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Golf Tips: How to break 100, 90 and even 80 consistently

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Golf Tips: How to break 100 - By: Peter Ganesh
Focus: Consistent Solid Contact. Weather you are a beginner a high handicapper or a scratch golfer you need to learn how to make solid consistent contact with the ball every time.
 
Golf Tips: How to break 100
Renee Powell (A Golf Digest Teaching Professional Shows a young golfer how it's done
 
 Golf Tips: How to break 100 - Quick tips
  1. Desire: Without the desire you will not achieve your goals. But desire alone is not enough. You must follow up with actions that will help you to improve your golf game..
  2. Practice, Practice, Practice. Hit about 200 balls a day. Remember, even the best players in the world like Tiger Woods keeps on practicing every day.
  3. Consistency: Try to make consistent solid contact on each shot. This will help your brain and muscles to develop a memory and feel for "solid contact." In turn, this will help you to know how far you can hit a particular club consistently.
  4. Picture your swing: Get a mirror image or picture of your swing in your mind. This will help you to take the guess work out your mind. Having a picture of your swing will also help you to know exactly where your hands, feet, and other body parts are, in relation to the club at various stages of your swing. All of this in turn will translate into "CONFIDENCE." Confidence to execute your shots with total confidence.
  5. Specific Goals: Set specific goals within a specific time period. "If you don't know where you are going you may end up some where else." - Yogi Bera. Track and monitor your progress on each shot on each game. This alone will reduce your score over time automatically. "Everything monitored, and analyzed brings awareness and automatic improvement." - Dr.B.F.Skinner, Psychologist. See also: How to set and achieve your goals like olympians.
  6. Simulate shots: Try to simulate your practice shots as you would hit them on the course. Simulating your shots will train your brain and muscles to have good memory of what the shot feels like. Try to bring in pressure elements such as, your friends watching you, water and other troubles up ahead.
  7. Stress Management: One of the best ways to deal with stress on the course is to develop a routine and stick to it. Change if you must, but get a routine that you feel comfortable with and execute it on each shot. Watch the pros on TV every weekend and you will see them execute their routine even on short putts. The reason for this is very simple. It puts them in an automatic mode or mind set which helps them to block out the crowds, their playing partners, the noise around them and yes even the nerves in the hands and the knees.
  8. Picture / Visualize Your Shots: "I never hit a shot unless I can clearly see it" says Jack Nicklaus. Tiger Woods and most of the top PGA pros subscribes to this idea as well. You must see it and believe it before you can execute it. If you can't see it, then you are hitting and hoping and as Yogi Bera says, "if you don't know where you are going, you may end up somewhere else." Get a clear picture of your shot and hit it under 5 seconds. If you don't, you will start to doubt and loose the picture, says psychologist Dr. Peter Davis.
  9. Competition: This brigs out the natural competitive spirit in you. More competition means that you will feel more comfortable under competitive situations. Play at least one game a week and one tournament per month.
  10. Equipment: Get the one that feels right for you. Today's golf equipment technology is so good, that without the brand name on the club, you will not be able to tell the difference between a $99.00 driver Vs a $1,000.00 driver. However, golf is all about confidence. Some golfers do mind what their friends think about them and the price of their golf equipment.
  11. Coaching: Get a golf teacher that you feel comfortable with. Remember that even the best golfer in the world...Tiger Woods have a coach.
  12. Fitness: Golfers are athletes and athletes must have a fitness program to keep their muscles fit and flexible.
  13. Food And Nutrition: Weather you are a weekend golfer or a professional tour player, nutrition plays a vital role on how different kinds of food affects your brain and muscle functions during a game. Basically complex carbohydrates, fiber, and porteins will help you to maintain a faily even blood sugar level. This in turn will help your brain and muscles to function in harmony. Simple carbohydrates and foods rich in process sugars will put your brain and muscles on a roller coaster ride and affect your thinking and execution of your shots. See low carbohydrate foods list here...
  14. Fun: Having fun on the golf course means that you are enjoying the game with your friends. They can see your great shots and cheer you on. But the other benefits of having fun is also, that you will be more relaxed and you will play better. This is because your muscles will be relax and more flexible to execute your shots without tension. Finally, if you are not having fun, most people may not even want to play with you again. Is it worth it not to have fun? I think not.

How to find your strengths and weaknesses: 

In order for a mechanic to fix a problem on your car he must first find out what is the problem and  what's causing the problem, then he can come up with some solutions.

In the same way you need to find out where you are loosing the most shots. To do this you will need to keep track of some basic statistics of your game such as: fairways hit (FH), greens in regulation (GIR), and putts per round (PPR).

On the score card below you will see these shown on the left column. Fill them out for each game that you play and simply watch you score drop like as you progress from game to game.

HOW TO BREAK 100 By: Peter Ganesh
Use The Golf Game Monitoring Tool To Find Your Strengths And Weaknesses Under Competitive Game Situation In Order To Break 100, 90 - 80
Sample Score Card To Break 100
Holes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 IN 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Out Total
Yards 450 370 390 420 150 400 350 365 400 3295 450 370 300 380 420 155 310 400 420 3205 6500
Par 5 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 36 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 36 72
Score 6 7 6 6 4 6 6 6 5 50 6 6 6 6 6 4 5 5 5 49 99
                                           
Fairways Hit                                          
Drive Hook/Slice                                          
Greens In Regulation                                          
Iron Shot fin. L/R of Green Long/Short                                          
Putts                                          
Putt Distance                                          
Putt L/R                                          
Putt Long/Short                                          
Chip Shot                                          
Pitch Shot                                          
Flop Shot                                          
Sand Saves                                          
Bunker Shot L/S                                          
Penalty                                          
Mental Game                                          
Stress Level 1-5                                          
Confidence Level 1-5                                          
I Pictured Each Shot Yes/No                                          
OTHER                                          
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
Notes: Notice that in this example you did not make any pars or birdies. You made bogey's on the par 3's and par 5's and double bogeys on most of the par 4's. Chances are however, that you may make a few pars and maybe a birdie. On the other hand you may also have a tripple or two on some rounds.

Basic Plan Of Attack

The main point that I want to emphasize here, is, that it is possible to break 100 if you have a specific plan for each shot on each hole. Just "PICTURE" the shot and hit it, regardless of your skill level.

Why? Because your brain and muscles will work together to give your mind what it wants. Your mind is the master. Your brain and muscles are it's servants.

In the same way that an American born in America learns to speak english naturally or a German born in Germany learns to speak German naturally the mind understands "Pictures" naturally, it is easier than just words. "PICTURES are the language of the mind.  This is already programmed in our DNA. This is how we humans were created. Like NIKE says...JUST DO IT!

A typical Tiger Woods plan of attack on most golf courses is simply this: Attack the par 3's and par 5's to make birdies and play the par 4's conservatively to make pars. In other words fairways and greens and two putt for par. I believe that you can adapt the same plan for your game and shoot under 100 consistently.

How to play the par 3's: Because these holes are short you can reach the green with the right club selection. So be aggressive and go for the flag if you feel you can, if not aim for the middle of the green and try to, two putt for your par. Even if you miss the green, you can chip and take two putts, make bogey on both par 3's and still shoot under 100.

How to Play the par 4's: The par 4's are reachable with two shots. If you don't get on the green with two shots, then you must rely on your chipping and putting to help you. You will notice that on most of the par 4's I gave you a double bogey. This means that you can take three shots to get on the green and three putts to finish most holes and still shoot under 100.

How to play the par 5's: There are two par 5's on this course, one on the front nine and one on the back nine. Like Tiger Woods, you should always plan to attack them to lower your score. The par 5's on our example is reachable in three shots. However, even if you get on the green in four shots, you can still take two putts and shoot under 100.

 
 
 
Golf Tips: How to break 90 - By: Peter Ganesh
Focus: Short Game And Distance Control. The short game is where you will shave the most shots off your game.

Learn to hit half shots and control your distance by gripping down on the club. When you learn how to control you shots, you will have a better idea of where your shot will end up, instead of hitting and hoping.
Golf Tips: How to break 90
Photo: Golf Digest
 
Golf Tips: How to break 90 - Quick Tips
  1. Desire: Without the desire you will not achieve your goals.
  2. Practice, Practice, Practice (Hit about 200 balls a day)
  3. Consistency: Try to make consistent solid contact on each shot
  4. Know your swing: Get a mirror image of your swing
  5. Specific Goals: Set specific goals within a specific time period. "If you don't know where you are going you may end up some where else." - Yogi Bera Track and monitor your progress on each shot on each game. This alone will reduce your score over time automatically. "Everything monitored, and analyzed brings awareness and automatic improvement." - Dr.Skinner, Psychologist. See also: How to set and achieve your goals like olympians.
  6. Simulate shots: Try to simulate your practice shots as you would hit them on the course
  7. Stress Management: One of the best ways to deal with stress on the course is to develop a routine and stick to it. Change if you must, but get a routine that you feel comfortable with.
  8. Visualization: "I never hit a shot unless I can clearly see it" says Jack Nicklaus. Tiger Woods and most of the top PGA pros subscribes to this idea as well
  9. Competition: This brigs out the natural competitive spirit in you. More competition means that you will feel more comfortable under competitive situations. Play a least one game a week and one tournament per month.
  10. Equipment: Get the one that feels and seem right for you
  11. Coaching: Get a golf teacher that you feel comfortable with. Remember that even the best golfer in the world (tiger Woods) have a coach.
  12. Fitness: Golfer are athletes and athletes must have a fitness program to keep their muscles fit and flexible.
  13. Food And Nutrition: Weather you are a weekend golfer or a professional tour player, nutrition plays a vital role on how different kinds of food affects your brain and muscle functions during a game. Basically complex carbohydrates, fiber, and porteins will help you to maintain a faily even blood sugar level. This in turn will help your brain and muscles to function in harmony. Simple carbohydrates and foods rich in process sugars will put your brain and muscles on a roller coaster ride and affect your thinking and execution of your shots. See low carbohydrate foods list here...
  14. Course Management: Have a strategy for playing each hole. Know where you can and cannot miss your shots. Know when to go for the pin or the center of the green. Some pros will tell you that they just try to focus on hitting fairways and greens.
  15. Confidence: Golf is all about confidence. Confidence comes from knowing that you can do something well under pressure. In golf, you want to develop your confidence to hit any shot with total confidence under pressure. To do this, you will need to practice a lot and play as many tournaments as possible. This will train your mind and muscles to to hit various shots under various pressure situations.
  16. Fun: Having fun on the golf course means that you are enjoying the game with your friends. They can see your great shots and cheer you on. But the other benefits of having fun is also, that you will be more relaxed and you will play better. This is because your muscles will be relax and more flexible to execute your shots without tension. Finally, if you are not having fun, most people may not even want to play with you again. Is it worth it not to have fun? I think not.
HOW TO BREAK 90 - By: Peter Ganesh
Use The Golf Game Monitoring Tool To Find Your Strengths And Weaknesses Under Competitive Game Situation To Break 100, 90 - 80
Sample Score Card To Break 90
Holes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 IN 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Out Total
Yards 450 370 390 420 150 400 350 365 400 3295 450 370 300 380 420 155 310 400 420 3205 6500
Par 5 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 36 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 36 72
Score 6 7 5 5 3 5 6 4 4 45 5 6 5 6 6 3 5 4 4 44 89
                                           
Fairways Hit                                          
Drive Hook/Slice                                          
Greens In Regulation                                          
Iron Shot fin. L/R of Green Long/Short                                          
Putts                                          
Putt Distance                                          
Putt L/R                                          
Putt Long/Short                                          
Chip Shot                                          
Pitch Shot                                          
Flop Shot                                          
Sand Saves                                          
Bunker Shot L/S                                          
Penalty                                          
Other                                          
Mental Game                                          
Stress Level 1-5                                          
Confidence Level 1-5                                          
I Pictured Each Shot Yes/No                                          
OTHER                                          
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
Notes: Notice that in this example you did not make any birdies. At this level you are now playing bogey golf or one over par per hole on average. You made par on both par 3's, you made par on one par 5 and you bogey the other one.  Chances are however, that you may make a birdie or two on your round because your distance control is getting better and you are able to hit closer to the pin more consistently now.

Basic Plan Of Attack

The main point that I want to emphasize here, is, that it is possible to break 100 if you have a specific plan for each shot on each hole. Just "PICTURE" the shot and hit it, regardless of your skill level.

Why? Because your brain and muscles will work together to give your mind what it wants. Your mind is the master. Your brain and muscles are it's servants.

In the same way that an American born in America learns to speak english naturally or a German born in Germany learns to speak German naturally the mind understands "Pictures" naturally, it is easier than just words. "PICTURES are the language of the mind.  This is already programmed in our DNA. This is how we humans were created. Like NIKE says...JUST DO IT!

A typical Tiger Woods plan of attack on most golf courses is simply this: Attack the par 3's and par 5's to make birdies and play the par 4's conservatively to make pars. In other words fairways and greens and two putt for par. I believe that you can adapt the same plan for your game and shoot under 100 consistently.

How to play the par 3's: Because these holes are short you can reach the green with the right club selection. So be aggressive and go for the flag if you feel you can, if not aim for the middle of the green and try to, two putt for your par. Even if you miss the green, you can chip and take two putts, make bogey on both par 3's and still shoot under 90.

How to Play the par 4's: The par 4's are reachable with two shots. If you don't get on the green with two shots, then you must rely on your chipping and putting to help you. You will notice that on most of the par 4's I gave you a double bogey. This means that you can take three shots to get on the green and two putts to finish most holes and 90.

How to play the par 5's: There are two par 5's on this course, one on the front nine and one on the back nine. Like Tiger Woods, you should always plan to attack them to lower your score. The par 5's on our example is reachable in three shots. However, even if you get on the green in four shots, you can still take two putts and shoot under 90.

 
 

 
 
Golf Tips: How to break 80 - by: Peter Ganesh
Focus: Putting. One of the main secrets in breaking 80 is mastering the putting game. This is why you will see the PGA tour players spend most of there time on the putting green, when they are getting ready for a tournament.
 
Golf Tips: How to break 80
Photo: Golf Digest
 
Golf Tips: How to break 80 - Quick Tips
  1. Desire: Without the desire you will not achieve your goals.
  2. Practice, Practice, Practice (Hit about 200 balls a day)
  3. Consistency: Try to make consistent solid contact on each shot
  4. Know your swing: Get a mirror image of your swing
  5. Specific Goals: Set specific goals within a specific time period. "If you don't know where you are going you may end up some where else." - Yogi Bera Track and monitor your progress on each shot on each game. This alone will reduce your score over time automatically. "Everything monitored, and analyzed brings awareness and automatic improvement." - Dr.Skinner, Psychologist. See also: How to set and achieve your goals like olympians.
  6. Simulate shots: Try to simulate your practice shots as you would hit them on the course
  7. Stress Management: One of the best ways to deal with stress on the course is to develop a routine and stick to it. Change if you must, but get a routine that you feel comfortable with.
  8. Visualization: "I never hit a shot unless I can clearly see it" says Jack Nicklaus. Tiger Woods and most of the top PGA pros subscribes to this idea as well
  9. Competition: This brigs out the natural competitive spirit in you. More competition means that you will feel more comfortable under competitive situations. Play a least one game a week and one tournament per month.
  10. Equipment: Get the one that feels and seem right for you
  11. Coaching: Get a golf teacher that you feel comfortable with. Remember that even the best golfer in the world (tiger Woods) have a coach.
  12. Fitness: Golfer are athletes and athletes must have a fitness program to keep their muscles fit and flexible.
  13. Food And Nutrition: Weather you are a weekend golfer or a professional tour player, nutrition plays a vital role on how different kinds of food affects your brain and muscle functions during a game. Basically complex carbohydrates, fiber, and porteins will help you to maintain a faily even blood sugar level. This in turn will help your brain and muscles to function in harmony. Simple carbohydrates and foods rich in process sugars will put your brain and muscles on a roller coaster ride and affect your thinking and execution of your shots. See low carbohydrate foods list here...
  14. Course Management: Have a strategy for playing each hole. Know where you can and cannot miss your shots. Know when to go for the pin or the center of the green. Some pros will tell you that they just try to focus on hitting fairways and greens.
  15. Confidence: Confidence comes from knowing that you can do something well under pressure. In golf, you want to develop your confidence to hit any shot with total confidence under pressure. To do this, you will need to practice a lot and play as many tournaments as possible.
  16. Fun: Having fun on the golf course means that you are enjoying the game with your friends. They can see your great shots and cheer you on. But the other benefits of having fun is also, that you will be more relaxed and you will play better. This is because your muscles will be relax and more flexible to execute your shots without tension. Finally, if you are not having fun, most people may not even want to play with you again. Is it worth it not to have fun? I think not.
HOW TO BREAK 80 - By: Peter Ganesh
Use The Golf Game Monitoring Tool To Find Your Strengths And Weaknesses Under Competitive Game Situation To Break 100, 90 -80 Consistently
Sample Score Card To Break 80
Holes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 IN 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Out Total
Yards 450 370 390 420 150 400 350 365 400 3295 450 370 300 380 420 155 310 400 420 3205 6500
Par 5 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 36 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 36 72
Score 5 4 4 4 4 5 6 4 4 40 4 5 4 5 5 2 4 5 4 39 79
                                           
Fairways Hit                                          
Drive Hook/Slice                                          
Greens In Regulation                                          
Iron Shot fin. L/R of Green Long/Short                                          
Putts                                          
Putt Distance                                          
Putt L/R                                          
Putt Long/Short                                          
Chip Shot                                          
Pitch Shot                                          
Flop Shot                                          
Sand Saves                                          
Bunker Shot L/S                                          
Penalty                                          
Other                                          
Mental Game                                          
Stress Level 1-5                                          
Confidence Level 1-5                                          
I Pictured Each Shot Yes/No                                          
OTHER                                          
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
Notes: At this level you should make at least two birdies per round. This is because your confidence in your overall game is better. Your putting is getting better so you are able to go up and down more often and save par.  Two putts per hole should be the norm for par. You should be hitting at least 60% of the fairways and  80-90% of greens in regulation.

Basic Plan Of Attack

The main point that I want to emphasize here, is, that it is possible to break 100 if you have a specific plan for each shot on each hole. Just "PICTURE" the shot and hit it, regardless of your skill level.

Why? Because your brain and muscles will work together to give your mind what it wants. Your mind is the master. Your brain and muscles are it's servants.

In the same way that an American born in America learns to speak english naturally or a German born in Germany learns to speak German naturally the mind understands "Pictures" naturally, it is easier than just words. "PICTURES are the language of the mind.  This is already programmed in our DNA. This is how we humans were created. Like NIKE says...JUST DO IT!

A typical Tiger Woods plan of attack on most golf courses is simply this: Attack the par 3's and par 5's to make birdies and play the par 4's conservatively to make pars. In other words fairways and greens and two putt for par. I believe that you can adapt the same plan for your game and shoot under 100 consistently.

How to play the par 3's: Because these holes are short you can reach the green with the right club selection. So be aggressive and go for the flag if you feel you can, if not aim for the middle of the green and try to, two putt for your par. Even if you miss the green, you can chip and take two putts, make bogey on both par 3's and still shoot under 79.

How to Play the par 4's: The par 4's are reachable with two shots. If you don't get on the green with two shots, then you must rely on your chipping and putting to help you. Because your short game is better at this level you will be able to save par more often with your chipping and putting. However your should be aiming to hit more fairways and green in regulation especially on the par 4's.

How to play the par 5's: There are two par 5's on this course, one on the front nine and one on the back nine. Like Tiger Woods, you should always plan to attack them to lower your score. The par 5's on our example is reachable in three shots. However, even if you get on the green in four shots, you can still take two putts and shoot under 79.

 
 

 
 
 
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