Ludvig shares some great advice

Golf Digest

OK, so imagine this:

You get to go back in time and have a conversation with your former self. You’re not there to share stock tips, though. You’re there to give them some advice to help them become a better golfer.

The catch is you only get a short amount of time, 60 seconds let’s call it, to help them shortcut their way to better golf.

What would you tell them?

That’s the scenario I’ve been putting to a handful of pros recently, including Ludvig Aberg, who shared a couple small tips that junior golfers (and their parents) should take to heart.

The first one really resonated with me: That when you’re playing badly, don’t retreat to the range. Play your way through it. I was such a range rat as a junior golfer. I wish somebody forced me to grind out good scores without my best stuff.

You can find the other one in the article below ...

One of golf's best players has some good advice for junior golfers

I asked Ludvig what he’s do differently as a junior golfer–here’s what he said

By Luke Kerr-Dineen

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

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The pre-round strategy that won the U.S. Am. The goal of warming up is simple. It's to, quite literally, warm up. A lot of golfers forget that. They get on the range and start searching, aimlessly. They attach too much importance to what's happening in the moment, and forget what the goal of warming up actually is. Jack Whaley didn't make that mistake, and it helped him at the U.S. Amateur because of it.

A quirky pre-shot rehearsal. It doesn’t matter what your practice swings look like. In fact, they should look weird. Why? Because practice swings are there to help you ingrain a swing feel, without you having to think too much about it. U.S. Amateur semi-finalist Carter Loflin does this by making his practice swing with a split-handed grip. This prevents him from getting his wrist too bowed and the club too across at the top of the backswing.