Well, this is the last edition of Finding the Tips for 2023. I hope you’re enjoying the newsletter as much as I am enjoying creating it for you. As a confessed golf nerd, I spend a good part of my days thinking about the sport and how I could play better. In this edition of Finding the Tips, I’m giving you a selection of videos to help you with your swing, your practice sessions, getting rid of your slice, improving your short game and creating great contact with the ball. I’ve also made some changes to the design of the newsletter, so I hope you find it easier to navigate. With that preamble out of the way, let’s dive in!

In this issue

• How to practice and improve

• 10 ways to use alignment sticks

• Improve contact with your irons

• Fix your slice and gain distance

• Control wedge distance and trajectory

Practice with a purpose

When you take the time to go to a driving range or a simulator, you should be practicing with the goal of improving your game.

Peter Finch offers up a system for doing that. He starts with warmup and then walks you through his practice regimen. Do this every time you go to the range, and you’ll see improvement in your game.

Use alignment sticks

When you are practicing or warming up to play, alignment sticks can help you prepare to play better.

Golf Monthly contributor Alex Elliot delivers his top 10 uses for alignment sticks. They can help you with set up, swing path, target finding and much more. Start using them the next time you go to the range or simulator.

Ball then turf contact

Ensuring the low point of your iron swing is after the ball is key to hitting solid and long shots.

Peter Finch is back at it, helping you learn to control the low point of your iron swing. If you want to maximize your iron distance without adding any extra effort to your swing, this is the skill you need to master.

Begone, slice!

Does anyone want to know how to not only get rid of your slice but also get more distance with your driver?

Steve Pratt is a coach who can help you do both in just a few minutes. The slice robs your driver of distance. Hitting it straighter and higher will add distance. And if you turn that slice into a draw, the distance benefit is compounded!

Control wedge flight and distance

When you are approaching a green with a wedge in your hand, you need to feel that you have a chance to hit it close.

That’s how Rory McIlroy feels, and he does that by knowing how far he hits his wedges with different trajectories. Anyone who has watched tour players in person has seen that they very often hit their short clubs much lower than you’d expect and their results are much better than ours.

Watch this video to see how you can learn to do it yourself.