Tips for breaking 90?

Get really good from 100 yards and in.

No penalty strokes off the tee. Use a 7 iron if you have to.

Practice lag putting.

Eliminate or at least reduce the blowup holes; when you hit a poor drive, don't try to hit a miraculous shot. Play for bogey with a chance at par instead of trying a low percentage shot you are not likely to make.

Eliminate 3 putts; work on lag putts and work on the 3 footers.

Aim for the middle of the green, not necessarily at the pin, depending on pin placement.

Once you break 90 for the first time, you'll likely break 90 often.

If your course is a par 72, use bogey on each hole as your par. If you shoot even bogey, you shot 90. If you make a par (or, better yet, a birdie), you now have wiggle room. Try to stay under a bogey/par. Most high handicap golfers are trying to make a par on each hole, which is not realistic when you are just trying to break 90.

Try to avoid double bogeys. Learn to chip or punch you way out of trouble. Don't try the impossible recovery shot from a bad drive. Just get back in play. Learn to hit a good punch shot under trees with a 5, 6 or 7 iron. Most high handicap golfers never practice punch shots on the driving range. You need to be able to hit a low screaming hooking 5 - 7 iron from the back of your stance to help your recovery shot making. If I hit a bad 200 yard drive left or right, I can normally hit a low punch shot around most any tree, into the fairway about 150 - 200 yards. On a 400 yard par 4, that typically leaves me 25 - 75 yards out for my 3rd shot and I am confident that the worst I will make is a bogey. If I hit a good 3rd shot, I have a chance at a par (which is 1 under bogey for you).

With bogey as your par, you only have to hit the green in 3 shots on a par 4, then 2 putt. That is called a bogey/par. If you can chip and putt, you have a better chance at a 1 putt, which is a par and 1 under bogey.

If is more fun to say that you are 3 under bogey, 1 under bogey or even bogey. If you shoot under bogey, you break 90.

Track your fairways hit, greens hit (in regulation or in 3 shots), your chips and your putts. I have an scoring/yardage app on my iPhone that does that for me. See where you are deficient and practice those shots on the driving range. I only hit about 5- 7 greens in regulation per round, but i average 28 - 29 putts per round. If I have 26 - 28 putts, I will probably shoot 75 - 80. If I have more than 30 putts, I am probably shooting 82 - 85. My goal is to break 80 each round. My handicap is 9 - 10.

I've been playing golf for over 54 years and I am much worse than I was 35 years ago when my handicap was 4 - 7. I don't chip well, but I do putt well. I am horrible out of the sand, so my goal if I hit into a greenside bunker, just get it out and try to 2 putt and go to the next hole.

Good luck and I hope this helps.

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Game or u don’t. It’s imperative

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WacoTiger

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You just described my game.

What's the weakest part of your game?

Generally breaking 90 comes down to eliminating big scores like doubles and triples, sprinkle in a couple pars, and being able to reasonably advance the ball every stroke.

If you find yourself under a tree, or in a bad spot, just punch out. Don't make the recovery shot the best shot of the hole. Put yourself in a position that a good approach or a good putt is the highlight. Much more likely to happen than a miracle through the trees or some big slinger around trouble.

I work with a lot of guys that shoot in the 90's. At first, I don't help them with anything other than alignment, ball position, and making a good circle with their swing once they have the first 2 corrected. I can generally knock 8 to 10 shots off of their score with these basics.

Most, if not all, high handicap golfers point too far to the right. Get someone to check your feet, your hips, and your shoulders and see where you are lined up.

You want to hit up on drivers and down on irons. In general place the ball in line with your left heel on the driver and near the middle of your stance on irons. Keep it that simple to start.

Once you have these set, just make a good circle with your swing. Best way to learn this is rolling up a towel and use that as your club. Swing all the way back and let the towel hit your left shoulder. Now swing all the way through and let the towel hit your right shoulder and keep doing that back and forth 10 times. Take a 2 minute break and repeat 10 more times. Do that one more time and switch to a golf club and try to repeat that motion. Just tell yourself "left shoulder" on the way back and "right shoulder" on the way through. You won't hit your shoulder because the club is stiff, but you should be very close to the proper plane when you swing.

The big thing for me is for 90+ guys to eliminate death moves and stop over-thinking.

If you care about score more than having fun, you can take woods, hybrids, and irons and bogey 17/18 holes on a par 72 and get your wish.

I always choose the method of bombing it as far as I can, playing like the pros and expecting to lose 5 or more balls a round I'm not playing for money though.