Playing and Putting on an unfamiliar course

Playing a new golf course can be a great experience. But it can also be a big disappointment when you shoot way over your average because you can't figure out the nuances of the greens.

No matter how good of a putter you are at your home course, you are doomed if you can't figure out the line. When faced with a strange golf course, I have found three things to be very helpful in reading the greens and in the confidence of my reads.

First, read the green from the fairway. From 150 yards out you can get a good idea of exactly where the high and low points of the green are. This knowledge will allow you to get a general idea of the prevailing break on the green.

Another thing that seems to help is to check for a tilt of the hole itself. The amount of any slope detected will not be much if any. However, if you can detect a high side of the hole it will take a lot of the guesswork out of short putting on strange greens.

Lastly, try on every putt to have its final roll be towards the hole if you miss it short. In many cases this requires you to play break you really cannot see. But you will be rewarded with a lot of tap ins, which are priceless on strange greens.

Next time you are out on a strange course, don't just excuse yourself because you can't read the greens. Start by picking the low point in the green from the fairway and you are halfway there. Check for any slope the hole may be cut into, and overplay the break you see.

You will get around in fewer putts and get a lot more enjoyment out of the experience of playing a new golf course, and thats why you went out of your way to play it in the first place.

Remember that the UK has many fine golf schools and courses and each is quite different so it pays to play in this manner

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Left Handed Golf Tips For The Beginner

One of the main mistakes that some left handed golfers make is also actually one of the more obvious ones, they attempt to play right-handed. Honestly, why they do this is not hard or difficult to understand, unless you have the money to buy a new set of clubs the very first time that you play golf then the chances are that you will end up borrowing some clubs just to see if you like the game and of course the clubs you borrow are very likely to be right handed.

Many left handed golfers do actually go on to buy their own clubs that are the correct style for them but some still carry on with the right handed clubs based on the fact that they have been playing too long with them and do not want to learn how to play golf all over again with left handed clubs. Naturally, this does mean that they will not ever be quite as good a golfer as they could become with the right (in this case left handed) clubs. When people search for left handed golf tips they have already embraced the most important tip for a left handed golfer and that is to play the game of golf using their natural swing with left handed golf clubs.

One of the best left-handed golf tips for beginners is to be careful when choosing your clubs. When you are left handed there is a much more limited choice available to you, especially if you are shopping at a small local golf shop or club. But rather than taking a set of golf clubs that you are not happy with, you would be better off waiting for a while until you have the opportunity to travel to a larger shop with a more comprehensive selection of clubs and golf equipment to choose from. The other option if you are nowhere near a golf equipment or sporting goods store with a good selection of clubs is to buy them by mail order.

There are two ways of doing this, you can either get a catalogue and order your clubs that way or you could go to one of the online golf stores that have a good selection of equipment and everything that the left handed golfer could want or need I order to successfully play the game of golf. Of course, one of the best ways for a left handed golfer to learn how to correctly play and also receive some quality left handed golf tips is by taking lessons from a left handed golf pro. Some right-handed pros have a tough time when trying to teach left handed players and if you can swing it taking lessons from another left handed golfer is a much better idea and will significantly improve your golfing skills and game. With the right (left handed) clubs and good tuition there is every chance that your game will steadily get better and you will enjoy it even more.

 

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