In this video, we dive deep into the habits and practices of scratch golfers that can help you lower your golf handicap and elevate your game. If you’re serious about improving your golf skills and achieving a scratch golf level, these 6 tips are essential for refining your swing, mental approach, and course management.
We’ll break down the key things that separate scratch golfers from higher handicap amateurs. Learn how to analyse lies so you can pick the right shot, understand the stats and where you need to improve and make sure you are practising the parts of the game that will make the biggest difference. These pro-level tips are designed for golfers of all levels who want to improve their game, reduce strokes, and take their performance to the next level.
Whether you’re aiming to break 80 or shoot under par, this video will provide actionable steps to help you play better golf. Don’t miss out on these game-changing strategies that scratch golfers swear by.
About the channel:
Hello I’m Hannah Holden a +2 golfer from Yorkshire, England and this is my brand new YouTube channel Hannah Holden Golf.
Make sure you hit subscribe so I can keep you up to date on all the latest golf gear with my golf equipment reviews.
I’ll also be bringing you tips on how to sharpen up your game with my experience playing in big amateur events and working as a performance coach for England Golf!
If that wasn’t enough I’ll make sure you’re on top of the latest rules of golf.
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Hi Hannah
Would be interesting to see you at a gym and what exercises you recommend for golfers. Balance, strength and mobility are something that we can work on during winter. If some of the exercises can then be done at home when you are bored, it is extra good.
The winter i Sweden is dark and long so please.
Some great tip there I don't really suffer with lack of speed but keeping it on the planet can be a problem still trying for bogey golf on every hole
Just ordered my new P770 irons 😊
I think you should do a vid about golf fitness,as you are looking fantastic and must be working very hard in the gym.I’m very much overweight ,play golf 3 times a week but loose no weight.Please pass on some of your secrets as whatever your doing certainly works.keep the great vids coming.
I hardly ever use my 3 wood off the tee, but to give up that club for another driver is not in my best interest. When I started golfing the drivers were as big as my 3 wood head wise. I have Radspeed woods and my 3 wood is lofted at 15.5 degrees. I hit a baby draw 235 out and landed the ball 7 feet from the pin. Would you give up that club? Me neither.
How do you record your wedge matrix? A simple table – or is it all in your head?
Great video with so much common sense, please keep videos like this coming, it's got me thinking and looking forward to next season already 🙂
Great tips and video… I'm a 2 handicap my mindset while on the course is to hit the ball to the middle of the green and pin high avoid 3 putts and try to keep it in the short grass ….I've always played a draw I feel no need to change ….keep up the awesome work
Excellent content Hannah – all very good points, though I do keep my 3-wood in the bag as on my local course it does come in handy.
I scored a better than usual round today using the tip you gave out recently about chipping by gripping clubs to get a toe-down position. Worked a treat round the greens!
My best round ever felt "boring" and I realized it might not have been the best choice of words. Rather, I like to think it was "uneventful". No bunkers, no shots from under the trees, no water, no 3 putts.
Fantastic, informative content Hannah… well done!! 🏌♂️
Love this video!! I play off 7.7 and the biggest game changer was getting lessons and changing my perception on golf. My handicap keeps dropping – roll on summer 25!!
P.s have you read The Four Foundations of Golf? – easily saved me strokes with out any golf tips 😂
Can you do a fitness video
Who needs a coach when I have you, thank you for sharing your knowledge. Dr Gus Greenfield approved!
I lean on my 5-wood off the tee as I hit 15% more fairways and only lose 15-20 yards from Driver.
Is that a good trade-off? 🤷🏼♂️
Problem with Driver is it’s so inconsistent.
Yes, I can out-drive my 5-wood, but I can also hit my 5-wood farther sometimes (that is I mis-hit my Driver more than I’d like)
You see my dilemma? 🤔
I understand the benefits if distance off the tee for scoring, but I also work hard to avoid penalties (OB, water and yes, hitting out of the rough instead of the fairway)
Great discussion Hannah. Thank you for your insights. Again. 🤓
Great video as always Hannah 👏👏- great content , I think wedge play and putting is key , I’m good from 100 yards in but have improved how I play by practicing putting – be great to have a video on your thoughts on putting 🙏🙏
I do exactly the same from lies that are above my feet ( push right ) what is this down to ? I’ve noticed it is the longer irons , I’ve tried lowering my grip down the handle but still happens 🤯golf’s hard 😂
great advise hannah – i play off 3 and at the start of the summer i realised that i hit a fade off the tie very easily so said would just do that every time and FIR shot up and love the expression of boring golf – always my best rounds – didn't even notice few times that i had 13/15 pars
Things plus handicaps do that I didn't: start as children/teenagers.
That's basically it. You can't learn it as an adult unless you're a natural athlete.
Great advice. 👍🏌🏻♂️
Adding a 3/4 swing for wedges and 9 is definitely boring but essential. Good for distance control and gnarly lies. I'd also like to see more average golfers with a second fairway finder driver that's 43" or 44" and a smooth, boring swing. I think maybe swings that are too exciting are biggest problem for average golfers, haha.
I'm still a mid-handicapper (15-ish) that struggles with driver. Like you've said, hitting longer off the tee is big and sets up easier second or third shots, so I've been working with a pro on my swing in hopes of gaining control of driver and lowering my handicap as well as eliminate one side of the course on my misses. Having a 2-way miss makes correcting mid-round much more difficult. Sadly, my pro, like most, teaches inside on mat with a launch monitor; getting out on the course and knowing how to play lies is a facet of the game I need to figure out on my own.
Great video, thanks!
so hit further…work on short game…LOLO
Yes ‘boring’ golf is the right term and was how I described my best medal round this year. No out of bounds, bunkers, lost balls or penalty shots, also many regulation 2 putts.
Great advice Hanna!!
You can also choke down on a driver so more control. Always an overlooked option
Great tips Hannah, thanks for the great videos. You are looking a lot fitter this year 💥
Hi HH enjoying your new channel long time subscriber and usual you talk a lot of sense snap excuse the pun is my bad shot as well just sometimes don't get through the ball hoping to get to scratch myself next year am going to work hard on hitting a fade as my stock shot one advise on improving your game I have learnt you cannot beat playing with much better players I always do now best of luck with your new channel have great Christmas and New year and a great golfing year up coming maybe turning pro or get to plus 4-5 looking forward to more from you
C'mon people SUBSCRIBE !!! Help her out.
Hannah always makes a lot of sense. I've never watched one of her videos and not learnt something I can use.
Thank you for all your insights Hannah, you keep it simple. Have an amazing Christmas 🎄 Happy Golfing from Australia
Hey Hannah, if you play off +2, that means you’re plenty good enough to turn pro, but you haven’t. Personal question, if you don’t mind: why haven’t you turned pro?
Great Video!! Thanks,
Excellent video! Thanks!
Well, wait until you get old and stiff.and start losing distance. Hitting it farther than others in your age group is an advantage though.
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Love your new channel. Could you do a show on the new Newton Shafts. Really good for us seniors. Thx
“Just always hopeful”…yep.
Looks cold. Thanks for getting out there.
I really HATE the term "boring golf" used when playing good golf. To me, hitting fairways and greens, staying outta trouble, rendering 2 putts and once in a while notching a few birdies is highly motivating and makes me happy. Bad rounds are so frustrating and boring, especially when your/or half your partners are playing the same way. The round drags that way, then you feel down the rest of the day. Good golf should make you happy and feel accomplished. Yes, it's not a game we can master 100%, but we should all strive to feel like Moe Norman did in his day, "Golf is truly happiness," he said around the 10min 30sec on this video, but don't dare to skip the rest! 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTKQWdwrqs4
I'm loving your channel. In this video, you asked for suggestions. For me, learning more about strategies for senior golfers, like me, who didn't hit it very far anymore, would be helpful.
Hannah thank you for another great video! Could you review and suggest some premium shafts for the driver, for us slower swinging seniors? 84mph and so need a bit more distance!!! love the new channel!
15:50 – I had a round a couple of years ago in which I made 17 straight pars and then bogeyed the last. And it WAS both frustrating and really amazing! I think I hit 12 greens that day, so I got up and down 5/6 times and shot one over. I mean, that's amazing! And frustrating! And I putted REALLY BADLY.
Hannah, I would love a more in-depth video on uneven lies, particularly the downhill lie with the ball below the feet. And any ideas you might have for how to practice these. I used to go to my local course and play nine when it wasn't busy and drop balls in different spots to hit from different lies, but post-Covid every single course is completely packed every day from sunrise to sunset, so I can't do that anymore.
Respectfully,…..looking good Hannah!