Woman golfer in need of help!?

Question

I am 30 years old and I never touched a golf club until 6 weeks ago. I am addicted to it! However I get conflicting advice on my driving stance. People tellme that women need to keep their feet a little farther apart because we have wider hips and then I also get people telling me to keep my head down. I find this difficult to do especially when my natural tendency is to move my head in my final through of my swing. HELLLP! Any little bit of advice I appreciate.

Answer 1

Doesn't it seem like every amateur out there has different points of view on how to teach golf to a beginner? Your best and most efficient way to learn the game properly is to invest in a couple of lessons from your local pga professional. You can contact just about any golf course in your area and I'm sure you can get a referral. My advice would be to learn the game from the green to the tee box, which basically means that you should spend most of your time learning a comfortable putting technique and practice different lengths of distance. Learn how to read a green. After learning the basic golf grip and chipping technique, practice chipping from all over the place. Learn basic etiquette and how to play from the sand traps. The most important part is to practice when your not on the golf course. So many people practice on the golf course and have a horrible time learning the game. Practice at the golf range or practice green, that's what they are there for. Practice away from the golf course so when you go to play, golf will be so much more enjoyable. Have fun and trust you natural abilities and try not to get too technical. Everyone has a different swing and yours will be unique to your physical makeup. Good Luck!!

Answer 2

wide enough to stay in balance. You will find a comfort zone the more you play and practice but like I said a stance too narrow will make it difficult to stay in balance and make a powerful swing. Have fun . I'm 30 yrs old also and been playing since I was 17. And yes try to keep your head still until after impact.

Answer 3

you want to keep your feet a little wider with your drive than a normal stance, it just helps you have a more stable base, and the keep your head down thing is a myth, keeping your head still or level is what you want to do, it is actually suposed to help you keep your whole upper body level instead of bobing up and down through your swing, and it helps you stay down through the shot instead of looking up to soon and coming out of the shot, just try to keep looking at the spot where the ball was for as long as you can, eventually your shoulders will pull your head up to look at your shot.
good luck

Answer 4

seventy seven-80 4 from the forward tees(prevalent as crimson tees, gold tees) seventy 8-88 from the white tees (understand because of the fact the lads's tees) sure the scores I point out above are very stable golfer,yet no longer a consultant something over 89-one hundred fifteen,could be stable for an ordinary golfer,, yet no person incredibly desires to play like that undesirable...Plus one might desire to learn definitely,by counting all strokes and any penalty taken..

Answer 5

When you bring your head up, the natural tendency for the rest of the body is to come up as well. So the line of "attack" basically the line where your club will come in to hit the ball is moved. Your ball will probably slice or go right.

Answer 6

I dont know about the hips but definitely keep your head down!

Answer 7

well, shana...I would recomment you to take your first few lesson from local pro teacher at your local golf course. I feel you should get your basic down from a pro and you can built from there. welcome to the game, have fun and good luck!

Answer 8

do not have amateurs give you advice, most of it will differ and get you confused...go to get lessons from a reputable pro, you cant go wrong that way...good luck and have fun