What is the easiest shot in golf that all beginners can properly execute? It is the near shot. As the distance between the cup and the ball becomes greater, the tougher it is to make a shot.
          Beginning with this idea in mind, you will see that when honing your golf skills it makes sense to start with smaller swings, then build up to the full swing. This is the reason why a person just learning the sport wil learns and teaches the body the correct motions in developing an accurate and powerful swing by starting with the short swing.
          Trying to learn the full swing first makes it much ore difficult to learn the correct muscle coordination that the full swing requires.
          Learning to hit for distance and then accuracy is potting the cart before the horse. It works the other way around. Ultimately, accuracy will create distance.