Putting For Your Golf Game

In other words, create a pre shot routine that you use to make birdies and continue to do the same thing over every single shot for the round. Do not worry or get caught up in the outcomes, concentrate on the process. Brenda in Atlanta, GA asks… I want to learn more about golf strategy and the mental side of golf. Are there any books or websites that you recommend? What a great question!!!! It is encouraging to hear that you understand that there is so much more to Golf than the swing and chipping and putting. There are a lot of books and tapes on the mental side of the game. Most deal with preparing your mind to play and how to mentally treat the game as you play.

Some of the great sports psychologists that have books and or tapes out are: Bob Rotella and my favorite, Dr. All these authors can give you some great perspective on playing the game and its place in your life. Currently, I cannot recall any books on playing strategy per se. I will research that a little farther for you. Not only does it talk about swing technique but it does have some playing thoughts as well.

Good Luck with your golf game. Hit far and straight, hit fairways and greens, avoid hazards and make some putts!

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Jay Altringer of North Dakota writes… I am a pretty good golfer. I shoot a couple over par each round but I should be even lower. I will be cruising to a best ever round and then I will make a stupid mistake on an easy hole which usually results in a bogey. These mistakes kill my chances at improving my handicap. What a great question and what a great lesson you can learn for yourself from golf about your every day life.

You can and should have a game plan for every round of golf you play. Your game plan includes strategy, shots to play according to how your swing is working and preshot routines. The reason good rounds slip away is because we get distracted by the past a poor executed shot or memory of a disaster in the same situation, etc. Stay focused on the here and now. Play only the hole in front of you, only the shot at hand.

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Observe yourself and find that physical or mental key you use to focus you on hitting a good shot. Find the best routine for you and use it. There are a couple of authors Sports psychologists I suggest you obtain.

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Bob Rotella and my favorite, one of Dr. They will help with some great suggestions on staying in the here and now. Work harder at the mental game than you do at hitting practice balls. It sounds like you have that part down already. Let me know how you are doing.

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I really believe I could play to 2 by staying loose and focused during the round. First, congratulations on some great playing for your age!! You can be very proud of that if you chose to.

Also congratulations for the desire to make such a huge improvement from your current 8 handicap. Staying focused is really difficult at any age. The best way is to first learn when you need to be focused and how to be sure you are when you need it. First, when do you need to be focused. Only when you are getting ready to hit your shot.

Having equipment that is in good shape and that suits your build and swing can make a significant difference in your game.

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Playing golf well is about more than just getting out to the course regularly. You also need to take your overall fitness seriously, including stretching fully before you tee off and working on your overall strength and fitness. Since much of the power and speed in your stroke comes from the torso, working to strengthen your core will do wonders for your game. Building in regular stretching and flexibility workouts will help improve your range of motion on the course and help prevent injuries.

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Make use of the practice range. Align and control the clubface properly.

Choose the right equipment. Work on your overall fitness. Although any club may be used, and there are specialist chipping clubs or chippers available, a short iron or wedge is most common. The goal of the chip is to land the ball safely on the green and let it roll out towards the hole. These high lofted clubs are designed to hit the ball high from short distances, usually from yards meters and closer. The putt is used for putting the ball in the hole or closer to the hole as in lagging from the green or the fringe of the green.

The putter is used for the putt. The face of the club starts square to the target line. The club goes straight back and straight through along the same path like a pendulum. Another is to look at the hole for long putts instead of the ball. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

For the surname, see Putt surname.

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