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Start by breaking 100, then 90, then 80, then par.
My coach also says the rule of 60 is good as well. 60% FIR, GIR and putts which will naturally lower your score and handicap
Agreed. For me it’s a good goal to focus since I get too focused on scores and handicap
DON'T PUT PRESSURE ON YOURSELF TO HIT CERTAIN SCORES. That's like saying "I want to be an astronaut". It's too vague to be of any use and you'll be disappointed when it doesn't happen. If you say "I want to limit myself to one three putt per round", that's something that's specific, measurable, and achievable. The lower scores are just a byproduct of those micro-goals.
Best advice I got was to start short and work your way out.
Work on your putting until you're averaging 36 putts or fewer per round. This alone got me under 100 even when I was missing the fairway on 80% of my tee shots, topping and duffing loads of my approach shots, and blading my greenside shots all over the place.
Next work on your greenside shots. Chipping, pitching, and bunker shots. If you can hit lob shots CONSISTENTLY... great! But you don't need a lob shot in your arsenal to break 90, 80, or even par. Aim to up/down one third of your plays from within 25yds. This got me close to breaking 90.
Now treat every lie from 150yds in as a par 3. Work on your approach shots from different lies until you're nailing this more than half the time. By the time you get here, you're probably close to breaking 90 if you haven't already.
So now that you're making par on the majority of par 3s under 150yards, your goal on par four holes is going to be to put it within 150 yards from your tee shot. And to do that in two strokes on par five holes. How long is the hole? Do you even need the driver to do that? Even with a below average swing speed, chances are that you don't need the driver on half of the holes. This is why is makes the most sense to start short and work your way out.
I've broken 90 from the tips (6988yds) with nothing longer than my 7 wood (200yds) to convince a friend of mine to stop practicing his driver and start working on his short game. He didn't listen. He hits his driver 300+, misses the green on his approach shots, blades his greenside shots clear across the green, then three putts the majority of the time.
I'll also add in the suggestion to join a casual weeknight league. Ideally skins. Things start to click. You'll get into the mindset of approaching each hole as its own challenge because if you have a bad hole, that contest is over. You can focus on the next one.
You'll also have moments where you think you lost a hole a stroke or two in, but the other person will mess up and you'll still win the hole. This mindset will help you to avoid following a bad shot with a stupid shot. Punch out where you need to, lay up where you need to, and grind it out. If you finish with a double bogey you can still win it. If you compound mistakes and finish with double par, you're not winning the hole.
More pars are great, but a stroke is a stroke. Your first priority should be to minimize the blowup holes. If you're consistently scoring bogey or better, you're breaking 90.