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Tom's Featured Tip: GIR Scoring Strategy
For simplicity, all advice on actual swings or drills is provided from a right handed perspective.
A book that I recommend to anyone that's willing to practice at their game is The Practice Manual by Andrew Young.
Here's a strategy that I learned from him that will definitely help you lower your scores, it's simply
HIT MORE GREENS (GIR) IN REGULATION
I'm not talking technique here - but improving your swing technique is absolutely another way to hit more GIR.
I'm talking strategy for amateur golfers.
Amateurs Miss Too Many Greens in Regulation.
Amateurs average approach shots that fall short of the green over 90% of the time, and that correlates directly with your handicap.
There's even a rough formula to prove that - the number 95 minus (GIRx2) should be a good indication of your score.
So, if you hit two more greens per round, your score should be 4 shots lower.
Here's how you can score better just by using a simple strategy, even with your current skill level.
Forget the pin, and choose a club that will get you to the back of the green!
From the back of the green, you will average 2.2 shots to get the ball in the hole, from short of the green the average is 2.8 shots. That's a .6 per green difference in strokes where you're short of the green as opposed to on the back of the green.
You save .6 shots just by hitting the green.
On average, out of 10 approach shots, an amateur will most likely
- Hit 1 shot sweet (10%) for a decent birdie chance.
- Hit the green with a good to average shot 3 times (30%) with a good chance at par.
- Miss short of the green with an average to poor strike with 3 shots (30%) and maybe get up and down occasionally. (The up and down rate for the average amateur is 20%.)
- And hit really poor shots 3 times (30%) that will cost at least a full shot on their score.
Multiplied by 18 holes (18 x .2) that's 3.6 shots saved per round. Realistically, that's not going to happen on every hole, but the potential for improvement is real and significant.
If you are a very advanced amateur (low single digit handicap) and know your club distances like the back of your hand, I would still recommend this margin for error strategy for pin placements on the front of the green, but perhaps not for center of the green pins.
If you are a average player with a higher than single digit handicap, this strategy will pay dividends.
Try it the next time you play, you'll like it - GUARANTEED!
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Love your practice, own your swing, own your health,
Tom
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Tom's Bonus Tip: Transition - Mental
For simplicity, all advice on actual swings or drills is provided from a right handed perspective.
When we use the word transition with regard to the golf swing, most people think of the transition from backswing to downswing.
There's also a mental game transition - the passage of the time of between shots.
Making this important transition properly means letting go of the past, but not thinking too far ahead into the future.
Stay in the present, the past is history and the future is a mystery.
Try it, you'll like it!
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Love your practice, own your swing, own your health,
Tom
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