Golf Tips
Build Your Accuracy First, Then Your Distance
By Tom Ward, PGA Tour Instructor
What is the easiest shot in golf that all beginners can properly execute? It’s the “gimme” putt. As the distance between the cup and the ball becomes greater, the tougher it is to make a shot.
Start Small.
Beginning with this idea in mind, you will see that when honing your golf skills it makes sense to start with smaller swings, then build up to the full swing. This is the reason why a person just learning the sport will learn and teach the body the correct motions iin developing an accurate and powerful swing by starting with the short swing. Trying to learn the full swing first makes it much more difficult to learn the correct muscle coordination that the full swing requires.
Learning to hit for distance and then accuracy is putting the cart before the horse. It works the other way around. Ultimately, accuracy will create distance.