Every now and then you read that the average handicap of a recreational golfer is 18. Or 25. Or whatever. Then you read that it hasn’t change in decades, even with better-groomed courses, better instruction, and better equipment. And the commentator wonders why. You know why? We don’t have time to practice, that’s why.
Hitting a golf ball isn’t that hard to do. Hitting it well, time after time, that’s hard, and it takes practice. With families, day jobs, outside interests and so on, who has time to practice? The pro who I get lessons from - he doesn’t have time to practice. So what to do?
Going to the range is time-consuming, and it’s only one way to practice. You can also get a lot done at home. You have spare moments there in abundance - in the morning before you go to work, when you get home, after dinner, there’s time all over the place. So what could you do?
Leave a club lying out where you’ll pass it by from time to time. (Need I say this might not be a good idea if you have children between the ages of 2 and 19 in the house?) Whenever you pass it by, pick it up. You’re practicing your grip. Stand up like you’re going to hit a ball. You’re practicing your setup. Now assuming you have a good grip and you have a good setup, doing this, say, five, six, seven times a day, keeps them in tune.
Putting? Same thing. Keep a putter out where you can tap a few five-footers at a target. Find a way to hit a few putts several times a day. This keeps your stroke in tune, and also your sense of alignment. It all adds up to this. When you get to the course, you’ll be doing things you do every day, not something you haven’t done for a week.
If you want to be club champion, you might have to change your life. If you only want to play consistently from shot to shot, round to round, and who doesn’t, a little bit of practice every day works just fine.
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