Practice Golf The Right Way And Improve Your Game

Most golfers think that they should practice golf to swing identical to their favorite pros. And on the surface that makes sense. The reason those men and women are on the PGA and LPGA tours is because they are the best at what they do. Complicating matters even further is the fact that you are being bombarded by hints and tricks on TV and in your favorite magazine.

Well it’s time for a reality check. Unless you were born with an fabulous amount of talent, odds are you won’t be on the tour in the near future. The odds of anyone making it to that level are minute. You just want to get better. We all want to play our best, but to attempt to imitate the best players in the world is just the wrong way to go about it.

If you are like most people, you do your practice on the weekends and after you get off work. Their occupation is golf, and it’s more than 40 hours a week. They wake up and hit the course, putting in a great amount of hours working to get better at their trade. You plainly cannot do that since you still have to make ends meet. It would be great if you did, but let’s work within the realm of the time and energy you have available.

You no doubt marvel as you watch on television when a shot lofts high, then lightly hits the green and comes to rest just feet from the hole. And you probably get a bit jealous when a shot backspins its way to the hole. As a weekend golfer, it is not in our best interest to spend hours and months on end trying to practice this. We should concentrate on the fundamentals and work within our own style.

Recall the last time you practiced and remember how you spent that time. If you’re like many golfers, you go to the driving range and spend a large majority of your time blasting away drives. A good driver might take a few strokes off your score, but consider how many drives you hit during a round. See where we’re going with this? You need to spend much more time working on your short game.

It’s not thrilling and not exactly that much fun either, but the gains of this practice are tremendous. Ask any touring pro how much time they spend on this facet of their game and they’ll in all likelihood say approximately 80% of their practice time is dedicated to this. There are so many different things to work on here, and the pros will practice them all from every conceivable angle. We already said it’s best not to imitate their swing, but their practice habits are something we all can learn from.

You may be able to pound the ball 275 to 300 yards off the tee, but why are you still scoring in the 90’s? Spend some time practicing your short game since that’s evidently where the trouble is. Improve around the green and your scores will fall.

It’s time to make a change. Don’t head straight to the driving range when you leave work. Work on any shot you can think of that you’ll hit on or around the green. Putts, chips and bunker shots should be your focus.

Still not convinced? Think about this. Did you know that during a typical round, more than half of your strokes are from under 75 yards. This includes putts, chips, etc. So doesn’t it make sense that you need to spend at least 50% your practice time working on these shots? Now consider that in all likelihood less than 20% of your shots are with a driver. So it’s pretty clear where you should be focusing your practice attention.

When your scores start to quickly go down by as many as 10 strokes, all of a sudden banging drives on the range won’t seem like nearly as much fun.

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