Do you play one golf course all the time? Try going to different courses. You\u2019ll get more fun out of golf, and you\u2019ll become a better player.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s what happens when you play the same course over and over. You get into something of a rut. You don\u2019t have to think too much, because you know just what strokes to play on a particular hole to get your 4. The only challenge is to see if you can do it. <\/p>\n
Even though you play a good course, it does not require all the shots you need to be a complete golfer. You never get the chance to learn something new.<\/p>\n
And when you do go to a new course, you probably have to hit shots and use clubs you have little experience with, and you often hit the wrong shot because you haven\u2019t learned how to read a hole. <\/p>\n
A subtle danger is that you might be under-handicapped by playing only one course. Since you know it so well, you play it so well. A few years ago, a local amateur shot a 62 on his home course. I looked up his scores in the GHIN website and found that all twenty of his handicap scores were on the that same course. I wonder how well his handicap of 3 would travel.<\/p>\n
I play on five different courses, each one of which demands different shotmaking from the fairway and around the greens. Playing well on one makes me a better player on the others, to boot.<\/p>\n
I throw in a new course every so often, to keep my course-reading muscles flexed, and thus I feel I can go anywhere and play a creditable round of golf right off. <\/p>\n
The golfer who has learned to adapt his or her skills to any course and still play his average game is getting the most out of this great sport. I would hope that\u2019s the kind of golfer you want to be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Do you play one golf course all the time? Try going to different courses. You\u2019ll get more fun out of golf, and you\u2019ll become a better player. Here\u2019s what happens when you play the same course over and over. You get into something of a rut. You don\u2019t have to think too much, because you … Continue reading Play Different Golf Courses<\/span>