Playing golf is all about the swing. Duh, right? If your swing sucks then your game sucks, and most likely you are not enjoying golf. Learning the proper golf swing is probably one of the most frustrating parts of the game of golf. Golfers are constantly changing their swing to try get more distance or to correct a problem like swinging into a slice or hooking the ball into the rough. Understand if you want a good golf swing it is just a matter of mechanics and putting body motions together in the right way to be consistent. Ha, ha! Easier said than done right? OK so reading about the golf swing is not going to make you the next Tiger Woods. But here are the basics of a good golf swing.

* Your stance should be about shoulder width apart and your feet should be pointing slightly out. Slightly is key here.
* Let your arms hang naturally down from your body and place the club behind the ball. If your shoulders hunch or you have tension in your arms, you are probably too close to the ball. Stand back a little bit.
* Place the majority of your body weight on your back leg. You hear stuff like 70%. WTF? How the heck can you know?
* Straighten your spine and have a bit of bend in your knees.
* Keep your eye on the ball during your entire swing. This is so important. Basic, but important.
* Grip the club as if you are holding an egg. Relax man. Don’t crush the thing.
* A good golf swing will be a fluid, easy motion with your shoulders turning slightly in the backswing and your follow-through complete.
* Make sure you keep your feet planted and slow down in your backswing. Most problems with a golf swing are cause by swinging too quickly in the back swing and then not accelerating through the ball.
* You will want to hit the ball in the “sweet spot” or the center of the club. Hitting it anyplace else will cause your ball to travel in directions that you really don’t want it to go in. Duh.

It might help for you to take a lesson or two on the golf swing. Heck even study the way the pros do it on television. Everybody has an opinion about it. You can find like 30 million articles about on the Internet. Certainly there is not a lack of information on learning a better golf swing.

Practice man. That’s the only way your golf swing is going to get better.