How to play in under four hours without rushing a shot
Be ready when it is your turn, one practice swing, provisional when in doubt, and play the tees that match your distance.
Section
Practice
Five rules amateurs get wrong, and what they cost
Penalty areas, provisionals, unplayable lies, free relief and the flagstick: the rulings that come up every round.
Reading greens: the method, not the mystique
Read the last third first, find the general slope, decide speed before break, and roll the ball over a spot two feet away.
The twenty-minute warm-up that saves the first three holes
Move before you swing, start short, find today's ball flight, and spend ten minutes on long putts rather than on the driver.
Bunker play: the technique that actually works
Open the face before you grip, enter two inches behind the ball, and keep accelerating. Plus fairway bunkers and buried lies.
Course management: five shots you can save without changing your swing
Play your real distances, aim at the middle, plan three shots when three is what the hole needs, and take your medicine from trouble.
Handicaps explained: GHIN, the World Handicap System and your first index
How to get an index without a club membership, why you should post every round, and what a Course Handicap actually changes.
How to break 90: the practical eight-week plan
Penalty strokes, three-putts and shots inside 50 yards: the three numbers that decide whether you shoot 92 or 88.