Is breaking 90 your nemesis? Do you find the 1980s elusive? GolfMagic shares some simple tips from players and coaches to shave the shots and get that magic sign.
We’ve collected some useful tips and tricks ranging from practice and chipping exercises to practice routines and general swing tips, along with some quick video tips to help you break 90 shots in a game of golf …
Carl Watts, former player of the European Tour
– Trust the shot, choose a place. If there is a hole you don’t like on the shirt, choose a point one to two feet in front of the ball that is aligned with your target and don’t look up when you turn to the ball.
– Use the pitch of the clock face. Backswing and following the same distance helps build consistency. The backswings of most amateurs are too long and slow down through the ball.
– Play boring golf. Many shots are eliminated because the odds are so heavily stacked against a player and it is the decision to make the shot that leads to a bad shot. If you are in trouble, take your medicine and go back to the fairway.
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Simon Dyson, six times winner of the European tour
– Leave the big stick at home. Unless driving is the best part of your game, keep the ball in play using a 3-wood tee.
– Practice your feet together. Start slowly and work your way. It allows you to feel the flow of your swing and to synchronize the upper and lower half.
Jonathan Yarwood, tour manager
– Make the club work. To push the ball efficiently it is necessary to increase the speed of the shaft. Often players in this scoring category have an imperfect grip, often in the palm of the hand, which prevents them from creating speed and allowing the club to do the job. As a result, the body becomes too active. The result is an impotent effort rather than an effortless effort!
To simplify things and facilitate repetition, place the club between your fingers. This will allow your wrists to function properly. From this better base, create an “L” shape between the forearm and wrists. You should feel a sense of speed and feel “whoosh” in the well. The body will calm down and melt. The ball should be thrown for miles.
Kristian Baker, golf instructor
– Putt before each round. Commit to spending 10 minutes on the exercise by putting the green before each round, getting the rhythm of the greens. You don’t want a three hit on the first one.
– Build a routine. Be aware that you have a repeatable pre-shot routine that you perform before each shot.
– Relax in the bunker. Don’t put pressure on yourself to get bunker shots near the flag. Make sure you put it on the green.
Duncan Woolger, Advanced PGA member
– Swing longer, not faster. To hit putts of different lengths, many golfers change their pace rather than the length of the stroke. The length of the section should change according to the distance from the hole, but the time should remain the same. Accelerate the putter through impact.
– Relax on the pitches. If you get too tense, you will never have a good short game. To hit good pitch shots, leave your arms slightly loose from your shoulders and move your feet closer together, making it easier to rotate.
– Learn to hit hard shots. The key to breaking the 90 is being able to save shots from more difficult places, like a downhill lie in a bunker, or a shot buried in the rough. Make sure to practice these shots.
Ian Clark, Advanced Fellow PGA
– Pivot on your pitches. Players who score in the 90s will often end up 20-30 yards from the green after they approach – to hit these pitch shots well, keep some weight forward and be sure that the chest continues to impact .
– Keep it constant during mass. Make sure that the rhythm is kept on a constant back, keep the same rhythm and allow the back length to determine the distance traveled by the putt.
– Wait up. At each check of the full shot you can keep the end of your swing for at least a count of three, this will encourage a nice balance movement without any additional effort.
