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The ability to focus on a specific target is crucial for golfers at every skill level. The majority of high-handicap golfers focus on where they don’t want to go. This is analogous to a student driver who is (understandably) consumed by fear, and deals with this emotion by slowing down. The golfer who tries to consciously control their swing by concentrating on perfect technique is similar to our student driver. Both are victims of fear. The key to overcoming fear is the ability to focus on a specific target. The smaller the target, the more you concentrate and automatically block out visions of potential hazards. Learning how to focus is a habit that can be developed by golfers at every skill level. You may not have the physical ability that comes with hours of practice, but every golfer can develop the ability to focus. Awareness is the key.

Amateur golfers are continually advised to slow down their swing. Easy to say – hard to do. Speed is created by tension and (surprise, surprise) tension induces you to swing faster. Trying to consciously swing slower automatically creates more tension. It’s an endless loop. Your walking pace has a direct effect on your mind and body. The first step in developing a consistent swing, is finding your ideal walking speed. This article offers a guideline on how you can use a parking space to establish the optimum walking pace before you get to the first tee.

With all of the various tips and techniques concerning how to play better golf, it appears that so many people are mixed up on the best way to make improvements to their golf game. With so much information available, many people are confused about exactly how and/or what to practice, and why practice is importance.

Golf can be a frustrating game to learn and master. Find out some effective tips to help you to master the short game and reduce your handicap faster.

The build up to the first major of the year is at a fever pitch and it’s the majors that mean the most to the players. Ultimately at the end of a player’s career they are judged by how many major wins they accumulated.

Teaching Pro Jack Grout said that young Jack Nicklaus at age 10 had a “bobbing head.” It is possible for golfers to “bob” or move their heads in as many as 10 different ways during a full golf swing. Grout corrected Nicklaus’ head movement by grabbing Jack tightly by his curly hair and having Jack hit balls for three hours until he cried. Jack got the message and he was able to keep what he called a “rock, solid head” with no movement throughout most of his swing. Here are those faulty head movements and how you can correct them.

Many pro’s carry three wedges in their bag, and have what is called a wedge system to cover anything from 50 – 110 yards. A lot of players may have started playing pitch and putt before playing golf, but then may neglect pitching or pitching practice when playing golf. The ability to pitch well, know and control your distances and to do this consistently takes practice.

In the event you happen to be like other golfers, you have a tendency to miss the greens off to the right. This is happening with your short to middle irons on approach shots to the green. Your approach shots continues to go weak and to the right way. It’s likely you have attempted many different methods to correct this problem. Nevertheless, you still can’t manage to understand why.

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How important is putting? It is very important, due to the fact nearly half of your strokes happen to be putts. If you are able to improve your putting you can easily drop 4 strokes during your very next round. If you are self-assured and confident using your putter, then you can definitely relax and take a good deal of stress away from you. You’ can play to the center of the green without having to aim for the tough pins. You will definitely not worry about three putting. You will feel confident that you can make those 4-6 feet putts. You will be positive when you step up to all of your putts.

Are you a low handicap golfer, between 3-6 handicap? Are you struggling to shoot even par? You’ve been trying to shot even par but you continue to come up short. You continue to miss by one or two strokes. What exactly can you do in order to shot even par? Excellent question, and you will find that there are a number of different ways to shoot even par on the golf course.

Taking a look at the latest rankings of top public golf courses around the world, as you might expect they are still dominated by golf courses in the United States and in the British Isles. But there is a sprinkling of courses in Australia, and if you are a golfer intent on playing the top public courses in the world, your bucket list would have to include Ireland and Scotland. In this piece I will only include courses that are theoretically open to everyone, although for some you almost have to be a lottery winner to have the means to play.