| When we arrive at the golf course, our mind is | | | | trouble. If you look at a little par 3 as a par 4, |
| made up to shoot par golf. Maybe even get a | | | | doesn't it seem a lot easier? |
| birdie or two. On the first tee we let it all hang | | | | If you are playing a course that is a par 72 and |
| out and hit it into the rough or worse into the | | | | you bogie every hole, that's 18 over par or a 90. |
| woods. Our dream of a par on every hole is | | | | Most average golfers will call a score of 90 a |
| fading fast. The pressure is on right from the | | | | pretty good round. It's the double bogie and the |
| start. | | | | triple bogie and more that will cause your golf |
| Now, suppose you make up your mind on the | | | | score to soar. This is what you can avoid by |
| first tee that you are going to try for a bogie on | | | | going for a bogie on every hole. |
| every hole. You don't need to hit such a long | | | | Of course the good news is that by cutting down |
| drive to do that. All you need do is take a | | | | and improve golf swing and staying out of roughs, |
| smooth stroke and keep the ball in the fairway. | | | | woods and sand traps, you will run into a par now |
| After all the only difference between a 200 yard | | | | and then. If you were to bogie 9 holes, double |
| drive and a 250 yard drive is that you will be | | | | bogie 3 holes and par the rest, you card an 87. |
| using a longer club on your second shot. | | | | Your next task is to trim those double bogies |
| When you come up to a par 5 hole, what do you | | | | down to a bogie and you shoot an 83. Now we |
| do? You look at the distance and immediately it | | | | are talking some decent golfing. |
| clicks in that you need a long drive and a long | | | | Just this simple adjustment in your thinking will cut |
| second shot. But, if you look at the hole as a par | | | | down on frustration and allow you to do what |
| 6 you relax, because you can hit 3 average shots | | | | you went to the golf course to do in the first |
| and 3 putts on the golf green. You've got your | | | | place. Enjoy yourself. You can take off five |
| bogie. This works even better with par 3 holes, | | | | strokes or more and improve your golf score by |
| because with a par 3 you feel that your first shot | | | | just remembering that golf is a mental game. |
| has to be on the green. That's what gets you in | | | | |