Resolution #2:
Take enough club
There is absolutely no
question the single biggest
mistake recreational players
make is not using enough
club for approach shots.
Golf course architects know
this and strategically place
a bunker or water hazard to
protect the front of the green.
In the last round you played
howmany times was your ball
past the pin or even pin high?
The point is, just because
you hit a 7-iron 150 yards
downhill and downwind to a
concrete-like green in 1997,
doesn’t mean that’s your true
150-yard club. Be realistic, as
Harry Callahan (a.k.a. Clint
Eastwood) said,
“A man’s got to know his
limitations.”
Resolution #3:
Get a driver fitting
The definition of insanity
should be, spending $400
or more on a driver, without
a proper club fitting. My last
session with a master fitter
found I could raise my smash
factor (ball speed divided
by clubhead speed) from an
average of 1.45 to 1.50 by
changing drivers. That may
not sound like much but the
effect yielded ten additional
yards off the tee, which meant
one less club into the green.
I don’t know about you, but
I’m more accurate with an
8-iron than with a 7-iron.
Add these three items to your
2017 resolution list. They are
easy to keep and may just
lower your score.
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