The Right Way To Shape Your Golf Training Routine

Proper training is an important factor in improving your game. An often overlooked aspect of golf training is the short game. Extra time at the range hitting the long ball is a blast; nothing will improve your game more than spending you time working on shots ranging less than 100 yards.

The secret to any training system is to stick a routine. Split your training time evenly between both the long and short game. Two hours pounding drives should equal committing to two hours putting on the green.

Chip shots, shots out of the sand and approaches should not be neglected. A super human drive may be a thing of beauty but approach shots will win more matches. As best you can, replicate real world conditions during your golf training. Smooth sand and a ball perched neatly on time may make for a pretty out, but it is not something you will ever see while on the links. Toss the ball as straight and as high as possible and let drop. You get more out of learning how to dig it out. Drop your practice balls against the wall to learn how to handle tough outs; be that a big shot or the smart move to the side.

Not all neighborhood parks are trimmed on schedule and the edges are usually left unkempt. Find these places to learn how to bush whack your ball to safety. You don't need to be at a driving range to train. Earn an hour hitting the fun stuff at the driving range by saving your ball from the worst the park can offer for a while. You, your wedge and bucket of old balls is all you need to make those unattended ends of the park into your golf training grounds.

Quite possibly the most import part of your golf training should be training your putter swing. More matches are lost on the green than any other part of the course. When on the putting green, be sure to practice puts from a variety of distance; from a few inches to thirty or forty feet. Practice putting uphill, downhill and cross slope.

It is also important to remember that you can practice at home as well. There may be a part of the garden that a few deep chips will not hurt. You can let the back yard go without mowing an extra week and practice short, gentle chip shots without hurting the turf.

Metered practice will improve your game more than any elements of your golf training routine. Spending an hour, a few days a week, will pay off more that long stints on the weekend. Weekends are best-spent playing eighteen any way.