making impact with the golf ball, turn through toward your target. At this point, your arms and club should extend down the target line toward your target.
4. Keep rotating through to the finish position.  At the finish position, your belly button should face your target and your club should be wrapped around your shoulder.
5. At the full finish position, ninety percent of your body weight should be on your front leg while your back foot is upright on its toes.

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Golf Swing Tips Incorporate into your Golf Game

As we gear up for the golf season, now is a good time to refresh our understanding of the golf swing basics for the full golf swing and short game.
Below are solid golf swing tips for the full golf swing and short game based on tried and true golf fundamentals. These golf swing tips are intentionally simple to incorporate into your game and can certainly help you to play your best and lower your golf score.

Full Golf Swing Tips

1. Relax when you play: You can have a perfect golf swing, but if you introduce tension into your game, you will not hit the golf ball well.  Tension starts with the hands.  On a scale of 1 to 10, try to maintain golf grip pressure of “4.”  If you do this, you will find that you will hit the ball farther and more consistently.
2. Establish a relaxed pre-shot routine before every shot: Step back behind your ball, visualize your target, take a few practice swings, assume your setup, rotate your head to look at your target one last time and fire away.
3. Maintain good swing tempo: Think “slow backswing” and “fast downswing.”  Keep your body and swing tempo synchronized.
4. Focus on making solid golf ball contact.  Stay relaxed, make solid contact and do not look up prematurely.

Short Game Golf Swing Tips

1. Putting: Place your eyes over the golf ball.  Keep your head steady.  Keep your putting stroke backswing length and follow-through length consistent and rhythmic.  Keep your lower body still throughout the putting stroke.
2. Chipping: Keep your hands in front of the ball and most of your weight on your front foot throughout the chip shot. Take a smooth, easy stroke ensuring that your wrists do not break.
3. Pitching: Slightly open your stance and keep your weight on your front foot throughout the golf shot. Keep a steady pace and swing your torso back and through the shot.
4. Bunkers: When setting up for bunker shots, place about sixty percent of your weight on your front side. Keep your left arm straight throughout the shot and control the shot with solid body rotation.

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Quick Golf Basic Tips: Grip, Setup and Ball Position

No matter your skill level, it is always helpful to review the core golf basics of the fundamental golf swing.  Below are quick golf basics tips for gripping the club, set up and ball position.  Note that these golf basics tips are for right handed golfers.

Grip Golf Basics Tips

There are several different types of golf grip types that golfers use.  However, the vast majority of golfers use the “Vardon Overlap” grip.  Below are the golf tips for this grip:

1. With palms facing you and fingers straight, take right hand little finger and place it between left hand index and middle finger.
2. Fold your hands over the golf grip with the left hand thumb fit snugly in the lifeline of your right hand.
3. When you look down at your grip, check that the knuckles of your left hand forefinger and middle finger are visible and the creases formed at the intersection of your thumbs and forefingers point between right side of face and right shoulder.

Setup Golf Basics Tips

1. Place your feet about shoulder-width apart and make sure you are balanced with your weight in the middle of your feet.
2. Tilt your upper body from the hips about 30 degrees.
3. Slightly flex the knees, keep a straight back and lift your chin up off your chest.
4. Let your arms hang loosely.
5. Narrow your feet slightly less than shoulder width apart if you are hitting with wedges and short irons, about shoulder width apart for longer irons and slightly wider than shoulder width apart for the longest irons and woods.

Ball Position Golf Basics Tips

1. Driver: Set up with the golf ball three inches (or about three golf balls) forward from center and aligned with the heel of your left foot.
2. 3, 5 Wood & Hybrid (also long Irons): Set up with the golf ball about two inches (or two golf balls) forward from center.
3. Middle irons (5,6 & 7 Irons): Set up with the golf  ball about an inch (or one golf ball) ball forward from center.
4. Short irons (8, 9 & Wedges): Set up with the golf ball in the center of stance.

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The Latest on Golf Mobile Application

The game of golf has seen many technical advances over the years, primarily with golf game equipment (clubs, apparel, balls, etc.).  Now there are a slew of golf mobile apps available to further help golfers improve their game.

There are now hundreds of golf mobile apps available including golf gps apps, golf swing analysis apps, golf instructional apps, golf scorecard apps, rules of golf informational apps, etc. all developed to give you critical golf-related information at your fingertips.

Any golf instructor will tell you that the ability to video and evaluate your swing can help accelerate your development.  That is why golf mobile apps like V1 Golf are very popular because they let golfers videotape their swing with their iPhone or Android and conduct detailed analysis of that swing.  These golf mobile apps even let you compare your golf swing to the pros!

Other very popular golf mobile apps include GPS apps to calculate distances to your target.  For example, the Golfshot GPS golf mobile app serves as a range finder directly from your phone. These golf mobile apps allow you to simply download the stats from the course you are playing and using the GPS characteristics embedded in many mobile phones, give you specific yardage distances to your target.

Other very popular golf mobile apps include golf instructional apps that provide everything from golf lessons, quick tips and golf practice drills in various formats including text, graphics and videos.  For example, with the Golf Genie Tee to Green golf mobile app for the Blackberry and iPhone, you can get quick PGA proven golf tips for every golf shot you face on the course.  For example, if you have an uphill lie, a difficult bunker shot or need to punch a shot from under a tree branch, you can simply navigate to the lesson and within seconds get the exact golf tip you need to set up and execute the golf shot. No longer do you have to guess your way around the course!

So check out these golf mobile apps.  They are fun to use and will definitely help you drop some strokes!

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Golf Full Swing Practice Tips

As we begin the golf season, it is helpful to review the fundamentals of the golf full swing.  In this article, we focus on proper golf full swing tips for the grip and golf full swing setup.   Please note that these golf full swing tips are for right handed golfers.

Proper Golf Grip Basics

Any PGA teaching professional will tell you that the foundation of a solid golf full swing is the proper grip.  Here are the proper grip basics for the golf full swing:

Left Hand

• Place grip across base of little finger and just above first joint of index finger.  Apply pressure with your last three fingers.
• Ensure pad of palm is on top of grip.  Place your thumb just right of the shaft center.

Right Hand

• Place grip across base of fingers.  Wrap fingers around underside of grip.
• Fold lifeline of right hand over left thumb. Right hand pressure should be applied by middle two fingers.

Grip Alignment

Key checkpoints of proper grip:

• Palms always face each other.
• When looking down at grip, knuckles of the left hand forefinger and middle finger are visible.
• Creases of thumbs and forefingers point between right side of face and right shoulder.
• The hands should work together as one unit with neither dominating the other.

Golf Swing Setup

Right behind having the proper golf grip in levels of importance is setting up correctly to strike the golf ball.  Here are a few golf full swing tips to ensure you are set up correctly for every golf shot.

• In the beginning of your golf full swing setup, ensure your body is balanced and that your weight lies in the middle of your feet (not too much in toe or heels).
• Once your body weight is balanced, tilt from your hips about 30 degrees to achieve the proper golf full swing spine angle.
• Keep your knees flexed slightly.
• Keep your back straight and your chin up and off your chest.
• Let your arms hang freely with your hands below your shoulders.
• For short irons (e.g., wedges, 9 irons, 8 irons), place your feet slightly more narrow than your shoulders.
• For middle irons (5 to 7 iron), place your feet about shoulder width apart.
• For longer irons and woods, place your feet slightly wider than shoulder width apart.

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Quick Beginner Golf Drills to Improve your Golf Game

Below are a few essential golf full swing practice drills for beginner golfers. You can practice these golf drills at home or on the range.

Top of Backswing Golf Drill

This golf practice drill ensures correct position at top of backswing and encourages full body turn in the backswing.

1.       Assume normal address position with an iron.

2.       Hinge wrists so that club is pointing up toward sky.

3.       Keep wrists hinged and place club on right shoulder.

4.       Rotate your body fully—shoulders 90°; hips 30 to 45°.

5.       Extend arms fully ensuring that hands are in front of chest. Check that club face is square and that back of left hand and club face are parallel to one another.

6.        You are now in the correct top of backswing position.

Impact Position Golf Drill

This golf practice drill ingrains proper posture, golf swing path and impact position while encouraging good body rotation, weight transfer and follow-through.

1.       Perform this golf practice drill without a club.

2.       Take normal address position with hands facing each other.

3.       Keep left arm and hand in place. Rotate right side of body to top of backswing. At the top, biceps and forearm form 90° angle as if holding a serving tray.

4.       Initiate downswing with lower body. Rotate hips, arms and shoulders down while keeping right elbow close to the right hip.

5.       Simulate “impact” by clapping left hand.

6.       Continue swing through to a balanced finish position.

Follow-Through “Split Hands” Golf Drill

This golf practice drill promotes proper release of the club and good weight transfer.  It also helps eliminate golf slice shots.

1.       Grip a 5-iron with left hand in normal position and right hand several inches down on the grip.

2.       Make small practice swings with hands reaching hip level in the backswing and downswing.

3.       From impact to follow-through, emphasize the feeling of right hand rotating over the left hand.

4.       Ensure that the toe of the club is facing upward in backswing and follow-through.

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Ten Most Common Golf Swing Faults and Causes

Golfers often get confused at the difference between hitting a slice or a hook or hitting the golf ball thin or fat.  With that in mind, we have compiled a list of the ten most common golf swing faults that all golfers have the unfortunate luck of experiencing as well as a few underlying causes.

1.       Shank: A “shank” is when the ball flies violently to the right after impact.  This usually happens due to tension in the swing causing the ball to strike the hosel of the golf club.

2.       Chicken Wing: The dreaded “Chicken Wing” is a golf swing fault that occurs when the left arm (for a right handed golfer) “collapses” before golf ball impact or shortly after impact in the follow through.  This occurs when the arms and upper body do not properly release toward the target after impact or when the upper body outraces the lower body in the downswing.

3.       Pull Hook: The pull hook is a golf swing fault where the golf ball starts left and curves farther left. It is usually caused by a closed clubface, too strong of a grip               or “out to in” swing path.

4.       Hook: The golf hook shot is a golf swing fault where the golf ball starts right of the target and curves left of target. It can be caused by body alignment right of target, too strong of a grip or closed clubface at impact.

5.       Pull: The pull is a golf swing fault where the golf ball starts left of target and continues straight left.  This usually occurs if the body is aligned left of target, the grip is too strong, the clubface is closed or the swing path is “out to in.”

6.       Push: The push golf swing fault results in the golf ball starting right of the target and continuing straight right.  This is caused by a weak golf grip, body aligned right of target or an open club face at impact.

7.       Slice: The slice shot is a golf swing fault that results in the ball starting left of the target and finishes right of the target.  Common causes of this golf swing fault include body alignment left of target, “out to in” swing path, weak golf grip or open club face at impact.

8.       Push Slice: The push slice is a golf swing fault that causes the golf ball to go right of target and continue farther right.  This is caused by too weak of a grip and an open club face.

9.       Thin/topped Shot: A thin or “topped” golf swing fault occurs when the leading edge of the club strikes the equator of the ball usually sending the golf ball a few inches off the ground.  This is usually caused by too much tension in the swing.

10.   Fat Shot: A “fat” golf swing fault occurs when the golfer hits behind the ball and hits the turf before the ball is struck sometimes popping the ball in the air with little distance.  This can be caused by poor weight transfer toward the target or too much tension in the swing.

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Golf Putting Tips – Bring Accuracy and Consistency

The ability to putt the golf ball well makes a huge impact on your golf score.  Here are some quick golf putting tips and putting drills that can help you dramatically improve your putting skills.

Alignment and Contact Golf Putting Drills

1.Putting Track Drill: Lay down two irons just wider than putter parallel to putting line. Practice six foot putts emphasizing smooth, square stroke.
2.Putting Gate Drill: Place two tees very close to toe and heel of putter making a “gate” and place ball in the middle. Hit putts swinging through “gate.”

Accuracy and Consistency Golf Putting Drills

Push Golf Putting Drill

This putting drill will help you develop a repeatable putting stroke.

1.Set up about three to five feet from hole.  Place a yardstick along your putting target line.  Place toe of your putter along the yardstick as a stroke guide.
2.Place putter directly behind ball.
3.Without taking putter back, simply push the golf ball to the cup.
4.Repeat this drill for ten straight “pushes,” then putt normally.

Circle Putting Drill

This putting drill promotes short putt confidence.

1.Set eight golf balls in a circle around the cup each about three feet from the cup.
2.Attempt to hole each of your putts.  If you make each of your putts in a single try, move the golf balls out further and restart the putting drill.
3.If you miss a putt, start the drill over.

Breaking Gate Putting Drill

This putting drill will help you align to the ball properly for a breaking putt.

1.Read the break, identify the aim line and note the high point of the break.  Place markers down to note your starting putting location.
2.Walk over to the high point of the break and place two tees 4 inches apart forming a “gate” along aim line at the high point of the break.
3.Walk back over to your starting putting location, align your body and practice putting through the gate.
4.Adjust your putting speed as appropriate to ensure the ball successfully makes it through the putting gate and drops into the cup.
5.Repeat this drill for ten straight putts with a goal to make half or more of your breaking putts.
6.Once comfortable, remove the tees and continue practicing breaking putts.

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Golf Short Game Tips

The effectiveness of your golf short game has a major role to play in your overall golf score.  That is why PGA teaching pros emphasize developing a solid golf short game.  Below are some great golf short game tips you should use every time you practice your golf short game.

Golf Short Game Tip One: Chipping Alley Drill

This short game golf tips helps aid chipping alignment and stroke.

1.    Place your practice balls one to three feet off of the putting surface.
2.    Take two clubs and form a narrow “chipping” alley aligned toward your target on the putting surface.
3.    Use an iron or wedge and practice chip shots making solid contacting with the golf ball in the middle of the alley.

Golf Short Game Tip Two: Chip to Target Drill

This golf short game tip helps aid chipping accuracy.

1.    Place one or more targets (e.g., towel, hoop) on the green.  These will be your golf chip shot targets.
2.    Place golf balls just off the putting surface, face your target(s) and set up for your golf chip shot.
3.    Land your golf chip shots within the targets. 
4.    After landing your ball successfully on ten straight attempts for each target, vary placement of targets.

Golf Short Game Tip Three: Pitch to Target Drill

This golf short game tip aids feel and accuracy of golf pitch shots.

1.    Place five or more markers on practice area at various pitching distances from thirty to sixty yards from you.
2.    Assume your golf pitch shot setup.  Pitch balls to each marker using normal club for pitch shots.
3.    Hit two to three shots in a row for each marker.
4.    Make note of the backswing length you need to hit the golf ball successfully to each marker.

Golf Short Game Tip Four: Crisp Pitch Shot Contact Drill

This golf short game tip encourages a descending blow on the golf ball for crisp pitch shots.

1.    Place two tees, two inches behind the golf ball with the top of the tees visible.
2.    Practice descending blow on ball making crisp contact while avoiding contact with the golf tees.

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Chipping Tips For Your Short Game

Let's begin with the disclaimer that there are quite a few kinds of chips you can make when you get near the hole. In other words, there is no single approved method for getting the ball nearer to the pin. The effectiveness of your chipping will hinge on the lie you have, the height of the grass, how far you are from the hole, and the state of the green.

Let's start our golf tips with a standard chip. This shot is used when you are near the green but not on it. Typically, you play it with either your high iron or your favorite wedge. My rule of thumb is that a decent chip will fly about a third of the distance to the hole in the air and then roll the remainder of the distance. This stroke should be played in the middle of your stance with your hands well ahead of the ball and the club face perpendicular to your stance.

Moving on with my golf instructions, we'll examine the soft shot. This kind of chip helps the ball to go longer in the air and gently land near (and hopefully rolling into) the cup. The most popular club used for a soft chip shot is the lob wedge, but a sand wedge can also be chosen.

For this shot, you ought to prepare to hit the ball with your club face open a bit. Move the ball forward in your stance and leave your hands behind it during the swing. It is crucial that you learn to increase the speed of the club head in this type of stroke. When performed properly, the ball will soar for a limited distance and then land softly and move just a bit.

If you have a lot of green between your ball and the pin, you might attempt the low chip shot. This stroke is usually done using a mid-iron, for example the 6- or 7-iron. You need to position the ball near the back of your stance to obtain the descending kind of impact you should have. Just as before, keep your hands in front of the club head and the club face in line with what you're aiming at.

This stroke creates the biggest amount of roll after the ball lands on the green, and is useful to hit when you are able to aim right at the hole but are worried about going too far behind it. This can take place if a sand trap or water hazard is near the back part of the green.

Most importantly, the most important golf chipping advice you can learn is to prepare by consistently using each of your chip clubs, including mid-irons to wedges. Each requires its own approach and stroke, and the only way to grasp all of these options is to go to the course and put them to work.

Begin with the regular shot and move on to the soft shot, the two shots you will employ most often on an average day. After you have these mastered, move on to the low shot. This may take more hours to perfect than the earlier shots, but it is definitely worth the time.

By using these golf chipping tips, you can begin to conquer your golf short game and achieve a lower score, time after time. Be patient, and keep practicing until you get it right.

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Training Your Golf Swing

In general, numerous of the players have fantastic golf swing. But yet all the golf swing can not come to be the best. It is actually for the reason that lack of training golf swing. Practice with the good clubs, such as the Callaway FT i-Brid Irons makes perfect. Thus, to help get all those exercise swings becoming number one golf swing you need to have demanding training.

You can find several choices to solve this trouble. You can find specific suggestions; if you comply with them you could turn those tough training golf swing into real golf swing. Most of the well-known golf players , maybe some would like to use Callaway FT-i Squareway Wood or other clubs for the game around the world declare that their training golf swings are as fantastic as their real golf swing.

Listed below are several important strategies to help make your training golf swing as fantastic as real golf swing:

Replicate your training swings while acquiring real golf swing.

During the time of real golf swing， pay attention to simply one thing.

Objective area can be the most significant thing, so pay attention to it.

Before having real golf swing, rest the muscles.

Review your training golf swing and real golf swing. You could do this by choosing video of both.

The above suggestions are for keep Golf Swing Balance and Rhythm and are generally given to considerable players that desire to make his real golf swing as excellent as his training swing. The most important point of all the above suggestions will be that practice golf much and make up you mind to repeat the training golf swing.

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Know Golf Manners to Play Like a Pro

Many the sports that we watch and play always involve a referee, an umpire or an official to facilitate the pace of the game. They make certain the game is well-officiated and smooth sailing. Everything is undoubtedly in order if they're organized. But, there are several games that doesn't need much supervision, yet call for a boat load of discipline and intergrity.

Golf is one of those games which does not require supervision of an official at all times, or for quite possibly the most part. This is the aspect of golf that novices and amateurs really should be familiar with and obviously not capitalize to the point that they will abuse it. Golf is a gentleman's game - it requires integrity, respect and discipline. It's not just on skills alone - it is also on attitude. A "bad boy" image has no room in this type of game. Sportsmanship is definitely the backbone of golf.

There are just certain things that is included in terms of the attitude and manners when golfing. Other sports may have totally different principles, some a few, or some have more. But, these are the things that golfers should bear in mind.

Safety is definitely the fundamental priority: Before you begin on your swings or when another player swinging, make sure that you are at a safe distance from another player. A secure distance from another player is required when doing practice or actual swings to prevent golf club swordfights. Yell “fore!” if you are swinging near or on the direction of others so that you can warn them of an incoming shot. Make sure to prevent losing grip of the club as well, to prevent injury. If very frustrated, don't take it against the golf club. You should not throw or slam in to the ground.

Never interrupt the calmness: Give respect to other golf players particularly when it is their turn to swing. You should not make any unnecessary movement, noise, or even talk to another golf player. Cellphones are obviously a no-no, a slight noise will affect the shot. Let's suppose it was you who is getting diverted? Patiently wait for your turn to swing or stroke, and stop staying close to another player's golf ball, in particular on the putting green.

Keeping the correct speed: Unless you're certain that it is only you who's playing in the golf course at that time (which is very seemingly impossible), don't stay on a hole for too long. Be ready to deliver your stroke or golf swing when you can in order to make a way for other groups that are playing. So that you can prevent any confusion, a player in some games that has the ball farthest from the green will swing first or else a rule called as "ready play" is agreed upon in casual games where players will hit as they are ready. When done, leave the green immediately to give way for other. Bring the golf clubs that you will need and not take it individually from the cart. It will definitely be time-consuming. Right golf practice drills leads to a perfect golf player you just concentrate ion your daily golf drills.

Manage the course as yours: Although there are other people who are responsible to maintain the course's good condition, you should also have the initiative to take care of it yourself. When using carts, stay on the assigned trails or follow the 90-degree guideline. The carts may easily damage the greens and hazards so follow the guidelines for the course. Rake the sand bunkers to restore it as good as new. Divots and ball marks is an eyesore so make the effort to replace the divot with a sand and seed blend, or put the piece of the divot back again. It is really an act for respect to the next golfer. You wouldn't want to see divots or ball marks if it is your turn, do you?

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3 Tips to Get a Lower Golf Handicap

Everybody who has been playing golf for a while knows the feeling of a stagnating handicap. Typically you can observe multiple plateaus of performance and at times the hurdle to the next lower one seems insurmountable. We have assembled four golf tips that may help you to improve your handicap and become a better golfer quickly

Don't try too hard

One of the most important things to keep in ming on the journey to a lower handicap is not to try too heard. Being too obsessional about becoming good at golf is often the greatest obstacle since it prevents you from being relaxed and from focussing on the short game. You might already have observed that you have played the best rounds of golf when you didn't really care about your final score. When playing
in a tournament, keep in mind that the next chance to lower your handicap is always around the corner and there is no real penalty fo playing badly. This will help yo to relax, swing more freely and enjoy the game even during a tournament.

Learn from the pros

Having great examples to follow is always a good way to improve your skills in a sport such as golf. Have a look at how professionals act on the golf course. You can learn a lot from how they swing, swing rythm, stance etc. One of the most important things to observe is their standard routine when they approach a ball before the next shot. Adopting such a routine will help you to develop a greater consistency in your game and give you greater confidence that your shot is going to be good. On the driving range, don't hesitate to take a mirror and compare your swing to what you have learned from the pros. You will be surprised what a difference this can make to your golf swing.

Focus on your short game

The club that is most often used on the golf course is the putter. Most shots happen around the green. You should remember this also during your golf practice drills and give a high weight to your short game. Although it looks more spectacular to be good at using a golf driver, the real score is determined by the short game. Imagine having just one instead of two puts on 6 out of 18 greens. That's six shots saved and will boost your handicap like no other improvement.

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Is golf a real sport?

There are many sports that are practiced in the world today, golf has to be one of the most often played by amateurs and professionals alike. Golf is one sport that can be played with little skill by people of all ages both young and old. Recognizing that golf is one of the major sports in the world has been a great success for people who love this golf short game. Everyone that plays this game must learn the proper golf swing basics to take there games to the next level.

Most individuals think of traditional sports such as one on one or team competitions. While golf is often played with other people, the real competitors in the game of golf is you against the golf course. The main challenge to this game is to try to score better than your opponents and try to better your own score everytime that you hit the course. There are many obsicals in your way that will challenge you as a player these include bunkers, water hazards, and the distance between you and the flag.

Although golf is not a very intense sport, it does provide good exercise, especially if you walk the course instead of taking a cart. Playing the game is not going to be a great cardio workout, but you will definitely enjoy a good walk on the course. The golf swing does infact work on many of the muscles in your body including your back muscles and arm muscles.

One of the most competative sports in the world today is golf. This competative spirit exits from the ameteur to the professionally. Many side bets occur on tee boxes and a game starts. There are many ways you can try to best your opponents and a make little extra money on the side too!

Golf has also been widely accepted in many schools across the country. Many schools have added golf to there curiculum to compete against other schools. Today it is not uncommon to find a golf team at the middle school level, and high school and college golf teams have been part of sports programs for years. Introducing golf to our children at younger ages will alow then to pick up the proper golf training aids and they will be more inclined to pursue this interest in their adult years.

One of the fastest growing sports in the world today is golf with fans spanning all ages who come from all walks of life. Participation in golf as part of a sports regimen provides much enjoyment, some stress and a lot of great experiences. If you have never tried golf as one of the sports you play, you really should. Enjoy the benefits of this traditional game and see all the great things you have in store!

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Correct Golf Slice Issues

Slicing is one of the most typical issues that players will run into on the golf course. It can be difficult to figure out what is actually inducing your slice because there are a number of different areas an individual could be going wrong. This can lead to frustration and has led a good number of players to essentially quit the sport. If you would like to learn how to correct a golf slice, then the information below can lead you through some remedies that you may find helpful.

It is critical to create complete balance into your stance when trying to ensure swing consistency and fix a golf slice. If there's any sort of loose motion you're likely to lose balance, affect the direction of your golf swing, and eventually, slice the ball. The keys to promoting correct balance in a person's stance includes feet as wide as your shoulders, the proper forward bending of the torso and also a good level of knee flex.

Any time you grip the club too tightly it's likely you'll slice the ball. It's essential to use a grip in which your arms and hands are soft and relaxed if you find yourself experiencing difficulty with a golf slice. If "10" is the greatest pressure you can apply, at roughly "3" you can start to hook the ball. Notice I said hook rather than slice. So experiment with this and find out if you can get the ball to hook instead of slicing. Then just simply adapt your grip strength until your drive starts straightening out.

Pay careful attention to your hand and arm positioning whenever you are performing your swing. To correct golf slice problems, you need to remember to keep your hands and wrists constantly in place during your swing. At no time may they rotate incorrectly or come apart. Your leading elbow must be kept straight and the trailing one ought to remain tucked in rather than stick out like a chicken wing.

To avoid slicing, when you swing, you need to transfer the weight from one foot to the other properly. Your weight should naturally transfer to your back foot when you take your backswing, and your weight should transfer to your front foot as you progress into your downswing. There is simply a problem with your golf swing which needs to be dealt with if this is not occurring.

Do not let slicing negatively affect your rounds and detract from your golf game. To fix golf slice issues, you should utilize swing guidelines much like the ones earlier mentioned to help you solidify your golf swing and boost your scores. You can develop a straight shot which reaches your intended target consistently if you take time to ensure your technique is implemented properly.

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Useful golf links to get the golf tips

Here i am going to mention all the golf links which provides you useful golf information including -

Golf Tips
Golf Training Aids
Tee to Green Pocket Guide
Golf Practice Drills
Golf Slice
Golf Hook
Golf Lob Shot
Putting Basics
Golf Swing
Golf Basics
Golf Advanced Tips
Quick Golf Fixes
Short Game Practice
Full Swing Practice
Swing Faults
Golf Practice Routines
How to Practice Golf

Just view these pages and get the complete details about the mention topics. All the tips and instructions are designed by PGA golf instructor. Golf Genie has provided all the information under one website - Golf HelpTips.com. Bring these practice drills in your daily practice routines to become a pro golfer on the and off the golf course.

Golf Push Shot Causes and Fixes

The golf push shot is one of the most common swing faults.  The golf push shot most commonly occurs when the clubface is open relative to the swing path and/or when the swing follows an excessive “in to out” swing path.  Here are the common faults and fixes of the golf push shot.

What Causes the Golf Push Shot

The golf push shot is a shot that starts right of the target and continues straight right.   Typical causes of the golf push shot include one or of the following – poor body alignment; weak grip; open club face; and/or in-to-out swing path. One or all of these swing faults can contribute to a golf push shot.  For instance:

1. Your body is aligned too far right of the target which may cause you to swing the club from in to out causing the golf ball to start and stay right of your target.
2. Irrespective of body alignment, you swing path can be in-to-out or worse, in-to-out with an open clubface which compounds your golf push shot.
3. Your grip could be too “weak” which means your grip position is left of neutral which tends to open the clubface.  

How to Fix the Golf Push Shot

So how do you fix your push? For some, one or two adjustments is all that is needed.  For others, it will be a process of elimination.  What is clear, however, is that your ability to fix the golf push shot is greatly enhanced if you execute the following golf push shot fixes.

1. Square your stance relative to your target. To help visualize, think of standing on a railway line where the ball is placed on the furthest rail (the “target line”) and your body is set up parallel to the target line along the closest rail (the “body line”).
2. “Strengthen” your grip to a neutral position with a square clubface.
3. Take a slow motion practice swing and ensure that your swing path is not “in-to-out” but rather down the target line toward the target.
4. Check your impact position and make sure that your clubface is square at impact.

Perform a few slow motion practice swings with the above golf push shot fixes in mind until the proper movements feel natural.  Then hit a few half swing golf shots building up to a full, fluid swing.  If you practice and ingrain these fundamentals, your golf push shot will be history.



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Golf Driving Tips: Way to Get More Distance

To increase your golf distance with your tee shots, here are a few golf driving tips and golf distance practice drills to help you increase your driving distance.

Increasing Golf Distance Off the Tee: Tips

1. To increase your golf distance off the tee, try teeing the ball higher which helps produce a flatter, ascending golf swing.
2. In your backswing, strive for full 90 degree shoulder turn which promotes a wider club arc.
3. Throughout the backswing, it is vital that you “lock” your right knee in place at the same angle as address which will increase the “torque” (and power) of your backswing.
4. As you make your backswing, wind the muscles of your upper body like a spring as you turn against your right knee. 
5. When you initiate your downswing, shift your weight to your left side which triggers a chain reaction of hips, chest, arms and club all pulling behind the ball through impact. 
6. At impact, ensure that your head is behind the ball.

Increasing Golf Distance Off the Tee: Golf Distance Practice Drills

Whoosh Drill

This golf distance practice drill aids in proper extension and acceleration and synchronizes torso, arm and hand movement through impact resulting in more distance off the tee.

1. Flip driver upside down and grip shaft just above club head.
2. Make normal swing with driver and listen for “whoosh” sound from shaft on the downswing. 
3. The whoosh sound should be heard after impact resulting from proper extension and acceleration through ball.
4. Practice the Whoosh drill until whoosh sound is heard after point of impact. Carry over this sensation to full swing for more distance.

Downswing Coil Drill

This golf practice drill promotes proper body turn from backswing through impact and helps maintain proper spine angle in backswing and downswing for maximum power.

1. Place club head off right toe. Extend left arm across chest and place palm on end of club.
2. Keep left arm extended and swing right arm through impact and release positions.
3. Hold release for 3 seconds. Repeat drill 5 times.

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List of Latest Press Releases By Golf Genie

Below i have mention the list of press releases published by Golf Genie. You just have a look if you found these story useful. 

Golf Genie™ Launches New Product, Practice Drills Pocket Guide
Golf Genie™ Announces New Website with Better Design and More Product
Golf Genie™ Pro Selected Regional Selection Winner in the 2010 BlackBerry® Partners Fund Super Apps Developer Challenge
Golf Genie™ Announces the Release of Mobile Phone Applications for the Blackberry Storm and Torch Touch Screen
Golf Genie™ Launches Golf Mobile Application for Blackberry Bold Curve and Tour

Recently they have launched more golf products including practice drills and custom printed golf edition book.

Golf Genie, maker of the award winning Tee to Green Pocket Guide, announces the launch of its highly anticipated Practice Drills Pocket Guide in golf retailers, pro ships and golf clinics across the US.

Beginners Golf Tips to Lower your Golf Score

As you begin to learn the fundamentals of the golf game, here are quick golf tips that cover the basics of the golf swing including ball position, backswing golf tips and downswing golf tips. Practice these golf tips regularly and you will be ready to play your best golf!

Ball Position Golf Tips

To hit crisp iron shots, you should hit downward on the golf ball. To achieve the downward blow, the golf ball should be positioned correctly in relation to your stance. So, to hit solid iron shots, position your body so that the golf ball is:

1. In the center of your stance for shorter irons including 8, 9 irons and wedges
2. One golf ball forward from center for mid irons including 5, 6, and 7 irons
3. Two golf balls forward from center for fairway clubs including 3 and 5 woods and hybrid clubs
4. Three golf balls forward from center for your driver

Full Swing Golf Tips

Backswing

When executing your backswing, rotate the club, arms and body back together while shifting your weight to the inside of right leg. Hinge your wrists as they approach waist level. At the top of the backswing, ensure your left arm is straight, most of your body weight is on the inside of your right leg and that your right knee is flexed.  Your shoulders should be rotated up to 90 degrees at the top of your backswing while your hips are rotated 30 to 45 degrees.

Downswing

When you initiate the downswing, shift your weight to the left.  Your hips, arms and shoulders will naturally follow this weight shift and unwind to the impact position. At impact, check that your head is behind the ball.  Continue turning your body after impact so that your arms and club extend toward the target after impact (release position).

To ensure proper body movement throughout the golf swing, here are a few quick golf tips to check at the finish position of your golf swing:

1. Belt buckle faces your target
2. Club is wrapped around your shoulder with club head directed toward target line.
3. 90% of your weight is on left leg
4. Right foot upright on toes.

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Golf Full Swing Tips and Checkpoints

As the golf season is under way, it is helpful for all levels of golfers to review the fundamentals of the golf swing with an emphasis on the proper setup and full golf swing fundamentals.  Below are golf swing basics and tips that reinforce the fundamentals.  Note: these golf swing tips are for right handed golfers.

Golf Swing Posture & Stance

When setting up for the golf swing, make sure your body weight is balanced and lies in the middle of feet and not too much in your toes or heels. Once balanced, tilt from your hips approximately 30 degrees to achieve the proper spine angle.  Keep your knees slightly flexed and your back straight with your arms hanging freely.  Make sure your chin is up and off your chest.  With respect to the width of your golf swing stance, keep your feet shoulder-width for mid-irons, slightly wider than your shoulders for longer irons and woods and slightly more narrow than your shoulders for shorter irons and wedges.

Full Golf Swing Fundamentals

Backswing

When executing your golf swing backswing, rotate the club, body and arms back together along your golf swing plane while shifting your body weight to the inside of your right leg. As your hands approach your waist, your wrists should hinge.  At the top of the backswing, check that your left arm is straight, 80% of your body weight is on inside of your right leg and that your right knee is flexed.  Also, check your backswing coil ensuring that your shoulders are turned up to 90 degrees while your hips are turned 30 to 45 degrees.

Downswing

Once you have established the proper position at the top of your backswing, the first movement of your golf swing downswing involves shifting your weight to the left, followed by your hips, arms and shoulders unwinding to the impact position. At impact, the golf club is released by unhinging your wrists and delivering the club head square through the ball. At impact, check that your head is behind the ball.

After golf swing impact, your body will turn through toward the target with your arms and club extending toward the target down the target line. 
At the finish position, your belt buckle should face your target with your club wrapped around your shoulder. At the completion of your swing, 90% of your weight should be on your left leg with your right foot upright on toes.

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Golf Pull and Push Shot Practice Drills

Many golfers confuse the difference between golf pull shots and golf push shots.  For right handed golfers, golf pull shot and golf push shot ball flight effects (and causes) are basically in opposition of one another.  Here are descriptions and causes of golf pull shots and golf push shots and a quick golf setup primer to address either shot when it creeps into your golf short game.

Golf Pull Shot and Golf Push Shot: Definitions

The golf pull shot is a shot that starts left of the target and continues straight left.   The golf pull shot is typically caused by one or more of the following swing faults:

1. Poor body alignment
2. Too strong grip
3. Closed club face
4. Out to In swing path

The golf push shot is a shot that starts right of the target and continues straight right.   The golf push shot is typically caused by one or more of the following swing faults:

1. Poor body alignment
2. Too weak grip
3. Open club face
4. In to Out swing path.

How to Fix the Golf Pull Shot and Golf Push Shot: Quick Golf Tips

Here is a list of quick golf tips to ensure you are setup appropriately for your golf shot and help prevent golf pull shots or golf push shots:

1. Square your stance relative to your target. To help visualize, think of standing on a railway line where the ball is placed on the furthest rail (the “target line”) and your body is set up parallel to the target line along the closest rail (the “body line”).
2. Ensure your grip is in the neutral position with a square clubface.
3. Take a slow motion practice golf swing and ensure that your swing path is not “in-to-out” or “out-to-in” but rather down the target line toward the target.
4. Check your impact position and make sure that your clubface is square at impact.

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