Two Guaranteed Ways to Lower Your Handicap

Psst… wanna know a secret?

Shh… don’t tell anyone, but I have two ways to lower your handicap – guaranteed!

1 – Know how far you hit each club. I’m not talking about that career 8 iron you hit 170m two years ago with a tail wind and have since measured everything off that. No. Go to the range, get a large bucket of balls and hit ten or so with each club. Take note of the average distance you hit those balls, or at what distance you had the best grouping. Write It Down, and take that piece of paper to the course with you next time.

The Deep Rough has a very hand calculator you can use as well based on the distance you hit your 5 iron.

2 – Get lessons. If Stuart Appleby, Adam Scott, et. al. get lessons, you sure as heck need them too. Where do you go to get lessons? See a PGA professional. Realistically they are not that expensive, and as your game improves you will find yourself enjoying golf more.