We all want to hit the ball straight. We want to stop slicing or hooking. That’s important, but neither of these faults are hard to cure. Once you can hit the ball straight most of the time, then what?

Following your tee shot, getting the distance right is everything. If you’re in the fairway 143 yards from the pin, can you hit the ball 143 yards?

Further, if you’re 72 yards from the pin, can you pitch the ball 72 yards? If you’re putting from 27 feet can you make the ball go 27 feet?

THAT is how you score, and once you have basic tee-to-hole shot-making figured out, make those skills work for you by learning how to hit ANY kind of shot to a specific distance.

I’ll leave you to figure out how to do that, and close this short post by saying when you have acquired that ability, you’ll be playing a different game.