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This month I am going to explain Golf Club Fitting. This is a process that is vitally important for every golfer from the complete beginner to the top professionals.

Fact: If the golf clubs aren't correct for the individual then it can produce a bad shot even with a perfect swing. The most expensive clubs are the ones that don't suit, regardless of price.

The Short Game is the least practised and the most important of all golf shots. The quickest way to improve your results is regular and quality practise on the shots around the green. For some reason most people are more interested in gaining 10 metres on their drive or fairway woods instead of trying to decrease the number of shots they take from 50 metres out from the hole.

This month I am going to talk about something the majority of club golfers never do or never do properly and that is warming up before a round. It never ceases to amaze me how many golfers simply have a couple of putts and then stroll on down to the first tee and wonder why the first tee shot goes straight left and why they have niggling injuries after golf. A lot of people come to golf from tennis and I would almost guarantee that very few tennis players would start a tennis match without a warm up. Then why do it with golf?

This month I want you all to go out and play 9 holes with just 4 clubs, including your putter. You can choose whichever clubs you like, but for those trying this for the first time, I would recommend a driver, a mid iron, a wedge and a putter. You're going to play all 9 holes with just those four clubs. It will teach you to be more creative and you will learn how to manufacture shots.

What is course management? It's all about making smart decisions as you work your way around the course, whether it is picking the right club for a certain shot, or picking a safe target away from trouble. Of course level of skill has got a lot do with having a good score but thinking correctly can help enormously in achieving better results. If all things are equal the player with the better course management skills will almost always be the one to prevail.