Pete Styles – PGA Teaching Pro
The number of times I've sat down with the golfer to go through their rounds and analyze how they've played them. I even bring the scorecard in and show it to me and say “Look this is my last round of golf what do you think?” Now we go OK started with a double bogey and then made a couple of bogeys then made a few pars then threw in the odd birdie then played quite nicely. and finished with a nice run a passing game and we look at their overall score and we are careful you'll start was the worst part of your game you let yourself down early doors how about you would like to play the eighteen holes and then go back and start on the first again and just play the first one more time so overall you play nineteen holes get rid of the first hole you played your school was probably better because after eighteen holes you really warmed up you're really into it you're playing some nice golf you've got a good handle on the speed of the greens you're chipping closely driving the ball well frustrating holes you T. often but want to get you to use that score over and above the first hole the first time round most golfers would improve and most golfers would take that opportunity to do that and we asked why is that. Well the most golfers when they get to the first hole it might be the first hole that played all week it might be the first hole played all month so if that's you when you're getting to the first hole completely cold not having warmed up not having practice that's going to be a struggle and you'd be surprised you wouldn't be surprised if you didn't have a great first hole.
It took you a couple of holes to get into it. So how about we have an approach next time we go on play where we actually feel like the first hole is no longer the first so we arrive half an hour early hit a few balls on the driving range hit a few chips if you bump shots if you put and actually play the first hole in your mind and play physically before you actually get to the first hole so you stand on the driving range of the OK the first hole is a five hundred yard par five that's going to involve hitting a driver. So I'll take a driver and I'll hit my driver and I'll picture the fairway that. Meaning for so I hit my driver down the first then I think OK if I hit my drive in there that would leave me with a three wood towards the green. So I don't take my three wood out and I hit my three wood on the driving range and I have another nice one that would then leave me with a chip so I then take my sand wedge out my back and I chip imagining I'm chipping on to the first green and then I go to the putting green and I have a couple of pots imagine I'm on the first putting green down when I go to the golf course I tee off I think well I've already done this I played this hole five minutes ago on the practice ground. So now when I hit my tee shot down the first it no longer feels like the first hole and hopefully with that approach my score on the first reduce it's so if I can start well my overall round might be more positive rather than starting cold and fresh and having that double bogey or worse on the first hole. So try and play the first hole on the practice ground before you actually get to the first hole and see how that affects your golf scores.
2018-08-23 Pete Styles – PGA Teaching Pro
The number of times I've sat down with the golfer to go through their rounds and analyze how they've played them. I even bring the scorecard in and show it to me and say “Look this is my last round of golf what do you think?” Now we go OK started with a double bogey and then made a couple of bogeys then made a few pars then threw in the odd birdie then played quite nicely. and finished with a nice run a passing game and we look at their overall score and we are careful you'll start was the worst part of your game you let yourself down early doors how about you would like to play the eighteen holes and then go back and start on the first again and just play the first one more time so overall you play nineteen holes get rid of the first hole you played your school was probably better because after eighteen holes you really warmed up you're really into it you're playing some nice golf you've got a good handle on the speed of the greens you're chipping closely driving the ball well frustrating holes you T. often but want to get you to use that score over and above the first hole the first time round most golfers would improve and most golfers would take that opportunity to do that and we asked why is that. Well the most golfers when they get to the first hole it might be the first hole that played all week it might be the first hole played all month so if that's you when you're getting to the first hole completely cold not having warmed up not having practice that's going to be a struggle and you'd be surprised you wouldn't be surprised if you didn't have a great first hole.
It took you a couple of holes to get into it. So how about we have an approach next time we go on play where we actually feel like the first hole is no longer the first so we arrive half an hour early hit a few balls on the driving range hit a few chips if you bump shots if you put and actually play the first hole in your mind and play physically before you actually get to the first hole so you stand on the driving range of the OK the first hole is a five hundred yard par five that's going to involve hitting a driver. So I'll take a driver and I'll hit my driver and I'll picture the fairway that. Meaning for so I hit my driver down the first then I think OK if I hit my drive in there that would leave me with a three wood towards the green. So I don't take my three wood out and I hit my three wood on the driving range and I have another nice one that would then leave me with a chip so I then take my sand wedge out my back and I chip imagining I'm chipping on to the first green and then I go to the putting green and I have a couple of pots imagine I'm on the first putting green down when I go to the golf course I tee off I think well I've already done this I played this hole five minutes ago on the practice ground. So now when I hit my tee shot down the first it no longer feels like the first hole and hopefully with that approach my score on the first reduce it's so if I can start well my overall round might be more positive rather than starting cold and fresh and having that double bogey or worse on the first hole. So try and play the first hole on the practice ground before you actually get to the first hole and see how that affects your golf scores.
