Play Better Golf Now

Let’s talk about your golf game. Maybe you shoot 80 or maybe you shoot 110. It doesn’t really matter. All that matters is that every golfer wants to get better because it is simply so frustrating and embarrassing to play poorly. A lot of people will argue that golf is simply a game of talent and luck, but there is much more to it than that.

Take a look at Tiger Woods. Yes, he has been playing since he was a year and a half old, but it isn’t just practice that makes him good. He has incredible hand-eye coordination, he has a sense of touch, and he is a savvy player. But, he also has phenomenal flexibility. Just watch him swing that driver – his slim waist seems to turn a full 360 degrees. He is also incredibly strong, but he wasn’t always that way.
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What have you done lately to improve your golf game? The first thing that most golfers do is change balls. Then, they may buy a new pair of shoes or try a different glove. Then, if none of that works, they will go out and spend hundreds or even thousands of dollars on a new set of clubs.

The next step is usually lessons. The number of people whose games have been decimated by lessons is incredible. If you are a great golfer, it can never hurt to get a learned eye on your swing, but for most of us, too much information is deadly. Having a golf pro tell you that your hips sway, your head moves, you are gripping too tight, and you aren’t following through is enough to make you quit the game altogether. After awhile, you wonder if you are doing anything right at all!
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If you happen to see any old footage of golf championships of twenty or thirty ago, you will be amazed at the shape of the golfers. They were overweight, often seen smoking on the course, and really had no aerobic fitness at all. At that time, there were no exercises for golf that players did on a regular basis, other than a little bit of stretching before they swung the club for the first time each day. Now, however, exercises for golf are taken seriously – by both professionals and amateurs.

When you think about golf, you don’t generally think of it as either a strength-based or an aerobic sport, but in many ways it is both. The strength that is required to swing a club several hundred times in a three or four hour period is incredible. Most people think that if you shoot 80, you only swing the club 50 times (30 or so are putts), but that is not correct. The average players takes two practice swings for every drive and one practice swing for every shot off the fairway, so that can add up to 200 or 300 swings per round. It takes a lot of strength to sustain a level of high performance.
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Training for golf is one part of the game that is usually dismissed by most golfers. They think that golf is a skill – not a sport – and one that simply comes naturally or it doesn’t come at all. What they don’t know is that the most successful golfers on the PGA tour and the most successful golfers in their own club are training every single day. By training, I don’t mean that they are practicing their specialty shots or just spending hours on the driving range. They are working out, building strength and stamina, and increasing their flexibility to get a faster, stronger, and more accurate swing.

By attributing someone’s success to talent or luck of the draw, we can let ourselves off the hook for not working out harder. But, it’s true – in order to play better golf, you have to work on it. It won’t happen overnight.
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Golf is a very unusual sport. It requires strength, flexibility, and stamina, but it also requires a strong mind. Tiger Woods claims to be the toughest golfer mentally, and that is what he attributes his success to. But, we all know that you still have to have the skills and that is where golf weight training can really help you.

For many golfers, especially women and older men, their biggest problem is their drive distance. A short or unreliable drive can make the difference between a bogie and a birdie, so that is a great place to start improving your game. Many professional golfers claim to have added between 20 and 30 yards to their drives, just by golf weight training.
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