Please help me to break 100, possibily 90

[RidetoGolf]

I am still stuck in my low 100 after 1.5 season. Any tips for me other than practice more on putting?

[Focker Singh]

Low 100's after 1.5 season's isn't bad. I think if you keep on playing regularly, you'll start finding trends about your game. I know when I started playing it was my chipping and putting that cost me the most strokes. I've practiced enough now to chip pretty consistantly but like you, I can always improve on my putting.
I've read many articles on putting and some drills work, some don't. One I found pretty good was to practice listening to the contact of your putter with the ball. Close your eyes, and putt from 2-3 feet. Listen to your contact sound and listen to the ball dropping in the cup. You should notice a consistant sound once you start hitting it on the sweet spot of your putter.
Another drill is to learn how to push the ball and guide your putter towards your target. Put a line of balls down and just push the ball to the hole. You'll notice you'll be finishing off with your putter guiding the ball. Do that and I hope it helps you out.
BTW, during the winter months, do these drills in your home on your carpet!! Sounds dumb but it helps!

[malarky]

I am still stuck in my low 100 after 1.5 season. Any tips for me other than practice more on putting? Besides your score, need to hear more about problem area.

- how are your swing fundamentals?
- do you make solid contact for every shot?
- what is your predominant ball flight? how predominant is it? i
- can you hit consistent distances with your clubs?
- do you get the ball in play off the tee?
- to shoot 100, you're basically shooting 30 over par. what area of you game do you think you are losing more than 30 shots per round?
- etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, .....

You get the idea. It's very difficult to give anyone instruction without seeing you play, and there certainly is no formula one follows to break 100, 90, etc. If there was it'd be too easy and nobody would play this freaking game.

The only advise I would ever give for anyone that shoots over 100, even 90 is to take a series of lessons with a teaching pro. It's the only thing you should be doing. Dump the books and magazines at this point. Unless you are gifted athletically, have strong hand-eye coordination, and a good physical sense of self (i.e. you know what you exactly look like when you swing vs. you know what you think you look like), they can be damaging. Trust me, been there done that. If I'd taken regular coaching from day one, I'd be a much better golfer today.

As a side note, this is only my own thinking on golf, and I don't want anyone to think this is some formula, but I break my game into these x areas:
- driving (can i get in the playing field)
- iron consistency (reliability in shot shape, distance, accuracy is more important than what he shot shape is, how far you hit the ball, or how accurate ... get it?)
- feel (being able to judge distance and shot required anything 120 yards in except putts)
- putting
- mental (if i could have real focus for 18 holes i'd knock 5 strokes off my game)

I know that at any given time, I'll need to work hard at any one or more these areas.

[BdaGolfer]

Four simple keys to good golf:

- Always get the fundamentals right (back to basics)
- Practise the short game (up & downs are huge at your level)
- Find your tempo/rhythm and use it always (different club, same swing)
- Play with your head, not your emotion (lay up, pitch out, fat of the green)

To break 100 you need no more than 9 bogeys & 9 doubles. Bogey the 3's and 5's and you're almost there :)

Alan

[mikejb]

My first thought...stop listening to all of us right now. :hush:

Then stop listen to me:hush: .

Okay you have failed the above mentioned ideas so here goes.

First move your pride and your purse forward a tee, (god I wish I had done this years ago).

If you are playing to 100 from the second last tee block...what are you doing there after a year and a half?:help:

If you are not able to "hit" the par 5's in 3 and the Par 3's in 1 then you have issues to be looked after. I placed "hit" as such to mark the in hability of the player to achivie par on a home course for strokes. fyi

I beleive playing from a forward tee position is a valulable assest both for any current golfer and also an golfer looking for the next step in the round.

The best golf management tip I have read is as follows. 1 Ball, 1 round loser walks. Guess who often wins?

Golf is won and lost on par 3's. How are you playing today?

[countclub]

hey ridetogolf; maybe just maybe, its not your swing or timing or tempo,maybe its your couse "management" ,what are your strengths ,find this out and play to them,until you get better with the other shots that are messing with your game/mind/temper or whatever else gets under your skin so to speak, good luck and don't give up its just a game.......

[laxgolf]

I am still stuck in my low 100 after 1.5 season. Any tips for me other than practice more on putting?Well, I was going to tell you to hit the putting green but you don't want to hear that. Take lessons. It'll take you 6 months of diligent range time to figure out something that an instructor can point out in 5 minutes. Change tee boxes and use a fairway wood off the tee. I'm spent. If all else fails buy new clubs. :D At least you'll feel better.

[962B]

CHEAT.

[Rocknronny]

CHEAT.No room for cheaters in this game...:nono:

[Grass Roots Tour]

No room for cheaters in this game...:nono:

Amen brother.

I was just gonna add, "whatever you do, play by ALL the rules to they're full extent or you'll never know if and when you actually improve."

[247golfing]

I agree to have lessons, practice on putting.

Know your strength and weakness.

Sometimes playing for a bogey isn't a bad idea. If on average you can score bogey for half of the holes and double bogey for the other half, you already break 100. One step at a time ... don't think of breaking 90 before you can break 100 consistently (and NO CHEAT :nono: ).

If you feel more confident to hit 3 solid iron shots onto or near the green then do it and keep your driver and metal woods in the bag ... although it is not always easy to resist the temptation :$

And don't forget the mental part of the game.

Knowing when to take risk and when to be conservative.

Mentally always try to think ahead. The big slice OB or the 4 putts from the previous hole was already history. You cannot do anything to change that so don't let it affect your decision making for the upcoming shots (but I have to admit that sometimes these things are easier said than done)

[Andru]

I don't think cheating is an option. If you do then you didn't really break 100.

Start from the green and work back to the tee. It's that simple everything you learn can be transfered to the next skill. Example.

Good chipping will lead to solid club to ball contact which will help your pitching from 30-80 yards. Good pitching will help you full swing ball contact. If you can't hit 10 chip shots clean in a row. You have no chance with the full swing. When I say clean I mean clean. Here's a good measuring stick.

If you draw a 1 foot diameter circle on the green 10-15 yards away. Can you land 10 balls inside that circle out of 10? When you can do 10 move up to 30 yards and make the circle. 18 inches in diameter. And so on ans so on. If you can hit a 20 foot circle from 100 yards 10 out of 10. That's where you want to be. That's pro stuff.

This is the way to do it. You'll break 90 before the year is over if you commit yourself to a structured practice schedule. I know I sound like an infomercial "Here's my 30-30 gurantee"! no it's just working harder and smarter.