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Your putting stroke should be like your signature. When signing your name, you write with a flow and confident stroke. You do not worry if you are spelling your name wrong. Each signature takes the same amount of time and usually without much thought to it.

Most golfers know to open up their clubhead on bunker shots. This is because the sandwedge is designed to create enough bounce to allow the club to pass underneath the ball without getting stuck in the sand.

A very common problem with beginning golfers is that they have too much pressure on their grip. There are two very good drills that help develop good grip pressure.

Many golfers try to do the right thing by hitting a shot short of a water hazard instead of trying a high-risk shot over the water toward the green.

The best one-two punch in golf is good chipping and putting. But many times, poor chipping puts too much pressure on your putting so if you Improve your putting, you can relive the pressure of chip shots. A chip swing is an exaggerated putting stroke, so practicing one shot will help the other.

There are three stages to developing your golf game and shot-making abilities. The three stages are when you wish you could hit a shot or shoot a certain score, believing you can hit that shot or score and knowing you can hit that shot or score.

This is an old tip that someone reminded me of several weeks ago. Many golfers tilt and turn their heads while at the address position. This is an issue because golfers tend to start their back swing in the same direction their heads are tilted.

With the Fourth of July having passed by this week, many golfers asked why golf courses do not use American flags on each hole to celebrate the holiday. Although the course would like to use American flags on all patriotic holidays, we can’t. Golfers lay the flag pole - with the flag - on the ground while putting.

High Heels aren’t allowed on the golf course. I’m not talking about the dress code on the course, but a way to help you hit the ball further. Many golfers lose distance when they lift their heel too high off the ground on their back swing. Some ladies — and quite a few beginners — lift their heel until only the toe of their shoe is on the ground.

The next time you are out on the golf course and you don’t know which club is best to fly over or under a tree branch, try stepping on your clubs.