PRO TALK
HOW TO ANALYSE YOUR GAME THIS YEAR?
PGA Professional, Sam Truman, explains how to effectively measure your game and how to pinpoint areas to work on.
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ow often do we as golfers get drawn into practising in the same way week after week? I would say it happens far too often. Golfers get stuck on the range hitting the same clubs to the same targets. As golfers we need to make sure we are measuring our games effectively,
so we can use our precious practice time wisely. I’m going to help you measure your game on the course using a few useful techniques. These tips will help you figure out which parts of your game to work on and will help you get a really clear overview of your game, helping you reveal your strengths and weaknesses. MEASURING SCORES The game of golf has had some big changes occur over the last few years with the introduction of a world handicapping system which helps standardise the handicapping process around the globe. However, any handicapping process will come with its flaws. Whether that
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it’s not an accurate representation of your game at a certain point in time or that the scores are not measured under tournament circumstances. With this in my mind, I suggest that players keep a casual play scoring record and a tournament scoring record. This will help you reveal how much the pressure of playing in a competition actually effects your scores. The last tip to monitor scoring is to break your year down into quarters and keep a scoring average (to par) during those times. How much does your scoring average change during the calendar year? MEASURING CONDITIONS To help understand your strengths and weaknesses, whenever you go
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