Discover 5 tips to help knock those blow-up holes off of your scorecard! Say goodbye to those triples and play stress-free rounds that reflect your handicap or even lower it!
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I have been trying this for awhile now and what I have found is that if you take 3 shots to get to at least 50 -70 yds to the green, I better be SURE I can get it close to the hole on that 4th stroke, otherwise, I may need 3 putts and still end up with a 7 or 8. So many times lately, I have a great, straight tee shot with the driver and still end up with a 6 or 7. It really comes down to managing our ego, expectations, and not listening or worrying about our partners laughing at us for hitting it 150 off the tee with an iron. Love golfing single because you can play smart, conservative golf without the haters noise all round. Thanks for your video.
I feel too much pressure to play conservative in a foursome with better players. Riding in a cart with someone and adding an extra stop to their game every hole, I think they’d look at me sideways. I play on full public courses always with a foursome behind me. Sometimes 2 foursomes on each hole if it’s an outing.
I think the pressure and feeling rushed is my main problem, not so much my swing. This kind of play seems better fit for lightly populated areas or private clubs? Happy to be wrong.
I played at my home course this morning. I made the decision to try and follow the advice in your video. I was also using a driver tip from another channel. Both worked far better than i could ever have imagined. I matched my lowest round ever, I refused a couple of hero shots and on a par 3 where i cleared the green by 20 yards I chose to pitch onto the easiest part of the green rather than risk pitching over a bank and catching the down slope. This was the 15th hole so i was trying to avoid a double as to that point I hadn't had any, I holed the putt for my par !. Then went par bogey par for my first ever round without a double bogey or higher. My playing partners said they'd never seen me hit the ball so consistently. Par 72, shot 10 over 82 off my 16 HC. Thanks.
“You might not be that good.” For real!
My goal is bogey golf.
Great video
My biggest issue is everything inside of that 100 yard range. If I had a nickel for every time I followed up a great tee shot with half a dozen chunks and comically bad putts.
I know what I need to do I just can’t stop doing it.
Stop topping the ball.
Stop the random slice into the woods.
Stop swinging so steep you take a 5” deep divot and the ball goes 30 feet.
Other than that I’m good.
I was wondering where that driver that flew through my kitchen window came from.
Great video Excellent thoughts an process from Sydney Australia 🇦🇺….Golf Sidekick would love you too I'm sure
Hit better shots 😂
I've been golfing for three months and my wedge dispersion is about ten to 40 foot circle depending on range…. from 100 yards were talking about a 40 foot circle with the PW…..
Our No.1 handicap hole is a par 5. Many players take a driver and lose their ball off the tee, even though the second shot is a lay-up. I recently started playing a 6 iron and then laying up with an 8. No more blow-ups here! Having noted this change, I shot my handicap score (86) yesterday with 2 triples and a double. I have more work to do!
When I was a young golfer of 12 years old, I couldn’t break 90. My father took all of the clubs out of my bag that were longer than a 6 iron, and said go play 18 holes. I went out and shot an 84. I learned that distance is not necessarily your friend. My dispersion with my longer clubs became problematic and actually hurt my game. I have now been playing for 61 years, and still struggle with my ego. Not hitting a driver on longer par 4’s or par 5’s is the smart shot, not the ego shot. I’m 68 years old and play to a 7 hdcp. I have been as low as a 4, but now my main struggle is not hitting the ball as far as I used to. I started playing with the intention to lay up to 100 yards,even when I’m only 210 yds out on a par five for my second shot . My personal stats showed me that I had a better chance of making a birdie by laying up to 100 yds, than going for the green. It was incredibly difficult to hit a gap wedge to 100 yds and try to score from there. The difficulty was always my ego. Take your ego out of the game, and play like a pro. I started charting my rounds using the USGA hdcp system. My scorecard contains my score on each hole, hit fairways,or an arrow showing the direction of the miss, hit greens or the direction of the miss left, right, long or short. And number of putts, noting the putts that didn’t reach the hole. It showed me my tendency of misses on each shot. The information in this video is pure gold. Listen to this man,and your scores will drop. Keep it in the short grass..
I do not understand this notion of 'using your handicap'. If you only aim to make bogeys then how are you ever going to lower that handicap? If you lay-up when you didn't really need to, then you now need to play the hole perfectly to avoid a double bogey. I prefer to aim for par, and my shot on the hole is to cover the mistake I'm likely to make. i.e. a chunked approach or a three-putt. Of course I agree with not taking on silly shots that have a low chance of success, but if you can reach a long par 4 in two then that should be the aim, surely? And if your tee shot isn't ideal you reassess.
I understand the sentiment but this doesn’t help my mid handicap game.
My driver goes 270 on the fly. Next club down is a 5 wood that’s getting me 250. Yes the dispersion on my 5wood is a bit tighter than my driver but I’d rather have 1 to 2 clubs less for my approach even if it’s off the fairway. There’s also no guarantee that my “straighter club” flys straight.
Let’s say Im on a 420 yard hole. No roll out just carry numbers.
Driver will leave me 150 in, which is a hard 9 iron or an easy 8. 5 wood leaves me 170 in. Which is a 7iron. I’m more confident getting the ball within 20 feet with the 8 or 9iron. 7iron will open up the 30ft + range with a smaller chance to get below 20’.
Since my problem is on the greens (and most amateurs) proximity to hole is a huge factor in bringing my handicap down.
Also, most amateurs will play a lateral drop off the tee for lost balls. Very rarely will they take a provisional. Depending on how bad the shot is, I’d rather take a lateral that’s 20 yards further up with the driver.
I'm insulted YouTube recommended this to me.
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Use the eraser!
The number one way to eliminate blow up holes is to play smart. If you hit into the trees and have a choice between chipping directly onto the fairway or going between trees and advancing the ball much much farther. Most people will opt to advance the ball. After all, you're thinking you need to make up for that bad shot. Hitting through trees is not the way to do it. The same goes for bunker shots. If you're in a fairway bunker, don't try and advance the ball. Just get it back out to the fairway. How many times have people hit into a fairway bunker, then try to advance the ball, only to wind up in the same bunker, another bunker, the rough, or any number of bad locations? All because they're trying to hit the hero shot.
To avoid blow up holes I stop counting strokes after my ball touches the green.
Good advice. Bad golf course management and ego are card killers. I struggle with both and went from a 10 to a 15 since last spring.
I used to play golf 25 years ago every summer, all summer, in high school. At my best I would shoot 48-ish on 9 holes, so I guess that's 95 – 100, or roughly a 28 handicap.
All that to say I've recently got back in the game and am pretty terrible. Shot 112 last week. Pretty sure I lost the most balls I can ever remember, LOL.
Anyways, I watched this video two days ago and finally played 9 holes today. Knocked 5-shots off of my score! Shot a 51, ha. Roll that forward for 18 holes and that'd be 10 shots better, simply by playing more to my skill level and applying some course management…who would have thought it was that easy! Haha.
Kept my driver in the bag, with my longest club being an 11 wood (5 iron equivalent) which is probably the best club in my bag. Biggest problem for me now is simply duffing and/or topping shots that go like 50 yards…still better than being OB with my driver! Hopefully those will come with time.
Your tips worked great! 👍
Last tip is brilliant
He told me everything I already knew and I still blow up!
Why do you always gotta bring up the 18 handicaps?!? IM NOT BEING DEFENSIVE. LOL!!
Great video and info. Gonna start implementing this.
You'll never get better playing to a handicap
I might not be that good? Let me assure you, I am definitely not that good.
Absolutely fantastic lesson. I wish I had it yesterday. Had 3 blowup holes and cost me a win. I’ll be ready next week.
Confidentiality is key
As a 25 handicap, thank you!