Five Top Golf Swing Tips Everybody can Use

Playing golf can become very frustrating and many times, you need golf swing tips to help you. Whether you slice the ball, hook the ball, hit it too high, or hit it too low, you can find tips to help you change your swing. Sometimes it's the simplest thing and we don't even know its happening. Here are five basic tips to help you swing better when on the course.

1. Check your Setup up First

The most common thing that changes when your swing seems to become awful is your setup. Often a small adjustment in your posture, where you aim, your grip, or even in how far you stand from the ball can solve the entire problem. If you were hitting the ball exactly how you expected, then suddenly you can't hit the broad side of a barn, check your setup before anything else.

2. Ball Position

Another common thing that changes when our swings fall apart is the ball position. Before we look at what might happen if the ball is too far forward or backwards, you must understand that ball position cannot be figure out with your feet. Your feet don't move and many think this means they can judge their ball position by where it sits relative to their feet.

Instead, you want to use your sternum as your ball position monitor. Think of the clubs as windshield wipers on a car and it attaches at your sternum as the base. If you position the ball behind your sternum, the club will bottom out in front of the ball, and if the ball is in front of your sternum, you will hit the ground before the ball. Wherever your sternum is positioned, the club will ultimately strike.

Now, if your ball position creeps too far forward, chances are you will start hitting many fat shots that don't go very far. The opposite happens if the ball gets too far back in your stance, which results in many thin or topped shots. Those hitting these types of shots should check their ball position (in relation to their sternum) before trying to change their entire swing.

3. Swing Thoughts

The best golf swing tips you can every get help you with the mental side of things. When on the course, don't think about changes you're currently making. Save those thoughts for the range. The course is for performing while the range is for fixing. If you let thoughts about your swing creep into your mind on the course, you will struggle to get the results you want.

One swing thought for the course is all you need. When I first learned this, my teachers told me to concentrate on keeping my back to the target as long as possible. After he told me that, I shot the best round of my life (at that point). Take only one swing thought onto the course with you and your scores will certainly drop.

4. Work with What You Have

Too many golfers don't use the game they own. They want to swing like Tiger Woods, Ben Hogan, or other famous golfers. Golf allows you to use your own unique game and play how you want to play. For example, Bubba Watson curves the ball all over the place and posts some remarkably low scores. He could follow the crowds that try to hit straighter shots, but he chooses to play his game and it works.

Tommy Gainey, Kenny Perry, and Jim Furyk all possess very unique swings, but play professional golf at a high level. You don't need to swing just like someone else and you don't need to try to fall into the masses that swing one way and only one way. Use what you own and play golf your way.

This can go even further and if you warm up before every round you play, you will have an idea of what the ball is doing that day. I can curve the ball both ways, but I naturally play a fade. However, some days I can draw the ball like no other and if I'm drawing it well during warm-ups, I plan on that on the course.

5. Start Small When Making Changes

Too many times, we go to the range with a new drill, new philosophy, or some new type of swing we want to develop and we go straight to the full version of it. Instead of going right for the full swing, break it down. If you want to learn to swing better, start by learning to chip better. The chip shot is the smallest version of the swing and will teach you better impact.

Then, when you get chipping down, move to a short pitch shot with a short swing. As you get better and better at pitching the ball, lengthen your swing until you arrive at the full swing. This will ensure the bottom of the swing (which is the most important) is already developed and works before you expand to where most problems begin.

Use these five golf swing tips to help you play better golf and you will see improvements on and off the course.

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