Five rules amateurs get wrong, and what they cost
Five rules cover most of the confusion in amateur golf, and in four of them the rules are more generous than golfers assume. Knowing…
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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.
Reading greens: the method, not the mystique
Read the last third of the putt first, decide the speed before the line, and roll the ball over a spot two feet away.…
The twenty-minute warm-up that saves the first three holes
Twenty minutes before the round is worth about a stroke over the first three holes. Movement first, short swings before long ones, and ten…
Bunker play: the technique that actually works
A greenside bunker is a normal swing with three setup changes, and the only shot in golf where you never touch the ball. Deceleration,…
Course management: five shots you can save without changing your swing
Most amateurs give away four to six shots a round before they take the club back. Center of the green, the number you actually…
Handicaps explained: GHIN, the World Handicap System and your first index
Your Index is the best eight of your last twenty differentials, which is nearer your potential than your average. Post everything, including the bad…
How to break 90: the practical eight-week plan
Eighteen bogeys is 90, and nothing in that requires a good shot in the conventional sense. It requires the absence of disasters, which is…