Chipping Tips

Chipping is an area of the game that can save you many shots a round. A player with a good short game will generally practice this part of the game for many hours. Time should be spent honing the correct technique and stroking the ball over an over until it feels as natural as possible.

This sounds all well and good, but many golfers need some help finding the correct technique for them and I have found some of the better golf chipping videos out there to help you in this area. Try all of the techniques and find the advice that suits your game the best and then hone these skills until chipping becomes a natural part of your game. The added benefit to this is that you will feel more relaxed next time you have to make a difficult chip or find yourself in a tense club tournament situation.

I hope these golf chipping tips shave a few strokes off your game

Cure your slice - golf instructional video

Slicing has always been my problem. Whenever I get a little tense or when trying to hit the golf ball a little bit too hard I usually slice the ball. Fortunately I am not the only golfer that suffers with this problem and there are many different articles and videos out there to help us. This little video I found today is from a former Nationwide tour winner and will show you a fantastic drill you can follow to cure your slice. I hope this helps someone out there because I know how frustrating it can be!

Jack Nicklaus' Golf Swing Tips

This golf tip comes straight from the golden bear himself. When Jack speaks people listen!

"After under-clubbing and poor gripping, I beleive beginning the swing too quickly does more to keep handicaps high than any other fault. Better players, too, are prone to it under pressure. The mental image I've used throughout my career when sensing that I'm starting the swing too quickly is that I'm going to make a terribly forced, ridiculously slow movement of the clubhead away from the ball.
To do that, it helps me most to picture all the active parts - clubhead, shaft, hands, arms, shoulders - moving back together or in 'one peice' for at least the first couple of feet of the backswing. I'm also sometimes helped by thinking of maintaining this super-slow tempo throughout the rest of the swing.
For a tighter focus on start-back tempo, visualize particularly your hands and arms moving away from the ball 'ridiculously slowly'. They won't actually do so but mind-picturing them in slow motion is the best way I know to ensure an unhurried start to the swing."

Putting Tips - Week 2

It's week 2 of my putting tips (view week one) and trying some of last weeks tips I have had some successes, but I still feel like I can do better with my putting.

The tip I am going to follow this week is another youtube golf pro special that suggests I can improve my putting by working on:

• Starting the ball on the right line (well that makes sense)
• Concentrating on the starting line

This guy (Lee Scarbrow) suggests placing two tees to form a little gate on your starting line and putting through the tees. This supposedly will help focus starting my ball of the correct line.

I have heard this tip before and I am willing to give it a go - now I just have to find a green keeper who wont mind me sticking two tees in his beautiful green.

Putting Tips - Video (#1)

"Golf is a weird game" My friend said. "It took you two shots to go 350 yards and then 3 shots to go10 feet." I could have bludgeoned him with my putter right there on the spot.

I don't know about you, but putting is the weakest part of my game. I am always looking for tips to help me, but they rarely work - so for the next month I am going to post some putting tips I find on youtube and then put them into practice and let my loyal readers know how I went - keep checking back for the update.