Your Best Tip

[muskegman]

If all you could offer was one piece of advice on golf what would it be?

My advice would be swing nice and easy, don't try and kill it.

[iacas]

If all you could offer was one piece of advice on golf what would it be?

Dang, you took mine. Let's see... Uhh... I'm not sure whether I'd say "take an extra club" or "hit 3W on all the relatively short par 4s." I like them both.

But really, in the end, I've gotta go with this: practice your short game.

[Thrash13]

Just Have Fun!

That is my best tip. If it isn't fun to you, then you won't want to learn or get better. My last couple rounds haven't been as fun because I have taken it too serious. If I was getting paid for it, that would be ok. But it's ridiculous that I get mad when I'm paying for it.

So just have fun!

[rs4duke]

just what thrash13 said. have fun, you will be amazed how much better you will do if you are relaxed and having fun. don't beat yourself up, it will only make your next shot worse.

[flap]

My best tip is learn to walk the course whenever possible you will play better and enjoy it more.

[Rafcin]

For me the biggest impact was thanks to "Never let your head cross the line of the ball". During setup imagine a line perpendicular to the target created by the ball to the left and right. Like a wall. Keeping the head from "banging into the wall" did wonders to my swing.
It's one of my pre-shot key thoughts.
Close second is - imagine your spine is a axis, extended down and up. During the swing all you try to do is to turn your upper body around it, keeping the same axis all the way.

[Rafcin]

oh, I forgot the Jack Nicklaus classic !
He (supposely) said, that there are only 3 ground rules to a good swing:
1. keep your head down
2. keep your head down
3. keep your god damn head down

[muda]

My best tip is stop thinking and just play.

[mediaguru]

Take two weeks off, then quit.

[Patch]

Once you can hit the easy shots, practice the tougher ones. 

[dave s]

Get those pitches and chips all the way to the hole.  You'll be surprised how many of them find the bottom of the jar!

My last swing thought on every shot around the green is: 'get the ball ALL the way to the hole.'

dave

 

[DrvFrShow]

Visualize the shot before you swing.

[mchepp]

Wow, this is an old thread from the way back machine.

On April 27, 2005 at 2:20 PM, iacas said:

Dang, you took mine. Let's see... Uhh... I'm not sure whether I'd say "take an extra club" or "hit 3W on all the relatively short par 4s." I like them both.

But really, in the end, I've gotta go with this: practice your short game.

ALOT has changed since this post. We all have benefitted from the knowledge improvement.

Now it would be "GIR is King"

[9wood]

On 4/27/2005 at 3:55 PM, muskegman said:

If all you could offer was one piece of advice on golf what would it be?

My advice would be swing nice and easy, don't try and kill it.

Good advice

On 5/3/2005 at 7:46 AM, Rafcin said:

oh, I forgot the Jack Nicklaus classic !
He (supposely) said, that there are only 3 ground rules to a good swing:
1. keep your head down
2. keep your head down
3. keep your god damn head down

Great piece of advice. I totally agree

And if I might ad - don't play stupid, play smart

Edited January 18, 2016 by 9wood

[isukgolf]

Given my skill level, but after lots of $$$ on the clubs that would fix my ball flight ... I discovered it was me, and not a club ... so my advice is simple:

Get Lessons!!!

Its the one thing, that help me break below a 100 

 

 

[Dave325]

Just as in life, business and war... Keep your head down!

[iacas]

4 hours ago, mchepp said:

ALOT has changed since this post. We all have benefitted from the knowledge improvement.

I'll say.

[David in FL]

56 minutes ago, iacas said:

I'll say.

Live and learn, huh?!