Trying to break through to score in the 80’s – Check this out!
Trying to break through to score in the 80’s – Check this out!
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Trying to take your game from shooting in the mid to low 90’s to scoring in the ’80s takes just two things, according to PGA member Rob Labritz. Iron Control and Driver Control! Read the rest of this interesting article if breaking 90 is oh so close! Thanks to pga.com and Rob Labrtiz for sharing!
Rob Labritz
Looking to go from the ’90s into the 8o’s!
In this week’s “best advice” column with PGA Professional Rob Labritz, we’re turning our eyes to the better players out there who are on the cusp of a single-digit handicap – the ones looking to break “80” on a consistent basis.
Even if your game fits into this category, you’re going to want to go back and touch up on the tips forbreaking “100” and breaking “90.” After all, Labritz’s entire theory of becoming a better player starts at the green and working your way backwards to the tee.
So, provided you’ve gotten yourself comfortable with the short game inside of 100 yards, this is the piece for you.
How the heck can you break 80?
Labritz chalks it up to just two things: iron control and driver control.
It may seem simple, but there’s some “charting” that goes into it – and that starts with the irons.
“There are a few things I use,” said Labritz, fresh off a win in the MasterCard Westchester PGA Championship on Thursday. “First, you want to get access to some type of measuring device. If you can use something like Trackman, or another type of launch monitor, or even the Game Golf device, that’s a great place to start. The thing is, you want to learn how far your ball travels with each iron.”
Once you figure that out, Labritz said, it eliminates the guesswork.
“Play a couple of rounds, or spend time on the range just dialing in the distances your irons travel,” Labritz said. “And if you don’t have access to what we’ve already covered, a laser rangefinder will work too. Once you’re hitting consistent iron shots, hit the target where the ball is landing with a laser and see how far it’s flying.”
When you get comfortable with that, it’s time to step back to the tee.
“The key to hitting a tee shot has nothing to do with hitting it as far as you can,” Labritz said. “It’s all about positioning. It’s about playing the hole from the green backwards. When you’re on the tee, imagine you’re looking down the fairway from the green and ask yourself, ‘where do I have to hit this tee shot to give myself the best position to get my iron-shot approach into the area of the flag on this green?’”
Like most, you may be programmed to think that with driver in hand, you should take a mighty lash at the ball from the tee. You’re wrong. Over-swinging leads to problems with balance and that’s the reason for your wayward tee shots.
Labritz has a simple fix for that.
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