Begin Playing Golf. 

Have you thought you might want to begin playing golf? Well why not start? We all spend too much time in front of the tv. Golf gets you out in the open, walking around, and swinging and driving exercises your arms and abdominals, and - far more importantly - it's fun! you can play with friends, you can take golf vacations, it's something couples can do together or either sex can play with their friends for relaxation. If you have a knack, you can even get competitive and earn money doing it.

When you begin playing golf and you have never played before there are a few basics you need to learn quite fast. The etiquette of how to act on a golf course and what to wear. The overall general rules of the game, such as what par is and how many holes on a gold course. What equipment you need in order to play, generally a set of golf clubs and some golf balls and tees. The rules of golf when you play with a group, and then maybe competition rules. That's most all you need to know before you begin playing golf.

Most of that is all covered on this site in the articles. You can just click on the side menu to read them and you'll be able to begin playing golf in no time.

Observing the moves in videos when you begin playing golf

After you begin playing golf, you'll want to start working on the golf moves so that you improve your play. I found the best thing that helped me to learn was videos, because you can actually see what someone does or is talking about. That's why I started looking on the internet for information and as I collected it for myself, I made this website from it. You can watch the videos I collected on the blog at Beginner Golf Training Video

When you begin playing golf you may want to get a Beginners Golf Guide for the rules of how to score and what you can and cannot do. You can get one free, it's called the Golfing Association Book of Rules and it's in the emails.

Practicing the Golf Swing when you begin playing golf

The next thing you may need help with is the golf swing. When you begin anything, you want to start with some professional advice. Most instructors say it's easier to teach someone who has never played before than it is to eradicate the bad habits from people who have been playing for years.

So I highy recommend you to take a look at The Simple Swing. Not only is it a beginners golf guide but one that also has intermediate to advanced golf swing techniques, training and tips that will offer you something new each time you read it. People never stop learning, but they often baulk at the first hurdle. This is because we sometimes assume that things are going to be hard. Don't give up before you try.

Reading about a subject before you start to apply it, opens you up to any free advice that comes your way when you are on the course. It fixes the words for concepts in your head and then your mind starts to gradually put word and action together when you begin playing golf. So when someone says something about your grip, you'll remember reading about it and know they are talking about how you place your hands on the club.

If they say you need to do something about it, but you can't follow what they say in the time they tell you, you know the right information is in the book and you can go look it up and work more on improving it. Next time you begin playing golf, concentrate on this one thing and getting it as right as you can. Once it's in the muscle memory you can go on to the next thing.

This is one of those videos I really liked...

This is some more information about The Simple Golf Swing.

The Beginner Golf Guide

And while you're here you might want to pick up a copy of The Beginner Golf Guide.

You can enter your name and email in the form (below) to get the Beginner Golf Guide free. I'll also be sending you out a few golf tips by email. I'll tell you about a great golfing forum you can join and any new tips I haven't put in the book yet. Sometimes I find special offers on equipment or I might send a pre release special on a new product that's golf related.

Occassionally I come across free books which I'll pass on to you to download. Got a few other solutions to some common 'issues' in my golf bag as well, so, just sign up with your email address below and I'll be in touch after you get your Beginner Golf Guide.

If you're interested, enter your name and email in the form and click the button to send your email to me. First off you'll get an automatic email with a link in it, (this confirms that you said it was ok for me to send you emails - I don't spam and you can unsubscribe with one click.) When you click that link, you'll go to the web page where you can download your Beginner Golf Guide in a PDF (digital book that both Mac and PC can display) form. Your email is now on the list to get my newsletter.

Anyway, that's a little about me, what about you?

Are you just beginning to play golf, like my wife Shelly, or are you aiming to break 80 in your lifetime, or even better? Do you have an issue with every stroke you do with golf, or just hazards, just putting, just driving - or the main issue for beginners - getting into the golf swing. I'm sure you'll get some advice that can help you whatever your main problem is. Check out some of those videos on the blog won't you...

The Simple Swing is a fantastic Beginner Golf Guide that you can learn so much from, I hope you can find the time to take a look. It comes with a guarantee to shave 7 strokes off your stroke or your money back and you can't offer better than that! There is even a left handed version of it available, so lefties like my brother don't have to mentally stop and adapt the instructions for them. Read my review here - The Simple Swing

To your golfing success!

 Pete