Five key tips to improve your golf game now

Not every golf game comes with a last-minute check with a teacher (if there’s a teacher at all), or the chance to watch your swing or fuss over every detail like the pros would do at every PGA Tour. But there are plenty of tips that you can heed to greatly improve your game over time. Here are some of them, as collected by golf enthusiast Melissa Volitich.

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Form a pre-shot routine

Players often hit a bad shot because they have awful alignment. Avoid a situation where you’re unable to properly swing the club by developing a pre-shot routine that will promote the right alignment and ball position. One way is to get behind the ball, your feet together and your clubface set down, and take a small step with your left foot (and a slightly larger one with your right) as you eye your target. This will put the ball in the proper position in your stance’s left side, or between the center and the left heel.

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Perform under pressure

Pressure practice helps you become comfortable with feeling uncomfortable, and the goal is to keep doing those practice sessions that you’d rather do without. This makes it totally normal to have negative thoughts – the important thing is to quickly recover your focus and eye the process. It also helps you better cope in tricky golf situations!

Use the right club

Even if you’re just starting out, learn to look past just length when choosing what golf club to use. Consider factors such as the wind, hazards, natural shot tendencies, and how to avoid awkward distances, to name a few. Melissa Volitich believes that the same advice goes for other golf tools and equipment, with players learning to look at the big picture when selecting them.

Melissa Volitich is a golf enthusiast who is always on the loop with the latest news regarding the sport. Learn more about golf on this page.