Improve your golf game

If you have trouble hitting for distance, move up in the tee blocks. Membership or medium tees (often white) offer the same game with slightly reduced distances to the green. Many courses have four tee blocks, if so use a closer set, and the Red tees if you are a junior or female player. Most of the game occurs after the tee shot.
If you slice or hook, and this may be obvious, adjust your stance to correct for it. If you slice, align your body so it is left of the target until you've compensated. Don't try to correct swing problems on the course during play. Leave that for the range.

Think about the hole. If you drive 200 yards on a 350 yard, you'll leave 150 into the green. If you prefer 75 yards or 100 yards for an iron approach, adjust your tee shotto end up your favorite distance out. If you hate chip shot approaches, lay up short of the hole to give yourself the distance you prefer to chip from.

Play the holes backwards. If you think about the number of strokes you expend in a round, it's likely you'll use your driver at most 15 or 16 times, assuming there are a couple long par three holes. So if you shoot around 100, that's about 85 strokes with fairway woods, irons and putter. Many golfers will putt 40 times a round or more. And yet, when they go to the range, they practice driving. Practice the shots you make the most. Chip shots and putts can be stroke-savers. Just better putting can shave half a dozen strokes off the average game. Learning how to chip effectively from various lies maybe another half dozen. It's important to keep your drives in play, but it is equally as important to close a hole without three-putting (or worse) if you want to lower your score.

Practice. This may be the most obvious tip for improving your game. And yet, many people cannot or do not take the time to practice. Playing once or twice a month is not enough to develop the muscle memory you need. Hitting a couple drives off the range before a game is not enough to warm up. Plan on arriving early for your round and take the time to practice. Spend time on putting from various distances until you can feel good about it. Spend time hitting every iron in your bag, beginning with the heaviest (usually your wedge). Take a look at (and even write down) the distances you average with each iron. Finally practice hitting your driver into play. Forget about how far you can hit it, accuracy leads to improvement and longer distances in time.





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