I’m often asked about what is the easiest way to lower your golf scores.

And with my great level of knowledge I amaze the person with…

“Take fewer strokes!”

You may think that my answer is a bit sarcastic and not giving you the true secret to shooting lower scores with the answer, but the truth is I am.

Think about it for a minute.  It is a lot easier to make par or even a birdie  putt if your approach shot is 5 feet from the whole rather than 30 feet.  I know you would agree.

Striking the golf ball properly and consistently is the difference between your ball ending up on the green where you were aiming or having to try and pitch it close because your shot went 10 yards away from where you were aiming.

If you want to be as consistent as the pros you need to learn the same secrets that they have learned.

I’ve come across a system that will greatly benefit you and help develop a consistent golf swing.

You can check it out …

www.GolfSwingImprovements.com/ConsistentGolfSwing

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Have you ever looked at the hole while lining up a putt, looked down at the ball, then looked up at the hole again and to your suprise the hole seemed to move?  I know I have.

Putting can be frustrating at times.  Sometimes putting seems so easy that the ball tracks to the hols on line as if it is being pulled by a string.  Other times the ball breaks in the opposite direction from what you read!  Like I said, puttng can be frustrating.

I have recently learned that I am right eye dominant.  I also recently learned how eye dominance affects your putting.

Because I am right eye dominant,  I am predisposed to aiming to the right with my putter.  I then swivel my head and look across my body at my target, effectively throwing my left eye out of the way so that my right eye can take over.  This is something that I will have to be aware of for as long as I play golf.  The left eye dominant people that I work with usually have the opposite problem.  They aim left of their target and then use their left eye to focus on it as they look away from their bodies.  Please understand that these are general statements.  I have seen left eye dominant people aim right and vica-versa.  But to be honest, I have never paid much attention to any of this, even though it makes for interesting conversation.  I am more concerned with how to aim properly.

So What Does  All This Mean?

Golfers who are right-eye dominant tend to see the hole to the right of its true location. The reason is that they set up with their right eye too far inside the ball and the target line. Initially, they push their putts to the right. Then they adjust their stroke accordingly (outside to in) and then pull their putts to the left on a regular basis. (The opposite is true for those who are left-eye dominant if the left eye is out of position.)

You can read your putt’s break and hit a perfect stroke, but still end up missing it because your eyes deceived you. Learn which of your eyes is dominant to account for this optical illusion.

About 70 percent of the population is right-eye dominant, which puts the trailing eye (that’s the one farthest from the hole) in the driver’s seat when putting. If this eye is not positioned properly, your view of the hole becomes distorted, lessening your chances of holing out. Not sure which eye is your dominant one? Take the following test.

The Test To Determine Your Eye Dominance

1. Take a toilet-paper tube and fix it over the ball so that both eyes can see it in the center of the tube.

2. Close your left eye. If the ball remains in the center of the tube (top photo), you’re right-eye dominant. If the ball jumps out of the tube and out of your line of sight (bottom photo), you’re left-eye dominant.

To set up correctly, follow this routine

For more putting help with your straying eyes I recommend you check out The Pro’s Edge – Vision Training for Golf!

Good luck and happy putting!

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I recently received an interesting email from one of my readers. He asked “My putting was always okay until recently. However, lately I seemed to have developed a case of the putting yips.  How do I deal with these dreaded yips? HELP!!!” – Jason

I thought it would be a good idea to share this email and my response with all the other followers of this blog since this is something that others may be facing.

First let me explain just what the yips are in case you are unaware. The yips are the inability to make a smooth swing or putting stoke, particularly due to tension in the hands causing jitters, uncertainty, fear, tremors and a general feeling of anxiety while addressing the golf ball. If you have ever had the yips, it is not a good feeling.

So what causes the YIPS , and what can be done to cure it ?

First the cause. It has been confirmed by world wide studies (including studies at the Mayo Clinic, U.S.A.), that the YIPS is a PSYCHO-NEUROMUSCULAR affliction. A PYSCHO-WHAT??? In simple language – it’s a MENTAL PROBLEM!

You need to restore your Confidence in your putting and get your back to enjoying the game of golf. I highly recommend Renegade Mindset Techniques for Golf.

I also recommended to Jason that he try a couple different putting grips to also help with his yips.  The first grip is the clamp grip.  With this grip, the left hand reaches down the shaft while the right hand clamps the left forearm to the club to help steady the wrists.  The second grip is the reverse hand grip.  With this grip you just reverse your hands.  This helps lock the left wrist to create a pendulum swing.

If you guys have any other questions you would like me to address, just shoot me an email and I will review it and get back to you.  Heck, I might even share it with the other readers.

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You have probably heard the saying “drive for show and putt for dough.”  One of the quickest ways to lower your golf scores and beat your golf buddies is by improving your putting.

If you want to shave a few extra strokes from your next round of golf, you need to practice using this quick drill.

On the practice green put a marker or tee down 3 feet from the hole.  No you do not need a measuring tape, just get it close.  Put another mark down on the same line 6 feet from the hole, and a third marker down 9 feet from the hole.

Start at the three foot location with three balls.  Sink all three balls consecutively and move on to the 6 foot mark.  You can not move on until you have sank all three golf balls consecutively.  Sink all three consecutively again to move on to the 9 foot mark, but if you miss a shot at any point you must start again at the 3 foot mark.  Finish when you have made all 9 shots in a row, 3 from the 3 foot mark, 3 from the 6 foot mark, and 3 from the 9 foot mark.

Once you sink all 9 putts, you can either challenge yourself by move back 3 more feet or you can move the markers to a different line with different breaks on the putting green.

This drill will be challenging at first but progress comes faster than you would expect.

Do this drill a couple times a week and watch your putting improve dramatically.

Leave a comment below and let me know how this drill is working for you.

Sink Every Putt with Pinpoint Accuracy and Clockwork Consistency

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Earlier this summer, my teaching pro showed me and told me something that no one else has really ever explained to me before. It has really changed my golf swing forever! And I think it will change yours too!

I have taken many golf lessons over the years, and it was not until I started working with my current instructor that I have been able to fix my very steep downswing, and lack of hip clearance through impact.

Within just one lesson with him, he gave me a tip that changed my swing forever. Then he had me watch some YouTube videos, some of the ones I have shared with my golf tip e-mail subscribers.

For years I have tried to study different swings by different pros like Tiger, Adam Scott, Ernie Els and many others I had developed the mindset that the downswing was a real prevalent “down” move from the top. My instructor quickly got me to swing AROUND my body and I had NEVER before hit the ball like I had hit it that day. I could not believe the difference it made.

The picture above is my teaching pro Bobby Eldridge of Pure Point Golf.

Bobby has developed a private Golf Apprentice Program that is the best golf swing improvement program I have ever seen.

I am so excited I found him because his knowledge of the golf swing is unmatched!

To learn more about the program and how it can improve your golf swing, check out…Golf Apprentice Program

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I was reading an article the other day over at your-golf-tips.com.

The article talks about how we will all have our good days and bad days.  Hopefully, as you improve your golf swing you will have more good days.

The author of the article points out that there are so many things to think of when it comes to the starting the game of golf.

He also mentions “that a golf swing book is great because being lightweight you can take it to the driving range and practice that golf swing tip the author is explaining to you first hand. Video is a great medium in which to learn new technique, you really get to see and feel at the same time.”

If you are looking for a great golf swing e-book I highly recommend the new e-book by Bobby Eldridge, Full Swing Fundamentals.  At the time of writing this post, when you purchase the e-book for $47 you also get a copy of the Full Swing DVD which is a $72 value for free.  Yes, free!

To check out other great golf DVD’s go to… www.GolfSwingImprovements.com/GolfVideos.

Leave a comment below and let me know what you think about the Full Swing Fundamentals e-book.

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By Marc Solomon

The question is often asked – ‘I have so much trouble coming back after a bad hole. What trick can you give me so that I can forget about that last hole and get back to playing good golf?’

First, stand-up straight making sure that you feel as if you’re elongating your spine. You want to feel as if the top of your head is reaching for the sky. Second, close your eyes to block out the world around you and take some deep cleansing breaths – breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth. Third, start to jump up and down as high as you can as you flap your arms furiously like a bird coming off the ground. Fourth, now start spinning in circles (continue jumping and flapping) as you chant over and over – ‘be gone blow-up hole demons, be gone – I rid myself of you’.

If you do this in the exact order and with meaning – once you open your eyes you’ll totally forget about your blow-up as you see the other Golfers around you gasping with open mouths (or possibly running away as fast as they can).

There’s no trick or tip or special thought that’ll automatically bring you back after a bad hole.

In order to come back after a bad hole – you most have a PLAN. Though, the problem for most Golfers is that you can’t just formulate your PLAN after the bad hole. That PLAN must be in action before that bad hole occurred.

You just can’t say – ‘Oh, that 7 on the last hole was terrible. I need to start making my PLAN or I’ll have another blow-up hole right now.’ Having a PLAN doesn’t work that way. You can’t be going along without a PLAN and then turn it on when you want it. It needs to be on before you even reach the golf course and it doesn’t end until you have a chance to sit down, look at your scorecard and relive each shot as you review the round.

Imagine if you got in your car to go to work and every time you got to a red light … you turned off the car. Then when the light turned green … you started up the car to go. Start, drive, stop, turn-off, start, drive, stop, turn-off, start, drive, stop, turn-off, start ……

Well, if you do that with your PLAN – it’ll be just as ineffective as if you did it with your car. They say that you’d use more gas each time you stopped and started your car at a red light than if you were to idle during the red light. The same can be said about every time you start up your PLAN after a bad hole.

To get yourself to regroup, settle your nerves down and make a PLAN after every Blow-up hole uses more gas than necessary for the Golfer that doesn’t have a PLAN in constant use. The Golfer that doesn’t have a PLAN that begins before they get to the golf course uses their PLAN only when needed. And thus, they get into the – Start, drive, stop, turn-off, start, drive, stop, turn-off mentality that actually helps you to accumulate Blow-up Holes.

Where does Tiger’s PLAN start? His PLAN starts months before the tournament. He goes to the golf course weeks before the tournament begins to play a practice round. During that practice round he’s determining what type of shots the golf course requires. He then goes back home to practice those shots. And all through the day, he’s imagining the golf course, how each hole plays, what each green is like – he’s playing the golf course in his mind withoug actually being there.

Before he leaves his hotel to go to the course on the tournament day – he’s going through the whole check-in process at the golf course, the walking to the practice range, his stretching, his Warm-up PLAN, his Putting Warm-up, etc, etc, etc. – before he even leaves the hotel.

Contrast that to the Monkey who’s always at the Golf Shop desk checking in a few minutes before their starting time – ‘Do I have enough time to hit some balls on the range?”

You should be doing the same as Tiger. Maybe not in the detail that Tiger is, but you should be starting your PLAN before your left foot touches the parking lot at the golf course (or right foot in the UK).

Though, if that’s too much for you – you can always rely on the trick I listed above of jumping up and down in circles flapping your arms like a bird while chanting -’be gone blow-up hole demons, be gone – I rid myself of you’. I’ve seen it work and I might’ve even tried it once or twice myself.

The Monkey is looking for Tricks for improvement

The Player is focused on their PLAN.

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Do you usually have one, two or even more “blow up” holes whenever you go out for a round of golf?

You know the holes I’m talking about.  Those holes where you just after your finish the previous hole with a par or a birdie and on the next hole you end up with a double, a triple, or even (I hate to say it) a quadruple bogey that ruins your score for the round.  In most cases, these holes are caused by too much tension in your body. It is hard to believe that after such a good hole that you could have too much tension.  In my past experiences, I get so tight because I know I just finished a great hole and I put soooo much pressure on myself to the same on the next hole.  To help you to relax during your golf swing, I have some great tips below:

Being relaxed reduces tension in your muscles. If you’re tense, this will lead to tight muscles and inconsistent swings.

1. Clear your mind of all thoughts, especially those about your golf swing. It is so easy to over analyze our golf swing that we forget to relax and focus.  Picture yourself relaxing on the beach or wherever it is that you feel the most relaxed.  Just don’t think about your next golf shot!
2. Focus on being more relaxed in your grip and stance.  Your grip should be in your fingers and not in your palm.
3. Practice a relaxed swing before you address the ball.  To develop a relaxed swing, take continuous swings back and forth without stopping.  This will also loosen you up and remove any tension in your body before you address the ball.
4. Introduce the ‘waggle’ to your pre-shot routine. The waggle will help release some tension from your entire body and lead to a more relaxed golf swing.

Follow these relaxation tips to help reduce the tension in your body and you will notice the lack of double, triple, and even the dreaded quadruple bogey on your scorecard.

Comment below and let me know how these tips work for you.

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