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Golf Tips
Tips from: Andrew Horan, PGA Club Professional, St Andrews Golf Course, Hamilton, New Zealand.
Phone the ‘Pro Shop’ 07 849 5088, or e-mail ahoranpga@xtra.co.nz
1. Putting Grip – Help stabilise the wrists. When holding the putter be sure that the grip of the putter is placed across the palm of both hands, not the fingers. To check the correct hand position - palms of hands should be facing away from you if you were to open your hands.
2. Putting Swing - The putter must travel straight back and forward. To test yourself, place the putter against a wall at floor level and swing backward and forward. Your putter should skim smoothly along the wall. If this is difficult then practice along the wall will help smooth your putting swing.
3. Chipping - "Roll is Control". The ideal chip shot will travel low, land one metre on the green and roll to the hole. The reason for rolling the ball instead of pitching high is purely for control of distance. We all control the distance that the ball travels much better when it travels along the ground.
4. Full Shots - Want to be more consistent? A majority of players are inconsistent with full shots because their lower body (legs) are unstable on the forward swing. A great practice drill is to:
1. swing back and stop,
2. freeze legs and knees and swing club back to ball,
3. then, unfreeze your legs and knees and make your finish with your back foot up on tiptoe and your weight on your front foot.
5. Driving - "Be in Play". With the extra roll of the golf ball in the summer conditions, playing a 3 wood instead of a driver can help keep the ball in play. The 3 wood can often travel as far as a driver with a reasonable shot but is more controllable on a dry, hard fairway.
6. Stretch - "Give yourself a chance". Too often we see golfers arrive by car, jump out, have a quick putt and then race onto the first tee without giving their body a chance to loosen up. The golf swing is an extremely physical explosive movement and your body will perform this movement far easier if the muscles are warmed up and blood is flowing. 5-10 minutes of fast walking should ‘do the trick’ and have a light stretch, especially the lower back and shoulders.
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