If you want to maintain a valid handicap, try to play another
course other than your home course, then post your score.
We all get lulled into a false sense of security by playing the
same course day in and day out. Then, when we go somewhere else, we
can’t even come close to staying within our handicap.
Why not, you ask?
If you want to maintain a valid handicap, try to play another course other than your home course, then post your score.
We all get lulled into a false sense of security by playing the same course day in and day out. Then, when we go somewhere else, we can’t even come close to staying within our handicap.
Why not, you ask?
Well, for one thing, you have to think when playing a new course. You don’t just tee off and then grab for the club you know which you will be using for your second shot, etc.
All of a sudden, on a 150-yard shot, you’re sure that you use a 7-iron for that distance and it turns out you were wrong.
You just happened to know that at ‘your course’ you use a 7-iron from a certain location, but on a foreign course, it may not be so.
Same thing applies when you reach the greens. The speed varies and you don’t know the breaks anymore.
If you don’t play any competitive golf, the change won’t matter much, except your score is likely to be higher.
But, if you like to play for a little money, my money is on the players who move around and play different golf courses from time to time.
For more help with your game, see your local PGA or LPGA golf pro.
