Shooting 90
March 30th, 2008
Statistics show that most golfers rarely break 100 on an 18 hole course, so to shoot a round of 90 would make many golfers happy.
A lot of times, we don’t do this simply due to a lack of planning. Did you ever realize that, if we should bogey every single hole on the course, we will still shoot 90?
So, let’s think about this fact for a minute.
Let’s assume that we’re at the course and our first hole is a 550 yard par five with water on the right and trees on the left. This fairway is also a dog leg left, starting at 270 yards. To make matters worse, there are bunkers on both sides as we near the green.
But, since we only want to bogey this hole, what is our strategy?
First of all, let’s assume that we always two putt every green. Since we are starting with six shots (for bogey), that leaves a total of 4 strokes to reach this green - 550 yards to cover with 4 shots . Wow! That’s only an average of only 137.5 yards needed for each shot!
So, let’s put our driver back in the bag! Instead we’ll use our 140 -150 yard club for every shot. If we should hit one fat, we’re still in good shape - and we may lay close enough to the green on our forth shot to take the bunkers out of play.
Also, with this club, we will probably stay out of trouble - less room for error, so to speak.
If you normally shoot 100 or more, try thinking this way on every hole. I’ll bet you’ll drop several strokes off of your average.
But, remember, this may be hard to do. It is difficult to leave our “Macho” behind, especially when we’re being kidded about it. But, when you collect the money at the end of the round, guess who’ll be smiling then.
(I’ve actually used this type of planning myself when I was facing a difficult hole.)
Happy Golfing,
Bob
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