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Best Way to Improve Your Contact in Golf Swing

One of the problems for beginners is that they mis-hit the ball and don’t understand what is happening. If your contact is poor, you have to try to assess why before finding the cure.

There are two dimensions to making a good contact. One is the depth. The other dimension… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Improve the Followthrough of a Golf Swing

There are two stationary positions in the golf swing, the start and the finish which, in golfing terms, are known as the address and the followthrough. A good finish is very important to the swing as a whole.

You should think of the followthrough as being like the brakes on… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Improve Middle-Distance Putting in Golf

Good middle-distance putting depends on many things. First, the ability to judge the pace of the green (i.e., how fast or slow the green is on that particular day). Then you must be able to see the line on which you want the putt to roll. This takes practice and… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Hold Your Golf Clubs

How you hold your clubs is all-important to your game. Your grip controls the height, distance and direction of your shots and is the same with all the clubs except the putter. A beginner should learn it with a 7 iron.

  • Sit the club squarely on the

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Best Way to Hold the Putter with the Reverse Overlap Grip

There are several ways of holding a putter and most golf players have, at some time in their golfing lives, tried some of them in an attempt to improve their putting. We show the reverse overlap grip here. This is the most usual grip. Hold the putter mainly with the… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Hold the Golf Club

There are several different ways of holding the club, the most normal being the Vardon grip, also known as the overlapping grip. Whatever grip you choose to use, remember that it should be firm and light, with most of the pressure coming from the last three fingers of the left… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Hit Golf Shots from Uphill and Downhill Lies

Uphill and downhill lies can cause even more problems in a bunker than they do on grass. The most difficult bunker shot is a downhill bunker shot from near the back of the bunker. We have two problems. The first is to make a good contact without catching the sand… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Hit Golf Shots from Sloping Lies

Lies which involve you standing above or below the ball on a side slope can be tricky to play.

When standing above the ball you will automatically stand closet to the ball and find yourself bending over more. The key to playing this shot well is to maintain good balance.… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Hit Awkward Bunker Shots in Golf

Unfortunately we don’t always get a perfect lie in a bunker. But learn your basic technique from a good lie and this will give you confidence.

A buried ball - This is not a difficult shot. Most club golfers over-hit with short bunker shots. You certainly won’t over-hit with this… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Hit an Uphill Shot in Golf

Uphill shots are generally much easier to play than downhill shots. Now the ground only gets in the way after you have made contact with the ball. A downhill lie keeps the ball down and is generally more difficult. With an upslope, the ball tends to come up easily and… Continue Reading…