Golf Instruction

The Little Book of Golf Tips by Eddie Lester is now available as a free Internet resource called The Little “Online” Book of Golf Tips. This is a sensible read, and Lester gears many of the tips toward the mental game, which is where most novice players struggle. However, there’s enough insight here for even the intermediate players to learn something valuable. The book even digs down into philosophies about playing the game. This is a danger area for golf resources because many of them end up coming across as self-help rhetoric, but Lester always manages to maintain a steady keel throughout. We especially like how he encourages people to print The Little “Online” Book of Golf Tips and pass it around to their friends. The only thing he asks is that people do not recreate the guide online without his permission.

There is nothing like making a mess of a hole only to sink a 30-foot putt to save bogey. One can only smile after the golf gods shine on us in this way. Unlike with almost every other aspect of the game of golf, putting is something that cannot be taught – not in the conventional sense, anyway.

Golf instruction regarding putting usually revolves around the use of training aids and written material, and very few beginner to intermediate players ever receive putting lessons. The reason for this is that most golfers feel that putting is a subjective skill they can develop on their own. There is some truth to that, but it is still important to learn the proper mechanics of a sound putting stroke.

Putting is where the most strokes are saved and relinquished, so it is critical to practice this part of one’s game as much as any other. When a long putt drops to save bogey, the true value of this skill is realized.