Free Golf Tips For Your Whole Game

These free golf tips collection are what I believe to be of good value in improving your golf.

Often simple tips have helped touring professionals win tournaments. It’s amazing the difference tips can make.

A recent free golf tip I read about helped Ernie Els win the HSBC World Matchplay Championship in 2007. It is a very simple tip but very effective.

Ernie had been struggling with his putter for most of the tournament when suddenly while practicing his putting in between a round he put more weight on his left foot. This helps to strike the putt more solidly and gives the ball a better roll.

I can agree wholeheartedly with this tip as I have always putted with my weight more on the left foot. It works well overall and especially in windy conditions.

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Golf Swing Power

Here is another great golf tip on power. We all would love to have more power and greater distance, but how is this achieved?

There are two points of power in the golf swing.

Firstly the coiling of the body combined with a stretching of the left arm into the back swing. This stretching of the arm into the back swing helps to maintain maximum width and length in the swing.

The back swing becomes longer and wider through a coil and stretch allowing greater club head speed for impact through recoil of the turn back to the ball.

With a little practice your swing will become longer and wider.

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Driving from the Tee

Next time when driving from the teeing ground take a look at where the tee markers are aiming. Very seldom do they aim down the fairway. You can check where they are aiming by standing facing the markers with one on each side of your shoulders then look up to see.

Often golfers stand up and align themselves at 90 degrees to the tee markers, and 90 percent of the time they are not aimed at the fairway. This will compound any directional problems you have.

Rather take a look down the fairway and pick an area where you want the ball to land and then take up your address position to hit it there.

A good idea is to always take up your address on the side of the teeing ground where the trouble is. This allows you to aim away from the trouble.

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Bunkers

Next time you are faced with a plugged lie in the bunker don’t despair. I have a very easy way to get it out.

The swing needs to be steep into the sand so you need to move the ball position in relation to your feet more to the right foot, about half way between the feet.

Place more weight on your left foot(for right handed players), square the club face keeping the hands on the left of the ball.

You are now set up for a steep swing into the sand. Aim the club head 2 inches behind the ball and look at the sand you intend hitting.

Aim for one action only, swing the club into the sand behind the ball and leave the club head in the sand. Be as aggressive as you need to be. Do not follow through.

You will see how easily the ball comes out. Unfortunately, there is no back spin with this shot so you need to allow for top spin.

Experiment with playing these shots in different sand conditions to know how far behind the ball you need to hit.

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Chipping

Most golfers struggle to find the correct strength when playing chip shots.You can eliminate the guesswork by using simple visualization techniques.

Stand at the side of your chip as though you were addressing the shot except without using a club. Hold a ball in your right hand, look at the target and the distance of the shot. Find the spot where the ball needs to land on the green and throw the ball and try and land it on the spot you have focused on.

This gives you a very good idea of how much swing you will need.

Trust your judgement and execute the shot with your selected club.

The key is to use your eyes and visualize the shot in your mind over and over till you “see” the result you want. With practice you will be amazed at how good you will become.

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Pitching

Pitching the ball is another area where most golfers struggle. These shots are not difficult, provided you allow the loft of the club to do the work for you.

Like all short shots it is crucial to try and make good contact with the ball and clubface.

What will definitely help is if you lean on the left foot a little more when playing these shots. Your ball position should be more in the middle of your stance and not towards the right foot as in chipping.

Once your have the weight on the left foot is should not move off that position during the swing, in other word there is no weight shift on a 10 to 15 yard pitch shot. Very little lower body action is employed.

You need to keep the clubface as square as possible through the shot. What can help you achieve this is making sure the V formed by your right thumb and first finger points to your chin rather than to the right shoulder.

Take practice swings through the ball with a square clubface and check to see if it is still square after impact.

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