Easiest Golf Tips Ever.

Many of you know that I worship Tiger Woods. He is the simply the best golfer ever and that includes Jack, Arnie, Bobby, Lee and a bunch of old guys that used to play with branches and balls made of leather.
I like Tiger because I've been playing golf since I was a kid.

My Dad used to chips balls and work on his swing in our backyard and I learned from him.
I became a pretty good player at one point and have always had an interest in the instruction of the game. I also got that from my Dad. He loved talking about the finer points of the golf swing and very few conversations we had over the years didn't include golf-talk.
"Hey Lou, we've just had a baby girl!"
"That's great, congratulations."
"Yeah, and I think I've finally figured out what I'm doing in my downswing."

This summer will be the first without my Dad to talk golf with and I'll miss that.

Anyway I'd thought I'd share some of my accrued golf instruction-BS with you. These have come from years of hitting hundreds of thousands of balls,(seriously) hundreds of hours of lessons and reading numerous books. And of course "Things I learned from Lou!"
So here we go with the first in our new series...
HHdotcom's Easiest Golf Tips Ever.

1) Relax your hands and arms and let them hang down. Also strengthen your right hand grip-turn it clockwise-(if your a righty, left, if your not.) A stronger grip will feel funny at first but it will help you not slice...as much.

2) Play the ball further up in your stance-toward the target- and stand closer to the ball than you think you should. If your reaching too far to get to the ball you will do all sorts of things that will be no good. Topping, skulling, banana slicing. Sound familiar? Stand closer.

3) Swing at a pace wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy SLOWER than you think you should. Then slow it down again. One of the biggest mistakes you make is to swing too fast to let your natural co-ordination kick in. This is also one of the easiest things to fix.
Next time your on a range take a 7 iron and with a full swing, see how short you can hit it.
If you normally hit it 145 yards, try and hit it 75, but with a full swing. You will have to slow your motion down a lot and what you'll find is your ball contact will immediately get better and you'll start hitting in longer than normal.

Okay. That should be enough for now. I'll throw in a few more as the summer wears on. If you have any questions about your swing don't hesitate to ask.
Maybe this is what I should have been doing all these years!