Go For The Green With These Excellent Golf Tips (2)
Go For The Green With These Excellent Golf Tips
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Golf can be one dangerous game. It is a seductive and addictive sport that can suck away your time and money – sometimes without any benefit. By learning more about the sport, though, you can protect yourself from potential time-wasting and make sure that you get the most out of what you devote to golf.
Quiet is the golden rule on a golf course. Setting up a swing takes concentration. Disturbing someone’s concentration with loud noises or distracting activity is considered extremely bad form on the course. When a golfer is approaching their shot, stay quiet and still and wait for them to finish.
To stay warm and dry while playing golf, you can wear a golf sweater, a light windbreaker, and/or a light waterproof garment. You should not wear a heavy garment like an overcoat or parka. You should also avoid wearing any kind of outerwear that has the name of a team or business imprinted upon it.
As your golf skill improves, you may find that you continually make your stance wider. While this will improve stability and power, it also tends to increase lateral movement. A good drill to counteract this is to stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, and imagine lines outside your heels. Try to swing without touching these lines to improve your technique.
Before you tee off at a new golf course, get acquainted with the ground rules. Some courses may allow free drops in areas where other courses make you play it as it lies, so knowing the local rules will ensure that you give yourself the best chance to maximize your round.
Always stop and check out what ball you are using before you start a round. If you hit a ball near a playing partner and then do not know which one is yours, you could be faced with penalty strokes. Before you hit that first shot, look at the ball and tell your playing partners what brand and number ball you are using and avoid those extra strokes.
Use the best golf ball that you can. Tour professionals generally require their golf balls to do things that you don’t need. Do you need more side spin? Do you want lower drives? Do you want shorter wedges? The pros tend to put these demands on their golf balls, but you don’t need to.
Before taking your next shot from the tee or fairway, make sure you gauge the wind directions and speed. Don’t waste a perfect swing only to have the wind carry your ball towards the water or out of bounds. Whether looking up at how the flag stick is blowing or tossing a couple pieces of grass in the air, testing the wind can save you the headache of a difficult second shot.
The tips presented here are just a few of the many ways you can get more out of your golfing experience. As long as you have a taste for the game, you will always find golf enjoyable. It is that much more fun when you use tips like these to maximize the results of your golfing efforts.