IMPROVING YOUR GOLF GAME

Improve your ball striking:

Learn to assume a good set-up for every shot consistent with your target. Good shots from a bad set-up are accidents. You can have a great set-up; you do it before you swing.
Learn basic swing check points and drills so that you are sure that what you are practicing will lead to improvement.
Learn your own natural swing rhythm and how to repeat it in balance most of the time.
Learn ONE swing improvement for your primary swing fault.
Learn to relax and swing confidently without mechanical thoughts during your swing.
Practice often with a purpose for short periods of time.
Once a correction becomes comfortable, go back to the fourth point.

To lower your scores the fastest way:

Learn to improve your chipping and pitching techniques. By eliminating ineffective chips and pitches that don’t get there or leave you in three putt territory, you will save several strokes per round.
Learn to putt with confidence.
Learn to enjoy sand challenges and reliably escape from bunkers.
Practice often with a purpose for short periods of time.
Accept adverse situations as a challenge (fun).

To increase your expectations

Goal: By increasing your percentage of good shots, making good shots better and reducing the bummers you will score better.
Expect gradual improvement with ups and downs over a season.
Your maximum distance and accuracy will come from returning the club face squarely to the ball with your own rhythmic swing, not from a forced hard or fast swing.
Practice with a purpose: pre-shot, set-up, one swing improvement, relaxation and rhythm. Concentrate on getting comfortable with your changes rather than grading yourself against perfect shots. Use proven check points and drills
Practice makes permanent. Beating balls without a practice plan will make you worse.
An investment in lessons is more likely to pay off than an investment in new clubs.
Become a “student of the game” and have a great time on the course.