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Golf Nine Holes Instead of Eighteen

By Shooting 90

Most things in golf are based on eighteen holes. Most golf courses have eighteen holes, professional golf rounds are eighteen holes, and an official handicap is established based on eighteen hole rounds.

Golfing eighteen holes presents many challenges.

Finding the time is probably the biggest challenge for many of us. A round of eighteen holes typically takes four or even five hours to play. Slow play is a real problem in golf. Many new golfers lack proper etiquette and simply take to long to play. Searching too long for lost balls and not playing “ready” golf are two of the biggest problems. It only takes one slow group on the course to really slow down play. Committing four plus hours with our busy lives is at many times difficult.

It is much easier to find the two to two and a half hours for nine holes. This is especially true if you work during the day and want to squeeze in a round after work. Courses are less crowded on weekdays than they are on the weekends and summer evenings are a great time for golf.

Endurance to golf eighteen holes effectively is another challenge for many golfers. Many beginner golfers will get physically and mentally tired before the end of eighteen holes. This leads to miss hits and frustration. Walking, stretching, and core strengthening will all help you build up the stamina for 18 holes. Until you get there, it’s many times just easier to golf nine holes.

You may want to establish a handicap. Unless you’re planning to play in official tournaments, and if you’re a beginner you’re probably not, there’s no need for an official USGA or R&A handicap. Most courses will help you establish a local course handicap and this can easily be done by using nine hole rounds.

You can even establish a compliant course handicap by yourself by using one of several apps. Here at Shooting 90 we recommend using TheGrint to create your handicap and track your stats.

Even if you still want an official handicap, you can still combine nine hole rounds to establish one.

Golfing is a game that is meant to be fun and there’s nothing wrong with golfing nine hole rounds when you can’t do eighteen.

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Fall is a Great Time for Golf!

By Shooting 90

It’s fall here in the northern hemisphere, and depending on exactly where you are, this may mean nothing to your golf or it may mean you have a week left of your golf season. Some of you live in places which allow you to golf year round. Some of us, myself included, live in a place where we have a significant winter. I thoroughly enjoy four distinct seasons, so while it does not bother me, the approaching winter means no more local outdoor golf for me.

So while fall means your local course may soon be closing, it shouldn’t mean you should not golf as much as possible up until then. In fact, with the exception of dealing with aerated greens and possibly making a new local rule to handle lost balls in leaves on the ground, fall golf has many things going for it.

  • Fall golf is inexpensive. Let’s face it. Golf is an expensive sport. Two local municipal courses I golf on, St. Germain Golf Club and Northwood Golf Club, cost $45 for 18 holes in the summer. Granted, even though these are town-owned, they are 4.5 star courses. Still, I don’t know about you, but $45 to golf is a significant cost for me. Today I teed off at 3 o’clock in the afternoon at St. Germain Golf Club, took advantage of their twilight all you can golf rate for $14, and squeezed in 18 holes in the 3 and a half hours of daylight I had. Every course has deals like this. They’re still open and want golfers.
  • On many days, it is more comfortable to golf in the fall than in the summer. For me, many days in the summer are just plain too hot for golf. I’d rather put on a layer of clothes and golf in the fall than to sweat it out in the summer heat. The weather for my round today was 52 F, sunny, and very little wind. The temperature was not too cold for my hands to get cold and I was very comfortable with a sweatshirt and light jacket.
  • There are little to no bugs in the fall! The mosquitos and biting flies of spring and summer are gone or nearly gone in fall.
  • The chance for severe weather in the fall is very minimal. If fact, in general, there is much less rain in the fall. There were several times this summer that my round was shortened due to severe weather. Watching the radar and not going out if there is a chance of storms is just not realistic. Too many times you don’t go golfing and no severe weather turns up. So you end up taking your chances and being forced off the course by severe weather. Never golf with lightning in the area. Golf is never as important as your safety.
  • The fall colors are spectacular. If you are lucky enough to have a local course with woods, the course is an excellent place to see the changing colors. Being out in nature is one of the great perks of golf and the outdoors are many times most beautiful in the fall.

While many of us are sad that another golf season is coming to an end, don’t stop golfing just yet. Take advantage of all the things that fall golf has going for it and golf up until your course closes.

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Takeaways from the Match Play Championship

By Shooting 90

For an event that many argue its very existence, the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship provided a very exciting Sunday afternoon of golf. Jason Day outlasted Victor Dubuisson to win the final match in 23 holes. Day squandered a three hole lead on the back nine, including being two up with two holes to play, only to withstand probably the greatest back-to-back up and downs in the history of golf from Dubuisson on the 19th and 20th holes.

On the 19th hole, being played on hole #1, Dubuisson’s second shot bounced over the green and into the desert, prompting Nick Faldo to exclaim “He’s ruined!”. He then proceeded to hit an unbelievable chip shot from next to a jumping cactus to within 5 feet. He made the putt, sending the match to the 20th hole.

The 20th hole was played on hole #9. Earlier in the match on the 9th hole, Dubuisson hit his approach shot left into the desert and ended up conceding the hole. He again hit his second shot left on this hole into the desert and under a branch. He hit his next shot through the branch to within 7 feet. He once again made the putt to send the match to the 21st hole.

After halving the next two holes, Day won the 23rd hole with a birdie.

There are a few things a high handicap golfer can take away from this match.

First off, both Dubuisson and Day had very good short games the whole day. So good, it prompted Greg Norman to tweet the following.

It is so important to have a solid short game, yet this is an area that many high handicap and beginner golfers do not practice near enough. Dedicate weekly practice time for pitching and chipping.

Both golfers showed tremendous mental strength. Dubuisson stated he only slept one hour the night before because he was nervous about playing Ernie Els in the morning. He must have been physically drained after 41 holes of golf on Sunday but it only showed on a few shots. His mental determination was strong the whole day. Day won the 9th hole and then did not win another hole until he won the match by winning the 23rd hole. He blew leads of 3 up on the back nine and 2 up with 2 holes to go. He had Dubuisson all but dead on each of the first two extra holes only to see Dubuisson make miraculous shots to extend the match. He could have collapsed but didn’t. He instead played the best golf of the two on the extra holes.

One last takeaway from Sunday is something not to do. Don’t try to be a hero and hit a miraculous shot you can’t pull off. Dubuisson only attempted those two shots because he had no choice. It was attempt the shot or lose the match. I’m a big believer in making your own luck but even with that the golfing gods were smiling on Victor. He actually conceded the 9th hole earlier in the match when he was in the desert. Unless playing the last hole in their flight of the club championship, a high handicap golfer has no reason to attempt a shot that they have little chance of pulling off. Take the unplayable lie and move on.

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The Difficult Task of Creating Stability On The Links

By Shooting 90

This is a guest post by Scott McCormick. Scott writes for Golf Now Charlotte about the best courses to play in North Carolina.

Golf is a sport that poses a unique challenge to those that play. Golf requires not only physical adequacy, but mental consistency and restraint during times of frustration. There’s a reason that golf is becoming a world game. People can play well into their late years, and it’s also a sport that is nearly impossible to master. It’s an endless challenge, and people love that. However, it’s incredibly demanding. Even professionals hit wayward shots at least every other round, and golf’s general difficultly leads to overall intrigue around the sport.

One place that people struggle within their golf game involves consistency, both mental and physical. A golfer’s actual technique needs to be steady as he or she progresses through a round. Similarly, the player’s mindset needs to be level headed. Any legitimate lack in either area is detrimental to success on the links, and most everyone that has played the sport understands this.

Below are straight forward tips for creating stability on the course. If you’re a golfer that feels the ups and downs, to the point of frustration and errant shots, you need to take initiative and attack the problem head on. From there, you’ll drop strokes and become better friends with your score card.

Mental Stability

While most sports have a mental component to them, golf is even more so and many golfers at all levels struggle keeping a level mindset. For one, a bad shot shouldn’t affect the next. If you’re aiming to have a low handicap and a scorecard that’s easy on the eyes, you need to have mental stability each time you line up for a shot.

It’s difficult to maintain composure and confidence within golf. For one, a bad stroke can easily snowball and lead to another one. However, this doesn’t have to happen and many players could greatly benefit simply by thinking twice about it.

Some quick tips to maintain mental stability, and thus improve your game:

  1. Understand that one poor shot doesn’t need to affect your mindset. Just because you sliced your drive on the opening tee box, it doesn’t mean that you’re behind the eight ball for the rest of the day. As a golfer, you can really benefit from looking at each shot individually. The game is already difficult, and overanalyzing each errant shot isn’t going to do any good.
  2. Be confident in your game. Regardless of the level you play at, keep your focus on what you know you can do. If you’ve done it before, you can do it again.
  3. Take your time and don’t feel rushed. This doesn’t mean delaying the group behind you on each and every shot, but it does mean that you will not succeed in golf if you constantly feel pressure to quickly hit your shot. Hitting a tiny white ball accurately is already hard enough, and becomes extremely challenging if you’re in a hurry. Give yourself a break and take your time. Play at a pace that allows you to maintain proper technique and appropriate mindset.

Part of finding consistency on the golf course is reeling in emotion. Looking at each shot individually, staying confident in your skillset and taking adequate time on every stroke can improve your game in serious ways.

Physical Regularity

Yes, golf is largely mental, but that doesn’t mean that physical shortcomings can’t tarnish a score card. Technique and style, and particularly consistent performance in these areas, are huge components of success on the links. Unique to other sports, golf requires a level of exactness not seen in another game. The distance, trajectory and accuracy of a golf shot will only be on point if the golfer is firing on all fundamental cylinders.

While each golfer is different, there are near-universal ways to improve the way you approach and execute each shot. It can be hard to maintain technique and fundamentals through a long round, but the more you do so, the better off you’ll be.

Some quick tips to ensure proper technique:

  1. Don’t underestimate fitness when it comes to golf. Sometimes viewed as a sedentary sport, this couldn’t be further from the truth. For one, a lack in fitness can be very detrimental to a golfer’s performance, particularly at the end of rounds. For example, if a golfer’s legs get tired, their stance loosens and their swing is affected. Similarly, when the hands or lower back feel the burn, golfers tend to pull up on swing impact or change grip mid-round.
  2. Keep your head down. A golfer will have a hard time finding success if they consistently lift their head through their stroke. For one, it’s impossible to focus on the golf ball if your head is pulling up through impact. Secondly, the motion of lifting your head affects your arms, core and stance. These components cannot be adjusted mid-stroke if an accurate shot is desired. It starts and ends with keeping your head down, and you can’t be reminded of this enough.
  3. Develop a fundamental swing. Whether you have to take lessons from your local professional or not, your swing needs to have right components to help you reach success. A golfer’s potential is determined by his or her mental and physical stability. Your swing needs to be part of your golf routine, with each stroke mirroring the next and the previous. The more regular you feel within your technique, the better you can gauge club selection and shot power.

You simply can’t afford to have ups and downs in your physical technique. The same (and hopefully fundamental) steps and procedure should be executed each time you line up for a shot. From there, you’ll find more regularity as your push forward.

Golf, like most other sports, is based on mental and physical capacity. However, the focus needs to be more detailed in this game. The slightest miscue can lead to an errant shot. While each golfer is different, these ideas should help take your game to a new level.

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Scrambles are Good for your Golf Game

By Shooting 90

I’ve been golfing of and on since I was 12 and have been golfing regularly for the last five years. One thing I have never done until yesterday is golf in a scramble. They have always sounded like a lot of fun but I just have never had the chance to participate. That all changed about a month ago when a friend of mine asked me if I wanted to golf in a charity scramble that was taking place yesterday.

For those of you that may not know, a scramble is a best ball format which consists of every player in the foursome hitting their tee shot, and then everyone using the best shot out of the four for their second shot, and so on and so on. The ideal team is usually a mix of good players and high handicappers. In fact, some scrambles require a certain mix of handicaps. Birdies are the goal in a best ball format. Pars are OK but bogies are killers. The winning team’s score from yesterday’s event was 12 under par. My team’s score was a respectable 4 under par.

So why are scrambles good for the high handicapper’s game?

  • They’re fun! Sometimes even high handicappers take golf too seriously. All of us as amateurs want to improve but we have to remember the golf is just a game for us. Scrambles are many times held for charity, so the ultimate goal is to raise a lot of money and have a good time in the process. The format of a scramble makes it very easy to have fun.

  • Bad shots are immediately forgotten. There’s no penalty for hitting a terrible shot. Simply go pick up your ball (if you can find it) and hit your next shot from where the best shot of your group landed. Your always hitting your next shot from a good position unless all your teammates also hit poor shots which is rare. This means you are not dwelling on bad shots and your thoughts stay positive.

  • You can (and should) be aggressive. They are three teammates who can bail you out if you hit a bad shot. There is much less need to be cautious in your shot selection. On most shots, you can simply “go for it”. While you do not want to go for it on every shot in your regular game, learning to be aggressive at the right times is important.

  • You get to watch a good player golf. I was the second best player on our team. The best player was absolute money from tee to green. Every tee and approach shot was almost perfect. Where we differed was in our consistency. I matched him on several shots but also hit some really bad shots. Golfing with better players gives you the confidence that you can be a good player if you put in the work.

  • You will contribute to your team’s success. You might think your team will end up using all the shots from your best player. While you will be relying on your best player for many of you team’s shots, believe it or not everyone contributes. It really all comes down to putting in a best ball format. We used birdie putts from every one of our team members. Everyone on my team also had at least one drive or approach shot that we used.

My plan is to golf in two or three scrambles a year from now on. Like I said, they are usually held to support a charity, have no pressure, and are setup to encourage everyone to have a great time. I suggest you golf in a scramble if you have not yet had the chance.

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Warmup at the Practice Range Before Your Round

By Shooting 90

Do you show up to the golf course five minutes before your tee time? I used to do this all the time, but is can cause a few issues!

First off, I’m usually pretty amped up to golf when I get to the course, which sometimes translates into my swing, resulting in a duck hook off the first tee. Not exactly the way you want to start a round.

Secondly, you just never know what swing you are going to bring to the course. Your ball’s flight path may normally be a nice little draw, but I highly doubt you have that shot every time you golf. Even the pros don’t have their A shot every time out. Your swing today may produce a bigger draw than usual or even a slight fade.

How do you help fix this two issues?

A great way to lower your anxiety, settle into golf mode, and see what kind shot you have today is to show up thirty minutes before your tee time and hit a small bucket of balls at the practice range.

The key point of the preceding sentence is a small bucket. This is a warmup session and not a practice session. A small bucket, 30 to 50 balls, is the perfect amount of swings to get comfortable without tiring yourself out. This is also the right number of swings to determine what kind of ball flight path your swing will produce that day. During warm up is not the time to change your swing to match your desired ball flight path. You are instead finding the swing you will be playing with today.

Hitting a small bucket of balls also gives you the opportunity to fix your swing in an emergency. Remember, you are not using the warmup session to change slight differences in your swing that result in a slightly different ball flight path. That work is for a longer practice session with a large bucket of balls. I’m talking about when you show up to the course with a terrible swing. Many times this is caused by you performing a piece of your swing majorly wrong. By slowing down and resetting your swing, you can many times get it corrected in the course of hitting a small bucket of balls. Trying to reset your swing on the course is much more difficult.

So why show up thirty minutes early when you can hit a small bucket of balls in 15-20 minutes? You’ll want to use the extra 5-10 minutes on the practice green to determine the speed of the greens. Putting some balls on the practice green, while not a perfect indicator of green speed on the course, will help you gauge the speed of the greens before you get to the first green.

Hopefully, I’ve convinced you of the benefits of hitting some warmup shots before your next round. It will go a long way in getting you off to the good start needed to score well for your round.

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2013 Travelers Championship

By Shooting 90

I spent a nice northwoods Sunday afternoon indoors catching up on some computer work. The bright side is that it gave me a chance to watch the final round of the Travelers Championship. It was an exciting back nine with Ken Duke, Graham DeLaet, and Chris Stroud all having a shot at their first PGA Tour victory. Ultimately it was Ken Duke sticking his approach shot to within three feet of the pin on the second playoff hole to setup his victory over Chris Stroud.

It was great to see the journeyman Ken Duke get his first win, but the tournament was Bubba Watson’s to lose as he got to the 178 yard par 3 16th hole. At the time, he held a one shot lead over Ken Duke. Bubba proceeded to hit a 9 iron short of the green with his ball bouncing off the hill fronting the green and into the water. A tense exchange with his caddie Ted Scott regarding club selection soon followed for the listening pleasure of the TV audience. He then hit his third shot over the green from the drop zone which prompted more words with his caddie. A poor chip and a two putt leads to a triple bogey essentially ending his hopes of winning the tournament.

There are a few things we can learn from Bubba’s meltdown on the 16th hole.

  • One bad shot does not cause a blow-up hole. Blow-up holes are caused by multiple bad shots compounded on top of each other. Bubba could have rebounded with a nice third shot from the drop zone or even a nice fourth shot from behind the green. Either would have avoided a triple bogey.

 

  • Concentrate on the current shot. This is easier said than done but previous shots are in the past and should remain there. If Bubba could have stuck his third shot from the drop zone close to the pin, everyone would be talking about his great recovery on 16 that led him to victory.

 

  • Remain calm. This is something many amateur golfers struggle with. Our natural tendency is to become frustrated. I believe Bubba would admit that it would have been best to talk it out with his caddie after the round.

 

We can look at Ken Duke on the 18th hole for an example on how to respond after a bad shot. He came to the 18th with a one shot lead but hit a terrible drive way right into the rough. You could tell his nerves really got the best of him. He did a great job of composing himself and instead of going for the green, took the shot he had, and hit a nice approach just off the left side of the green. From there, he was able to get up and down for par.

Blow-up holes are round killers for high handicap golfers and occasionally even for pros. Remaining calm and playing one shot at a time are the keys to recovering from a bad shot and avoiding blow-up holes.

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Why Do I Love Golf?

By Shooting 90

This is a guest post by Scott McCormick.  I believe it does a great job of highlighting why we remain dedicated to this crazy game! Scott McCormick is a freelance writer for Golf Now Dallas. For more of McCormick’s golf commentary, see his recent post analyzing the swing of Masters winner Adam Scott.

Are you ever on the golf course and things aren’t going well, and you ask yourself … what am I even doing out here with this stick in my hand and a little white ball in the weeds?

Why do I even bother playing this dumb game?

What am I trying to accomplish with this round?

What the hell is the point?

I feel like that sometimes, but it usually goes away pretty quickly (as soon as I make a good swing, everything wrong with the world seems to be erased).  Other times, I do wonder why I devote so much of my life to a silly game, but I’ve gotten pretty good at rationalizing my devotion and philosophizing about the inherent values the game has imprinted on my psyche.

Here are some of the things I’ve come up with to explain my love and dedication to the sport of golf:

Dignity and Pride

I look back to when I first started playing golf as a child and I couldn’t even hit the ball most of the time.  I knew nothing about the game.  Even after several years of playing, I was still horrible.  Pathetic.  My swing mechanics were atrocious.  I had absolutely no shot-making skills whatsoever.  I could barely drive the ball 150 yards, and when I did they were usually shanks or slices.

But year upon year, hour after hour, I got better.  I remember my first birdie and those irreplaceable feelings of hitting a really good shot.  I remember the first time I broke 100, and later 90.  Aside from the joy of getting married and having children, I can’t think of any feelings that have come close to matching the best feelings I have felt on the golf course.  I have felt more proud of a golf swing than I have about most of my professional work, which hasn’t been insignificant.  There’s just something about golf that makes me feel good, so good that it makes up for the times when golf makes me feel like shit.

Prestige

Golf is rich and tradition and has historically been associated with the upper crust of society.  Now I have always been decidedly middle class, maybe even lower-middle class, but I get a kick out of the sensation I get when I’m on the golf course that makes me feel that I am at the top of the social ladder.  It’s not that I have a desire to get all hoity-toity or holier-than-thou, it’s just that golf gives me a sense of self-esteem, that I am connected to something bigger and deeper than myself.

Mental acuity

I’ve noticed that my love of golf has caused me to develop a focus and a mental fortitude that has carried over into other areas of my life.  At the risk of sounding tacky, I wholeheartedly believe that the game has improved my all around mental stamina, cerebral wellbeing, and my entire outlook on life has been enhanced by this silly little game.

It’s always a bit silly when people try to make their little games or sports as a metaphor for this, that or the other thing, but I don’t care.  Call me silly.  The ups and downs that every golfer faces are not unlike the ups and downs that everyone faces in life.  By learning to persevere through the down times on the course, I am able to do that in other areas of my life.

Fun and Enjoyment

Everyone needs diversions.  While some people prefer television or movies as their distraction, I snub my nose at those people and haughtily assert that my hobbies and interests are inherently better than others.  I recognize the irrationality of that stance, but at the end of the day we all do that a little bit.

The bottom line is, for me, golf is really damn fun.  I enjoy it.  Even when I’m cursing the game and wishing I had never picked up a club, I’m having a good time.  Really.  I may not realize it at the time while I’m hooting and hollering about a missed putt, but I love it all the same.

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The 2013 Masters

By Shooting 90

I, like many of you, enjoyed watching the 2013 Masters. It was a great win for Adam Scott. I always watch professional tournaments looking for tips I can apply to my own game. While there are things the pros do that we should not, there are just as many things we can apply to our own games.

Here are some thoughts of mine from the 2013 Masters.

Downhill putts will break more than uphill putts. How many times did the pros not play enough break on make-able downhill putts and the ball broke below the hole? I’m not talking about long putts that they were trying to lag putt. On those putts the wanted outcome is leaving the ball below the hole to have an uphill putt on their next one. Granted, the greens at Augusta were insanely fast, especially on Friday and Saturday, but to see professional golfers continually not play enough break  on putts they were trying to hole was interesting. It serves as a great reminder for high handicap and beginner golfers who generally do not play enough break to begin with. While the greens will not be as fast as a professional event, remember that downhill putts will take more break than uphill ones.

On Sunday, as a steady rain fell, the greens became consistently slower. Many pros were slow to adjust and putt after putt came up short of the hole. This brought a couple of thoughts to mind. First, I was somewhat surprised how long it took some pros to adjust. Second, it reminded me of the saying that you won’t make a putt that doesn’t reach the cup. Again, I’m not talking about the times when lag putting the ball up to the hole was the best approach. Rather I’m talking of the times where the pros were expecting to make the putt. There were several putts on Sunday that were a revolution or two from going in the hole. Who can say how that affected the outcome. Adam Scott had it figured out by the time he reached the 18th hole and the playoffs sinking the two biggest putts of his career. When you have a putt you are expecting to sink, make sure you get it to the hole.

Finally, the sportsmanship between Adam Scott and Angel Cabrera was enjoyable to watch. I’m sure the fact that they were teammates on the 2009 President’s Cup team and consider themselves friends had something to do with it. More so I believe it points to the outstanding character of these two competitors. Take a cue from Adam Scott and Angel Cabrera the next time you’re competing in your flight of your club championship or in your weekly league. Compete hard but maintain the utmost respect for your competitor, win or lose.

I plan on posting my observations on other tournaments as the season progresses. There is always something to learn from watching the best golfers in the world.

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5 Reasons to Join a Golf League

By Shooting 90

Have you been considering joining a golf league? Have you been hesitant because you are a beginner or high handicap golfer? Actually playing in a golf league is a great way to improve your game. Here’s five reasons why you should join a golf league!

1. A golf league is fun!

Sometimes we need to remember that golf is a game and is to be enjoyed. You’ll meet and get to know many other golfers through the duration of the league. You’ll get to play other two-person teams out on the course and socialize with the entire league at the 19th hole afterward. A golf league is a great way to network for both friendships and business connections.

2. You are able to compete on an even playing field.

Golf allows you to establish a handicap which is applied against whatever course you are playing on. Your opponent also has a handicap. Depending on the difference in handicaps, you will either receive or give strokes for the round. What holes you give or receive the strokes on depends on the handicap rating of each hole. Generally the more difficult holes are the ones with the lowest handicap rating and the ones where you will give or receive strokes. Handicaps allow golfers of all skill levels to compete against one another.

3. Friendly competition drives you to improve your game.

It’s human nature that none of us like to lose. The desire to golf well in league will produce more focused practice sessions. I’m not saying you necessarily need to be the best golfer in your league but you will feel the desire to improve your play in your league. Many golf leagues recognize the most improved player for the season so you may be rewarded for your efforts!

4. You have a weekly scheduled time to golf.

We all live busy lives. Sometimes finding time to golf is challenging. By committing to play in a league, you are insuring you will golf at least once a week. Additional practice time on the range is very important, but just as important is golfing on a consistent basis. Your swing is just part of your golf game. Only on the course will you get the valuable experience in course management needed to improve your game.

5. Learn from golfing with better players.

As a beginner or high handicap golfer, partner with someone who is slightly better than you are, maybe someone who is close to or already shooting 90. Golfing with better golfers will help you improve your game by watching how they manage their way around the course. The key is to find someone to golf with who is better than you but not so much better that you are intimidated playing with them.

I hope I’ve convinced you of the benefits of joining a golf league. It’s a great way to both further your enjoyment of the game and improve your skills.