Lower Your Golf Scores By Controlling Your Shots to the Green

One of the proper ways to ensure that you have a low score is to stick your approach shot on the green from the fairwayplayer trying to become better Approach shot mastery givesbeginner level golfersa chance to lower their golf score trememdously. If you are within 150 yards of the flag all of your attention should be on the magic number of shots to get the ball in that hole – “Three”.

Tell the truth: Have you really studied this aspect of your game? If you have put time into proper practice, you should really be thinking about getting aggressively close to the pin and getting down in two shots instead of three. This website is a great place for beginner golf tips if you need them.

If you are a 100+ golf player, your thought process is more like “Gee, I hope I just hit this cleanly!” However, if you are serious about ruling your foursome then you must improve your deadliness when in scoring range with respect to the green. Six Ninja tactics for learning to score on the approach:

1. Head to a practice facilityswinging at balls with all your irons from 7 iron down to your most lofted wedge at a specific target. The target can be another golf ball or landmark, but must be a comfortable distance for each club you use. Take notes for each club detailing the percentage of balls landing within 20 fee of the target. Keeping these stats will let you know whether you are correct and if not, whether you need to step your game up a notch. When you can get the ball to a 6 foot radius this will mean that you have real accuracy. If you focus on a few putting drills you should be able to “giterdun” in one from that distance. Do this and watch your scores drop like a rock!

2. When you dial in your distances only then should you worry about spin control. It’s cool looking to make the ball spin backwards, but it is far, far more necessary to reduce forward momentum quickly. This can be done most effectively by merely forcing a high ball trajectory in which the ball falls out of the sky. As an added bonus any backspin on the ball will arrest momentum on the green. If your swing speed is fast enough then you might be a candidate for learning to put backspin on the golf ball. However, you may not have a “high-spin” wedge swing. Go to your local pro shop and check a launch monitor to be sure.

3. Know your swing. If you are able to do it try trapping the golf ball. Trapping means to strike down on the ball to pinch it between the turf and the club and thereby pressure the ball slightly. This squirts the ball toward the hole with higher backspin rpm. Since we aren’t pro’s feel free to use the old wedges with the box grooves as these are designed to grip the ball and give higher backspin. I use a Cleveland wedge with the “cheat” grooves and absolutely love it. See this website for more tips on putting backspin on a golf ball.

4. Accuracy under adverse conditions is hard to practice. If you do the following you will have high confidence even if you are in the rough as long as you are within “your” distance. Start by hitting a few range balls to targets out say 50, 100 and 150 yards away. Next, practice low trajectory shots. to those targets. Pretend there is a bunch of tree limbs at about 6 feet high and keep the ball launch path low. Then practice medium trajectory shots and ensure that you can stop the ball near your targets. Lastly, practice high trajectory shots as if you need to go over a tree or another obstacle.

5. Repeat step four but this time hit the same shots with a much firmer stroke. Do it again, but grip way down. Even if it’s only keeping percentages, remember to keep notes on your accuracy with each club, distance and grip type.

6. If you find within this group one type of shot that is more “money” than the others, make a note of it and ensure that you spend a little time practicing this shot every time you go to the range. This will be your “lifesaver” or “money shot” when you are in a precarious golf situation that makes you spina bit nervous~feel unprepared for/spin. If you don’t know what to do, always do what you know!