Most players who have trouble breaking one hundred have the incorrect perspective on the game. They go out on the course with the goal of hitting par on each hole, hitting greens in regulation, and two putting every green. This goal is irrational and unfeasible. You're not a Pro and by no means will be. Let me show you how altering your perspective can get you breaking 90 on a constant basis.

Next time you play take with you the mindset that your purpose is to play bogie golf: ninety or better. To try this, simply and fairly, DO NOT have the objective of hitting greens "in regulation." Have the purpose of hitting greens "in regulation plus one." So for those who hit the green in three on a par 4 and two putt you will have a bogie. Bogies are good, not bad. 18 bogies is a 90. That's good! It is much better than 102. The aim of hitting greens in regulation plus one will change your entire day.

To start with you don't have to knock each drive as far down the lawn as you can. It will get you to swing slower. Less issues go incorrect on a slower swing than a quicker swing. Golf layouts put obstructions right in the place you're likely to hit it, like sand traps and water. When you hit short of them you won't need to deal with them. Even when you completely blow it off the tee box and dribble it fifty yards up to the womens tees, no problem because you still have two swings to hit the green in regulation plus one. On the golf course lengthy and broad is way worse than short and straight.

Most golfers who blow their tee shot are furious because they know they will not hit the green in regulation like Tiger would. Ultimately they go to their subsequent shot in a livid state of mind, try excessively hard, and kill their next shot. This continues throughout the hole straight through to an indignant triple bogey and occasionally much worse. By the time the duffer hits the back nine their complete game is off, many stop maintaining the score, and they are not having fun with the beautiful environment they've engulfed themselves in.

Now here's the true key to this attitude: you positively must hone your chipping game. But chipping is simple to work on and simple to get proficient at compared to all the things in golf. Suppose you approach a 375 yard par four by hitting a straight shot off the tee 150 yards, and a fairway metal or long iron another one hundred fifty yards straight towards the hole. Now you might be just 75 yards out. Should you hit that shot inside 10 feet of the hole you may have a shot at a par and no worse than a tap in bogie. More realistically, by using this mental method you will most likely be consistently 25-50 yards out for the third shot, having prevented all of the hazards planned into the golf course. So that is the place you actually need to chip in close.

With this psychological perspective you'll be way more relaxed as you play. Every par you manage will help defray any double bogies. I call par's "double bogie erasers" because a par and a double bogie average out to bogie golf. A birdie turns into a "triple bogie eraser!" You manage the golf course, now you should manage your mind course. Bogies shouldn't be viewed as failures to make par when you keep on the goal of bogies as accomplishments.