Golf Tips

Play To Your Strengths   This week’s golf tip is to play to your strengths. No matter what your handicap, everyone has a part of their game that is better than other parts. Using myself as an example, I am very consistent…

Downhill Lies   With this tip, we will tackle downhill lies. For myself, downhill lies are probably the most difficult uneven lies I encounter. Just like with an uphill lie it’s important to set your shoulders to the slope of the ground.…

Beginning of the Backswing   Tour player's swings can all look a bit varied. Even though they all look a bit varied, there are key positions to their swings that resemble each other a lot. One I am going to talk to…

Putting Drill Once again this month’s golf tip focuses on putting. It’s my belief that the easiest way for amateur golfers to improve is to become better putters. If you become a better putter you can save a lot of strokes around…

Pre Shot Routine This week’s golf topic is developing a pre shot routine.  If you ever watch golf on television you will notice that all the players go through a pre shot routine before every shot.  No matter if it’s a 2…

Basic Greenside Bunker Play One of the most feared situations for amateur golfers is being in a bunker.  Granted there are situations in bunkers which are much harder than others but a basic greenside bunker shot is much easier than you think…

Find Your Putting Style The easiest way to improve one's score is to become a better putter. Avoiding 3 putts is easy if you follow a basic principle. However, before any improvement can be made, you first need to find out your…

Uphill Lies Playing golf anywhere at the Lake of the Ozarks you will encounter many uneven lies.  Sidehill, downhill and uphill lies are so common around here I seem to take them for granted.  Visitors from different parts of the country seem…