10 tips to improve your score

 

There are many ways to improve your golf score. Here are 10 simple tips for you to think about before you play golf next.

Is Putting More Important Than Driving?

Since the invention of golf itself this seemingly meaningless debate has taken the forefront; embodied in the most over-used cliché in the sport, 'you drive for show and putt for dough.' It's almost impossible to have played golf and never heard these words. But how much truth is there to the claim that putting is where the game is won or lost?

Phil Mickelson surprised everyone at yesterday's pro-am competition ahead of the Deutsche Bank Championship by pulling a belly putter out of his bag.

Justin Barnes, Director of Golf at The Oxfordshire Golf Hotel and Spa, takes you through lining up and executing the perfect putt.

Neal Granville, director of golf at Sandford Springs Golf Club, demonstrates a great drill to help you improve your short game.

England's Rebecca Hudson shares some putting tips to help you on the green.

At Dale Hill we have just completed our summer greens' renovations. So picture the scene if you will; it's the perfect day for golf at Dale Hill, you are on the first hole of the Ian Woosnam Course - a tricky par five but you have played it magnificently. You are on the green in regulation and your ball is six foot from the pin. You have a putt for a birdie...

If you consider that putting makes up roughly half your golfing score, it is a very important part of your game. Becoming a more consistent putter will certainly go a long way in helping you lower your handicap. Here are our top ten putting tips.

What happens if your ball moves on the green as you're lining up for a putt? Graham Green explains what to do in this situation, and why Jim Furyk didn't incur a penalty when this happened to him.

Andrew Wild explains the rules regarding touching the line of your putt, which is something every golfer needs to be very careful about.