Most amateur golfers are constantly striving to improve their game, chasing the promise of lower scores and a reduced handicap index.
I personally spend my practice time using the 10 best golf drills, relentlessly trying to work out how to break 90 on the golf course, but there comes a point where we all need a little expert assistance.
Fortunately, that’s exactly what I’ve got for us today – and there is even an opportunity to learn from 15-time Major Winner and legend of the game, Tiger Woods.
Four-time DP World Tour winner Richie Ramsay is teeing it up at the Genesis Scottish Open this week, with some of the greatest players on the planet, but in this article he shares five top tips to help amateurs play better golf.
Richie Ramsay: 5 Tips To Help Amateurs Play Better Golf
Richie Ramsay
Richie Ramsay has been a DP World Tour (formerly European Tour) professional for almost 20 years, amassing four titles and five runner-up finishes along the way. Ramsay has accumulated over $12 million in prize money on the DP World Tour and has appeared in 14 Major Championships – finishing in the top-25 at The Open Championship in 2017. With wins in South Africa, Switzerland, Morocco and the UK – Ramsay has played elite golf all over the world.
1. Line Up Better
I play with so many amateurs who could use some help with how to aim in golf. They might be hitting it great, but they don’t know where they’re lining up.
I always stand directly behind the ball, walk in and pick a spot three feet in front of it. Then I’ll draw a straight line through it in my head.
Sometimes on the range I’ll just put a little marker or coin a few feet in front of the ball. It’s far easier to line up with a marker that’s three feet in front of you than a flag 200 yards away.
Tiger does this all the time and you could always see him glancing at a spot just in front of him. It’s a very simple thing, but a real fundamental.
Richie Ramsay has played with Tiger Woods and clearly picked up a great tip about alignment
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2. Think Hybrid More Often
Play more percentages around the greens. I see a lot of amateurs taking on shots that are just too low-percentage.
I would say use a hybrid more as it gets you over the first bit…
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