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We know when we play golf, there are things we should do that will help us play better golf, however, it doesn't take much to forget everything you told yourself you would or wouldn't do. In this video, Dan Parker goes over 11 things all golfers forget to do whilst out on the course. Making sure you don't forget to do these things each time you play, will definitely help you improve your scores!
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00:00Hello everyone and welcome to this Golf Monthly video where I'm going to be talking about 11
00:03things that all golfers forget to do out on course. Now I'm not talking about forgetting
00:08your 5-iron or leaving your trolley battery at home, I'm talking about tactical things
00:12that you might forget midway through a round of golf. Think of this video as your checklist
00:17before every round to remind yourself how to score better and how to get the best out
00:22of your game. I'm at the very blustery West Hill today, let's get started.
00:30Do you warm up properly before each round of golf? I think this is a massive thing that
00:35loads of golfers forget to do before their round of golf and then their actual game will
00:39suffer for it. Now I know not everyone will have a nice range to warm up like this but
00:43even if it's 10 minutes of putting and chipping or a proper stretch on the first tee, any kind
00:48of warm up will really help your game so don't forget that prior to getting to the course and
00:52play better golf for it. So another thing golfers forget to do when they're out on course in
00:56the middle of a round is use a little bit less loft when they're chipping. I've got a great
01:01example in front of me here on the 17th at West Hill where I can't really putt it although I'm
01:04close to the green there's too much water on the ground but there's also nothing for me to go over
01:09so why would I need to take my lob wedge or my sand wedge, a much higher tariff shot in this
01:14situation. You'll see now if I try and take my 60 degree, I'm more likely to shank it or thin it
01:23because it's a high tariff shot. What I think a lot of golfers need to do is use a little bit
01:27less loft, take your time around these chips, I've got an eight iron here and hit a lower tariff shot
01:34almost just put a putting stroke on this
01:36and get the ball rolling. Not my greatest effort, I need to practice it a little bit more
01:44but I think taking less loft around the green is a much better idea.
01:47Okay another thing I think golfers forget all too frequently when they're out on the course is to
01:52swing a little bit slower into wind. The tendency is to think oh I'm into wind I've got to hit the
01:58ball harder which it often isn't the case you're not going to hit the ball that far anyway so a
02:02gentle swing and a better strike will actually work more often. Great example here today the second
02:07at West Hill we're into wind I've got the big dog out I'd normally want to hit this as hard as I can
02:11to get down there but into wind today I'm going to swing a little bit slower just try and get a bit
02:15of strike on it get myself down the fairway so I'm going to swing this as easy as I can.
02:22And away it goes not my finest hit a bit cutty but into wind on a day like today not too
02:31disappointed with that so remember into wind swing a little bit slower. Right so another thing I
02:36think golfers forget all too much when they're out on the golf course is not going at every single
02:40pin. There are loads of sucker pins out there and if you find yourself short-sided of these
02:45you're going to really struggle to make up and down. Start going for the center of the green more
02:50often and there'll be other pins you can go at later in the round. I've got a good example here
02:54at the first at West Hill where the pin is in the middle but it's really far to the left so the last
02:59thing I want to do is aim at it go left of it and find myself in that in that trap or left of that trap
03:04where I'm never going to make up and down. So on this hole I'm going to almost take my medicine
03:08aim at the center of the green hopefully get my two putt walk on to the next one. Let's see how I do.
03:14Make sure I aim nice and central. I tend to hit a bit of a fade so this this is a good pin for me
03:19but I'm going to stay nice and central.
03:27I did hit the little fade and I got away with one. It wasn't my greatest strike. A little bit thin
03:32but because I aim middle knowing my shot shape I knew I couldn't go too far wrong.
03:36So don't get suckered into those pins. Play for the center of the green
03:39two putt and attack those pins later in the round.
03:49Ah right that brings me on to my next thing that golfers forget when they're out on the course
03:54and it's to take every shot as seriously as the last. Now I got a little bit angry with myself
03:59there leaving that fairly easy putt short and I've not thought about the next putt and I've missed it.
04:04I've cost myself another shot. Now it's easy to do this when the red mist descends. I've done it
04:09loads of times myself. I'm sure you have at home but it's really important that throughout the round
04:14you remind yourself not to get too angry that every single shot matters. We'll do this on the
04:19fairway every now and again as well. If you duff one straight in front of you you'll just take the
04:24same club hit the same shot with the same amount of anger and the same thing might happen. So after
04:29a bad shot take your time remind yourself that every shot matters and hopefully that will save a
04:34few shots on the course. Right so another mistake I think lots of golfers make is taking their driver
04:39off the tee when they don't need to. Now across this video you might think I'm a bit overly defensive
04:44on the golf course. Feel free to let me know in the comments if I am and if I'm horribly wrong on this
04:48but I think on a hole like this we've got the 12th through at West Hill. 273 it's playing today a little
04:53bit downwind. I probably could hit the green with my driver if I really liked it but there's all sorts
04:57in the way. There's bunkers, there's trees. It's times like this that I think a lot of golfers need to
05:01bin the driver like I am there and play something like this. A hybrid, a driving iron, a long iron,
05:06anything just to pop yourself in play. Leave yourself a nice number in. So I'm going to leave
05:10that driver to one side there. I've got my trusty four hybrid here and it should just be the easiest
05:15swing to put myself in position. A bit like that on the first take as well might I add.
05:25So I think a lot of golfers need to think a lot more carefully on the course about when they're
05:29using their driver, use it in the right situations and on shorter par fours play for position.
05:33Okay so you joined me here on the 12th and after I was just telling you about playing
05:37for position, not taking your driver too often, I found myself out of position on a very short
05:42par four. So I'm not best pleased and that brings me on to the next thing loads of golfers forget
05:46when they're out on course and that is to stay calm. I think if you can check yourself when
05:51you're out on course you'll save at least I think two shots around especially if you're
05:55a bit of an angry golfer. You know you won't hit the angry chip or the angry putt when your
05:59head's not in the right space. Now I know there's nothing worse than someone else telling you to stay
06:03calm that often actually has the adverse effect but I think if you can check yourself out on
06:07course remind yourself to stay calm it's a really important thing to remember throughout the entire
06:11round. While I'm here another thing I think golfers forget is that bogey is your friend and it is
06:17more often than not. It's not a card killer and while it's not a great score it's not going to ruin
06:21your entire round. Now obviously I'm hoping to make a par from here and I'm not going to say I'm
06:25not you know I do want to try and make up and down but I'm going to remind myself that if I don't come
06:30off here with a par a bogey is okay and I'm not going to get too angry and the bogey is my friend
06:34it's not a double it's not something worse. So stay calm, bogey is my friend and whatever I hit here
06:40I'm not going to get too wound up about it. And I hit a good shot so I've got a look at par if I get
06:47a bogey it's okay so two things stay calm bogey is your friend. Okay so another mistake I think a lot
06:53of golfers make is not playing for position on par fives. Now I know we've already spoken about not
06:58taking driver all the time. I don't want to come over as overly defensive on the golf course but I
07:02think every now and again we need to look at a par five for what it is. Take a bit less club and
07:08score a little bit better for it I think in the majority. Example here 17th at West Hill. It was
07:13Sunday best drive here pretty pleasing myself but it's into wind. We've got trouble left there's trouble
07:17right. Should I really be trying to hit a three wood to get to this green that's barely in reach?
07:22Probably not. So take the situation to account on par fives but I think a seven iron is the play here
07:28so away with the three wood. I'm just going to play hopefully I'll have about 100 yards left in
07:33something like that with just an easy seven iron.
07:40Not my best but not my worst. Should just be a little wedge in from there and I'm not going to
07:45make anything worse than a par there whereas if my three went left or right anything could have
07:49happened so I think playing for position on par fives when the situation warrants it is really
07:53important. So one major thing I think loads of golfers forget to do is take a little bit more
07:58club when the conditions warrant it. So I'm talking about heavy wind like it is today, colder temperatures
08:04and even consider when you're not striking the ball that well. I don't think enough of us adapt to that
08:09mid-round so really think you know on the ninth hole halfway through your round what's the wind like
08:13today? How am I striking it? Should I attack the back nine with a little bit more club? Now I'm criminal for
08:19this as well. I'm going to flash up some data from one of my recent rounds my Arcos data which shows I
08:23missed 10 out of 18 greens on a recent round not my not my finest round and they were all short all
08:2910 were short and that's because it was a windy day it was a little bit cold and as you can see I
08:33wasn't hitting the ball that well. What I didn't do was take into account temperature the way I was
08:37striking the ball that day which wasn't very good and the fact it was really really windy. So I was ending
08:43up short a lot of the time missing all my greens and regulation and my scoring suffered for it.
08:49Keep those conditions re-evaluate midway through a round and don't forget to take more club.
08:53Right the final thing that golfers forget to do when they're out on course and you've probably
08:56heard it before and you're going to hear it again from me is to take your medicine. Playing partners
09:02would have said it, coaches would have said it to you, you've probably told this yourself when you've
09:05hit a bad shot but it's something we forget every now and again as we're trying to chase that score
09:09out on course. I've got a great example of it here at the second at West Hill. That gap in that
09:14trees was quite appealing to me and I think I might suddenly turn into Tiger Woods for this shot
09:17but I've got to carry it over the heather. I've got to go below this tree through that gap. It's a
09:23very high tariff shot and for not that much gain. A chip out would make a lot more sense. So I'm
09:29going to show you what goes wrong when you don't take your medicine when you try and take one on.
09:36Class. Bonks it into the tree. There it goes in the heather. What I should have done and I'll show
09:40you with this ball. It's come way out to the left. All that fairway over there. Take your medicine
09:46and I'm going to go and try and make a par now. So I'm going to say it one more time. Take your
09:53medicine. Help your score out. Don't think you're Tiger Woods. So there you have it. Those are the 11
09:58things that I think all golfers forget to do out on course. As I said at the top of this video,
10:03consider this your checklist to remind yourself before every round of golf and I'm thinking you'll
10:07save at least a couple of shots per round if you follow those rules. Are there any I've forgotten?
10:12Are there any mistakes that you commonly make out on course that you know you do but you forget
10:15halfway through a round? Let me know down in the comments. I'd love to hear what you have to say.
10:20But for now, thank you very much for joining me. I'll see you next time.
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