Evaluate my season

[moadhia]

So by the end of this season my handicap turned out to be 21.9. For next season, I want to bring down my handicap to 15. Can you guys tell me what area I should work on the most? Below are my stats for the season.

Total 18 Hole Rounds 10
Average Score 97.6

Total 9 Hole Rounds 3
Avg Score (9 Holes) 47.0

Par 3 Average 4.17
Par 4 Average 5.57
Par 5 Average 6.21

Birdie % 2% (5/189)
Par % 13% (25/189)
Bogey % 40% (76/189)
Dbl Bogey % 31% (60/189)
Other % 12% (23/189)

GIR % 20% (38/189)
Fairways Hit % 38% (18/47)

Avg Putts Per-hole 2.15
Avg Putts Per-hole (GIR) 2.32
One Putt % 8% (17/189)
Two Putt % 66% (126/189)
Three Putt % 23% (45/189)
Doh! % 0% (1/189)

[ks8829]

Putting
focus on straight putts
focus on distance control
eliminate three putts
have more one putts

Chipping
focus on solid contact
focus on distance control
focus on direction

keep your up and down stats during a round. this is anytime you successfully one putt from off the green.

putting and chipping go hand in hand to lower your score and keep it consistently low. A benefit of working on your chipping and pitching is working on your hitting zone. this will help your overall golf swing.

[DriverTees]

Definately putting and chipping. I hit like, 6 GIRS in a round. I shoot 6 or 7 over most of the time. Chipping is a LOT of fun to practise by the way, you'll fall in love with hitting flop shots etc. And your putting could use some work.

The best advise I can give you is, read some of Bob Rotella's books and work on the part of your game that YOU think you should work on. And if it's not putting, still practise it haha.

[leo3]

Course management and hitting greens. 43% of the holes you play result in a double or worse, which indicates you try to hit the "hero" shot if you find yourself in trouble. Resolve yourself to the fact that you are going to make a bogey, and play smart, don't let holes get away from you, and roll up your score. Also, with only 20 GIR, you put a lot of pressure on your short game. If you can't get your GIR % up, sharpen up your short game to improve your chances of getting up & down. Pay attention to where you are missing greens, short, right, left, etc., to see if it's a course management issue (short), or a swing issue. Good Luck.

[deronsizemore]

Improving your chipping and putting will definitely help you out assuming that you continue to miss that many greens.

Looks like the easiest way for you to lower your scores is simply to hit more greens. Give yourself some putts at birdie and par rather than always needing a great wedge to get up and down for par or bogey (or worse).

[DavidFehertysBike]

Putting

this is QFT

[tjy355]

Can you guys tell me what area I should work on the most?

Three putts almost 1 out of 4 times. That should be addressed.

[zrlaegel]

every single aspect. when you go to the range get a jumbo. save 20 for wedges, 20 for your driver and use the rest with your irons. the go put for an hour if they have a putting area. then put at your house.

also getting lessons might help

[Bogey ball]

over the winter i would invest in a portable putting green for your house, it will greatly improve putting for the upcoming season

[mapa94]

Lessons will make the biggest difference imho. I went from shooting mid 90's to mid 80's in 6months after 3 lessons (and lots of range time). You lose the most strokes with short game improvement but you must have the fundamentals of the full swing to play decent golf.

[moadhia]

Yes I know my short game needs a lot of improvement. Putting mat is on the way and I will be spending tons of spare time practicing putting.

[groovezilla79]

Got some weird math going on here....

did you throw out 18 holes? You are basing your stats on 189 holes but you actually played 207.

Also, your fairways hit is 18/47.... where does this come from?

Im not trying to be a jerk, just making sure you're not misleading yourself in any way.

Like most, I would suggest working on putting/chipping first. However, I would also put more emphasis on tee shots. This game is much easier playing from the short grass.... which will in turn help with your GIR as well.

[Fourputt]

So by the end of this season my handicap turned out to be 21.9. For next season, I want to bring down my handicap to 15. Can you guys tell me what area I should work on the most? Below are my stats for the season.

Just noticing your puts per hole and putts per GIR are not much different... focus on short game...... chipping and pitching. You seem to be losing a lot of strokes because you don't save much in your short game. You should have a higher percentage of one putts to balance the low GIR, and I don't see that in your stats. I know because this is where my game is. Thursday I played like a total hack on the front 9, yet I still salvaged a handful of strokes with 5 one putt greens (and 4 2 putts for a total of 13 putts on the side). It was due to good chipping and being confident over those 3 to 6 foot putts, not because I was hitting close with my approach shots. If you get to the point of 5 one putts per round, there is already a 5 stroke gain on your handicap.

Not that there aren't other areas where you can improve, but I think that your biggest gains can be made by improving your wedge game.

[Prairie Golfer]

I'm where you want to be, so here are my stats for this year.

GIRs: 21%
Fairways hit: 35%
Avg. Driving Distance: 202 yards

Putts/GIR: 2.12
Putts/ hole: 1.79

[RIduffer]

If you only play 10 rounds a season, I'm guessing playing and practicing time is limited. Do you have access to a par-3 course? It's a fun way to work on all your iron, short game skills. For the cost of a bucket of balls, you can get some real-game practice that will improve your hcp alot more IMO.