Ever stood on the first tee and been drawn with someone who swings it like he's a step down on the eveolutionary chain, he hits a scabby runner off the tee whislt you happily rip it 100yds past him. Does this story end with him finishing six shots better than you?
The best players can get it round even when they're not swinging well, they know their strengths and weaknesses, accept them and play to them. The driving range ball striker doesn't, he attempts shots beyond him, he focuses on getting as close to hole as possible on every single shot from tee to fairway to around the green, as a result he wastes shots and frustrates hiimself.
When I play with a player who strikes it well and I see them always trying to hit with the club that will get them as close to the green as they can, even it the green is out of reach. I ask them "Why aren't you confident with your wedge?" The reason for this is that most golfers practice on a range hitting full shots and most of the time a full wedge is a comfortable shot that puts you at worst on the green. They don't normally spend as much time working on the closer shots (which is a whole new post to come!). Why not then just leave yourself a full wedge in, its probably going to be as close as, if not closer than a 30yd flick over a bunker. If you think that way then any problem tee shot only requires a second shot that gets you to 100yds, which takes out the number of times you'll need to hit that low rising 3 wood with a 30yd fade that you never practice but decide to try in the monthly medal!
This is just talking about shot choices when a long way from the whole, when it comes to short game, course management is as much as an issue as technique. That;s something I'll go into in a future blog.
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