Matt Jones, the winner of this years Australian Open Golf Tournament, is a good example of the hard work needed in golf well, if you want to be a good player.

Young people especially, but not exclusively, there are great opportunities if you love the game of golf.  Like Matt Jones, set up a practice net in your own backyard or garage.  (Global Golf Products is one place where you can find a range of these products) Matt Jones used to hit balls in his garage for around 2 hours every evening.  But, no matter how many balls you hit at home, you also need to spend time on the driving range.  At a driving range, you can see much more clearly the shape and trajectory of your shots.

The Latrobe Valley golf driving range has distance markers and a car that you can aim at a news for visualisation to develop your accuracy.