Golf has always been popular as a gentleman’s game. It measures the individual’s precision and focus. It is an activity that you’ll have enough bandwidth to talk to your friendly competitors and establish rapport.
There are two major variations on how you play the game, match play and the stroke play. Match play is a separate contest for each hole while stroke play is competing for the lowest score. To improve your skills you’ll have to focus on improving your fundamentals while honing your strategy. The game is largely a mental competition with the skills aid in attaining your objective in each situation.
Here are some tips to improve your game:
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Grip
This is the first part of the entire motion of the game, so it’s only logical that you’ll have to start with how you grip the club for your shot. Having the correct grip will allow you to have a solid swing. When you can consistently hit the ball out the center of the club you can start with your accuracy. It is very critical to hit the ball towards the target square in the club-face upon impact. Your grip is the only part that connects your body and the entire motion of the swing to your club-face angle. Improving your grip will affect your swing. The game involves a lot of timing and having a good grip will give you a better chance of hitting the ball squarely. This way you won’t have to change and force the club-face square. Ultimately, it will give your swing the consistency and fluidity it needs.
1. Stance
Your stance will turn your swing into a slight slice or hook. The slice will curve the ball in the direction to the dominant hand of the player and a hook is in the opposite direction. A good stance starts with the feet shoulder-width apart, slightly bend your knees, raise your hips, angle your left shoulder above the right. Having the right stance will affect your balance and your striking power, both will determine the quality of your ball striking.
2. Swing
A big part of being successful in the game is to analyse your swing, which is mainly the execution of your strategy. You’ll have to spend a lot of time to improve it and make adjustments. Using modern technology you’ll gain an insight into your swing like spin rate, carry, angle, speed of the ball and club, and many more. There are a lot of types of swing that you can use in different scenarios that best suit it.
- Drive Shot – The drive shot will direct the ball onto the fairway and to the green, this will set your entire game.
- Iron Shot – This shot will allow you to get near to the green from different places over the course.
- Pitch Shot – This is used to get the ball into the green. This is good when the iron shot is too much from your position. If you fail to put it into the green you can use the wedge to place the ball to the green, which is a tall order considering the challenges of the slope and calculations involved.
- Putt – This is the shot where you’re going to hit the ball into the hole. It requires a lot of control to make this effective.
3. Strategy
There are a number of strategies you can use in the game that’ll put you in a better position to put the ball into the hole.
- Tee box – This involves deciding at the start where you want to hit the golf ball off the tee. You’ll want to have a good fairway, you can use a slight slice or hook. There are a lot of things to consider such as wind speed and direction, the layout of the course to the hole, and the location of the hole itself.
- Short game – This involves chipping and putting. You can develop this strategy as you gain more experience by playing the game.
4. Hanger Drill
You will need to develop your wrist since it’s extremely vital to gain a good swing. Strengthening it will prevent it from getting loose when hitting the ball. Take time to practice with a hanger and grab it as you would a golf club. Rest the hanger on your left forearm and keep it there as you move for a swing. This is to prevent you from twisting your wrist when you swing. It will also improve your grip and muscle memory that will help you in your swing.
Finding your way to make the proper execution of each of these aspects of the game will generally make a difference to your game. Everything about this game will take time and patience so it’s worth it to invest in things that will help you to make improvements. You’ll then be able to impress your friends the next time you’re out on the course and shoot some holes.
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