The James Andrews School of Golf

Golf Tips

We could all use some golf tips every now and again, some more than others. At the Golfschool, our PGA professionals excel at giving you the valuable golf tips you would need to improve all aspects of your game. We offer first class tuition for players of all skill levels. From beginners to expert courses our first class tuition makes us the UK's leading School for Golf Tips.

We could write pages and pages full of Golf Tips to help improve your Game, but at the end of the day, what good will these golf tips be if you don't know how to put them into practice? By joining one of our Golf tips classes we can teach you these golf tips and get you to implement them correctly and in a way that will dramatically improve not only your game, but the confidence needed to use these new skills out on the course.

Golf tips from the top

Golf is a difficult game at the best of times and there are a million different theories of how to go about it. The BBC asked a number of top players for their one tip to help the average amateur get the most out of their game.

Here's what they had to say.

ERNIE ELS The fundamentals are more important than most amateurs realise. They tend to ignore stuff like good posture and grip. Also, work on developing a nice smooth rhythm. Most amateurs that I play with tend to try to hit the ball too hard, especially off the tee. They'd be better off swinging at about 80% and concentrating on making solid contact.

DARREN CLARKE Short game, short game, short game. If you miss greens, like we all do, you're still going to have to get up and down. So if you practise your chipping and your putting it's going to make the game a lot easier. If I could go back in time, I would spend more of my younger years practising my short game, because if there's any area of my game that's a little bit weak it would probably be this.

COLIN MONTGOMERIE The one tip I always give my amateur partners in pro-ams is not to hold the club too tightly. It's a simple tip, but a good one.

NICK FALDO I'd recommend you concentrate on your alignment first of all. Every time you hit the ball into the trees, guess where you were aiming?

PAUL CASEY Know your yardages - how far you hit each club. For instance, I hit a pitching wedge 135 yards in Europe, but up to 140 yards in America because of the heat.

JUSTIN ROSE Make sure you warm up properly. So often you see club golfers arriving in a rush, only just in time for their tee-off. Getting to the club in time to spend 15-20 minutes hitting some balls on the range and stroking in a few putts can make all the difference.

ADAM SCOTT Listen to advice your coach gives you and work hard at it. I have had to hit a LOT of balls to get here, and I continue to do so as the swing needs fine tuning all the time.

PAUL LAWRIE It's always a good idea to take more club - amateurs always seem to end up short. And practise your short game more.

SANDY LYLE Tempo before temper, in other words, find your rhythm. Everyone has their own ideas about hitting the golf ball but if you've got good rhythm, you can get away with an awful lot. Emotions can go sky high on the course so concentrate on maintaining your rhythm come what may.

JAMIE ELSON My tip would be to spend more time on your short game. Everyone goes to the driving range and whacks the ball and has a laugh doing that, but practising your short game will save you shots. When I was a junior I used to spend hours and hours on the putting green and my dad, Pip Elson, always told me that within 100 yards is where you save shots and make your score, so it is very important.

KEN BROWN The best tip I got when I was young was if you hit your ball into trouble, weigh up the percentages - "Can I get the ball on the green if I hit a perfect shot?" The answer is generally no so just play out with a wedge, or whatever, take your medicine and move on. As much as you'd like to recover with a real beauty, the odds are probably against you.

PETER ALLISS Learn to grip it properly and then learn to aim it properly.

ALEX HAY Learn the Vardon grip. It's the most uncomfortable thing for a beginner to achieve but is the only thing that will guarantee that your bone structure and joints will perform correctly. Without the benefits of the Vardon grip it will put the swing out of shape.

These pros have told you their Golf Tips, now is the ideal time to take your Golf to the next level. Come and visit us at the James Andrews School of Golf and be prepared to advance your game leaps and bounds.