Comments on: Golf beginner needing some tips!?

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:44:08 +0000

Before lessons you should get a video on golf, like a revelation. Then you should get lessons so you won’t be really lost when you go to them. If you live near a driving range, go here often to improveyour skills.

By: Chris T

Chris T — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:59:34 +0000

go for it im 13 and im still working on everything. When your chipping and driving bring your club toward your front foot. For chipping this will help you to chip the ball in the air then roll slowly and for driving it will help you keep the ball nice and straight. Lastly dont swing to quick this will cause it either to slice youll be surprised

For the driver look into getting a huge bertha its the best driver ever but its pricey

By: Here4Fun

Here4Fun — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:11:41 +0000

for your clubs : check out eBay and then head to golfreview.com for each set of clubs to see what other people reflect about them and for everything else…. start buying magazines, videos, and looking at websites like golftipsmag.com golf.com and learnaboutgolf.com for instructions and tips… other than taking lessons which is highly recommended, you can get tons of useful info on stuff from sand bunkers to putting help from these sites and mags.

forget Walmart and shop for used stuff on ebay… iron set, driver, mess, fairway woods, all for under 300 bucks.

By: Nic W

Nic W — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:04:48 +0000

I don’t mean to be rude, but nearly all of these answers are textbook ‘ I just read Golf Digest’ answers.

IMHO, I reflect you need to just hit the ball but the heck you feel for about 3 months.

After that, you can question an expert about your faults, etc. (After you’ve had a chance to DEVELOP faults)

Equipment will do absolutely nothing for you at this point. I’d stick with your dad’s clubs for now (They’re probably better than any new stuff anyways

By: Carl S

Carl S — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:52:09 +0000

QUIT

By: The Advocate

The Advocate — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:27:02 +0000

Lots of chipping & pitching, ( putting helps the score too, )
expand on the shorter strokes after you get them on plane,
functioning properly. You get all this going with 4 or 5 clubs,
PGA Professional of 35 years.

By: jjk_2211

jjk_2211 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:14:59 +0000

Buy nicer irons then a driver, small game consist of 90% of the game so getting fitted for nice irons is the way to go.

By: golfoholic

golfoholic — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:05:56 +0000

If you are attracted in learning the basics here is an brilliant book you might want to check out.

“Ben Hogan’s Five Lessons: The Modern Fundamentals of Golf”

It is a step-by-step guide to the golf swing. The book covers everything from the grip to swing while providing fantastic illustrations to make the concepts simple to know. It will be the best $15 dollars you ever spent.

One more thing, if you are going to go to Kmart and spend money for a new set of clubs, you might want to go to a golf shop and get fitted for a custom set. It wouldn’t cost that much more. Having the right club to fit your swing does make a difference. A pair of golf shoes will come in handy when you start to develop a consistent swing.

Excellent Luck

By: lil gaper

lil gaper — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:21:52 +0000

your grip should be hard only with the last three fingers of your left hand(if your righty) the rest of your grip should be firm enough to not allow slippage but not tight (reflect of tiresome to grip an egg…firm but not hard enough to break it)

golfing consistently has more to do with whats goin on in your head than anything else…how many points are you able to make sure you have right everytime you swing…

taking the stance…bending the knees…eyes on the ball…head down…left arm straight…active wrists at top…swing round the hips…accelerate through the swing…

any and everytime i have a terrible swing after a excellent one…i have missed one of those key components to my swing…

a lil mental trick i have used well with my shots now is to imagine myself taking the perfect practice swing…only here is the ball in the way…seems to take a bit of the edge off of my mind and concentration…

ps also…it could be that you try to kill the ball rather than hit it…by doig this you wil have a phenominal hit a few times, but overall your consistency will suffer

By: William C

William C — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:51:47 +0000

the very first thing you should do is take a golf lesson maybe 2 just to get u started . the reason for this is to keep u from rising terrible habits then go from here this is really excellent information , i wish someone had given it to me excellent luck