As the winter nights draw in, and the window of time each day to get out onto the golf course shortens, many amateurs wonder how best to use their time in order to make progress during this period.
One option is to spend the winter months reading the best golf tips and fine tuning your golf swing, working on the driving range and short game area to tweak techniques and stay sharp.
On the other hand, you could also invest your time in improving your golf fitness, working to strengthen key muscle groups, improve flexibility and prevent injuries for the season ahead.
With the wealth of experience and expertise available to us on the Golf Monthly staff, and in a bid to give you some further clarity and guidance over your decision, I decided to ask Jeremy Ellwood and Fergus Bisset how they will be spending their off-season…
Fergus Bisset: Invest Time In Technical Tuning
Fergus Bisset
Fergus Bisset is Golf Monthly’s resident expert on the history of the game and has written extensively on that subject. He has also worked with Golf Monthly to produce a podcast series. Called 18 Majors: The Golf History Show it offers new and in-depth perspectives on some of the most important moments in golf’s long history. He is a golf obsessive and 1-handicapper. Growing up in the North East of Scotland, golf runs through his veins and his passion for the sport was bolstered during his time at St Andrews university studying history.
In the summer, I love playing rounds of golf. When I get the chance, I’ll find a friend and head out onto the course. I’ll rarely spend time on the practice ground or putting green as I don’t want to waste my golfing opportunities working on my one-piece takeaway or ball position. I want to be out on the fairways.
But I do need to work on my one-piece takeaway and ball position at some point, so will do that through the winter. I have a few months now to prepare for next season and I’d like to head into the spring medal feeling good about the technical aspects of my game.
I have a number of (too many my wife would say) the best gadgets – mirrors, mats, alignment aids and rails to work on my putting at home during the cold, dark winter days. I can watch helpful videos and read the excellent instruction pages of this magazine to find drills and methods to correct the flaws that have crept in during the season.
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