Have You Broke The 100 Yet In Your Golf Game?

According to the National Golf Foundation the average score shot by the 25 million or so American golfers is 102. A mere 10 percent of all players consistently break 100. Only 5 percent break 90, and fewer than 1 percent break 80.

After interviewing hundreds of professional golf schools that have trained hundreds of thousands of golfers over the years, the information comes to the following conclusions:

• In a typical round, golfers who consistently break 100 but fail to shoot lower than 90 hit only four fairways with their tee shots, take 40 putts, and usually don’t make any birdies.

• Golfers who consistently shoot lower than 90 typically hit six fairways with their tee shots, take only 32 putts, and commonly make no more than one birdie during the round.

At first read, that probably doesn’t seem like much of a statistical difference to you. Certainly it’s not a difference so insurmountable that you can’t close the gap. So what is it about the 80s shooters that sets them apart from the 90s shooters?

There Are Two Types Of 80s Shooters

The first type is made up of better-than-average ball-strikers who don’t have the time or inclination to work on their short game or think about course management. They could probably shoot in the 70s if they put their mind to it.

The other type of eighties shooter doesn’t strike the ball much better than the guys who shoot ninety-five every week, but their overall game is enhanced by their deftness at those parts of the game which don’t require as much physical talent. Those things are putting, chipping and sand play, course management, and brain management (keeping tight control over their emotions).

So What Type Of Shooter Are You?

Since you are already at a decent enough level to break 100, we know that you can get the ball airborne and hit it somewhat straight. So as you might have guessed by now, your goal in golf should be to become a better scorer.

The good news is that not only will you shoot lower scores by applying the strategies outlined by our golf tips, you will also start winning those Saturday afternoon bets on the course!

There will be nothing sweeter than sitting in the club with a cold beer while the guy you just took twenty big ones from scratches his head and says, “I don’t understand it. I hit the ball just as good as you do, but you beat me by ten shots. How do you do it?”

The appropriate response: Just shrug your shoulders, and… smile.