How to Buy a Golf Swing Aid

Most golfers would love to shave a few strokes off their game and companies have many products that claim to do just that. Enter "golf swing aid" on a search engine, and you'll receive hundreds of thousands of results. The good news is that you can sort through all of the clutter on the market to find the right product for your particular swing.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Notated scorecards

1. Take stock of your current golf game. Over a few rounds of golf, write down the parts of your game you have the most trouble executing. When you write down your score on a hole, note any problems you had.
2. Go through your scorecards and list the issues. Count the number of times you had specific problems, such as "35 banana slices" or "15 bladed chips."
3. Decide which aspect of your game you want to change most. You can focus on bad shots that cost you the most strokes or frustrating shots that blur your focus for the next shot. For example, if you are upset about blading a chip on the previous hole, you may try too hard on the next tee, resulting in a banana slice.
4. Determine where the breakdown occurs in your swing. You may swing off plane, use an improper grip, twist your body out of control or fail to line up properly to hit the ball. You may need to spend some time on the driving range, looking for your swing flaw.
5. Buy a swing aid designed to help you overcome the swing flaw you identified at the driving range. Buy a golf swing aid to create new habits, but make sure you also spend time practicing without the swing aid in order to put these new habits into action. You can purchase aid online at websites such as Golf Help, In the Hole, Practice Range and Refiner Golf (see Resources below).

Tips & Warnings

• Don't fall for the hype. No golf swing aid will cut your handicap in half within 30 minutes.

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