How can i break 90?

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Played yesterday 99, played last Monday 97

Nothing in my game is going terribly wrong but at the same time looking at my scores nothing is going very right - looking at my card it is bogey, with the occasional Par and the occasional double both in there for good measure.

Really want to kick start my game but where do i start without taking it all apart and starting again? just as the season starts (and the sun comes out)

Feel that every part of my game is o.k, but just that.

Had a putting lesson before Christmas and it was undoutably the best £ 30 i've ever spent so that was a start.

Say it as it is fellas

GBC
 
Increase your green in reg . If you're happy with your game including putting but are only making occasional pars then you need to be getting 2/3 greens in reg in your round which are not on par 3's. I'd say I hit 2 green in Reg's which are not par 3's most rounds. I'm off 22 and hit low 90's majority of my rounds. When summer comes with a bit more roll (as I don't use woods) I should be shooting sub 90's regularly. I had about 6 last year.
 
GBC, I would look back at your rounds and see where you lost those 7/8/9 shots,if you can see where,thats a starting point,then work on that particular part of your game,good luck mate,it will come!!!...
 
To score like that you obviously make more doubles and triples than pars. To break 90 you need to play to 18 so play the course accordingly and add one to the par on each hole. Don't try to reach the longer par 4's as they are a par 5 for you. Don't be disappointed with a 4 at a par 3, that's fine, a 3 is a bonus. Try to make no worse than a double bogey by making sure you concentrate on recovery when things go pear shaped on a hole (they will). Get it back in play and carry on. Avoid penalty shots by laying up and taking deep bunkers and ponds etc out of play. ie better course management. You obviously make your share of pars so you only need to make less double bogeys and no triples or over and you've cracked it !! Good luck!!
 
improve everything in your game by a few % and you will do it. Every little thing matters.
 
The one thing that has helped my game this spring is being more creative around the greens. ive dropped the attitude of 52 or 58 wedge only shots and now think more about my chipping which can range from either of the 2 wedges listed, then from a stock PW down to a 7i.

When im at the green i now look at how it will roll, and where i can pitch for rolling or stopping the ball. i used to use my 52* 95% of the time, which left either stupidly long or equally short putts. not im chipping better im not 3 putting no where near as much and im seeing alot more 1 putts. since adopting this process im not shooting 77/78/79 pretty much all the time instead of 83/84/85's.

Just look at what you have to carry before your on the green, what sort of bounce you will get when it lands, the select the according club. it helps loads instead of the flashy 30ft pitch to 5 feet which is not an easy shot.
 
Work on the short game. Getting up and down from 30 yards and in is a big thing if you want to bring your scores down.

The head pro at my club says only hit a few drives and irons and hammer the chipping and putting. You play around 50-60% of your shots from around the green or on it so why hardly practise it???

If your drives and irons are dropping then work on them too but don't stop on the short game, keep doing it.
 
Played yesterday 99, played last Monday 97

Nothing in my game is going terribly wrong but at the same time looking at my scores nothing is going very right - looking at my card it is bogey, with the occasional Par and the occasional double both in there for good measure.

Really want to kick start my game but where do i start without taking it all apart and starting again? just as the season starts (and the sun comes out)

Feel that every part of my game is o.k, but just that.

Had a putting lesson before Christmas and it was undoutably the best £ 30 i've ever spent so that was a start.

Say it as it is fellas

GBC
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The way isee it u are not been honest with yourself from the start the odd par and odd double and the rest bogies means u should be shoot around 90 not 97 so u must be getting a lot of doubles or worse. If you can hit the ball reasonably well as in get within 100 yards in 2 shots on the par 4's if you concentrate on not taking more than 3 from inside 100 yards u should be breaking 90 on a regular basis. Think middle of the green from 100 to 40 yards 2 putts and off with your bogie start going for the flag inside the 40 yards and hope to get up and down a couple of times a round. What legnth course do u play on and why are u making worse that double?
Mike
 
Q: How do I break 100/90/80 etc etc.

A: Stop try ing to break 100/90/80 etc!

I found that once I concentrated hole by hole and stopped trying to work out what score i was "on course to get" my golf improved massively.

And other than that, short game short game short game, as said above. You can play army golf (left-right-left) for your first few shots, but if you get up and down a lot, your score will come flying down. Conversely, if you are arrow straight off the tee, but can't chip or putt for toffee, you'll still struggle.
 
I managed to get through 90 last year, and am already thinking about 80!

Stay away from trouble would be my advice. I tended to get in trouble or waste shots by trying to play silly shots above my level such as a 4 iron to the green from 190 yards etc. I'd then be playing the third from behind a tree, still 100 yards from the green, and be lucky if I had a 15 footer for 6 or 7 in the end. Its the big numbers that keep you over 90, not a lack of good holes.

If you are generally happy with your putting, you can't be putting often enough if you can't break 90.

Figure out what shot you are most comfortable hitting to a reasonable degree of accuracy. For me it was an easy 150 yard iron shot - I'm rarely ten yards off-line and therefore shouldn't get myself in too much bother even with a bad one.

By not trying to hit any more than that, a typical hole for me might be driver/3-wood away from trouble (in the rough isn't a massive issue as long as you have an easy route out), 7 iron to the front of the green or just short, then a chip (30 yards or less) towards the hole and maximum of two putts. On shorter holes, or if you get a good drive away, you can be on the green or very close in two, and have a decent chance of par. On longer par fours, just forget the green in two - concentrate on having any sort of putt for par. If your course has 3 or 4 tough holes like that, you might get double on all of those, but you take 8, 9 and 10 out of the equation.

If you have over ten par putts on the rest of the round by not trying anything more difficult than that, you will make some of them! And if you don't, then practice your chipping and putting until you do!

Of course, I now ignore everything I've written and still go for the green all the time with shots I can't play, but at least I know how easy it can be if I listened to sense.
 
(I managed to get through 90 last year, and am already thinking about 80!

Stay away from trouble would be my advice. I tended to get in trouble or waste shots by trying to play silly shots above my level such as a 4 iron to the green from 190 yards etc. I'd then be playing the third from behind a tree, still 100 yards from the green, and be lucky if I had a 15 footer for 6 or 7 in the end. Its the big numbers that keep you over 90, not a lack of good holes.)

Thanks for all the advice guys

Will now think about my golf in a different way - and will look at my score card post round in a more detailed way rather than a cursery glance at the total / stapleford points my assumption that it was all bogeys and the occasional par was wrong.

Played again today - (98) and am now sitting down post round and jotting down each shot - and where it went wrong / right - from first blush it's as the above - too brave that then gets me into trouble = shot(s) dropped - so need to play within myself / ability

Secondly as you've all said short game / short game / short game. A number of holes today were i was 40 yrds off the front of the green for 2 or 3 with and then walked off with a six or seven....

Every cloud posted an 8 on the 1st (par 5 into the wind - end up plugged in a pot bunker and took two to get out) but 3 1/2 hours later birdied the par 4 18th

Am playing again tomorrow and will then book a lesson for Thursday or Friday - will also spend more time on the par 3 course though prefer not to hit off its permanent matts.
 
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