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A Lower Handicap in Golf - 3 Essential Tips to Help You Achieve It
By Stuart Young
Despite having been an avid golfer since the age of ten I have never become the really skilled golfer I imagined I would become one day. For many years, until quite recently, my handicap was stuck at between 12 and 14, pretty much a standard handicap for the average club golfer, but I doggedly struggled on to get that lower handicap. However, just a few weeks after I started to practice a few new tips and techniques I was able to lower my handicap into singe figures for the first time - and more importantly it has stayed there. I would like to share with you a few of the tips that I followed.
Now these might seem like very basic tips but that is the point - many golfers forget to focus on the basics but it is by drilling down into them and really getting to understand these \"simpler\" parts of your game that the greatest progress can be made:
1. Get Practicing Nobody has enough free time these days but the best golf tip is to practice as much as possible. Of course, not everyone can get to their local golf course for a round everyday, or even to a driving range, but you can still work on your swing in the privacy of your own home, preferably with the aid of a mirror so you can more easily analyze and improve your swing movement. Just do something on a regular basis - even the smallest amount of daily practice will help develop your golf muscle memory
2. Focus on Your Shorter Game You can spend stacks of time on the driving range and practicing your swing, but good scores are made on and around the green with your lofted irons and putter. You use your putter more often than any other club and improving your putting is the fastest way to enable you to achieve a lower handicap.
3. Effective Preparation What separates a winner from a loser is how much they practice and how much preparation they make before the actual round of golf. Make sure you warm up properly, spend some time on the range or in the nets just before your game and focus on a positive mental attitude. If you treat every round like a professional would you will start to see a difference in your game.
These are just 3 simple but essential tips that have helped me to improve my game but they are just part of the training and improvement regime I have put myself through in recent months. By remembering not to over-complicate things and by focusing on only two or three new techniques at a time my game has improved immeasurably and I have that lower handicap.
Stuart Young is a keen golfer who is quietly determined to achieve and maintain a single figure lower handicap. For similar golf tips that will improve your game and to really understand how you can achieve and maintain a single figure handicap please click here.
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