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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.

NWO Golf Links