Lisa Vlooswyk, Canadian Long-Drive Champion, ranked #2 in the world, offers some golf tips to kick-start your season.
Well, this sunshine confirms it; the golf season is just around the corner, and it’s time to swing into spring! Here are 4 tips to make 2012 your best season yet:
1. Take a Lesson: Invest in your game this summer. Take a lesson from a certified golf instructor, not your buddy who claims to be a 5 handicap. Have your swing faults correctly diagnosed and be given proper technique and drills to get you striking the ball more solidly and consistently.
2. Schedule Time to Practice: Most of our golf time is spent on the course, but you can’t expect to lower your scores and start winning skins if you don’t practice. Start with one day a week (work up to 2 or 3) in which you focus on one area of your game (ex: chipping, putting, short irons, driver). Spend your time at the range working on just that one skill set. Set out targets to aim for and don’t just shoot rapid fire. Practice with purpose, lining up each shot at a target and holding your finish. Even 30 min at a time will vastly improve your handicap.
3. Be Professionally Fitted for Your Clubs: Go to a Club Builder and have your swing speed checked, the correct lie and loft angles for your swing and your putter fitted (cut to the right length and bent for your stroke). This is a relatively inexpensive process (under $200) but can make a world of difference to your game. Even if you purchased the new $2,500 set at Golf Town you will be shocked by how each shaft can flex at a variety of rates. Maybe your mis-hits aren’t all your fault!
4. Play One Bucket List Course. Plan a trip to play one course you have never played but have always wanted to. It can be local (if budget is an issue) or the Home of Golf in St. Andrews! It will challenge your game and give you memories and stories for a lifetime, guaranteed.
Lisa “Longball” Vlooswyk is the reigning 7 time Canadian Long Drive Champion for Women and ranked #2 in the World. She is a Golf Entertainer, Motivational Speaker and Golf Journalist.
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