Better golf 8 of 8: A practice round with a scorecard that counts something else
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Play nine or eighteen holes and score fairways, greens and putts instead of strokes. The numbers tell you what to practise next.
Een oefenronde met een andere scorekaart voelt in het begin wat onwennig, zeker op het eerste tee als je merkt dat de gebruikelijke kolom voor strafpunten er niet tussen staat. Maar ergens rond de vijfde hole verschuift de aandacht: niet of de bal links of rechts verdwijnt, maar of de drive de fairway heeft geraakt, of de approach de green heeft gehaald, of het eerste putt realistisch dicht genoeg lag. De ronde wordt een meting in plaats van een vonnis.
Na achttien holes liggen er vier kolomtotalen op de kaart. Veertien fairways, negen greens in regulation, zevenendertig putts, drie van de zes up and down kansen benut. Die getallen zeggen meer dan een eindscore van 89 of 94. Ze wijzen naar één zwakke plek, niet als algemene conclusie maar als concreet werkgebied voor de komende weken. De volgende trainingssessie begint niet met een gevoel, maar met een getal.
Before the round, write four columns on the card: fairway hit, green in regulation, putts, up and down.
Suggestion: Strokes are a result. These are causes.Use the course plan from part 5 on every tee.
Suggestion: No driver on the holes you marked.Count putts honestly, including the tap-ins.
Suggestion: Thirty six putts is two per hole. Below thirty is good.Note every chip that ends inside two metres as an up and down chance.
Suggestion: Short game shows up here.After the round, add up the columns. The weakest column is the next month.
Suggestion: Then start this series again at the part that matches.Related playbooks
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