Learn the "Perfect Golf Swing" - the "Simple Golf Swing"

Lets start at the begining, the golf grip

When you pick up a golf club your hands are the only part of your body that touch the club. For many years the hands (grip) have often been referred to as the steering wheel of the golf swing. I don't believe this could be more true. Gripping the golf club correctly makes playing this game a much better experience.

Gripping the golf club at first glance does not seem like a very difficult thing to do, however, it can take a lot of trial and error to figure out the correct grip for you. This is a very interesting aspect to the game of golf. Gripping the golf club is a VERY INDIVIDUAL thing for everyone that plays golf. There are no two grips alike.

You can only find what works for you through hitting golf balls. you can be guided, but ultimately, results on the golf course speak louder than me.

If you master the correct golf grip that works for you, you will soon start hitting the ball long and straight...

Checkout some of Bobby Eldridge's tips and video here and perfect the right grip for you.

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To be able to hit that perfect shot time and time again, you need to be able to get set up and address the ball correctly focusing on every part of your body.

Your feet should be a little more than shoulder width apart, a little further apart when using your driver. This will give you a firm base to support the rest of your body once you begin your swing. Knees should be slightly flexed or relaxed, imagine that you are leaning back on a bar stool and you should be about right.

Make sure you keep your head up, back straight, shoulders back and always bend from the hips and not the waist. Ensure you keep your whole body, feet, knees, hips and shoulders aiming straight at your target, parallel to the line of flight of your ball.

Where you place the ball in relation to the position of your feet is a matter of personal preference and experimentation. But as a starting guide, if you are a right handed golfer, you should place the ball in the middle of your stance for your wedges and slightly more to the left as you go up the longer clubs ending with your driver where the ball should be just inside your left foot.

You can find further advice and tips on your gold set-up and address as well as complete golf swing illustrations on this website - Simple Golf Swing

Having perfected the correct set-up and address, you now need to work on your backswing and downswing. Getting the club alignment right before you start your swing is an important part to putting the perfect golf swing together. Ensuring that you have your hands and grip end of the club in line with your belt buckle will aid with getting the correct club face position.

Now you begin your backswing, hands, arms and right shoulder all moving as one, taking the club head back in an arc until you reach the top of your backswing.

Keeping your eyes on your ball, you begin your downswing. Your right arm starts to straighten and your right knee begins to turn towards the target as you swing your club through the ball, following the same path it took on your backswing.

As you watch your ball heading long and straight towards your target, your right heel is pointing to the sky, right knee pointing parallel to your target and your body is standing tall with your shoulders square, you smile and realize you just completed the perfect golf swing and hit a great shot.

What a fabulous feeling that is...

We are all capable of achieving this in real life and not just in our dreams as we sleep, but we do need to follow a step by step golf swing, put and keep all the pieces in place to gain the perfect golf swing.

I found a great resource that I used to get my golf swing into shape, take a look at it here - Perfect Golf Swing

We all get a wonderful satisfying feeling when we hit a great drive straight down the middle of the fairway.

But what then?

Does your short game go to pot and let you down, has that chance of a birdie turned into a blob?

Many golfers spend hours practicing and having lessons to get the perfect drive but very few give putting a second thought and rarely practice. Pro golfers spend far more time getting their putting skills right than any other part of their game.

So why do amateur golfers shy away from putting practice?

Overall, most golfers feel that they gain more from practicing their long game to get those long straight drives to get their ball onto the green in the shortest possible number of strokes, without losing their ball every drive. After all, you are not going to lose many balls with a bad putt, but the short game is where the game is won or lost every time.

If you want to improve your scores and start winning, you need to start thinking about every putt from an informed perspective rather than just guessing how to take the shot.

Take a quick look at some of the videos on this page and you will see what I mean, it's also worth taking a look here or here for more putting advice.

Then get out and practice, practice, practice...