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By James E. Thomas

Each year golfers spend millions of dollars on golf training aids, trying to find the magical cure that will suddenly catapult them into the golfer they always wanted to be… generally abandoning their efforts two or three weeks later obtaining little or no positive results for their efforts. So what is the answer?

Being a fairly accomplished golfer myself, I have often said, “Invent a halfway sensible golf training aid, market it properly, and you will make millions. Golfers will buy anything if they believe it will help them play better.” This really is the truth. So what’s a golfer to do? What works and what doesn’t work? How do you know if you’re buying the right thing? These are valid questions and deserve valid answers.

What is the answer? Do these training aids work, or are you just wasting your money? Yes, most do work to some degree, but how well?

In trying to discover what works, one needs to look toward the Tour professionals and see what they are using. Tour pros know the game; they find out very quickly what works and what doesn’t.

So what are the training aids I see most often on Tour? They are:

• The Leaderboard Golf Trainer
• Opto-Smart Putting Laser Trainer
• and The Putting Arc

The Leaderboard is probably the number one training aid on tour, although you seldom see this at the course, it is quite common in the gym and at home. The Putting Arc is probably the number one putting aid followed close by the Putting Laser Trainer.

If you’re looking for golf training aids to help your game, and don’t want to waste time and money on items that just don’t work, take a look at what the Tour pros use. You won’t go wrong.

James E. Thomas is a golf professional currently working as a PGA Tour caddy. He has over 30 years experience in the golf industry. Visit his website, pga-golf-tour-caddy-guide.com.