It can be incredibly frustrating to pursue progress in golf, putting in hours and hours of work away from the course, only to see your hard work return very little in the way of scoring improvements.
After spending time tirelessly working on my fundamentals, like the perfect golf grip and the correct ball position, and working on the best golf drills – I was still going out on the course and shooting scores that were higher than I would have liked.
Then I heard a simple strategy tip from one of the most recognisable names in the golf industry – which totally transformed the way I think about a round of golf and led to a long-overdue cut to my handicap index.
In the article and video below, Golf Monthly Top 50 Coach Peter Finch explains why amateur golfers shouldn’t fixate over the ‘par’ score for each hole on the scorecard and how making a minor adjustment to our approach can lead to positive outcomes on the course…
This Scorecard Trick Changed The Way I Think About Golf
Peter Finch is one of the most recognisable PGA professionals in the world, delivering online free lessons to golfers across the globe with a combined social following of almost one million people.
In his coaching career, Peter Finch has supported golfers of all abilities to play better golf and shoot lower scores.
If arrive on the tee box at a 450 yard hole and the scorecard says it’s a par-4, that doesn’t necessarily mean you have to play it as one.
Instead, you could play it like a par-5. Break it down into three good shots to find the green and two putts for a ‘par’, which could help you to stop forcing it and hit more green in regulation.
As I outline in the video below, my advice would be to look at the scorecard of the course you are playing before you reach the first tee box. Let’s for argument sake say that you are a 15-handicapper, I would suggest marking holes 1 to 15 on the card.
On any holes with a mark beside them, add a shot onto the par score and play the hole accordingly. All of a sudden, things become a lot easier and a lot more manageable. Rather than chasing an expected score, you give yourself a little bit of a buffer.
For example, if the card says that hole 2 is a par-3 with a…
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