5 Easy Tips to get to a SINGLE FIGURE HANDICAP 🏌🏼♂️⛳️
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- Recently I became a single digit golfer! Here are 5 tips to lower your golf scores and become a single figure handicap golfer too!
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Join me as I share these easy tips that will help you lower your golf handicap.
I have been on a journey for the past 2 years since i started playing golf, to get my handicap down as low as i possibly can. I started out with a handicap of 25 and this year it has been my target to get down to single figures.
I managed to achieve this target recently and not only has it gone down to single figures, but it has been chopped to an amazingly unbelievable 7!
In the video, I explain some of the most important things I think will help you improve your golf scores and start playing better golf immediately!
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Hello! My name is Mitch and I am relatively new to the golf game! I began as a 25 handicap golfer a little over 2 years ago and have managed to work my way down to my current handicap of 9! My goal is to make it to at least a single-figure handicap as soon as possible and possibly even lower!
My latest investment has been a SkyTrak golf simulator and launch monitor, so that i can improve my golf game at home and especially indoors during the winter months. On my channel you will find some helpful tips and tricks related to SkyTrak, as well as monitoring my progress out on the golf course. I will upload how to videos, comparison videos and also some all important course vlogs!
I hope you enjoy the content and I especially hope that you find some helpful information from my experiences along the way!
Please like and subscribe! Any comments, questions or opinions then feel free to leave them below and I will happily get back to you!
Thanks for watching! - กีฬา
Playing alone is a great tip actually that many golfers don't consider. When I play with friends it's to enjoy the time outside and banter etc but when I play alone, it's 100% focused on my golf game and trying to improve.
That’s exactly what I found as well 👍🏼⛳️
I have been a ten handicapper for 50 years. Congratulations to you.
Thanks mate 🙌🏼
Wow Ben, that is an insane level on consistency!!!
@@Zezezeze69 Consistently bad.
Playing alone produces more focus. I generally play 2 balls on all par 3's with different clubs. My chipping has recently gone SOUTH. I have a session coming up with my pro. I have started out with 2 doubles and shot 82. I'm A 20 and have been in the 80's quite frequently. Everything this guy is saying is absolutely spot on! Forget a bad hole and monitor where you're at during the round. Don't go for the hero shot when things aren't going well unless tip number 1 is in your bag
Thanks mate 🙌🏼⛳️
Been watching lots of your videos lately. They're well made! Loving them
Thank you 👍🏼
Down to an 8 currently. I agree with your points. Mental focus is key to commiting to shots with driver down to putter. In between shots breath and relax.
Great content mate, I need all the help I can get.
Great job, bro. Excellent tips...I need them!
Congratulations mate, well done 👍🏻
Inspiring video Mitch. I will watch this repetitiously Thank You
Awesome, thank you!
I went from 22 to 7 and one of the best tips i had (yours included) is to play for your Hcp. If you have a shot on a hole, use it. Dont try an go low, just try and play to your Hcp
Awesome! Do you have any other tips? 22 to 7 is amazing!
@@hcpgolf Yes, Putt, Putt, Putt.. We may not be able to strike irons pure and shape shots like the pro's, but we can (with practice) all become good / great putters. That alone may save you 5+ shots a round
Do you do any putting drills at home? I've just got a putting mat for Xmas but dont really know any drills I could use with it.
@@hcpgolf yes i do. I have a putt out mat which helps get confidence 6 feet and in. One i have is a similar drill to Tigers gate drill (can use balls instead of tees on a mat) Then about 2 putter heads away have another gate (or balls) just big enough for the ball you hit to pass through. Helps with a square putter at impact and start line. Also feedback as to where you start your ball, left right centre etc
Awesome, love that. I will give that a bash! 🏌🏼♂️
Good video. I love playing alone and get a bit in my head when playing with groups. The tip about aggressive putting is a good one as that’s really what I do now. Get it in close with dying speed and low chance to make it
Thanks mate 👍🏼
I’ve only played for one year. I’m about a 25 handicap. I shoot on a par 71 coarse and I shoot in the mid 90’s. My best score being 92. This is great advise, my goal is to break 90 this year, and start breaking into the 80’s often.
Thanks mate. Good luck this year ⛳️🏌️♂️
Congrats, Nice tips.... I'm aiming for cat1 handicap this year but always looking out for quick tips and tricks.
Cat 1 would be nice think that will be my next target (if I can sustain this single digit handicap 😂)
Congratulations and good tips. Trying to drop putts dead weight is definitely my game at the moment but not this weekend! Bring it on!
Good luck mate! ⛳️
Great advice I’ve followed these tips and at the age of 73 I’m down from 22.3 to 15.3 in six months . I’m still working on my game and would add a couple more points. Relax don’t let your arms get too tight. Chill when I’m not playing a shot I think of other things when I’m ready get in the zone. Finally on equipment leave your ego at the door get fitted and go for clubs that you like the look of but give you the best results.
Why play blades when you can get good looking but more forgiving clubs. Lastly enjoy your golf, make a decision and accept the outcome if it’s bad learn from it move on to the next shot. Take the pressure off mentally say I’d like to make the green here not I must or need to hit the green. Play percentage shots only get aggressive near the hole, that’s how the pros play. Good luck to you and all my fellow golfers.
Great tips thank you! ⛳️
Kudos to you! I started golfing when Covid started and I’m an 8 handicap as of 2 months ago
Thanks mate, your achievement sounds much better though! 👏🏼
Once a week player whos been stuck at 18 for 2 yrs , my ball striking has improved greatly this year and has given me the confidence to know that im going to hit the number , this in turn has allowed me to manage the bad breaks and get out with bogey , im now regularly hitting mid eighties and feel the scores falling easier . I do struggle to stay focused through the last 4/5 holes and this needs addressing .
Im not good with aggresive putting but always now read greens from both sides and have a stable pre putt routine this has improved my putting massively.
Great advice and an uplifting story 👍
Thanks mate keep plugging away. Once a week will keep you plodding along, twice a week you’ll start seeing improvements (in my opinion) Good luck ⛳️
Honestly mate, the biggest thing that got me down in strokes was playing more. Naturally you’ll play better the more and more you play as long as you are playing focused and dialed in.
I'm a 19 right now, but three of my last 4 rounds have been in the 80s with a low of 86. I bought a launch monitor and net and the practice is starting to pay off. Looking to get to 15 by the end of the year and down around 10 by end of year two. Thanks!
Good luck mate! ⛳️
Tip two, first time I heard thst, that makes so much sense. Currently a 13hcp, will try to go single this year. Also bought a skytrak some month ago, dropped me from 16, and already made a couple rounds below 10.
Good work keep it up 👊🏼
What a great video
I play off a 24 I’m playing Saturday 🤞🏻
Great tips, and good source of hope
Thank you! My 6th tip and latest addition to this video would be to invest time 😂 I have crept back up to an 11 hcp lately because I only play once a week these days! 😩
Great Work
Brilliant, watched so many videos about lowering handicap. This really resonated. Excellent. 💯🙏🏼
Thanks mate 🙌🏼 Glad you found it helpful ⛳️
Great content. Started playing 40 years ago off 28, got down to 12 and then it all went wrong, I am now off 22. Hopefully, although I have in the past tried several of the tips revisiting them might just do the trick.
Thanks pal. Good luck hopefully you get back down there!
Great tips. Getting fit for your driver and putter, at the very least, are helpful too. Also, a few days I'd gym time a week instead of just pounding practice golf balls. Lastly, another way to eliminate duff shots is to take the clubs you don't like ouf of the bag. So my 3W is gone.
Great points 👏🏼
I’m finding I use more of my clubs now, at one point 2nd shot would be a hybrid to try to reach the green, I’m now looking at irons to ensure I put it on the fairway if cannot make the green. Rather an 80-90 yard approach than 30 yard pitch with an 8,9,PW
Great Stuff I also enjoy playing on my own it is a great way to enhance my game.
Thanks mate 🏌️♂️
I recently went on the same journey. I was a 20hc and reduced it to an 8. I bought a Garmin R10. I hit about 500 balls a week. I used to hit my 7 iron 150 yards. Now I hit my 9 iron 155 yards. And I’m 45 years old. The last round I shot a 76 with 39 putts. Now I need to work on putting.
Amazing. A launch monitor makes such a big difference doesn’t it!
Amazing. A launch monitor makes such a big difference doesn’t it!
I'm 38 and just ordered a garmin with a home practice setup. Care to share your practice routine?
Mate only in two years😮? That is incredible. Well done🎉
Thanks mate. A lot of time was spent on the golf course 😂 I don’t get that same luxury these days!
@@hcpgolf hehe. Well you’ve got a good base to work with now 👌
Hitting golf balls on the range is no joke, when I started, I sucked 50 easily over, after one summer of hitting the range 2x a week I went to 25. Still at 25 itching to hit the range yet again and do more putting. Got a new driver learning how to use the twist face technology. There is a difference between Callaway and Taylormade. Definitely enjoy watching your videos and it’s helping. Now I have to work more on my slice.
Thanks mate ⛳️
I can relate a lot to these tips. Started playing golf after retirement and joined a club just over a year ago with a HCP of 28. Now playing off 18 and looking to progress again this coming season. Targeting below 15 but hoping to go lower if possible. Most of the tips I feel I have targeted with the exception of the aggressive putting so will give it a go!
Well done pal and good luck getting down further!
Putting can be a killer I’ve still to break 90 coming back to playing two years ago, shot 92 in the comp at weekend with 3 seven’s and an eight. Leaving my first putt too short or bombing it past is a killer as the dreaded 3 putts looms large.
Great advice
Thanks mate!
Great tip regarding course mgmt: move up. Play from senior tees or red tees so u build confidance then slowly work up to proper tees.
thanks mate, yes that's also a good tip golf is a confidence game!
great advice
Thanks mate ⛳️
Great video thank you
Thanks mate ⛳️
Top video lad.
Cheers mate ⛳️
Great nuggets in here
Thanks 🏌️♂️
Very pragmatic advice. Thank you.
Pragmatic... I had to type that into google 😂
@@hcpgolf Pragmatic = dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations
Just in case there are other viewers from red rose territory!
🤣 thats the definition I got, I like it! 🌹
Hi great to see I achieved the same but I started playing at the age of 45 now 72 and still enjoying 👍😀 T C
Well done good achievement
Thank you 👍🏼⛳️
Well done bye the way 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thanks pal good luck Saturday ⛳️
If you have 2 good strikes per hole you will perform OK. This is important to keep in mind when you are momentarily less than perfect.
Yes ball striking makes such a big difference
Thank you for your sharing. Could you make a video to share your training program to become a single hdc? I saw many people trained very hard and played for many years but they can not lower their score to single digit. I understand that hard working is not enough and you need to do something more than just take the club and hit 300 shots everyday. I would very appreciate if you c ould you share us your the path way to become a single hdc, your traning program, your training target, your tips etc, and even how did you use your skytrak effectively? Thank you very much.
I’ll have a think and see what I can do 👍🏼 there’s so much stuff I do I guess without really realising it; watching coaching videos, having occasional lessons with a pro, but most of all just a determination to always improve.
@@hcpgolf thank you very much. I am looking forward to your coming video.
I play 2 balls a even number ball and odd number ..so I play even clubs with the even ball and odd irons with the odd number ball
This is an idea I hadn't heard of until a couple days ago, now I've heard it twice!
Can absolutely relate. From 16 down to 7.6 (the decimals start to make a big difference!). All the tips are 1000% correct, not used the putting tip and will try that too to see what difference that can make. BTW, for anyone struggling on bunkers and short putts, check out Gary Players tips on both (hinge the wrists in bunkers, don't look at the hole on short putts) that awd geezer knows his sh....
Thanks mate & some golf extra advice too 🙌🏼⛳️
I don't want a handicap of 7. Even though you have a 7, what do you want? A 6 a 5. Even if you're +2. You want to be +4. It never ends. I'm happy with my 18. Because I can play to it and I ENJOY my golf.
It's a fair point. This is the sport we play though I guess, your round could have always been better. Personally, if I can one day get to 5 or below and play to that regularly I think I would be happy!
It's wonderful way to look at the game, I too enjoy playing around 16 Handicap, with few bogies and doubles too...its all fair, provided your Handicap is actual , declared, coming from the club board, and known to all !!!
“Play more” “Hit the ball well” “putt well”. Cheers mate I’ll give it a go!
That’s pretty much it 😂😂
Great!
Thanks mate
Cheers Gary Neville 👍🏌️♂️
Outrageous comparison 😱🤣
I have 4 more months to get down to single digits to be within my 2 year window! I'm at 11.1 right now
Good luck! 🏌🏻♂️
Play alone? ABSOLUTELY!
Pressed subsribe and like. Wish shared growth.
I took my driver out of the bag. It's all Fairways and greens for me now. That dropped me from an 18 to a 12 in six months.
I know the feeling, I have had my fair share of fall outs with my driver 😂
Congrats on your accomplishment. Scratch is right around the corner! My advice blends number 1 and number 2, and it is this:
Practice practice practice your shots from 120 yards in. Hit those shots till your shoulders hurt and your eyes bleed. Learn your gapping. Provided you are not hitting balls OB, on almost any hole (par 4 or par 5) you can get the ball to 120 or in within two shots. Even on a 520 yard par 5, if you are decent with your 5-iron, you can hit it twice (200 each) to get within 120 yards.
There are multiple times I will go to the range and only bring 7 clubs: PW (46 degree), GW (50 degree), and my 52, 54, 56, 58 and 60. And I won't hit my PW very much at all. Full shots, 3/4 shots, 1/2 shots, etc... And while the Skytrak is great, a lot of your wedge practice needs to be done on real turf.
You can never have enough wedges. Get comfortable with what bounce you want and what grinds are good for you.
love that! definitely great advice thanks for sharing! since having my SkyTrak, I practice 100 yards and in regularly using the randomiser and skills assessment features. this practice has definitely improved my game as it has made me confident that I can hit a green 7/10 whereas before it was about 4/10! also helped massively with my distance control.
That’s why I play a lot at tight par-3 courses, good for your approach and short game. Also you can do 18 holes in a short time.
Great advice. I think we all know how we should focus more, and everyone says, i knew i was going to miss hit that shot, but we dont take a step back and start again. Im goin to do it more next round if i dont feel fully committed to the shot
its true isn't it! I tried it in my round at the weekend - as soon as i dont feel something is 'comfortable' then I reset!
Trinidad and Tobago flag at 4:13 🙏🏾
😂😂
What about driver? Im 15.0 handicapper and I find more important than short game not going out of bounds with the driver.
It’s a good point. But if you’re at risk of going out of bounds with driver then don’t use it. If it’s a par 4, then play it as a par 5. A bogey is better than a double if you take driver and go OB
How are you a 15 handicap and can’t keep driver in play? I’m 14 and rarely hit driver OB. Once every couple of rounds if that.
Course management will get u to around 7/8/9 handicap. Short game will get u lower. Getting up and down when u miss the greens
Ye I like this 👆🏼
I'm beyond jealous of having a garden 😓
Theres been no mention of lessons in this? which im surprised by.
Lessons won’t hurt 😂
Just to clarify, the number of 7.4 is your 'index' (or factor), not your 'handicap'.
Your handicap is the number of strokes you receive for a given round calculated using your index and rating/slope values for the particular course and tees used.
So, on an easier course, your handicap may be 7, while on a more difficult course it could be 9.
You’re correct - but to be fair when this video was made - we were still on the old handicap system in the UK. So your same handicap transferred from course to course. Now it has changed 👍🏼
You’re correct - but to be fair when this video was made - we were still on the old handicap system in the UK. So your same handicap transferred from course to course. Now it has changed so we have finally caught up with the rest of the world 😂👍🏼
@@hcpgolf
No worries. And, I was not being critical in any way, just trying to make the distinction between the two terms.
Out of curiosity, I'm interested to know how the UK system used to work where a handicap transferred from course to course. I ask because under the current system your 'index' is yours regardless of where you're playing for any given round (so, in effect, it follows you from course to course).
Whatever your handicap was at your home course just transferred over to any other course, no matter how easy/difficult the other course may be. It may well have been technically named your index but commonly everyone just called it your handicap
Thanks for the update. That's an interesting bit of golf history.
I need to play golf with at least one person. Their role is to see where my ball went 😂
🤣🤣🤣 that’s a great point!
Don't agree with the putting one but yeah good tips
Fair enough 👍🏼⛳️
i refined my putting mindset to this: inside ten feet one foot past is ideal speed. outside 10 feet a two foot circle is fine.
I like this! 👆🏼
I love a good roll me, I do aim for the back of the cup but I don't wanna see it roll past the hole, half a foot fine but that's it for me 😃
Duff one or two every round 🧐🧐? How bout every hole
😂😂 keep practicing mate. Plenty of ball striking drills
@Handicap Golf thanks bud, I've actually improved decently from where I started if I may say so (136 to now 109)
Still very frustrating but yeah always working on it, tryna be more proactive these days to hit the range and get reps in
what are you playing off now mate ?
I've crept up to 11! 😳😱
@Handicap Golf not bad that to say you been playing 2 years or so I know a few people been playing a lot longer then that and still know where near you... where to you play you golf ???
@@hcpgolf still not too bad mate where do you play at ????
Practice with a purpose, play to your strengths, and replace concentrate with confidents(just be confident don't over think it), honestly I could go on for hours. Stay within your abilities when playing a shot and practice your short game 1000hrs a week and the rest of your game will develop. pitch and chip pitch and chip and putting pitch and chip.........LOL
Love that, great advice 👍
I play off +2 and simple fact is 90% of golfers dont practice correctly. They rock up to the driving range hit 10 iron shot and 20 drives. Hit the putting green for 2 mins and tee off. Fact is, you should practice 3 hrs min a week and 70% should be short game only. Get your wedge set up and fitted. Do gapping and know your distances with all clubs (carry and total). Learn a stock shot shape and work on that as your go to confident shape. Enjoy
I love these tips 👆🏼⛳️
I’ve been golfing 20 years and I still can’t break 100. I hate golf, lol.
😂 Me and My Golf TH-cam channel I found fantastic at helping me break 100 when I first started playing
Basically, put in lots of hours and practice a ton. That’s what it takes :)
But great tips anyway
Pretty much! 😂
start at 25 ???? in norway we start at 54
😂 that was my starting handicap after I’d put 3 rounds into my golf club at the time
As a former 7 handicapper myself I'll also add:
1) track your fairways hit, greens in regulation, # putts and # up and downs around the green for each round you play. This will tell you where you can best improve. If you're hitting fairways but not greens, work on ball striking. More than two three-putts a round, lag putting etc.
2) play to hit fairways and greens in regulation. Just get it on the green. Even if you two-putt 14 holes and three-putt four times you're a low single digit handicapper overnight. Length off the tee is not relevant if you're playing the correct set of tees for your skill level. For an amateur with questionable ball striking a 230 yard FW wood to the middle of the fairway is better than 245 in the rough with a driver (pros play the opposite).
3) don't just hit balls. I'll disagree with his recommendation here. Get lessons instead, then practice your swing. Ingraining bad swing habits by hitting 200 balls a day won't serve you well in the long run.
4) as a 7 handicapper my equipment was pretty dialed in. I found a ball I liked (Callaway HX) that behaved well for my game, and I used it to practice with and for every single round. I had a wedge set that worked for me and a driver/three wood/rescue club that all served their purposes well. Ten years later I'm using the same equipment, if it works don't mess with it.
5) lastly, 80% of practice should be on short game. I found a two hour block of time a couple days a week and spent one block on putting and one on chipping and bunker play. Two hours putting is a long time, my back used to get tired at that point and my concentration waned, so I called it a day. But after hour one you begin to get dialed in with your stroke and your touch and in hour two you're making almost everything you look at. Half an hour of being bored with seeing the ball drop paid huge dividends at game time.
Great tips 👍🏼
One or two shots a round? Eh, more like 20, lol.
😂😂
Tip #6 Find a good instructor, one that can hone your skills and not change what works for you.
If he says practice I'm out
😂😂😂 sorry mate!
I play significantly better alone.
Same brother
Easier method - never get a girlfriend
😂😂😂 I missed this tip!!