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Growing up as a golf-obsessed kid in New England, most winters were torture for me. Every day the ground was white rather than green felt like a punishment. When streaks of grass would begin to reappear, I would bug my parents to take me anywhere I could swing a club, including Golf Quest, an outdoor range with heated hitting bays half an hour from our house.
Those rust-shaking range sessions were often rough, and outside the occasional fluke-good first round of the year, it often took me a while to warm up once spring finally did come.
In hindsight, I shouldn't have expected anything different, because apart from putting on the lightning-quick carpet of our basement, I didn't do anything to prepare in the lead-up to the start of the season. I wish I had had a preseason plan to help get me into better playing shape faster.
If you're feeling rusty, consider this a 4-tip starter pack for your 2025 golf season.
Grip the club correctly
Because you may go several of months without holding the club, don't be surprised if your grip is out of whack at the beginning of the season. "The way you put your hands on the golf club will have more influence on the face of the club than any other body part you possess," says Martin Hall at the beginning of this lesson on gripping the club from his series Breaking Into The Game: Beginners. Even if you're not a beginning golfer, this is a perfect early-season refresher, especially if you feel like you're starting from close to zero.
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Nail down your alignment
Millions of bad shots are pre-determined by a golfer's poor setup. In this Revolution Golf-era tip, Andrew Rice shows you what's most important when it comes to aligning your body before you hit your next shot. Hint: it's not what you may think.
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Proper pitch shot technique
Be realistic - the first few rounds of the year, you're likely to miss more greens than usual, and you may hit some squirrelly approach shots that leave you needing to hit a longish pitch shot. In this tip, Aimee Cho shows you a drill that you can actually do without hitting a ball if it's still not warm enough to practice outdoors.
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Shore up your short putting
This is another golf skill you can practice indoors, as long as you have a suitable carpet somewhere. This tip from the great Jim McLean proposes a solid and simple approach both to aiming properly and making an affirmative stroke.
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