How To Practice Golf And Be Your Best - By: Ned Dagostino

There is a right way and a wrong way to practice golf. And many golfers believe the right way is to copy the swing of their favorite professionals. The reason those men and women are on the PGA and LPGA tours is because they are the greatest at what they do. Then of course you can switch on the golf television station and get countless tips and instruction from pros of all levels.

Well it's time for a reality check. Unless you were born with an unbelievable amount of talent, odds are you won't be on the tour in the near future. There is a very small chance you or anyone else will reach that level. Bettering your scores should be your very practical goal. We all want to play our best, but to attempt to imitate the best players in the world is just the wrong way to go about it.

If you are similar to the majority of people, you perform your practice on the weekends and after you get off work. Their occupation is golf, and it is more than 40 hours a week. And certainly their commitment to their profession matches yours. The hours they spend practicing are astronomical. You simply cannot do that since you still have to earn a living. You may wish you could practice golf 24/7, but let's be realistic and make the best use of the time you do have.

You without a doubt marvel as you see on TV when a shot lofts high, then gently lands on the green and comes to rest just inches from the hole. And you likely get a little envious when a shot backspins its way to the cup. We could spend months working on this, but as a weekend golfer, there are more productive ways to spend our time that will lead to lower scores. But we are better served to work within our style and stick to the basics.

Recall the last time you practiced and think of how you spent that time. You were probably teeing it up, and utilizing your driver on the range. But exactly how many drives do you hit during a round of golf? Sure it's an important club, but others are more important. What you truly should be practicing the majority of the time is your short game.

It's not thrilling and not exactly that much fun either, but the benefits of this practice are tremendous. Pro golfers likely spend 80% of their practice time working on the short game. There are numerous different things to work on here, and the professionals will work on them all from every conceivable angle. We already stated it's better not to replicate their swing, but their practice habits is something we all can learn from.

If you are like the majority of golfers, your scores are probably in the 90's. And that's in spite of the fact that you might have the longest drive in your group. It should be fairly apparent that the trouble is with your short game and that's what you should practice most. Get better here, and see your scores go down dramatically.

So the next time you get off work and want to head to the driving range to hit a few drives, modify your plan. Practice your putting. Put some additional effort into your pitches, chips, shots from the sand trap as well as your wedge shots up to 75 yards.

If you don't believe this is a solid idea than consider this. Did you know that during a normal round, more than half of your shots are from closer than 75 yards. This includes putts, chips, etc. If these shots are half of your score, then you should be spending at least 50% of your practice time working on them. If you're still shooting in the 90's, less than twenty percent of your strokes are with a driver off the tee. Your practice time should be mainly spent on the strokes you hit most.

Sure hitting drives on the range is fun, but it's not nearly as much fun as seeing your scores fall by as many as 10 shots per round.

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