How to Bounce Back After a Bad Hole in Golf
Every golfer has bad holes. A drive out of bounds, a duffed chip, a three-putt, and suddenly a promising round is in trouble. What separates good scorers from the rest is not avoiding bad holes, but…
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Course management
37 articles tagged “course management”.
Putting on Fast and Slow Greens: How to Adjust Your Pace
Every course has different greens, and the same greens change with the weather and the time of day. A putt that rolls perfectly on your home course can race six feet past on slick tournament greens…
How to Hit the Golf Ball High or Low: Trajectory Control
Hitting the ball straight is great, but controlling its height is what lets you play in the wind, get over trees, hold firm greens and keep the ball under branches. Good golfers can hit the same club…
Pace of Play: How to Play Faster Golf Without Rushing
Slow play is one of the most common complaints in golf. Long rounds put people off the game, frustrate groups behind and take up time many golfers don't have. The good news is that playing faster…
How to Play Par 3s, Par 4s and Par 5s: Strategy for Each Hole
Every hole on the course is a puzzle, and par 3s, par 4s and par 5s each ask different questions. On a par 3, you get one swing to find the green. On a par 4, the tee shot sets up everything. On a…
Winter Golf: How to Play and Practise Through the Cold Months
When the days shorten and the temperature drops, many golfers put their clubs away until spring. Others play straight through the winter, and often start the new season ahead of their friends. Winter…
How to Break 80: Strategy, Skills and Practice
Breaking 80 is a milestone that marks the move from a good club golfer to a really good one. It usually means playing to a single-figure handicap on a typical par-72 course. It does not require…
How to Score Without Distance: Beating Longer Hitters
Golf often looks like a power game. Long drives get the attention, and modern golf has rewarded distance. But scores are made by the total number of strokes, not the length of your drives. Shorter…
How to Play Golf in the Wind: Club, Flight and Strategy
Wind changes golf more than any other weather. It can add or remove several clubs of distance, push the ball off line, make greens play faster and test your patience on every shot. Some golfers dread…
Chip or Putt? How to Choose the Right Shot Around the Green
You have missed the green by a few yards. The ball is sitting on the fringe or in light rough, and the flag is 30 feet away. Do you putt, chip or pitch? It sounds like a small decision, but it…
Which Tees Should I Play? Choosing the Right Tee Box
Stand on the first tee of most courses and you will see several sets of tee markers, often in different colours, set at different distances from the green. Which ones should you play from? Many…
Golf Trouble Shots: How to Escape Trees, Rough and Bad Lies
Every golfer ends up in trouble: behind a tree, buried in long grass, sitting in a divot or on bare, hard ground. What separates good scores from bad ones is not avoiding trouble altogether, but…