Golf Tip #3: Where Do You Go To Improve Your Game?

Do you go to the range and hit balls until your handsSo..... if your PW goes 125 yards and your SW goes
bleed?100 yards what do you do with a 110 yard shot?
Do you read golf related magazine articles?Well...you can choke down on a PW and put a 3/4
Do you pay for lessons and have someone try toswing on it. Or you can muscle up on a SW and most
change a swing you have had for 15 years?likely hit it thin or chili-dip it. Well what happens if
Well don't feel ashamed to answer yes to any ofthere is a bunker in the front of the green and the
these questions. This is where the majority of golfersflag is tucked right behind it. Well you give a stroke
go to lower their scores.or two back to the golfing gods most likely.
Although the easiest and quickest answer to loweringThis is generally something very simple and often
your scores might be right in your GOLF BAG. Thatsoverlooked because you might have hit a great PW
right buried deep down in the bottom of that golfshot and landed it right in the middle of the green.
bag where lost tees and golf gloves have come toBut you didn't even think that if you had a Gap
find there final resting spot you can find the magic toWedge you might have been able to one putt
improving your scores.instead of 2 or 3 putting from where you lie with
All of us have things we are better at then others,your PW shot. This might only cost you 2-3 strokes
so why then do we always want to practice whata round but things like this make a big difference in
we are best at? Because we dont want to look likethat final score you see at the end of your score
a fool on the range hitting a shot that we are notcard.
comfortable hitting. But if you start to think whereOther problem areas include the following:
you are losing your strokes during a round, you will* Fairway Woods - They are tough to control and
start to realize that many of the areas that arecan get you OB once or twice a round. Try a Hyrbid
causing the most havoc on your game are the areasthey are shorter clubs which help with accuracy and
you need the most work.you do not give up much distance at all.
Great example........the Gap Wedge. Many of us dont* Wedge Set - If you dont have a 52, 56, 60 degree
have them in our bags, and you are not fully towedge you should invest in a set, it will lower your
blame. The most common set includes the clubsscore a lot quicker then a $400 driver.
3-PW and maybe a SW. And most clubs have a 10* Better launch angle on your driver - Yes the worm
yard gap in between each iron. Most golfers dontburner days are over for a reason.
even notice that there PW and SW have about a* Proper length clubs - if you feel like they are too
20-25 yard gap between them.short or too long then they probably are.