Slope and Course Rating: what the two numbers on your scorecard say about your round
A line that reads 71.8 / 134 says more about your round than the par at the bottom of the card. Here is what…
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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.
The golfer’s back: five minutes before, during and after a round that change the back nine
The lower back is where most weekend golfers feel eighteen holes. Five minutes placed at the right moments of the day, not a new…
Getting better without lessons: what actually works, and what just burns range balls
Some golfers improve for years without a coach, others hit a thousand balls a summer and shoot the same score. The difference is where…
High handicap, normal pace: how to shoot 105 without holding up the group behind you
Twenty-five extra strokes add only a few minutes to a round. What slows a high handicapper down is everything between the strokes: the second…
Lakes, desert and alligators: the penalty area options most golfers never use
Most golfers know one way out of a penalty area: a drop by the bank and an awkward half shot. The Rules offer four.…
Sprinkler heads, cart GPS and the scorecard: how to read a course map
A course map will not fix your swing. It stops you aiming a good swing at the one place on the hole that costs…
Muni range at first light: 20 minutes of practice before work
Twenty minutes is not a compromise. Short, spread out sessions are how motor skills stick, and forty balls with a plan beat two hundred…
Plains wind, lake breeze and the Gulf: three headwind mistakes
A headwind does not put extra spin on the ball. It raises the ball's airspeed, which is why the same spin produces more lift,…
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…