| How can I improve my golf game? It is difficult to | | | | with one, two or more drives sailing out of bounds. |
| know what should be taken as a starting point. The | | | | I have tried aiming way to the left but there is |
| improvement required in my golf can not be able to | | | | trouble there as well. And as you can imagine even |
| be covered off in one article. | | | | on days when the driving is standing up well the hole |
| This topic is going to become a series of articles | | | | when the bad drive appears is the sixth. |
| covering the various steps that I need to take. | | | | This problem was so destructive that all the good |
| Please stay tuned to follow the progress of hopefully | | | | work round the rest of the course could be written |
| a tumbling handicap, starting point is 15. | | | | off for the sake of a few big slices. Hence there |
| In deciding where to start it is important you have | | | | was a need to sort out the slice before any other |
| some understanding of how your golf game is in | | | | parts of the game could even be looked at for |
| relation to other golfers achieving similar scores. Then | | | | improvement. |
| you will be able to see what you are better than | | | | You probably have a shot that makes you feel the |
| average at and what you are worse at. | | | | same way. |
| Sorry to use the word average but if you have a | | | | When speaking with other golfers I felt they all had |
| golf game like mine it is very apt. | | | | one real black spot. An issue that they considered |
| Do not fall into the trap of using stats from the pros | | | | was bringing their game down. Luckily I found with |
| to see how your game measures up. Just think about | | | | the use of the internet it was possible to find |
| the issues pros mutter about, an inability to hit the | | | | detailed instruction to improve my golf game |
| ball other than straight, having sand saves below | | | | covering all aspects of the game. |
| 60% and using maybe 30 putts per round. | | | | It is now possible to target, driving, long irons, short |
| To me hitting the ball straight all the time would not | | | | irons, chipping, putting and so much else. |
| be too much of a hardship and when I take 30 putts | | | | So I found out how can I improve my golf game by |
| in a round it is usually a saving of at least five shots | | | | eliminating my slice, well almost entirely, and now I |
| from my normal game. | | | | am considering other parts of my game. |
| I was lucky, or perhaps you could call it unlucky in | | | | The great thing is the information to cure the slice is |
| that I knew exactly where to start with my golf | | | | on a page that also allows all golfers to compare and |
| game. With the driver I hit a slice. And we are | | | | contrast their game with others playing off the same |
| definitely not talking a fade here. There was a slice, | | | | handicap. |
| mean, ugly and damaging. | | | | So although you may not compare with the pros. For |
| So the first thing to be looked at to implement how I | | | | parts of your game you will be ahead of others off |
| can improve my golf game was easy for me to | | | | the same handicap. Others parts sadly not. This |
| uncover. | | | | highlights the parts of our game that just do not |
| This was very clear as my home course has a dogleg | | | | come up to scratch. The areas to work on and the |
| right as the sixth hole. Out of bounds all the way | | | | areas that give the best opportunity to improve our |
| down the right. Many a good card has been wrecked | | | | golf game. |