Breaking 90s

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Playing some of my best golf, which makes me think: how the hell would one get even better?!

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I started keeping track of everything.. Fairways & Greens in Regulation along with # of putts ... Also i had to come to terms with something in the bag is going to let me down.. If it's driver use 7w .. Long irons hit softer shots with hybrid and so on an so forth.. It's all about minimizing damage..

Hell this weekend I played 3 rounds.. Fri,Sat & Sun.. Struggled to get off the tee on Friday made a switch to my 7w had to play longer shots and I still managed an 82 .. Sat the driver decided it was ok for me to hit and I ended up with a 79.. Sunday back to not hitting driver worth a shite but I adjusted and shot an 84.. Putting was failing me Sun.. Hit several greens and Reg and had several 3 putts... issue was I played Pelican Point Fri & Saturday in the afternoon when it was hot and dry.. Sunday Morning round was Greystone @ 7:15 so completely different conditions and greens...

Biggest thing is definitely keeping doubles and triples off the card.. and trying not to 3 putt on multiple holes.. Most aggravating thing for me was I was putting for birdie on the first 3 holes at Greystone Sunday morning and 3 putting each one..

most of my work now is Short game and shots 150 yards and in and trying to hit targets..

I also adding different shots with various clubs around the green.. 3 most used clubs are my 9i , 54 & 60( and this club is a very specific shot or sand)

Just takes some work and focus... and you'll get there.. So keep up the good work

#1 keep ball in play. Don’t take drops

#2 don’t 3 putt

#3 be able to chip well enough when you’re right around the green for a realistic opportunity to make the putt.

Learn to not swing all out when you’re 150yards and in. Get good at taking a bigger club and punching it up on the green or a 60% swing. Lot more accuracy and less chance of chunking or blading a ball.

I do agree with driving distance and accuracy more than short game.

Having a 180 approach shot or even worse, a 180 approach shot after taking a drop is a lot worse than just have a 135 shot into the green. The latter will score better every time.

Learn to drive it long and keep it in play. The drive for show concept is complete idiocracy.

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Most aggravating thing for me was I was putting for birdie on the first 3 holes at Greystone Sunday morning and 3 putting each one..

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My brother calls this birdies to bogey in 3 easy steps.

Anyone who doesn't believe driver is the most impactful club in the bag just doesn't understand math.

Make more putts, make less doubles

I think thats kind of the OPs point. You can be average off the tee in length and accuracy and get to a 15 HC.

You won't get to a 5 being average off the tee no matter how good your short game is. Is there an exception to that, I'm sure, but the evidence is there, to be a low single digit (and stay there) you have to be better than average off the tee in length more than accuracy.

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If you are going to work on your game to find a go-to tee club, you should just work on your driver.

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This is the one that baffles me the most.


For all the people who say that driver is too erratic and that they have a better time putting the driver away, why don't they just take lessons and practice driver to the point that it's reliable enough to hit every time the hole warrants it?

Normalize grinding driver until it's a weapon.

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Normalize grinding driver until it's a weapon.

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Too hot for that shite right now, but I agree.

I’m currently scoring much better when I avoid driver. It needs a lot of work.