proper golf grip<\/a>.<\/p>\nHow you hold the club will determine how well you play the game so it would be wise to do this correctly at the very beginning.<\/p>\n
How should you grip the club? Assuming you are a right-handed player, take the club in your left hand so that it runs in a line from the middle of your index finger to about the middle of your palm.<\/p>\n
Don’t hold the club all in the fingers or all in the hand. It is a combination of the two.<\/p>\n
When you place your right hand on the club, entwine your little finger around the left index finger and feel the club more in your fingers.<\/p>\n
Your left thumb will now sit snugly inside your right hand. This will give you a feeling of having your hands working together as opposed to a baseball type grip where the hands can separate.<\/p>\n
Most proficient golfers have what is called a “strong” grip.<\/p>\n
This means for the right-handed golfer that the hands will be turned slightly to the right so that when you look down after taking your stance, you should see a few knuckles on your left hand.<\/p>\n
When your hands are turned to the left, this is called a “weak” grip and usually results in slicing the ball.<\/p>\n
Having taken the correct grip, try to avoid gripping the club too tightly as in a kind of death grip.<\/p>\n
The grip should feel soft and there should be no tensing of the muscles in your forearms. This will help you to swing smoothly and should result in greater power.<\/p>\n
The proper stance<\/h3>\n
Taking the correct stance is another important factor in learning to play the game of golf.<\/p>\n
How you stand at address will affect other parts of the swing, such as your backswing, the downswing and how you make contact with the ball.<\/p>\n
Some golfers become too rigid and have their legs almost straight which only serves to restrict the backswing, limiting the degree of turn they can make.<\/p>\n
Others are almost bent double, reaching for the ball, again interfering with the swing path.<\/p>\n
Much will depend on a person’s stature, but generally speaking, standing upright with the knees slightly bent and leaning forward a touch from the waist will put you in a good position.<\/p>\n
Check alignment<\/h3>\n
Closely connected to your stance is how you align your body to the target.<\/p>\n
It is an established fact that the majority of golfers slice the ball regularly and one of the reasons for this is poor alignment.<\/p>\n
A common mistake you will see in many players is the tendency to align their feet properly to the target but not the shoulders.<\/p>\n
It is a natural tendency to open the shoulders to the left (for right-handed golfers) when looking at the target.<\/p>\n
Open shoulders at address will naturally cause a player to slice the ball with a resultant loss of distance.<\/p>\n
Ball position<\/h3>\n
Another key element in learning to play golf is to establish the correct ball position for you.<\/p>\n
Those who are new to the game will tend to play the ball too far forward in the stance as this often feels more comfortable.<\/p>\n
It is important though to find the correct ball position for your swing and this can be determined by swinging first without a ball and taking note of where your swing bottoms out.<\/p>\n
If the ball is too far forward in the stance, this will force you to open your shoulders at address and cause you to pull the ball or slice it.<\/p>\n
Experiment with the ball in the middle of your stance with the short irons and make adjustments as necessary for the longer clubs.<\/p>\n
Learning to play golf can be a thrilling and rewarding experience. The key to playing well is to make sure you have established the fundamentals on the practice range before setting off into the big wide world of the golf course.<\/p>\n
So if you have not already taken up the challenge of learning to play the great game of golf, think about doing so now. You will never regret playing a sport that will last a lifetime. But before you venture out onto the course, take heed of these golf tips for beginners.<\/p>\n
Good luck on the course!<\/p>\n
JC Campbell<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Golf is a sport for every generation, a game that can be enjoyed by young and old, male and female. Because it is a sport for life, people of all ages are turning to golf for the first time and attempting to master a pursuit that can be highly frustrating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":516,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":501506,"href":"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21\/revisions\/501506"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buzzingolf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}