How to score well but play badly?

[Greg]

every time i play is mostly trying to chip and putt my way to an up and down par, if i get a gir, its like a gift. But ive gotten pretty good at chipping and putting because of all the practice, ill usually make at least one long putt(10+ feet every time i play) to save par, last time it was to save bogey from about 15 feet after an ob tee shot on a really long par 3.

[lumpuckeroo]

Short game, if it is sharp, can still still score.

[right handed phil mickelson]

It's short game and scrambling.

[Teesand]

For me the question would be how do you score well when you are hitting it badly because if I'm scoring well then as far as I'm concerned I'm playing well. But on those days when you know you're swing isn't right it can be hard to get around the course. The one thing I've learned is to not fight your swing. Play with whatever you've got that day. If the ball is flying right, then play it. Certainly try and minimize the slice by club selections and don't swing too hard. So your clubhead speed is a little slower but the ball won't go so far off line. actually now that I think of it I think the key is just to keep swinging within yourself. Stay in balance. On days I struggle with my swing I tend to swing harder in an attempt to "fix" it and that never works. I even see Tiger doing that on Tour. Watch how balanced he is on good days and then watch him on days he struggles. his follow throughs are all over the place. He might shoot 68 both days but he worked a lot harder on one of them.

[McGolf-Doggie]

For me the question would be how do you score well when you are hitting it badly because if I'm scoring well then as far as I'm concerned I'm playing well. But on those days when you know you're swing isn't right it can be hard to get around the course.

I've scored some of my best rounds despite a not-so-hot iron day, thanks to a short game on fire. The SW and LW were getting them within a few feet for 1 putts and the rest was 1 and 2 putts. I wasn't keeping a running total, so it was a nice surprise at the end when I totaled my card.

It was also a learning experience about where the most strokes could be saved.

[bogeyhitter25]

The easiest way to score well even when playing badly is use an eraser.