PUBLISHED : 3 Jan 2024 at 04:00
If you shoot around 95 you will see improvement in 5-shot jumps if you practice diligently and take a few lessons. Equally, a player who scores say 87 will quickly come down to 81/80. The next downward plunge would be to the middle 70’s. Once you play 75 regularly you are not an average golfer but will be seen as pretty good.
Improvement down from the mid 70’s comes more slowly — probably because the psychological aspect of the game comes to the fore. Cure a slice and automatically an 87 becomes an 81. However, leaving this plateau becomes harder and harder to move away from if you wish for better scores.
Attention to detail becomes distinctly relevant when trying to reach ‘expert golfer’ status. More…
