When I was just 30 years old and playing golf, I almost always walked the golf course. Then one summer I noticed that I would be getting very tired and out of breath after 13 or 14 holes of walking the course. I always thought that walking the golf course was most of the fun of playing a round of golf. This was a wake up call that I needed to be more physically fit and in shape to enjoy playing golf.

Being tired and out of breath on the golf course motivated me to become more physically active and to spend several days a week working out throughout the year. I have been able to keep up this routine throughout my life and so I have not had to be tired and out of breath on the golf course even to this day.

In order to be able to walk the golf course, I found several tips that were able to help me be in shape even with a minimal amount of ongoing exercise. Here are a few golf tips for this:

1- Do a minimum of three times a week of good cardiovascular workout for 15 minutes each.

2- Practice using a weighted club as a regular routine for golf strength training.

3- Always walk the course whenever you can. Even if you have to use an electric cart on the course. Let the other person drive and just use the cart to hold the clubs and walk the course.

4- Walk in the shade of the trees when possible on hot summer days, but keep your shots in the middle of the fairway.

5- Do not allow yourself to become overweight. It will interfere with your best swing.

Remember these golf tips so you can be physically healthy and improve your golf score.

Stay in shape and walk the course, you will enjoy it more as the professionals do.

Putting generally consumes 50 percent of the strokes in a round which is about half of your golf score. Putting should therefore get more attention in practicing and preparing for play. Many top golfers therefore devote much of their practicing time to golf putting practice.

Putting grips

The putter may be gripped in many ways. The golf putting grip basically stabilizes the left wrist so that it does not get bent toward the hole during the follow through of the stroke. If you are struggling on the greens then changing putting grip could do wonders for you. Before you get started, you need to learn how to hold the putter correctly in your hands. Keep the putter flat and diagonally across the fleshy pads of the palm. You need to ensure the putter shaft runs in a straight line with your forearm almost as if it is an extension of your forearm. You can try any of these popular styles.

1. This golf putting grip is popularly known as the Traditional Overlap and is the most popular of our putting grips. Place your left hand to the putter grip and then just below rest your right hand around the putter grip. Connect both of your hands by lifting the index finger of your left hand and wrapping it over the fingers of the right.

2. The Two Fingers Down grip as the name suggest starts by covering both hands around the putter grip in a way that it rests in the palms. Then lift the index finger of the right hand and the left hand and place them so they point straight down the side of the putter grip.

3. The claw is the most unusual golf putting grip. This style of putting grip has saved many golfers trapped in putting crisis. Like the traditional way you should start by placing your left hand on the putter grip. Then place your right hand on top of your putter grip. Finally hook your hand in position by wrapping your right thumb around.

4. The left below right grip has been a popular choice in recent years. It is basically the reverse of traditional golf putting grip. This grip suggests placing your right hand at the top of the putter grip, and your left hand at the bottom. Link both hands by wrapping the index finger of the right hand across the fingers of the left hand.

5. The box grip is a very new style of golf putting grip that has come up in the last couple of years. Place both hands side by side, level with each other on the grip, so that the shoulders are level. Next place your left hand at the top of the grip with the index finger running down the side of the grip. Then put your right hand an inch below so that the hands together form a box shape.

For More information on putting, check out this collection of putting tips: Golf Putting Grips Technique