A goal among many amateur golfers is to break 80 and shoot in the 70s. I am starting a weekly (perhaps daily) column on how to do just that with the golfing tools that you already have in your possession. I recommend some practice but I’m going to go about this by not focusing on changes to your golf swing. Ben Hogan already did that in his book Ben Hogan’s Five Lessons. Instead, I want to focus on the other components of golf that come into play that you might not be marshalling in your quest to break 80. If you are reading this then you must feel that you have a realistic chance of breaking 80. Whether that means you have currently shot an 80 or even a 96 as your best score, I’ll leave it up to you to determine whether you have a realistic chance of breaking 80.
With that, let’s get started on breaking 80.
Looking for more tips on how to break 80 – see my publication, 79 tips to break 80 in golf.