Food, water and finishing the back nine
Concentration fades before the swing does, and cold weather hides how much you are losing. Drink from the first tee.
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Practice
Practice that transfers to the course. Course management, the short game, putting, wind play, and the habits that take strokes off a card without rebuilding a swing.
Fairway bunkers: the lip decides the club
One more club, three-quarter swing, feet barely dug in. And under a revetted face, sideways is the shot.
Wedge numbers: the three lengths you are missing
Nine o'clock, half past ten, full. Three wedges by three swing lengths gives nine numbers you almost certainly do not have.
Find more fairways: aim, club, and the wind
Aim at the edge your miss moves away from, take the club you control, and swing at eight tenths. On a links the wind…
Five numbers to write on the back of the card
Fairways, greens, three-putts, up-and-downs and penalties. Three rounds of counting find the right thing to practise.
Make your range session count: one hour that works
Warm up before you train, work on one thing, finish with nine imaginary holes. Sixty balls, one hour, real practice.
Lag putting: how to stop three-putting
Three-putts are about pace. Aim at a corridor past the hole, ladder the distances before you tee off, and read slope with your feet.
Chipping: the three shots that cover every lie
A low runner, a standard pitch and a high soft shot. On firm links turf the choice is in the ground, not in the…
Pace of play: four hours on a busy British course
Ready golf, the provisional ball, the bag on the right side of the green and tee intervals: four hours without hurrying.