![]() So if you are interested in having a serviceable or functional long game get started by developing your full swing technique on an ongoing basis: first in terms of the quality of the contact that you make with the ball, then in terms of directionalĬontrol. Now, when you consider how things will start to shape up when you add the superior short game (putting in particular) that you'll have been developing after my last article to the serviceable long game and improved decision-making ability you'll beĬonsciously working on after this article you might have something to get excited about, like lower average scores, right? Yes, I know it is a long term project but how else could it possibly happen? ** Developing in this area is the result of time and experience (making mistakes, having successes, reading, observing the actions of better players, etc.). In addition to developing your technique you'll also need to develop your decision-making ability (decreasing the number of strokes you cost yourself with bonehead choices: e.g., " I know I could haveĬleared that water had I just hit my 3 wood perfectly."). The improvement of your technique does not happen overnight it happens as the result of getting input (lessons, reading, etc.) and experience (practicing and playing). ![]() ![]() Improving your mechanical fundamentals will improve the quality of ball contact, distance control and directional control. Of course, your mechanical fundamentals need to be as good as possible in order to minimize your number of unacceptable misses. It has nothing to do with adequate execution or a good shot. That is absurd good luck, though probably fun. It goes in the hole for an ace that is not a good shot. E.g., if you skull your tee shot on a par 3 and ![]() Let's define good shots as shots that, at your present skill level, seem to you to be well-executed and approximately what you had intended or envisioned (not lucky results). To hit another approach shot that will cost you another shot in most cases, and if you hit the ball into somebody's backyard that will certainly cost you one or more, etc. For example, if you hit an approach shot so fat that you still have Let's define unacceptable misses as shots that cost you at least one additional shot, resulting from execution error (not bad shots that result from decision error or mental error). increase your percentage of "good shots".minimize the number and effect of your "unacceptable misses".Or aspire to be, a touring professional can we agree that, given the amount of time that you have (or are willing) to practice *, it is unlikely that you will achieve those kinds of results from teeĪcknowledging the amount of time that most golfers have to develop their games I think that the following are a couple of reasonable full swing pursuits on the road to improvement. As a group, touring professionals hit an average of approximately 12 greens in regulation in every 18 holes. For the huge majority of golfers that brings us to what you could call having a "serviceable" or "functional" long game.Īs we did in the last article, let's consider what the best players in the world are capable of, in terms of full swings. ![]() Some degree of accuracy and repetitiveness. But, obviously, in order to play decent golf you certainly have to be able to move the ball longer distances with your full swing with My last article focused on the importance of putting and the short game in achieving lower scores. ![]()
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