Taking up the game of golf can be very rewarding. It is a game that gets you outdoors in the fresh air, gives you a chance to socialize with like-minded people and a game that will challenge you every time you step out on the course.

As a beginner however you are probably looking for a way to help you improve your game quickly so that you can enjoy yourself even more.

There are many methods that can help you do this such as getting lessons from a professional and using golf training aids for beginners . The first place you should start is by having your swing checked by a professional.

Take the time and the money and get a few lessons in the first instance as these lessons can save you a lot of time in the long run It is always easier to learn something correctly right from the outset, than to try and unlearn bad habits that all (including the pro’s though seldom admitted) golfers tend to end up with.

These lessons will allow a professional to look at your grip, your stance, your take-away, your follow through, and putting stroke and make sure you have a good solid foundation to build your swing on.

Once you have had these lesson you will want to be able to maintain what you were taught and having a few training aids on hand is a great way to further train your body to have the best possible swing and putting stroke that you can have.

Muscle memory is a crucial technique in many sports particularly in golf, as it helps you “feel” when you have either executed a swing or putt correctly or incorrectly for that matter. This technique when coupled with visualisation can really help accelerate your learning process.

The beauty of using training aids for repetition and the development of muscle memory is of course that many of the available golf training aids can be used in a small area like a backyard, and although you can spend a lot of money on some of these aids most of them are reasonably priced.

So what types of aids can you find and what will they help you do? Here are a few that you may want to consider using:

For putting you can go very elaborate and get an indoor putting surface or you can get a simple device that you putt the ball into and it kicks it back to you. With a putting surface you will be able to learn to putt into the centre of the hole whereas with the putt returner you just aim at the returner.

However the most important thing about either of these golfing equipment pieces is that you are learning to feel your stroke. This is one of the most important aspects of putting, having a good repeatable stroke and as you become more confident using these aids you will see it translate to fewer putts on the course. Another golf training aids for beginners that can also be useful is the type where you use an iron that is “collapsible.” This aid works this way, the “iron” is usually a 7 iron and it has a break in it. What the break does is allows the iron to collapse if your take away and follow through are not done correctly.

This type of training tool is great for beginners because one of the biggest mistakes that a beginner makes is decelerating through the ball. This leads to all types of problems such as shanks and chunked shots out on the course.

If you decelerating while using this piece of golf equipment it will let you know by collapsing.

One aid that can be very helpful is a divot mat. To use this piece of golf equipment you lay the mat down where you are going to swing. Oftentimes there are “balls” drawn on the mat and you want to address the ball and then swing. The mat records what type of angle and trajectory that the club had at impact. This tool is especially helpful for those beginners that are hitting behind the ball.

This matt allows you to see exactly what you are doing so that you can correct it. Once you are hitting through the ball you will begin to see more yardage out of your clubs while you are out on the course.

So when you are new to the game of golf there are several things you can do to help lower your score quickly, especially if you can’t get to a course as often as you would like.

First, get a set of lessons from a professional that are geared specifically for beginners. This way you can start with good habits.

After that set of lessons you should go back twice a year just to make sure that you don’t have any bad habits forming. Then to help you maintain what you have learned and to maintain your “muscle memory” you should incorporate a few golf training aids for beginners.