1. If you’re trying to break 90, play 90 golf. Add one stroke to par and play for that. Playing for pars is how you lose that one or two shots that keeps you from breaking the barrier. You will get more pars this way, and fewer doubles and triples.

2. If you’re trying to shoot something lower, don’t even look at par. When par is rattling around in your head, you tend to take risks that end up biting you. Just keep hitting the ball and add it all up when the round is over.

3. If you have a shot that is working today, ride it for all it’s worth. Hit it as often as you can even if you would normally do something else. Confidence is everything.

Just sayin’.