What Are Your 2024 Golf Goals?

[klineka]

7 hours ago, StKildaSenators said:

Main goal:

- Drop my handicap index from 20 to 15 or lower.

I think I can achieve this through:

- Getting much better at chipping. I blade or chunk waaaay to many chips.

- Continuing improving my driver. I used to always hit a massive slice. Now I sometime do, but not always due to trying to keep my hands closed. But to get my hands closed I have been using a very strong grip. So when I don't slice I will hit somewhere from low baby fade to low baby draw. While definitely an improvement, there is still more room to go.

Based on your post in a different thread you should be able to just about get from a 20 to a 15 by working on your putts inside 2 feet, right?

 

8 hours ago, StKildaSenators said:

What brings me down is absolutely terrible chipping, throwing away 3 or 4 strokes a game due to struggling with putts inside 2 feet

Sounds like this should be your #1 focus in the short term while working on chipping and driving over the mid/long term.

[snapfade]

8 hours ago, StKildaSenators said:

Main goal:

- Drop my handicap index from 20 to 15 or lower.

I think I can achieve this through:

- Getting much better at chipping. I blade or chunk waaaay to many chips.

- Continuing improving my driver. I used to always hit a massive slice. Now I sometime do, but not always due to trying to keep my hands closed. But to get my hands closed I have been using a very strong grip. So when I don't slice I will hit somewhere from low baby fade to low baby draw. While definitely an improvement, there is still more room to go.

 

How I plan to achieve this:

- Take a couple lessons. I've done this the past 2 or 3 seasons and it has definitely improved my game.

- Actually practice more often. I rarely go to the range and even more rarely the chipping green. I will try and change that this year and hopefully go at least once a week.

-Try and golf more. I'm a mature student so I don't have tonnes of discretionary income at the moment. But last season I didn't golf as much as I did the season prior. Playing regularly makes such a huge difference so I want to make sure that I'm getting those swings in. 

Taking  5 strokes off your handicap is no small feat. I would agree in meeting with an instructor and practice. One thing that will help you is getting something that tracks your shots, i.e; Shot Scope or similar. After a handful of rounds that will give you true data on where you need to focus your practice. Also, take a look at your course management, that's a whole different topic but something to look at. I met with an instructor a year or so ago and in one quick look he identified my alignment issue in my set up, made a change and it helped considerably. I meet with with the instructor more often now and hopefully this time next year I'll be a little lower. Currently 15.7. It's a journey. Another thing that will help you is to compete. There's various tournament leagues, maybe one at your course that's flighted you can get in. Makes you think before you strike. If you want to get better once a week at the range probably wont be enough. There's drills here you can do inside or in the backyard if you have one. Do something everyday. Oh you said you don't have a ton of discretionary income so one thing you can do is post your swing here and Erik  @iacasand a few others can give you some pointers. It's free, they are happy to help. 

[iacas]

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