I’m sure you are very eager to accelerate your improvements in golf, but before we find a way to improve your golf, we have to figure out what is stopping you from playing better golf right now! If we know exactly what that is, we can then put in actionable strategies to improve that part of your golf game.

There are 5 areas of golf . I want you to rate yourself on a scale of 0 to 10, 0 being absolutely pathetic, to 10 being absolutely perfect.  Before you do this, I want you to be completely honest with yourself.  No one is going to see or know what you rate yourself, so be as honest as possible!

The first area is your physical health and vitality. If you haven’t got a sense of energy on the course, then you won’t be able to do very much. If you haven’t got the flexibility and the strength to make a solid golf swing, then you certainly will not come close to you potential. Having physical fitness and health is the number one factor in producing a better than average golf game. This is the base in which other factors can build upon. This includes proper nutrition, fitness and sleep. Read the rest of this entry

Having played a lot of golf with all kinds of golfers, I’ve noticed trends in the thinking patterns of average golfers. One of the biggest issues I’ve noticed is that golfers tend to not think and pull out their driver on any hole that isn’t a par 3! There could be trouble everywhere and still they do not think about course management. By thinking twice about it, the average golfer could save many shots in a round of golf. Read the rest of this entry

Just watching players fight their way through the tough layout of Augusta National, I have realised that these elite golfers know exactly where they want to place the ball before they even play the hole. Course management is absolutely essential on tough layouts and slippery greens.

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