Stableford Strategy: How to Score More Points
Stableford is one of the most popular scoring formats in golf, especially at clubs, societies and golf days. Instead of counting every stroke, you score points on each hole based on your net score. A…
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Golf Scramble Strategy: How to Win a Team Scramble
The scramble is the most popular format for golf days, charity events and corporate outings. Every player tees off, the team chooses the best shot, everyone plays from there, and so on until the ball…
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…
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…
Match Play Golf: Rules, Handicaps and Strategy
Match play is golf's oldest form of competition and, for many golfers, its most enjoyable. Instead of adding up every shot over 18 holes, you play against an opponent hole by hole. Win a hole and you…
Golf Course Management: How to Think Your Way to Lower Scores
Two golfers can hit exactly the same shots and score very differently. The difference is course management: the decisions about where to aim, which club to hit and when to take a risk. Good course…
How to Break 90: The Strategy and Skills That Get You There
Breaking 90 is the milestone that separates casual golfers from genuinely good club players. It typically represents a handicap in the mid to high teens. And while it feels like a big leap from…
How to Read Greens: A Simple System for Holing More Putts
You can have a perfect putting stroke and still miss most of your putts if you read the green wrongly. Every putt is a combination of two decisions — line and speed — and both depend on understanding…
Club Selection: How to Choose the Right Club for Every Shot
Every shot in golf starts with a decision: which club? With up to fourteen clubs in the bag, distances that change with the weather, and lies that range from perfect fairway to buried rough, the…
Playing Golf in Bad Weather: Wind, Rain, Cold & Heat Strategy
Golf is played outdoors, and the weather is part of the challenge. Some of the most memorable rounds happen in a stiff breeze, a light drizzle or on a crisp winter morning. Golfers who know how to…