Golf Tips , Golf Swing Help

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Struggling To Make Solid Contact With The Golf Ball

Dear Golf Nut.  I am having a problem making consistent solid contact with the golf ball.  I’ve had a couple of friends look at my swing and they don’t see anything that they can point to as to why I am having this problem.  Any thoughts on what may be causing this?

29Oct2009 | David Stargel | 0 comments | Continued
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Questions On A Slice In Your Golf Swing

I probably get more questions on the slice than any other question.  In fact, I get almost as many questions about the slice as all the other golf swing problems combined.  So even though I’ve answered this before, I’m going to revisit this golf tip to make sure everyone gets a chance for some help.

31Aug2009 | David Stargel | 3 comments | Continued
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Staying Focused During A Round Of Golf

Dear Golf Nut.  Can you help me with a part of my mental game.  Lots of times I will start off a round doing really well and then at some point I seem to start falling apart. And then it seems that the harder I try, the worse I play. Any golf tips on how [...]

16Aug2009 | David Stargel | 2 comments | Continued
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Golf Tip For Hitting Into A Tight Fairway

Golf Nut, I always seem to struggle with tight fairways.  I can be having a great round of golf and come to a tee box with a tight fairway in front of me and it’s almost like I should just drive the cart and put my golf ball in the rough or the woods.  Any [...]

17Jul2009 | David Stargel | 2 comments | Continued
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Struggling With Short Wedge Shots In My Golf Game

Golf Nut,   I am a relative beginner at golf.  I shoot between 105 and 113 or so.  But I love the game and am working to get better.  One thing that I am really struggling with is my chips around the green.  I can’t seem to get these short shorts with my pitching or sand [...]

2Jun2009 | David Stargel | 3 comments | Continued
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Hitting More Greens, Golfers Let’s Look At The Numbers

I recently saw some numbers about the greens in regulation (GIR) statistics for the pro golfers on the Tour.  The average pro hits twelve green in regulations.  Wow, don’t we wish we could do that? Now I don’t expect us amateur golfers to compete with the pros, but how can you hit more greens?  Read [...]

15May2009 | David Stargel | 0 comments | Continued
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Manufacturing A Draw Or A Fade In Your Golf Swing

I have been asked a number of times from our golf visitors and newsletter subscribers how to control hitting a draw or a fade when it is needed for a particular shot on the golf course. I have hesitated to talk about this because, in my opinion, it is a difficult thing to do [...]

31Mar2009 | David Stargel | 0 comments | Continued
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Golf Swing Has Totally Fallen Apart

Dear Golf Nut, please help me. My golf swing seems to have completely fallen apart! In my last three rounds of golf, I can’t hit anything consistently except my putter. Nothing seems to work. Do you have any good golf drills for me to try?

23Mar2009 | David Stargel | 0 comments | Continued
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Putting Tip From A Great Golf Caddy

I was reminded today of a great tip that I got from a caddy about twelve years ago. It’s geared towards the struggle that I believe most golfers have at some point. Missing those short putts between 3 feet and 5 feet out. And I’m not talking about the yips. Just [...]

17Mar2009 | David Stargel | 1 comment | Continued
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Golf Poll: Practice Question Results Are In

We recently asked a poll question about your golf practice thoughts. The question was “If you could only work on one thing in your golf swing practice, what would it be?” And the results from a large number of golfers are in and I will also share my thoughts on them.

16Mar2009 | David Stargel | 2 comments | Continued
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What Part Of Your Golf Game To Work On?

Short game, driver, focus on putting, improve my chipping? I get lots of questions from visitors and subscribers to our newsletter about where they should focus to improve their golf game. I will be doing an article on this shortly, but I wanted to get feedback from all of you other [...]

22Feb2009 | David Stargel | 5 comments | Continued
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It All Starts With Your Golf Grip

Smooth, easy tempo is so key to a good golf swing. And you have to use the big muscles to execute the golf swing. Those two things together make a good grip one of the main foundations of a good swing for all of us amateur golfers. Read on to see what [...]

16Feb2009 | David Stargel | 0 comments | Continued
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Help With That Golf Slice

This is possibly the most asked question related to the full golf swing. From my experience, significantly more amateur golfers struggle with a slice than a draw or hook. And many times it comes from a couple of basic problems. And they are fairly easy to correct

13Feb2009 | David Stargel | 0 comments | Continued
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Short game still the key to a solid golf game

I was doing some reading recently after getting several questions from readers about their short game and found some interesting numbers in a couple of recent articles that continue to reinforce that the short game remains the key to your golf scores. This area of our games falls into what I call the “knowing-doing [...]

11Feb2009 | David Stargel | 0 comments | Continued
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I need help with my putting game Golf Nut!

Golf Nut, I hope that you can help me with my putting. I keep pulling putts to my left (I am right handed). It seems like I have tried everything and can’t seem to correct this. My line is usually good (I think so anyway) and I think that I am getting [...]

1Feb2009 | David Stargel | 0 comments | Continued
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Problems When You Are Between Golf Clubs

Dear Golf Nut, I hit my irons fairly well but have difficulty sometimes when I am between clubs. It really affects me on the longer irons from the 6 iron on up. Any suggestions?

8Sep2008 | David Stargel | 1 comment | Continued
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Always leaving my putts short

Golf Nut, I seem to always leave my putts short. The old saying “Never up, never in” really seems to apply. Do you have any ideas to help me with distance and, in particular, getting the golf ball to the hole consistently?

24Aug2008 | David Stargel | 1 comment | Continued
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Running Naked Across The Golf Green?

It’s a weird title for a golf tip isn’t it? But you can relax, I’m not going to suggest that you actually do this. But it goes to something that we all struggle with at times….The mental side of golf. The title actually came from a recent article that I read in [...]

30Jul2008 | David Stargel | 1 comment | Continued
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The British Open: Golf lessons learned

Boy I really enjoyed watching the British Open. And it wasn’t just because I like Greg Norman. I mean it was great to see him hang in there with the younger golfers and make a real run at winning the tournament. But I got to thinking about how tough the conditions were [...]

23Jul2008 | David Stargel | 0 comments | Continued
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Golf Shot Help: Uneven Lies Part III

Welcome back golf nuts. I am now going to address hitting the golf ball from uneven lies, part 3. This golf tip will look at when the ball is on an uphill lie. A lot of golfers don’t worry about this shot and think that it’s a relatively easy shot. And [...]

18Jul2008 | David Stargel | 0 comments | Continued
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Part II of Hitting The Golf Ball From Uneven Lies

OK, here is part II in this series on hitting from uneven lies. We started with the shot many call “the hardest shot in golf” last time so for this part of the series we move to a golf shot that is quite a bit easier, when the ball is above your feet on an [...]

21May2008 | David Stargel | 0 comments | Continued
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Hitting The Golf Ball From Uneven Lies, Part I

Golf Nut, I struggle with hitting from uneven lies. I always seem to catch the golf ball thin or fat. Can you help me with this?

1May2008 | David Stargel | 0 comments | Continued
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Trouble Hitting The Driver

Golf Nut, I am a relatively new golfer. One thing that I struggle with is hitting the driver. When I practice my golf swing and switch from irons to the driver, I will tend to hit behind the golf ball, sometimes as much as 6-10 inches. Any ideas or golf tips?

23Apr2008 | David Stargel | 1 comment | Continued
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Hitting The Golf Ball Out Of A Divot

Golf Nut, I wondered what you recommend for hitting a golf ball out of a divot? I have struggled with this and most golfers I know move the ball. But I know that technically, by the rules of golf, you are supposed to “play it as it lies”. Any suggestions?

8Mar2008 | David Stargel | 1 comment | Continued
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Golf Tempo is key, here is some help

I have written a number of times here on the site and in my golf tips book about how critical tempo is to the golf swing, especially for amateur golfers. I have developed some good drills that can help you, but now I have found a tremendous little device to go along with these [...]

1Mar2008 | David Stargel | 1 comment | Continued
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