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Adopting a better strategy is something most amateurs could benefit from, and juniors are no exception. Ingraining good habits from the get-go is the easiest way to improve and get the best out of yourself even when not firing on all cylinders. In the video and article below, TeeTimeTips (opens in new tab) founder Nick Dougherty explains how junior golfers and kids starting out in the game can make better decisions on the course…
Sometimes the ‘right’ shot isn’t the one that is going to be as fun to play, and that’s important to remember for juniors in particular. It can be easy to develop a tendency to make bad decisions through an irresistible temptation to take the high-tariff option. It’s something Nick was able to identify in Josh’s game, especially around the greens.
Keep it simple
“When you get to a level where you start to spin the golf ball it becomes something that is very addictive,” Dougherty says. “It feels good and it’s a testament to quality of strike and Josh has that. But sometimes it will lead him to play a more challenging shot than the one he needs to.
Josh working on his shot selection around the greens under the watchful eye of Nick Dougherty
(Image credit: Tom Miles)
“The name of the game is how many shots does it take, not how pretty do they look, albeit when we watch the greats of the game, it’s very pretty. Rory McIlroy hits some amazing shots; Shane Lowry is a wizard around the greens.
“I think one of the things with Josh that I wanted to instil was to pick the most simple shot, something that can be reproduced more regularly. For that, we used the concept of landing the ball on the same part of the green barring something weird going on like the Elephant’s Graveyard at St Andrews which might influence the shot.
“With a normal green in front of you, try and land it a couple of yards on every time and use that landing spot to tell…
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