Knowing about and understanding how to score is a learned progression of ‘Work Smart’ and becoming a good student. With decades of teaching, I know only a relatively limited number of students who undertake and attain golf proficiency. They are born athletes and students. Lucky them! I know the other side of the coin … going it alone! It is a path full of potholes!
The ‘Ability To Score’ is about ‘Compression and Line Of Compression’ … hitting the ball at a defined and pure target … on ‘Distance & Direction’ … ‘One Hop Stoppers’?
Golf is a thinking man’s game which can regularly morph into an obsession! You must ‘Calibrate Your Bag’. (see ‘CAD’ – Calibrated Average Distance) so as to know how far each golf club will move the ball. (see ‘Air Time and Ground Time’)
Next, one must add a solid ‘Pre-Shot Routine’ that determines the ‘Direction’.
Here is a ‘Powerful Process Hint’! Learn how to ‘Do The Math’. Work your numbers in advance of striking the balls. Your ‘Pitching Wedge Rule’ is a ‘King Pin Club’ activity. It shall be invaluable. Master the Soft, Medium and Firm Pitching Wedge. You will very likely accomplish a 15 Yard Wedge Split. Your #PW numbers might range from 90 to 105 yards. Very common performance. Get to know every wedge’s performance! You shall become ‘The Boss Of The Moss’ or ‘The Ruler O The Dance Floor’.
The point of this specific strategy is to come at every green and hole from ‘Your Medium Pitching Wedge Distance’ or all four Short Game Clubs. (see ‘PASL’) ‘A stands for ‘Approach’ It is also called the ‘Gap Wedge’) This writer looks upon his 7, 8 and 9 Irons as ‘Approach Clubs’. The 4, 5 and 6 are ‘Mid Irons and perform longer range Approach Tasking as well. Can you reliably hit your 4, 5 & 6 inside the 15 Foot Landing Circle? Tour Stuff!
With this ability, one can really start honing into the ‘5, 10 and 15 Foot Landing Circles’. This ability really makes your ‘Putter’ shine! Enjoy!
