[BrianL99]

Mr. Shibumi has been offering some golf swing advice, most of it very good in my opinion, but ...

If you're 65+ there's not much chance your technique or swing is going to improve all that much. If you're shooting 90's+, you're never going to shoot your age without moving up to the Green Tees.

The best way for the average 90+ golfer to lower their score, isn't a better golf swing or better technique, it's better course management.

Here are my course management rules for the average senior 85+ shooters.

1. Throw away your Driver if it's more than 42" long and less than 13-14 degrees Loft. Get a good 3 wood and use it off the Tee.

2. Don't ever hit a 3 wood off the fairway. Never, ever, ever. Hit a hybrid or iron and keep it in the fairway.

3. Don't aim at a Pin if you're more than 50 yards away .... aim at the middle of the Green or aim to avoid bunkers and/or water.

4. If you have a Lob Wedge, don't use it if you're more than 30-40 yards from the pin ... too hard to control.

5. If you have a "clean, tight lie", do NOT use a Sand Wedge ... use a Gap Wedge or Pitching Wedge with less bounce.

6. Do NOT Putt if there's any grass longer than Green or Fringe length grass between you and the pin.

7. Any putt more than 6' is a "distance putt", not an "aim putt".

8. Forget what "Par" is and aim to play a hole in the fewest strokes.

9. If you get into a bunker, get it out in one shot, even if you have aim away from the pin.

10. If you hit in the deep rough, hit a wedge back onto the fairway. Every time.


Good course management (at the expense of your ego), will improve your scores faster than 5 lessons with Butch Harmon.