There is a correct way and a wrong way to practice golf. And most people believe the proper way is to imitate the swing of their favorite professionals. The reason those men and women are on the PGA and LPGA tours is because they are the greatest at what they do. Then naturally you can switch on the golf television station and get numerous hints and instruction from professionals of all degrees.

Now let’s come back down to this planet for a minute. Becoming the next Arnold Palmer may be your ambition, but for the tremendous majority of us, that is not going to occur. The odds of anyone getting to that level are slim. Improving your scores should be your very realistic goal. Yea it would be great to play like Tiger, but to imitate his game, or that of any other pro, is clearly a mistake.

Professional golfers don’t do their practicing after they end their job for the day. Their occupation is golf, and it’s more than 40 hours a week. They get up and hit the links, putting in a great amount of hours working to get better at their trade. You plainly cannot do that since you still have to earn a living. It would be great if you did, but let’s work within the realm of the time and energy you have accessible.

You without a doubt marvel as you watch on television when a shot lofts high, then gently lands on the green and comes to rest just feet from the hole. And you likely get a little envious when a shot backspins its way to the cup. As a weekend golfer, it is not in our best interest to spend hours and months on end trying to do this. But we are better served to practice within our style and stick to the basics.

So let’s analyze how we do our golf practice. You were in all likelihood teeing it up, and using your driver on the range. A good driver is important there’s no doubt, but what share of your shots during a round are hit off the tee with a driver? Understand where we’re going with this? You need to spend much more time practicing your short game.

We recognize it’s difficult to get excited about practicing the short game, but it will be easy to get emotional about the lower scores you will be posting. Ask any touring pro how much time they spend on this facet of their game and they’ll probably say approximately 80% of their practice time is dedicated to this. There are so many different things to work on here, and the professionals will work on them all from every possible angle. We already said it’s better not to copy their swing, but their practice habits are something we all can learn from.

This may describe you. You have the farthest and straightest drive among the golfers you play with, but you are still shooting 90 or higher. Spend some time practicing your short game since that’s evidently where the trouble is. Improve here, and see your scores go down dramatically.

So the next time you get off work and want to travel to the driving range to hit a few drives, modify your plan. Work on any shot you can think of that you’ll hit on or around the green. Putts, chips and bunker shots should be your focal point.

Here’s something to think about that should make this very clear. More than 50% of your shots on the golf course are from under 75 yards. This includes putts, chips, etc. If these shots are 50% of your score, then you should be spending at least half of your practice time working on them. If you’re still shooting in the 90’s, less than twenty percent of your shots are with a driver off the tee. Your practice time needs to be mainly spent on the shots you hit most.

We realize that it’s not as much fun as banging away off the tee, but it will be a lot more fun when you begin to knock at least 10 shots off your game.

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