We’ve all been there. We arrive early at the golf course and hit the range with a buckets of balls to warm-up. If all goes well, we go through our warm-up and work out any kinks in our swing before we hit the course.

And on many days, we’re able to carry over the work from the practice range and get similar results with our golf swing.

But what do you do on those days when you develop a new swing problem on the course that you weren’t expecting?

Maybe it’s a slice or even a hook. There are several reasons why this could be happening and today I want to offer up some golf swing tips which can reduce the frustration and bad results that can easily occur in these situations.

In short, I propose that you go with the hand your dealt that day. While some of you may be able to diagnose the breakdown in your swing immediately, I propose that you embrace your new problem and use alignment to improve the results of your ball striking. This is much easier to implement on the fly and will likely cause you much less frustration during the round.

• Hooking the ball from the fairway – Set-up to the left side of the green (right if you’re a lefty)
• Slicing the ball from the fairway – Set-up to the right of the green (left if you’re a lefty)
• Hooking the ball off the tee – Place your tee in the middle of the tee box and use an open stance at set-up (placing your back foot further away from your body in relation to your front foot)
• Slicing the ball off the tee – Place your tee in the middle of the tee box and use a closed stance at set-up (stepping away from the ball with your back foot so that your toes are parallel to the middle of your front foot)

These tips aren’t meant as long term solutions to your golf swing, but are valuable golf swing tips to have in your toolbox when you need them on the course. To learn more about creating a golf swing sequence with more consistency and better results, take a look at the Simple Golf Swing today.

Good luck, Michael