Best Advice Ever?

[i-Guy]

I actually have two to share:

1) PGA (Posture, Grip & Alignment). I think about this everytime my swing goes south...this was a simple teaching philiosophy of a golf instructor I had once who said "If you have good PGA all you have to do is swing the club"

2) When practicing chipping, address the ball, then pull your right foot back and up on your toe. This ensures your weight will stay on your left side and you will be amazed at how crisp your contact becomes..after practicing for a while put both feet back at address and you will hit your chips very solid...I actually do this on the golf course for my first couple of chips to get this feeling going for the rest of the day...

[sonicblue]

I'll share the one thing I would tell someone, as a compilation of lots of different pieces of advice as well as "realizations."

Right before you swing, realize that most everything is set in stone. You can't change your alignment mid-swing, the club and ball position you've selected almost entirely determine the distance and trajectory the ball will travel. What else is there? Well, there is one thing: You have to trust all those things. If you do, the physical swing itself becomes much simpler, relaxed and precise.

I think this is most appropriate for putting. If you don't trust the line you've picked and the alignment you have over the ball, you can't possibly make a good stroke. Conversely, when you trust that line and feel like you're aimed right at it, it's liberating to be able to make a confident stroke and just let that trust play itself out....by slamming it in the hole.

[allin]

Don't take advice from your buddies, only from people good enough you are willing to pay them.

[DBake]

Thanks for the replies guys, turn out to be a good topic. I'll contriubte two, series and funny advice...

1. Hit through the ball
2. Only play for money, when its easy money

[joshiemac25]

1. If you don't take time to align yourself properly, only bad shots go where you want.

2. You can't change the last shot, so forget about it already...

[Eore]

don't think too much.........

[Three Putt]

#1 take an extra club...we ain't pros, at least hit the green if it's over... usually there is not as much trouble.

#2 on chips have the back of your lead hand finish at the target..it works!!!

[Daddy Golfer]

Mine is a swing thought: Swing to the fence. I'm a righty so it would be the right fence.

[iWALK18]

1) Maintain spine angle
2) Keep your right leg solid throughout the back swing.

[BDE]

'Try hitting the ball for once'

But seriously, it would be something to do with the mind, and being confident. Especially in putting.

[AnalogAG]

Best tip ever!

"RELAX!!!"

[MasterOfTheBogey]

" See the water over there? "

" Yea. "

" Dont hit it into that. "

[extremeld]

stay loose for power tight muscles are not fast muscles -

[Lemay427]

1. Starting a consistent pre shot routine

2. Aiming at small targets and concentrating on them.

[Jeepthrills]

"Do you play tennis?" "You should consider it."

On thing that helped me about 5-6 years ago was one of the 1 page tips in Golf Magazine. It was called Stand To The Handle. It was about ball position and the position of your club. Basically it was saying that on any iron shot the but of the club should point at your belt buckle. It was good timing for me because I was having set up problems at the time.

[Walther]

The Hogan power drill:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNwSfz0_KDM

Helped me immensely, helped me maintain spine angle, stop going over the top and increased my distance.

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[Finn07]

Anything Bob Rotella has ever said.

Ditto that...

[Leek]

Focus on one shot at a time and forget your score.