Here’s a helpful golf lesson for those of us who get our tee shots into the fairway but then consistently miss the green, always aiming for the flag pin but still missing, missing, missing.
Much of the problem lies in uncertainty in our mental approach, not being 100 percent confident on what to do. I used to try and place the ball on a dime next to the pin which is nearly impossible to do unless you get extremely lucky or are a professional golfer with tons of hours to spend practicing.
My approach shot would often end up nowhere near where I intended it to and I usually had to struggle to recover. As soon as I began to work the method I’m about to explain, life got much easier.
The first order of business is to widen your target area. It’s hard to swing freely when you’re aiming for a tiny spot (the cup) – it freezes you! Focusing on too small of a target on the green tightens the muscles in your hands, arms and shoulders and completely prevents you from making a nice, easy swing.
This is a very good way to get over this common mistake – give yourself some grace and space, baby. Widen your target area to a 10-yard circumference around the pin instead of right “on” the pin. At the practice range, find a target you can reach with your 8 or 9 iron, draw a circle with your mind’s eye and hit 10 balls in a row at it.
When you can hit 5+ balls into that area, start narrowing it down closer to the pin and bring this target zone to the course the next time you play.
Mentally lay this “red zone” over the pin on each and every approach shot you advance on during your round. This will relax you and give you a realistic landing spot and allow you to remain loose.
There’s no doubt you feel much more confident knowing that as long as you land inside your zone, you’ll have a reasonable shot at holing the next stroke instead of feeling the pressure to be right next to the pin on every approach shot.
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