Golf Tips on Game Management
8 Game management; your choice of every shot on the course must be aligned to your ability to perform it given the pressure you are under at the time. read more...
10 The more you fight the wind, the harder it seems to blow. Learning how to hit longs clubs with quiet swings can help turn gales into breezes. read more...
21 When teaching new players I always tell them that in the early lessons I am simply teaching them to swing the golf club; not how to hit a golf ball. read more...
26 It is not how good your good shot is it’s how good your bad shot is. Every player should aim to develop a good quality bad shot. Perfectionists do have a problem with this. read more...
27 The best shot you can ever hit on the range is a good shot. The same shot hit on the course when you need a four to win club championship is immediately elevated to the status of a Great shot. read more...
28 Here is a strong message for younger players coming into the game. You must decide and set the level you want to play to. Poor goals give poor results. When you set a goal, do not be afraid of asking “How high is high”. read more...
29 Don’t turn a 5 into a 7 by still going after a 4. read more...
39 Pressure creates negative emotions which affects your ability to perform. Therefore work on reducing pressure by playing shots within your capability. read more...
42 In order to become better, you need to have a greater command of skills to include, a wider variety of shots, course management, self management and positive attitude. read more...
45 A faulty swing can hit very acceptable quality shots as well as disastrous shots; it simply depends on how great the error shows itself. The swing line through the ball that gives Montgomerie a graceful controlled fade turns into an uncontrollable slice if exaggerated. However, when the ball is under control, who is to say it is a fault. read more...
60 Many players do not have to do much special to make a par on any hole; well, if you don’t do much 18 times in a round, you can play to scratch. read more...
65 Using your strength at golf is quite often a sign of weakness. read more...
78 Over trying prompts the breakdown of your game. It dismantles the co-ordination of your swing in proportion to the degree that you over try. read more...
95 Game management is very important but self management is at the heart of every great player. read more...
97 Avoid choking in the stroke play events by disciplining yourself to digest the round in small bite size bits; i.e. one shot at a time. read more...
99 Being told to use a short iron when coming out of the rough is one thing but I think that understanding why it should be used will result in more chance of this sound advice been taken. read more...
