Golfing board: dropping from mid 80s to sub 80s?

Putting, putting, putting


That or just play 3 less holes

ETA: also avoid the big number on the score card. Look for safe bail outs and if you're in trouble just play the safe play no matter what

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hit my mid irons good enough

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Irons and putting. drive for show, putt for dough

I putt decent, not great but how do you practice putting when all courses could have different greens speed or breaks?

Scoring happens from 100 yards and in. Wedge play, chipping and putting are all ways to improve scoring. I know plenty of guys who can rip it off the tee and have average iron play but they can't make putts and if they miss the green they're making bogey or worse.

As everyone else said. Short game, short game, short game.

Of course short game and putting are the stroke savers but ask yourself this;

How often am I past the pin or over the green on my approach shot and how often an I short of the green?


If you are like 95% off the people I've played golf with and watched you are not only short of the pin you are short of the green. The reason most people come up short they get yardage to the pin and select the club they hit that distance when the hit it PERFECTLY.

Experiment with selecting a club that we'll get you to the back of the green and see how that works.

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I putt decent

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There's your answer. You don't have to be great, but decent putters don't consistently break 80.

What everyone is saying is correct. But I'll add that when I was playing a lot I tracked my shots on the course. Below my score, I had a line each for: Fairway, GIR, # putts, etc. Then if I missed a fairway, I'd add a note for "bunker, OB, etc.". Once you start tracking those wasted shots, you'll quickly recognize a trend for where those shots are being wasted.

Then its a matter of analyzing the data. Maybe it is the "one blow-up hole" that you can avoid by taking a 3w off the tee instead of a driver on a tight, but short, hole. Maybe it really is your putting. Either way you'll find out pretty quickly.

Chipping and putting. Keeping left foot planted helps big time off the tee and hitting greens.

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So much misinformation in this thread. Sure pros are better in that area, because they are better everywhere. But where pros really excel versus the average golfer is from 150-225. If you have ever played with pros or semi pros, it is crazy how good they are.

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I think that Mark Broadie said that the strokes gained stats indicate that the biggest difference between a tour player and an amateur is from 150 in. I have a 10 handicap and if I hit the green with a wedge I'm pretty happy. Tour pros drop it inside 10-15 feet on the reg. And then make the putt.

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For the OP, this is the best answer in the thread, find out weak spots in your particular game and get better. Its not a difficult equation.

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Thank you.