golf tips for beginners
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Simple Tips To Simple Tips To Help Amateur Help Amateur
Golfers Break 100Golfers Break 100By Chris Mills
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IntroductionIntroduction
Hello, My name is Chris and I am an average weekend golfer. This is my break 100 golf
experiment that may help you to lower your golf score.
You can read other tips and information on my amateur golf blog called Golf Tips for Beginners.
A great post that you might enjoy is entitled: Magnetic Bracelets for Men.
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Golfing Tips to Help Golfing Tips to Help Beginners Break 100Beginners Break 100
Golf is enjoyable and relaxing, and it can be played by people of all
genders and ages. A few individuals find it easy to play, while others find it somewhat
difficult. If that is true of you and you struggle with the game and your shooting scores over 100,
then try this simple golfing lesson and see if it helps you.
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GOLF TIP#1: Use the GOLF TIP#1: Use the White Tee'sWhite Tee's
If your golf scores are high and you struggle to break 100, then you should definitely play
your tee shots from the white tee's. The tee's are set up according to a person's handicap,
not according to a persons ego. Shooting over 100 means you need to play from the white tee's. If this is what you already do then excellent! In time, with a few golfing lessons, you might be able to lower your
handicap enough to be able to play from the other tee's. But for now, PLAY THE WHITE
TEE'S!
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GOLF TIP#2: Tee Off GOLF TIP#2: Tee Off With an IronWith an Iron
A lot of golfers get into trouble with their golf swing when using their drivers from off of the tee box. This is
primarily because of the big hitters we see on the tour, and so we end up choosing the driver to hit. The result is a ball that flies out of control to the left or to the right. However, the result we really want is a ball that goes
fairly straight down the middle of the fairway.
Try this golfing lesson: pick an iron, a hybrid, or a fairway wood from in your bag (notice I said, 'an iron' or a
'hybrid‘ or a fairway wood) that you hit straight off the tee. You probably should go first to a driving range and practice hitting your irons or your hybrids to see which
of them you can hit the best, and to find the average distance you hit your golf clubs. If the club that
you choose feels good and you hit the ball relatively straight down the fairway, then that is the club that you
should use off the tee when out on the golf course.
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Golf Lesson to Break Golf Lesson to Break 100, Put to the Test100, Put to the Test
I suggested this test to my father, who typically shoots between 100 and 110. We spent a couple
of hours out on the driving range and we discovered that the longest iron he hit the best off the tee was his 5-iron. This iron was now going to be the longest iron that was going to stay in his
bag when out on the golf course.
(As a side note: He left his 5-wood in the bag just in case he came across a really long shot over a hazard. He hits his 5-wood fairly well, but not consistent enough off the tee to use it all the
time, and so he only plays his 5-iron off the tee).
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Golf Lesson for the Golf Lesson for the BeginnerBeginner
If you struggle to break 100 then try to do the same thing. If you have a favorite iron that you hit good with on a regular basis, then
use it. It could be 4-iron, a 5-iron, a 6-iron, or maybe even a 7-iron. Some are finding
success with hitting a hybrid as well. However, I would not go any lower than a 7-
iron. When you've found that perfect iron, put it in your bag and make an effort to use it
to hit off every tee.(Except par 3's that are short. Then you should
hit the appropriate iron from the tee).
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GOLF TIP#3: Hitting your 2nd GOLF TIP#3: Hitting your 2nd and 3rd Shots from the and 3rd Shots from the
FairwayFairway
In order to shoot even par on any given course you would need to reach par 3's from off the tee in 1 shot. You would need to reach par 4's from the
tee, in 2 shots. And par 5's from the tee, in 3 shots. Once on the green, you would need to 2
putt to shot even par. But since that's not likely to happen soon, then it would be time to make
adjustment in ones thinking. Did you realize that if you were to reach par the 3's in 2, the par 4's in 3, the par 5's in 4, and then you 2 putted on the
green, you would end up shooting a 90? Yep, it's true. That may come in time, but for now, what you want to be thinking about is breaking 100.
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So while your are still at the driving range, check to see what iron(s) or even a hybrid, you hit the best
from off the fairway.
Going back to the example of my dad, we figured out that the best club he hit well from the fairway, was his 7-iron. So when he has a fairway shot he
hits his 7-iron for his 2nd and 3rd shots.
(Except when he is close enough to a green to use a shorter club).
High handicappers, you can do the same. You may be able to hit a hybrid, a 6-iron, a 7- iron, or even
an 8-iron good from the fairway. However, I would suggest that you use the longest club that
allows you to do that. And I would not go any lower than an 8-iron.
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Break 100:Break 100:The Results The Results
So let's see what my father was able to do when he tried these tips:
My father hits a 5-iron roughly 160 yards and he hits his 7-iron about 135 yards.
So after 2 shots he would be roughly 295 yards from off the tee. This yardage is pretty close to the
average a Tour Player would hit with his driver in one shot. We now have managed to hit this same yardage but in 2 shots. However, we have done it
more accurately than if we had done it with our driver. Most amateurs average only about 220 yards off the tee anyways, so by hitting 2 irons
shots we end up with greater distance off the tee and hopefully will be better placed on the fairway.
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The Results Continued…The Results Continued…The first par 4 hole we played was 350 yards from
the white tee's according to the scorecard. Now remember, we are going to try and reach this par 4 in 3 shots rather than in 2. So my father hit his 5-iron right down the middle. He hit a great 2nd shot with his 7-iron, again down the middle. His 3rd shot was now only 55 yards from the center of the green. He used his wedge and put his golf ball on the front of the green. He struggles a little
bit with his putter however, and he ended up 3 putting for a 6. OK, just a minor setback.
When he finished playing the hole, I thought he was going to be a little upset with the result, but he
wasn't. In fact, he said he was happy because he played that hole for the 1st time from the fairway.
This boosted his confidence for the rest of the round.
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The Results Continued…The Results Continued…When he came to one long par 5 he stuck
to the game plan of trying to reach the green in 4 rather than in 3. He hit his 5-iron off the tee and his next 2 shots he
used his 7-iron from the fairway. His 4th shot was only 70 yards from the center of the green and he played it great! His shot landed 6 feet away from the flag and he 1 putted for a natural par! Oh, now he was on fire. This, in essence, was a birdie for him, and it wiped the
extra shot that he had gained on the first hole away. He was feeling really good at
this point!
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The Results Continued…The Results Continued…He ended up shooting a 98. Believe it or
not, that was the lowest score he'd ever shot in his life. He managed 1 par, 8
bogey's, 6 double bogey's, and 2 triple bogey's. He couldn't believe it worked.
And the good thing was, every shot that he hit off the tee was in the fairway. It
also exposed where his other weaknesses were, and that is, his short game. He has since then worked on his
putting and his wedge play and now regularly shoots in the low to mid 90's. We are now both working on learning
how to break 90. Which I hope to document soon.
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Breaking 100 in Golf Breaking 100 in Golf ConclusionConclusion
If you try these golfing tips you may be amazed at how well you can lower your golf score.
Many can benefit from these golf tips, beginners and high handicappers alike. Take
advantage of this tip and start finding out which irons and hybrids you can hit well.
Brush up on your short game, which includes pitching, chipping, and putting. By doing these few simple things you will gain confidence and you will really enjoy playing golf. So give these tips a try during you next round of golf and hopefully you too will be
able to break 100!Also check out my
Callaway X18R Irons Review for beginners.