Fix The Bad, Not The Good
“Golf is like a chain. You always have to work on the weakest links.” - George Archer
No one wants to do it, but we all should…practice. The problem that I see amongst my students and most every golfer you see on the practice tee, is the neglect to work on the weakest part of their game. All to often, you start hitting the ball on the range and stick with the one or two clubs that you’re hitting well. This is great for your confidence, but typically lousy for lowering your scores.
After spending your time on the range hitting those few clubs or shots that you might be good at, you head to the golf course and find out that you still have a lot of weak areas in your golf game. You might have been hitting your 8 iron right at the target on the range, but it isn’t going to do much good when you are hitting your driver into trouble and don’t have a clear shot into the green. It is great that you were making putts on the putting green, but unfortunate that you are taking multiple bunker shots to get the ball on the green.
Finding our weakest links is the first key to improvement. Pinchaser will help you pinpoint those exact areas. The second step towards improvement it to take action and work on those identified areas. Although working with a particular drill or training aid might not be the most exciting way to spend time on the range, the rewards will be substantial.
No matter whom you are, how much you play, how often you practice, there are going to be weak parts in your golf game. Once you’ve corrected one area, another one starts to slip. This is the ebb and flow, the yin and the yang, that we call golf. Some days we struggle on the course. The next day everything goes perfect and we have a great round. Keep working on those weak areas so that you have more of the good days than bad. And remember to enjoy the journey that we are all taking to play better golf!
I’m off to go work my weak links.