Michigan Golf Journal May 2019

Becoming a good player happens as a result of developing more and more ways to be successful. A great driver of the ball does ŶŽƚ ŐĞƚ ďĞƩĞƌ ĂƐ ĂŶ ŽǀĞƌĂůů ƉůĂLJĞƌ ďLJ ƉƌĂĐƟĐŝŶŐ ŚŝƐ ͬŚĞƌ driving all day. It will happen ďLJ ŝĚĞŶƟĨLJŝŶŐ ĂƌĞĂƐ ŽĨ LJŽƵƌ game that are weaker, but improvable. /Ĩ / Ăŵ Ă ƐŚŽƌƚ ŚŝƩĞƌ͕ / Ăŵ going to work on my wedge ŐĂŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƉƵƫŶŐ͘ ƐŚŽƌƚ ŚŝƩĞƌ ǁŝůů ŐĞƚ ŵĂŶLJ ĐŚĂŶĐĞƐ to save pars with his/her ǁĞĚŐĞƐ͘ WƌĂĐƟĐĞ ďŽƚŚ͕ ĐƌĞĂƟŶŐ ůŽŌ ĂŶĚ ĐƌĞĂƟŶŐ ƌƵŶ͕ with your middle wedges. /ŵƉƌŽǀĞ LJŽƵƌ ƉƵƫŶŐ ďLJ ƉƌĂĐƟĐŝŶŐ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ũƵƐƚ ƐƚƌŽŬĞ͘ WƌĂĐƟĐŝŶŐ Ăŝŵ͕ ƐƚƌŽŬĞ͕ speed, and read will pay big dividends. Even if I were Ă ůŽŶŐ ŚŝƩĞƌ͕ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ŽŶ ďĞĐŽŵŝŶŐ Ă ďĞƩĞƌ ǁĞĚŐĞ ƉůĂLJĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƉƵƩĞƌ ǁŝůů ŚĞůƉ you to take advantage of your ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ͘ Take a look at your equipment. If you carry a low ůŽŌĞĚ ϯ ǁŽŽĚ͕ ϭϯ Ͳ ϭϱ ĚĞŐƌĞĞ͕ that you do not use because you are not very good with it, or you use it, but not very reliably, consider taking it out of the bag and replace it with ĂŶ ϭϲͲϭϴ Žƌ ĞǀĞŶ ŚŝŐŚĞƌ ĚĞŐƌĞĞ ĨĂŝƌǁĂLJ ǁŽŽĚ͘ /Ŷ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ͕ consider carrying a 22-24 degree 7 wood or a 20-22 degree hybrid. Then replace LJŽƵƌ ϯ ĂŶĚ ϰ ŝƌŽŶƐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ϮϯͲϮϲ degree hybrid. A 27-29 degree hybrid can be an excellent replacement for your 5 iron. Even though we may be Ă ƐŚŽƌƚ ŚŝƩĞƌ͕ ĐŽŵƉĂƌĞĚ ƚŽ some, if we have a driver that we can hit fairways with, long clubs that are reliable and we believe in, a wedge game that always gives us Ă ĐŚĂŶĐĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƉƵƫŶŐ skill that allows us to take ĂĚǀĂŶƚĂŐĞ ŽĨ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ͕ we will be able to surprise ourselves and those we play with. Don’t dwell on what you are not. Improve the less glamorous aspects with good concepts, proper equipment, and a reasonable amount of ƚŚŽƵŐŚƞƵů ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞ͘ GOLF TIP: EXPAND YOUR AREAS OF STRENGTH Michigan Golf Journal Golf Tips fr m Kend l Academy WƌŽǀŝĚĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ ƉƌŽƐ Ăƚ <ĞŶĚĂůů ĐĂĚĞŵLJ͕ zƉƐŝůĂŶƟ