Golf Tips for Driving

Of all golf tips driving tips are amongst the most searched for on the Internet. That is because if you are a poor driver of the golf ball then the game is no fun at all. There is no better feeling than driving the ball down the middle of the fairway and then standing over your ball like a professional pondering your pitch shot into the green. On the flip side there is nothing more embarrassing than having to hold-up play on the fairway next to you while you chip your ball back to your own fairway, or try to somehow miraculously get your ball out of the trees.

Most people search for one golf driving tip that will somehow make them drive the ball like a tour pro. Unfortunately, most good drivers of the golf ball have one thing in common, and that is a good mastery of “the basics”. If a golfer has good posture, stance and grip it is so much easier and more likely for them to be able to perform a good golf swing. Although some golf pros have unusual swings it is just so much easier for the average golfer to get to a good position at the top of the backswing if they start in a good position at address.

So one of the most important golf tips for driving is to make sure that you have a good golf grip, a good stance and good posture:

Grip – there is really no excuse to get this part of the golf swing wrong, these days there are practice clubs with pre-moulded grips that train you to have the perfect golf grip. There are also numerous photo guidelines that show how the hands should be placed on the club. This is something that can be practised in front of the TV, and in fact the only reason that golfers do not have the correct grip is that changing the grip means feeling totally uncomfortable for a week or two, until the new grip feels comfortable.

Stance – again extremely important, the stance should be around shoulder width when using the driver, the weight should be evenly distributed from heel to toe, and the ball should be opposite the instep of the left foot.

Posture – the spine angle of the body should remain constant throughout the golf swing. This means that the club will stay on the same swing plane meaning that a player will be consistent in their ball striking.

The best resource we have come across that goes into great detail of these factors and is full of golf tips for driving is a program called The Simple Golf Swing. This program is probably responsible for lowering more golfers handicaps than any other Internet golf program.