4 Simple Ways to Lower Your Handicap
1: Get Out Early Did you know that getting out earlier in the day can be beneficial to your golf score? It's true! This is because our days are filled with many things that cause us to lose focus.
When you get out to the golf course early, you eliminate these distractions.
When you remove the distraction you set yourself up for victory as a golfer.
Another Hint: Morning golfing also has the added benefit of a fresher body.
When your limbs are relaxed they are more likely to respond how you want them.
Getting to the golf early can seriously improve your golf game.
2: Start with Grip As any golfer will tell you, how you hold the golf club is a large part of how you swing it.
Golf is a game of momentum, not force, and your golf swing is no different.
When you grab your golf club, start your grip with the fingers, not the palms.
In a golfer's grip the back hand (or strong hand) does the majority of the work, it should be the well secured.
Not to Tight: You do not need to strangle the top of the golf club.
The three fingers at the very top of your golf club should be loosely attached.
The Result: This hold on the golf club will be relaxed and strong in all the right places.
Having a secure, but comfortable grip is the first step to improving all aspects of your golf game.
3: Stand Strong to Hit Well Stance is the second element in lowering your golf score.
It is typically the hardest to talk about because golfer's use many different stances when they set up to take a shot.
Of these golf stances, there are a few simple keys that every stance needs in order to be successful.
While strength is important, the real key to being fit in golf is flexibility.
Here's why: If you want to be able to get the most out of your swing, it needs to flow.
This cannot happen if you are stretching just to complete your range of motion.
In order to increase your flexibility for golf you need to be stretching on a daily basis.
If you are feeling tight on the golf course, stop and stretch it out.
There is no time delay and no reason you shouldn't.
When you get out to the golf course early, you eliminate these distractions.
When you remove the distraction you set yourself up for victory as a golfer.
Another Hint: Morning golfing also has the added benefit of a fresher body.
When your limbs are relaxed they are more likely to respond how you want them.
Getting to the golf early can seriously improve your golf game.
2: Start with Grip As any golfer will tell you, how you hold the golf club is a large part of how you swing it.
Golf is a game of momentum, not force, and your golf swing is no different.
When you grab your golf club, start your grip with the fingers, not the palms.
In a golfer's grip the back hand (or strong hand) does the majority of the work, it should be the well secured.
Not to Tight: You do not need to strangle the top of the golf club.
The three fingers at the very top of your golf club should be loosely attached.
The Result: This hold on the golf club will be relaxed and strong in all the right places.
Having a secure, but comfortable grip is the first step to improving all aspects of your golf game.
3: Stand Strong to Hit Well Stance is the second element in lowering your golf score.
It is typically the hardest to talk about because golfer's use many different stances when they set up to take a shot.
Of these golf stances, there are a few simple keys that every stance needs in order to be successful.
- Balance: Regardless o how open or closed your stance is, it needs to allow you to have perfect balance.
- Knees: In all golf stances the knees are bent
- Shoulders: Golfer's often forget to look this high when setting up their stance, but it is imperative that you shoulders are in line with the golf shot you want to take.
- Chin Up: While it is important to keep your eye on the golf ball, it is also important to allow your backswing to complete its range of motion.
Keep your chin above your front shoulder as you turn into your backswing.
While strength is important, the real key to being fit in golf is flexibility.
Here's why: If you want to be able to get the most out of your swing, it needs to flow.
This cannot happen if you are stretching just to complete your range of motion.
In order to increase your flexibility for golf you need to be stretching on a daily basis.
If you are feeling tight on the golf course, stop and stretch it out.
There is no time delay and no reason you shouldn't.