Golf Tips For Beginners For Free

They say "drive for show,putt for dough". I would say there is a lot of truth to that statement. In my humble opinion, golf driving is critical to playing your best golf. Here's the thing! If your drive doesn't make it in the fairway, you have a limited chance to make par. Many times you are scrambling to make bogey or worse. All because your drive didn't hit the fairway.

David Thoms is always in the top 10 for Total Golf Driving, and he has been consistently making over $2 million a year for many years. He's not especially long, but he finds the fairway more than most of the players on tour.

What's a good golf driving tip we can take from David Thoms golf swing? What comes to mind is 'swing within yourself'. You never see him swing out of his shoes. His tempo is consistent and impeccable. If most golfers just swung at what they thought was 65% effort, they'd be much better drivers of the golf ball.

Short game is half your score. Don't you think if it's that much, you should practice it a bit? When I think of short game, especially chipping, I think of Phil Mickelson. He gets up and down more than any other golfer, maybe in the history of the game.

A chipping tip from Phil is having "soft hands" around the greens. This will give you much better feel, and the ball will land softer, so it won't roll much. Once you get the hang of it, you'll realize how tight you gripped the club with your old chipping technique.

Another tip for chipping is take your wrists out of it. Chip more from your shoulders. This is much more consistent, and repeatable. Play the ball off your back foot, and just rock your shoulders to take the club back and through.

Putting is something that can drive you nuts. It's takes no physical ability and yet it can be so hard to do it well. I know for me personally, I've struggled with my putting for years. One of the best putters on tour year after year is Steve Stricker.

Steve is known for his wristless golf swing. He really doesn't cock his wrists and yet he is a very good driver of the ball. Well his putting is similar. He's so solid with his wrists. They don't break down at all throughout his whole stroke. Back and through.

Want to know how good putting can make a difference. Steve has made something in the range of $25 million dollars "playing golf". That's a lot of money, and yet, he is not the longest hitter on tour, by a long ways, but consistently in the top 5 in putting year after year.