What's the one tip you've received that has made the biggest impact to your score?

For me it was "don't follow a bad shot with a stupid shot". If I take a layup to get out of trouble and set myself up for an approach I'm confident in, I've still got a shot at par but usually a bogey at worse. Try to go pin hunting from behind a tree and a double or triple bogey becomes a very real possibility. Getting my hubris in check got my scores from high 90s to flirting with breaking 80 in one season.

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I’m in the phase of learning how to score and the biggest mind shift for me is being disciplined with what club I use - similar to your flop for chip shot example. For me it’s realizing that a bad drive is worse than a decent mid iron. Bad shots tend to compound whereas short shots are far less punishing.

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Exactly! Check out Golf Sidekick on YouTube. The channel focuses on winning the mental game by taking and setting up stress-free shots.

Wow! Congrats! Alot of its smart play to cut down few shots off your score. Better yet, if you have a great short gane you can save more

Focusing on short game was definitely a huge part of that progress! Spent about 75% of my range time on the short game area and putting green. Also simplified big time, focusing on fewer shot types but more consistent results. I can't think of many times where I've actually needed a high spinny lob shot but there's been hundreds of times where I thought I did and bladed it clear across the green when I could have chipped it to within 6ft.

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A new mental thought I’m working on is every hole is a par 3 after the drive. Sometimes I get too focused on on “I need to par” before I tee off. Finding it’s just a smoother mental approach for me

Sounds similar to lyin' 0. Score your tee shot but don't count it mentally. Play a par 4 as a par 4 from wherever your tee shot lands. Go for pars and birdies when you can SAFELY do so but treating bogeys as a good score is the easiest way to avoid doubles or worse.

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