Improve Your Golf
Every golfer wants to improve their golf – even the best golf professionals in the world. Improving golf is one of the most fascinating things about the game, and ironically probably one of the most annoying as well!
But how do you improve your golf, and what is the definition of improving your golf?
Improve Golf By Improving Your Putting
Is improving your golf about:-
- Driving the ball further?
- Hitting the ball straighter?
- Getting out of the bunker first shot every time?
- Recovering from the rough?
There are many ways to improve your golf, but the one thing every golfer wants to do to improve their golf is
HIT LOWER GOLF SCORES and IMPROVE THEIR HANDICAP
To do this you need to analyse your game to spot your weak spots. There are lots of ways to do this, but here are some really useful ones:-
- How many fairways are you hitting?
- When you chip or pitch, how often do you get the ball within 8 feet of the hole?
- How many putts are you taking on each green and in total?
- What percentage of shots are you hitting from within 100 yards?
- How many greens are you hitting in ‘regulation’?
I.e. If you hit the green on a par 3 with your tee shot, that is hitting a green in regulation. For a par 4 you need to hit the green in two shots to count it as hitting the green in regulation.
*** Make sure you take your handicap into account when calculating this! *** - Once inside 30-40 yards, how many shots (including putts) do you take to hole the ball?
What the vast majority of golfers find is that by far the highest percentage of shots is hit from within 100 yards, and certainly for beginners and higher handicappers.
And now think about how much time you spend working on this part of your game?
If you really want to improve your golf you need to work on your weak spots. Hitting the ball another 10 or 20 yards isn’t really going to improve your golf if you are then going to keep taking another three, four or more shots to get the ball into the hole!
If you find that your putting is the weakest part of your game (and MANY amateurs do), you’ve come to the right site. It might not look as impressive as blasting a 300 yard drive down the fairway, but what counts is your score, not how far you hit it!
So start improving your golf by improving your putting game!
