How to Improve Your Golf Game

By Brent Hagy
Everyone wants to improve their golf game, but nobody seems to know where to start. If you fix your feet positioning, then you need to fix your hands. If your swing is off, you need to fix everything else along with it! It seems like everyone has a different solution to the problem and they all claim to "work the best".

If you're beginner, a good thing to look at is your alignment when you approach the ball. Your body should be parallel to the ball. Basically your hips should be lined up with where you want the ball to go. The alignment of your feet depend on what club or iron you are using at the time. When using a middle iron, your feet should be shoulder width apart from each other. Adjust your feet about 2-3 inches wider for your longer irons and clubs, and pull them in 2-3 inches closer together when using your shorter distance irons. As far as ball placement, it also depends on what club you are using. The ball should be (in general) right in the center of your stance for your 8 and 9 irons, as well as your wedges. as the number of the iron goes down, the ball should be farther and farther towards the front of your stance. Therefore, the ball should be about two ball lengths away from your front foot (the farthest away you should be from the center or your stance) when using your drivers and fairway woods. (Summarized from Michael Lamanna "Golf Setup")

For the more experienced golfer, you know that there or multiple ways to swing a golf club. There is no one way to do it, and it all depends on what club or iron you are using and what type of shot you are trying to make.

Golf is not an easy sport! Unlike sports like soccer, basketball, etc. where an athletic person can do fairly well at the sport once he/she knows the rules and the way the game is played, golf takes a great deal of concentration and coordination. And no matter whether you are athletic, skinny, fat, muscular, or a twig (like me!), your first couple games of golf are not going to be very pretty!

Now, I am no professional at the sport, but I have tried a good amount of golf products out there (and believe me, there are A LOT out there!). Some didn't do a thing, and were just useless scams, others however, were a great deal of help and really helped me improve my game!

Thanks! And good luck out on the greens!
-Brent Hagy

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