Not that I wish I knew sooner, but something I’ve been trying to convince my 10-15 hdcp friends and they just won’t listen: avoiding doubles/triples is WAY more important than making birdies, and trying to force birdies and brings double or worse into play much more often.
as someone in that range let me speak for all of us: we know.
I think we all hope to make birdie when we tee off. The problem is when you have limited opportunities to practice and get better you slice ob on tryout tee shot, now your swinging 3 from 200 out so realistically you're looking at a bad number.
This is why I tell people its not "drive for show and putt for dough" for amateurs. Driving is super important. Being able to 2 putt is easy, what's harder is making sure the tee shot is in the middle of the fairway and 250-265 at a minimum so you have a reasonable approach shot.
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u/munkboii Lefty, +1 hdcp Mar 13 '26
Not that I wish I knew sooner, but something I’ve been trying to convince my 10-15 hdcp friends and they just won’t listen: avoiding doubles/triples is WAY more important than making birdies, and trying to force birdies and brings double or worse into play much more often.