Better golf 5 of 8: Course management on paper
20 min Calm
Take strokes off without touching a club. Plan your home course hole by hole: where to miss, when to lay up, which tee shot is not the driver.
Een scorekaart met aantekeningen in de kantlijn ziet er rommelig uit, maar dat is precies de bedoeling. Bij het zevende hole staat dan niet alleen het par, maar ook: "links missen, rechts is einde verhaal." Die ene zin, geschreven thuis aan tafel met een koud kopje koffie, neemt tijdens de ronde een beslissing over die je onder druk niet meer zelf hoeft te nemen. De meeste golfers ontdekken dat het plannen op papier anders aanvoelt dan ze verwachtten, minder technisch, meer eerlijk over waar het eigenlijk misgaat.
Course management begint niet op de fairway maar in de herkenning van patronen. Wie zijn gebruikelijke score per hole naast de gebruikelijke reden legt, ziet al snel dat het zelden de slagen zijn maar de keuzes ervoor. Een lay-up die je vooraf hebt vastgelegd voelt op het moment zelf bijna saai, en dat is het signaal dat het werkt.
Print or draw the scorecard of your home course. For each hole write your usual score and the usual reason it goes wrong.
Suggestion: Be honest. Water on 7 is not bad luck if it happens every week.For every par 4 and 5, decide the club off the tee that keeps you in play, even if it is not the longest.
Suggestion: A 7 iron in the fairway beats a driver in the trees.Mark the safe side of every green: where a miss still leaves an easy chip.
Suggestion: Aim there when the pin is tucked.Pick two holes where you will always lay up short of trouble.
Suggestion: Bogey is fine. Doubles kill the round.Fold the card into your bag. Play the next round with it.
Suggestion: Compare scores after.
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