Playing Better Golf 101 Tips – 3

21. The very first lesson you should learn when starting golf is to get really comfortable swinging the club.

22. Any good player learns to identify the characteristics of another good player and will emulate him/her on some aspects.

23. Before you start thinking about your individual game, make sure you understand important details of the game like ball spin or shot patterns.

24. You can analyze your game but that would be useless unless you know how to improve on it and more importantly, start doing it naturally.

25. Do not worry about how many strokes you take at the beginning, concentrate on the quality of them. As the quality of the swing improves, the number of strokes will start coming down.

26. You should never try to completely eliminate your bad shot. It may not be possible to do so or at least in a finite amount of time. Aim to keep improving on it till it gets reasonable.

27. Stop trying for a great shot but aim for shooting your best shot. If it ends up landing close to the hole, it was your best shot. If it ends up winning you a championship, it will be a great shot!

28. If you are a beginner, set the level you want for yourself. If it is too low, you may achieve it very easily and will not have anything to spur you on. Keep it little high just so you have to work hard to get there. Higher goals will bring you greater results.

29. Do not aim for sudden improvements like wanting to turn your handicap of 10 into one of 7 – you may end up going up to 12.

30. While taking a swing at the ball, do not view the ball as your object of conflict. Instead relax, hold the club comfortably in position and with perfect hand-eye co-ordination, let the club take natural swing with the ball just being in the way.

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