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Essential Setup: Grip, Stance, and Posture
Finding a Neutral Grip
Place the club mainly in your lead hand’s fingers, not the palm, then match the trail hand so both V shapes point between your trail shoulder and ear. A beginner named Mia cut slices in half by perfecting only this.
Balanced Stance for Stability
Set feet roughly shoulder-width, weight centered over the arches, and toes flared slightly for natural hip turn. Imagine standing on rails. If you wobble at address, the swing will wobble more—stability here saves strokes.
Athletic Posture Without Tension
Hinge from the hips, soften the knees, and keep your back long, not rigid. Let your arms hang freely from your shoulders. Tension kills speed; relaxation creates repeatability. Breathe out before takeaway to release tightness.
Swing Fundamentals You Can Feel
Count one-two to the top, three through impact, then hold your finish. Most beginners overswing and lose the clubface. A coach once told me, “A 70% swing at the target beats 100% effort into the woods.”
Swing Fundamentals You Can Feel
Make waist-high backswings and through-swings with a wedge, striking ten balls in a row. Feel the clubface stay square longer. Jake notched his first par after two weeks of half-swings that taught him centered contact.
Spend twenty minutes on setup and slow-motion swings, twenty on wedges, and twenty on putting distance control. This simple hour addresses contact, scoring shots, and strokes gained on the green. Share your results after a week.
Smart Practice Routines That Stick
Practice your routine without a ball: visualize the target, take one rehearsal swing, set the clubface, then your feet, and breathe. When nerves hit, your routine anchors focus like a reliable friend on the first tee.
Smart Practice Routines That Stick
Course Management for Your First Rounds
If your common miss is right, aim slightly left of the trouble to give yourself room. Beginners often average 160–200 yards with drivers; planning for that distance avoids risky hero attempts and keeps doubles off the card.
Course Management for Your First Rounds
Start from tees that let you reach par fours in two or three comfortable shots. Pride is expensive; fun is priceless. Moving up accelerates learning and keeps pace brisk, which your group and the course will appreciate.
Lag putts inside three feet by matching stroke length to roll. Look at the hole while practicing to feel speed. Most three-putts come from poor pace. Tell us your favorite drill, and we’ll feature reader tips next week.
Etiquette and Pace: Be a Partner Everyone Loves
Be Ready When It’s Your Turn
Decide your club while others play, bring two clubs if unsure, and walk briskly to your ball. “Ready golf” is widely encouraged for safety and flow. Your calm preparedness sets the tone for the entire group.
Care for the Course
Replace divots, rake bunkers, and repair pitch marks promptly—greens heal faster when fixed within minutes. Leaving the course better than you found it shows respect and earns smiles from the next group and the superintendent.
When to Play a Provisional Ball
If a shot might be lost outside a penalty area, announce and play a provisional to save time. This small habit keeps your round moving and prevents long walks back, which frustrate beginners and veterans alike.