Creating good habits as an amateur golfer can help you to see long-lasting improvement, according to a tour coach with decades of experience at the highest levels of the game.
Nick Bradley is a renowned tour coach who has worked with an impressive list of pros including Justin Rose and Sir Nick Faldo. He also expertly analysed the top players in the game and shared things amateur golfers can copy from Scheffler, McIlroy and others – helping you to improve your game this season.
3 Habits For Lower Scores That Most Amateur Golfers Skip
Habit 1: Collect Data
Learn to take basic statistics when you play or get some of the apps that do it for you. I think without the feedback on your golf and how you actually play the game, it then makes my second point more difficult to do, which is to know what to work on.
You should be noting down things like the number of fairways hit/missed, and where you missed them (left/right), but also the number of three-putts and putts missed from inside 4-feet – as these things will start to highlight useful patterns.
Understanding what aspect to work on without collecting the data is difficult as you’ve got nothing to point towards. Once that data has informed you, go and find a golf teacher with a good reputation.
Now, I’m going to put a caveat on that, which is, and this is where I think amateurs do go wrong, you need to remember the golf teacher is a consultant.
They are there to improve your condition, but make sure you go to them with at least six rounds of data to steer your tuition in the right direction.
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