Golf Tips??

I’ve been a golfer for quite some time and I’ve helped many of my friends who are just beginning. The one common mistake they all make (and me too when I’m careless) is swinging too hard. You really only want to swing, as a beginner, at maybe 50-60% of your max. The most important thing for a beginner is to be able to make solid contact and advance the ball. There is nothing worse than playing with someone who only moves the ball forward about 15 yards at a time (and this is mostly caused by? You guessed it, swinging too hard!)
Also, you need to know when enough is enough. If, for instance, you’re playing a par three, after six shots or so, you should probably just pick your ball up and move onto the next hole. I hate playing with people who are terrible and slow. I can live with terrible and on pace, but terrible and slow is no fun.
So remember, just relax, swing smooth with solid contact as your main goal and don’t try to be a hero, know when to throw in the towel on any given hole and be ready to move onto the next one.
2 quick, practical tips: on the full swing – imagine that, on the backswing, you are reaching back to shake somebody’s hand, once the club is parallel to the ground, take your arms straight up, i.e. don’t continue to go around your body, then, once you’ve gone back/up as high as you comfortably can, start with your arms/hands and come straight down, through the ball, not at it.
For sand shots – because of the design of your sand wedge (all sand wedges), you will want to aim your feet and body left (assuming you play right-handed) of your target with the face of the club remaining aiming at your target. Then, just use your normal swing but remember to hit the sand 2-3 inches behind your ball with a downward motion (that’s where the bounce on your sand wedge comes in handy, it won’t just dig in, it will slide under and lift your ball out).
I hope this helps and have fun! Attitude will be, ultimately, more important than how you play.