Hitting a Golf Ball Straight Tips to Help You With Your Golf Game
People playing golf will find out that there are mainly only two major reasons that they cannot hit a golf ball straight and the culprits for these are the hook shot and the sliced shot. If your game of golf is suffering from either of these problems then after identifying the problem you need to address how to correct it to be able to hit your golf ball straight and get it to land where you want on the fairway.
To many when they begin to learn the game of golf they immediately think that driving the golf ball the longest amount of distance is the number one priority and put all of their focus into this one aspect of the game but unfortunately this is a big mistake. Concentrating on your golf swing and accuracy should be your first priority and all of your efforts should be put into this aspect of the game first.
Although hitting the ball for distance may be factored into your game at a later stage at first try not to even take this into consideration until you have begun to master a good golf swing and can hit the golf ball straight more times than not.
After all hitting the golf ball further with a hook shot or slice is only going to put your ball into more problems when it lands in the rough or worst still in the trees that very often line most of the golf courses fairways.
Just by concentrating on your golf swing and improving your ability to hit the golf ball straight can dramatically improve your round score by upto 7 strokes and more.
Perhaps its important to take a moment to think why a golf ball will tend to fly left or right when hit rather than straight as you would intend it to. Basically when hitting a balls surface it can be affected by either a sidespin or backspin and when the ball is struck with sidespin it will veer to one side or curve in its flight through the air. Other sports players in games such as tennis, ten pin bowling and snooker use this spin of the ball to aid their game.
Your golf swing is all essential and you must practice to strike the ball with a clean straight surface as hitting it with your club face to the right will curve your ball to the right and this action is known as an open club face.
In comparison to this, coming across the golf ball with your club head will drive your golf ball to the left and this is known as an outside in golf swing.
With plenty of practice and focussing on your golf swing you should be able to control how well you hit the ball and by eliminating any tendancy to hitting the golf bal either on the left or right hand side will result with you hitting the golf ball straight and exactly where you want it on the middle of the fairway.