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Originally Posted by PGAplayer#1  Ive noticed lately that my scores go down alot because ofmy not hitting greens.Does anyone know any accuracy drills or anything to help this problem?  |
There are lots of things you can do to hit more greens:
1. Don't aim at the edges of the greens or try to pull off over-optimistic shots over bunkers or water for example. Take a reasonably conservative option.
2. You need to take all the environmental factors into account. Look at the lie, the thickness of the grass, the wind at ground level and aloft, the temperature - they are all factors to consider before you decide where to aim your shot.
3. Your have to know the REAL distance to the green, the flag and your target. Don't trust the 150 yarders - they lie!!
Just becuase it says 150yds from the middle 20 feet left or right and it's not 150 yards anymore because of the angle of approach!
You need to know 150yards to where - the front, middle or back ... So just becuase it says 150 yards, is it 150 yards to the flag - probably not. You need to add distance if the flag is back from the measurement or substract if it's forward of the 150 yard point.
So, you may have 150 yards or whatever to the pin but where do you want to land the ball. With a long-iron you want to take off a fair bit for bounce and roll. With a lob wedge, ignore it you won't get much bounce. You need to know where the TARGET is and the distance to the TARGET - bugger the distance to the green or the flag, it's not important anymore.
4. Club distances - abolsutely critical to know how far you FLY your
clubs. How far you hit them is pointless - you know your TARGET distance now match the club FLYING DISTANCE to the TARGET DISTANCE.
Don't work out the club distances based on a good crack out of the middle - work them out on a "average" shot.
5. Ball and other equipment is important too. Trust me if you play those concrete TopFlites or Pinnacles or something - take off a club for roll! :-) If you play V1's or HX56 add on distance with your shorter
clubs to account for backspin.
6. Ball flight tendancies - work out your target from the 5 computations above. If you draw the ball with that club, you need to aim a little right of the target ... if you cut the hell of that 3-iron, then aim way left ... You have to play to your tendencies.
This, believe it or not why the pros take 5 hours to play 18 holes in 3 balls - they each go through this computation after thier caddies have done it a few times ... Honestly, this is what they do and how precise they are.
You need to do the same, think about the REAL distance, think about the target and then match the club. Follow that detailed process and you WILL hit more greens. Guaranteed.