Key ways to get more out of your golf game
4/7/2025
Key ways for you to get more out of your golf game
By doing, paying attention to these:
If you really want to reach your highest level of skill and lower your scores
Your tee shot and irons define your scores. Integrate your trained skills with your driver and irons: whilst your wedges and putter enhance your scoring ability (though they do really matter)
2/3 of your golf game is going to be determined by your driver and irons, then the remaining third will be your wedges and putter.
Your lowest handicap will not come from making birdies, it’s going to come from fewer double bogies and triples.
You’re going to see that the better golfers make fewer double bogeys not make more birdies. Give yourself permission to hit a poor shot: accept that you are going to make mistakes. Golf is 50/50 Accept it and move on!
Accept Mistakes. You can get past a few poor swings, the more progress you’re going to see in your game if you pay attention to your attitude and goals for that day.
Embrace the concept of playing “gritty” golf. The definition of grit is perseverance and passion for long-term goals. Rather than white knuckling it through your rounds, keep your awareness on your shot process. Your long-term goals, commit to choosing wise shots to smart targets.
Good useful habits would include on the course having a routine for a shot, committing to having fun and even be grateful to play. You improve your habits by deliberate practice over time. So, when you’re setting goals, don’t just think about your scoring, think about the small habits that are going to get you there, I refer to them as “distinctive separators” within your golf skills, the systems that become reliable particularly will reflect your strategy out on golf holes. In a nutshell advance the ball as far as possible off the tee. Play away from trouble.
Strategy/game planning your holes/rounds: This is in the top 3 needed skills (as a “measure of “skill’s potential to affect your score”). it’s called “separation value.”
Another skill that ranks highly in helping you lower your score is green reading and calibrated putting pace on the greens. Keep it simple.
Be analytical - Keep helpful statistics. Review a round, take notes becoming a more analytical golfer, pay attention to statistical patterns. What are your weaker skills when you play golf?
Club-face control is quite simple where are you striking the golf ball on the club face and can you control the club face direction into and out of the strike. Where did I strike it on the face, where did it end up, is the ball to the right or left on my target line. All the answers are lying in these two variables when you’re stuck with pretty much any problem. Then, attempt to do the exact opposite.
Practice the opposite of your struggle.
If you’re serious about your golf game, you must take care of your body.
Work on your mobility and your golf strength.
Put on mobility for lotta golfers their hips are way too tight get stronger lifting weights is good for you so many golfers are led to believe that weight training is not a good idea but I can guarantee you if you do three full body workouts for about 20 to 30 minutes a week to get more control of your body swing faster and reduce injuries and I love explosiveness train like working with The Stack, Speed sticks, The Rypstik especially on shoulder, off season training.
Keep things simple, obsess over simplicity. You don’t need more shots you need less you don’t need five SWING thoughts you need one and most any chance to dumb down this game take it.
Switch up your practice Be aware of what inner and physical process you are applying simply. Vary the club, type of shot, change target and go through a total reset between each golf shot. Challenge yourself with various golf training challenges. Gamify your practice.
More importantly you must have clear intent on each shot
Stop it with the swing tips - frequently your feed or buddies do not have the information that is going to get you to play better golf.
Wedge play: get the ball on to the green.
Wedge play is not about hitting it to 5 feet every time. Discover, trust and apply your technique then focus that allows you to do that and just stick with it. Proven statistically for majority of golfers, having one repeatable shot that you’re confident you can get on the green and 2 putt is absolutely going to make huge gains in your enjoyment and taking less shots like for you. Golf is mainly a game of proximity and mistake avoidance
If you are out of play, in trees, in a challenging location “take your medicine”
Tour players make bogey 80% time in a recovery situation.
Get the ball back to safety and into play first. do this and make bogey most of the time and limit doubles and triples I guarantee you your scores are going to drop significantly.
- Know your stock Carry yardages.
- With every club in your bag.
- Become a better golf course manager.
- Plan out your tee shots
- Create a game plan, so when you get out on golf holes you are freer, convicted, into and out of each swing.
- Prioritize fun over everything else when you go out and play golf.
This will be different for each of you playing, learn what “having fun” feels like for you.