Every athlete feels that can perform just a bit better even if their original result is a personal best. This is an inherent mental attitude that all champions innately use to be successful. Well, you do not have to be an elite athlete to feel the same way; we amateur golfers often feel we left strokes on the course even when we shoot our lowest score ever. This approach to sports is the same even when we shoot a terrible score…..actually, we want to play better even more. There is a trap in trying to hit back at poor golf scores and it is one most of us have fallen into over the course of our golf journey. Well, I am here to tell you how to avoid this trap in order to correct the ship and sail to better golf scores.
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Consistently Setting Up Any Golf Shot
There is a correct method to sed up any golf shot. Regardless of your thoughts, a step by step method creates the greatest opportunity to hit consistent golf shots. As I thought about my process, I realized that most wayward shots occur because I truncated or missed a step in my setup. I realize this seems a bit crazy, but my poor efforts are mental not physical. Therefore, if you want to hit consistent shots, following a proven setup routine is key. And you are lucky today because I found the one I use explained by a very popular instructor.
Continue readingBuilding Straight Shot Consistency With My Driver
Hitting the ball in play is always the goal of any golfer. Whether you are hitting off the tee or else where on the course we all strive to hit the ball consistently. The very first shot of any round happens at the first tee (duh, right). Actually, the first shot of every round starts before first contact through a variety of practice swings, maybe some range work, and through metal visualization. So, our round of golf starts earlier than we think and this is not really anything new. Therefore, building consistency off the first tee (usually with a driver) is key to starting your round off properly. But, how do we do this you am ask? Great question, I stumbled across a great drill that might help you on your way to hitting your driver with great consistency.
Continue readingThree Tips For Hitting Consistent Irons
If you are like me, I struggled hitting my irons consistently. I practiced and practiced all aspects of setup, ball location, balance, tempo and many more in order to hit my irons consistently. Over the years, I worked on my hunt and peck method with slow agonizing success. Looking back, I wish I had discovered this video (actually there were no videos back in my early days of golf) or at least the information much sooner in my golfing journey. Well, thanks to Rick Shiels, you will benefit from my experience.
Continue readingThree Golf Tips To Lower Your Score
I always look for tips to lower my golf score. Many times, I often stumble across nonhelpful explanations that are far to complicated for the average player to emulate. Therefore, they are of no use to our golf game. Today, I am going to talk about three easy, repeatable, and sustainable tips that will lower our golf score. Padraig Harrington talks about three quick ways that will improve your game and lower your golf scores. The first two are very straight forward, but the third will need a bit of explanation.
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The Grateful Golfer 