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7 Pro Golf Tips to Break 80 Your Next Round

Do you watch the pros on television? Many weekend golfers do. It’s a good way to pick up golf tips to break 80 and can improve your game. But you can’t always do the things the pros do with a club. So you have to adapt what you see on television to your body and your game. Consistently do so, and you can benefit greatly from watching the pros on television.

Too often, though, recreational golfers focus what the pros do when striking the ball. If you want to master the game, you have to take the next step: Watch what the pros do when they’re not striking the ball. You can learn just as much from doing as from watching Rory McIlroy bomb one off the tee—maybe more.

Below are seven golf tips gleaned fro watching the pros that have nothing to do with striking a ball. These seven golf tips will help you break 80 with consistency:

1) Get ready for the round: Warm-up time is just that—warm-up time, not practice time. Do some stretching and/or light cardio and resistance work a while before your tee time. Then spend some time on the range and the practice green. Once you get to the tee, turn your swing thoughts off and play golf.

2) Make practice goal-oriented: Making practice goal oriented is the key to squeezing the most out of your time. It’s something I ingrain in students taking my golf lessons. Vary targets and yardages, make different types of shots, and hit every club in the bag. Also, take your time. Visualize every shot.

3) Use training aids: You almost never see a pro golfer practicing without an alignment device. Usually, they use alignment sticks but laying a club down works just as well. The important thing is that they’re using a training aid to help them play better. And it isn’t always a high tech gadget. Two pencils and some string can make a nice putting aid.

4) Practice how you play: The pros all have their own practice regimens. Retief Goosen’s regimen is different that Aaron Baddeley’s. Luke Donald’s is different than Padraig Harrington’s. But they all practice the way they play. If you’re a quick player, speed up your practice pace. If you take your time hitting shots, take your time in practice.

5) Play to your strengths: Too often recreational players try to do things they can’t do, like hitting 300-yard drives. The pros play to their strengths. You’re not Rory McIlroy or Tiger Woods. You can’t do what they do. So don’t force swings and moves your body can’t handle. If you focus on developing good rhythm and tempo in your swing, you’ll see better results.

6) Think course management: The pros practice long and hard. Over time, they develop a full array of shots. Weekend golfers don’t have nearly as many shots as the pros have to make up for mishits we all make. That’s why it’s important for weekend players to focus on course management. It saves shots.

7) Be who you are: Too often golfers try to be something they’re not. If you’re a short hitter, trying to bomb 300-yard drives off the tee doesn’t help your game. All players—pros and amateurs—can benefit from being what they are. Work on getting consistent with what you have instead of trying to perfect everything.

These seven golf tips—all gleaned from watching the pros play—can help you take your game to the next level and cut your golf handicap. Of course, not all of them will work for every golfer. The trick is which work for you and discarding the rest.

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