Golf tips for beginner?
Question by Jason: Golf tips for beginner?
Ok, so I just started Playing golf about a week ago. I have a couple problems… First off, when I stroke the club, I always seem to miss the ball the firs t two or three strokes. How do I Prevent that? Second, when I do hit the ball, it won’t go high, like it will just bounce around on the fairway. How can I make it go higher? And also when I hit the ball, it would just go off to the right. How can I make it go straight?
One more question: what are all the different clubs for? When do I use each one? It confuses me…
If you have any YouTube videos you know of that would help, please post a link. Thanks so much!!!!
If it helps I’m 17 years old….
Best answer:
Answer by White Angel
I’m no professional myself but I’ve been playing for a few years. To answer your first question, practice. That would answer most of your questions but to be able to hit the ball right, it really does take a lot of practice. I, myself, have hit close to 2,000 balls on the driving range. I get better every time I go. To get the ball higher depends on your stance. It’s best to stand with your feet slightly more than shoulder width apart. If you are driving the ball, you want the ball to be just inside your front foot (left foot for right handed people and Vice versa). As you move down the club scale, driver to pitching wedge, the ball should move closer to being centered to your body. I also have a problem with the ball slicing to the right after I hit it. You need to rotate your club slightly, I mean very slightly, counter clockwise in your hands. This closes the club face and helps it go straighter. The reason for the different clubs is to but different distances and height on your hits depending on your distance to the hole. http://www.diversegolf.com/golf_clubchart.html is a chart to tell you what each club distance should be.
For Grip Help:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNK47le3oWM&feature=PlayList&p=91BB2938FB58E861&playnext_from=PL&index=1&playnext=1
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November 11th, 2010 at 10:33 pm
Best advice would be to contact either the pro or assistant pro at the course you play to book a lesson or two to get you off on the right foot. Practicing with bad fundamentals will merely make it harder for you to improve later on as you’ll have to unlearn the way you do things now to do things the proper way. Lessons from the assistant pro will typically cost less, but talk to both of them and see which one has the personality that you’re most comfortable with.
November 11th, 2010 at 10:34 pm
Hello,
So you’re a beginner, ha? First off, I would suggest, that you hire a (”good”) coach for at least 10 hours. Sure it’s a little pricey, but he is the only one, that can truly tell you what is wrong with your swing and can show you some great drills to correct that. Another thing I would suggest doing, is to film yourself from the right and from the front during the swing (you can even ask your friend to film you). That way, you will be able to compare yourself to better players (you will be able to go on YouTube and compare you swing to the swing of Tiger Woods). Another good thing to do, is to go to VideoJug and watch the golf tutorial videos (Rickard Strongert has the best tutorials there). You can practice from those videos.
As for the clubs, every club has a different loft, has a longer/shorter shaft and has different weight. For instance, the driver has the smallest loft, the longest shaft, but is still the lightest club. The sand wedge on the other hand, has the biggest loft, the shortest shaft and is the heaviest club in your set (if you don’t have a lob wedge). The driver (and the woods), are usually used at tee off. The irons are then used, while you’re on the fairway (you can also use fairway woods there). If you hit a seven iron, than your ball should fly about 145 yards (135m). Then, you’re let’s say 90 yards from the green… Now, you might want to use a pitching wedge, to get on the green…
It’s really more or less up to you, which club you’ll choose.
Oh, and the last bit of advice… I would recommend, that you buy the book called “Zen golf” and “Zen putting”. They’re great books. They teach you, “the inner game”, which only professional golfers know how to control. You can find them on Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385504462?ie=UTF8&tag=golf08e-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0385504462)
November 11th, 2010 at 11:07 pm
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November 11th, 2010 at 11:49 pm
The first thing you have to remember is that golf is fun. You’re going to have the most fun of your life getting better and getting hooked.
OK– The reason you are missing the ball when you swing is that your arm(s), your left arm in particular, is probably bent at the elbow. It is really important that you keep it as straight as possible at impact. try not to ben your left arm at all during the swing. Take short, 1/2 or 3/4 swings untile you get a feel for it. Most likely you are also swinging too hard, which is unnecessary. Take it easy and smooth, concentrate on making contact.
I would then suggest you get some lessons, either from a class or private lessons with a professional.
You will figure out the club thing as you go. generally, the higher numbered club, the shorter and higher the shot will be.
Have a good time.