Online Golf Tips

You actually might want to be a little careful when looking for golf tips online, and yes, that includes me. You just never know how good the information is if you are getting it for free. Golf is hard, so it's a pretty safe bet that getting really good at golf is going to take more than a little time in a chat room to master. But, even though you don't ahve to listen to me there are a few tips you can keep in mind to help you dig through all the hype and muck and really improve your golf game.

First, the way to get a whole lot better at golf faster than anything is to begin at the hole and work your way back to the tee. We all want to step up to that first box and hammer a 300 yard drive right down the middle, but the reality is that the drive even escapes Tiger from time to time. Even pros only hit about 60% of fairways, so even the best of the best only hit it completely straight off the tee a little more than half the time. Quit killing yourself to try to hit monster drives and start with putting.

Most of your shots on the course will be putts, chips and pitches. The vast majority of your round will be made within 100 yards of the green. So it really doesn't make sense to spend the vast majority of your sweat and tears getting your driver tamed. Just use your driver to get it within a reasonable distance of the green and then use your killer short game to really score.

Even on your mid irons, there is no big advantage to taking a full swing. Your job on the golf course is to get it onto the green as fast as you can and then putt it in. If you can hit a decent 3 wood and get it to about 150 yards out and then have a nice 7 or 8 iron onto the green you're looking at a birdie. You can par an awful lot of holes if you make good, safe shots onto the green and then can putt out of your mind. Putting first, everything else just sets up your putts.

So there it is, the one golf tip you can go out and start using tomorrow and it has nothing to do with the perfect swing. You don't have to even have a very good swing to play pretty close to par golf. All you have to do is get good at the short game, where the swing isn't so hard to master, and you can lower your scores dramatically almost overnight. That perfect swing tip? Good luck with that one.