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10 Ways To Improve Your Course Strategy And Lower Your Scoring Average

10 Ways To Improve Your Course Strategy And Lower Your Scoring Average

  • October 15, 2018
  • David MacKenzie
  • Course Strategy
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Whenever I give a playing lesson with a new student and I ask them about their targets and shot selection, it often becomes clear that they are losing several shots each round due to poor course strategy for golf. The…

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How To Increase Your Golf I.Q. And Lower Your Scores

How To Increase Your Golf I.Q. And Lower Your Scores

  • May 16, 2018
  • David MacKenzie
  • Course Strategy
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Whenever I give a playing lesson to a Tour player or elite amateur, what really strikes me is how well they navigate the golf course and pick the right shots to play, which minimizes mistakes and increases birdie opportunities. A…

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7 Characteristics Of A Smart Course Manager

7 Characteristics of a Smart Course Manager

  • February 7, 2017
  • Jon Sherman
  • Course Strategy
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Swing tips are a dime a dozen in the instructional world. One topic that I believe is never explored enough is course strategy, which is all about how you strategize and plot your way around the golf course. Golfers are…

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What Is Your GOLF IQ?

What is your GOLF IQ?

  • December 5, 2016
  • David MacKenzie
  • Course Strategy
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Whenever I give a playing lesson, the thing that I’m looking out for most is how a player approaches each shot mentally, and one of the biggest components of this mental approach is “picking the right shot”. When I ask…

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Does Your Course Strategy Fit Your Golf Game?

Does your course strategy fit your golf game?

  • September 4, 2015
  • David MacKenzie
  • Course Strategy
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What if there was a way to knock shots off your game without touching your swing at all? What if you could shoot consistently better scores and have a game plan for competitions which fills you with confidence for golf?…

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The Most Important Mental Skill For Golfers

The Most Important Mental Skill For Golfers

  • August 28, 2014
  • David MacKenzie
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Through my experience of coaching players of all levels from junior to Tour player, there’s one mental skill that seems to elude the average player, yet the elite player utilizes it to the max to go low. When I give…

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Course Strategy: How Good Is Your Shot Selection?

Course Strategy: How Good Is Your Shot Selection?

  • January 9, 2014
  • David MacKenzie
  • Course Strategy
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Golf strategy is something we can all do better at whatever level of player we are. Whenever I give a player lesson, I invariably see players lose several shots per round by simply picking the wrong target and the wrong…

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Play To Win In 5 Steps!

Play to Win In 5 Steps!

  • March 6, 2011
  • Dr. Ron Mann
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I have the all too common experience of watching people who are serious about their game, want to score low, but don’t know how. They make decisions about club selection and execution as if they were either ten years younger…

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Course Strategy
  • 10 Ways To Improve Your Course Strategy And Lower Your Scoring Average

    October 15, 2018

  • How To Increase Your Golf I.Q. And Lower Your Scores

    May 16, 2018

  • 7 Characteristics of a Smart Course Manager

    February 7, 2017

  • What is your GOLF IQ?

    December 5, 2016

  • Does your course strategy fit your golf game?

    September 4, 2015

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