Flat ranges, tilted courses: the four uneven lies
A slope changes the club's effective loft and, sideways, its effective lie angle. That is not a swing fault and it cannot be beaten…
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Practice
Practice that transfers to the course. Course management, the short game, putting, and the handful of habits that take strokes off a card without rebuilding a swing.
Thick rough: how to get out without making the hole worse
The rough costs about six feet of proximity, which is nothing. The second hack costs a triple bogey, which is everything. How to read…
Short putts: the five-step routine that holds under pressure
The putt from five feet decides more rounds than any drive. A fixed five-step routine, a target smaller than the hole, and three drills…
Food, water and the back nine slump
Fatigue reaches your decisions before it reaches your swing, which is why the card falls apart at fifteen while the ball striking still feels…
Fairway bunkers: clear the lip, save the hole
From 150 yards in sand, the club is decided by the lip and not by the yardage. Almost all the improvement available here is…
Wedge distances: the three lengths you are missing
Three swing lengths across three wedges gives nine numbers between about 40 and 110 yards. You are not learning technique, you are learning how…
Find more fairways without changing your swing
Aim at the side the trouble is not on, play the shape you actually own, and stop reaching for driver by habit. Fairways hit…
Track five numbers and watch your handicap fall
Five numbers on the back of the card tell you within three rounds where your strokes actually go. It is almost never the driver,…
How to make a range session actually count
An hour beating drivers feels like practice and changes nothing. Warm up before you train, work one thought with one club, then finish by…