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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
01:04I'm close to the green there's too much water on the ground but there's also nothing for me to go
01:08over so 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
01:33shot. Almost just put a putting stroke on this and get the ball rolling. Not my greatest effort. I
01:42need to practice it a little bit more but I think taking less loft around the green is a much better
01:47idea. Okay 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
01:57ball 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 of
02:15strike 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 disappointed
02:31with that. So remember into wind swing a little bit slower. Right so another thing I think golfers
02:37forget all too much when they're out on the golf course is not going every single pin. There are
02:41loads of sucker pins out there and if you find yourself short-sided of these you're going to
02:46really struggle to make up and down. Start going for the center of the green more often and there'll
02:51be other pins you can go at later in the round. I've got a good example here at the first at West
02:55Hill where the pin is in the middle but it's really far to the left. So last thing I want to do is
03:00aim at it go left of it and find myself in that in that trap or left of that trap where I'm never
03:05going to make up and down. So on this hole I'm going to almost take my medicine aim at the center of
03:10the green hopefully get my two putt walk on to the next one. Let's see how I do. Make sure I am nice and
03:15central. I tend to hit a bit of a fade so this this is a good pin for me but I'm going to stay nice and
03:21central. I did hit the little fade and I got away with one. It wasn't my greatest strike a little bit
03:32thin but because I aim middle knowing my shot shape I knew I couldn't go too far wrong. So don't get
03:37suckered into those pins play for the center of the green two putt and attack those pins later in the
03:42round. Ah 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 loads
04:09of times myself I'm sure you have at home but it's really important that throughout the round you
04:14remind yourself not to get too angry that every single shot matters. We'll do this on the fairway
04:19every now and again as well if you duff one straight in front of you you'll just take the same club hit
04:24the same shot with the same amount of anger and the same thing might happen. So after a bad shot take
04:30your time remind yourself that every shot matters and hopefully that'll save a few shots on the course.
04:35Right so another mistake I think lots of golfers make is taking their driver off the tee when they
04:40don't need to. Now across this video you might think I'm a bit overly defensive on the golf course
04:44feel free to let me know in the comments if I am and if I'm horribly wrong on this but I think on a
04:49hole like this we've got the 12th through at West Hill 273 it's playing today a little bit downwind
04:53I probably could hit the green with my driver if I really liked it but there's all sorts in the way
04:57there's bunkers there's trees it's times like this I think a lot of golfers need to bin the driver
05:02like I am there and play something like this a hybrid a driving iron a long iron anything just
05:07to pop yourself in play leave yourself a nice number in. So I'm going to leave that driver to
05:11one side there I've got my trusty four hybrid here and it should just be the easiest swing to put
05:16myself in position. A bit like that on the first take as well might I add. So I think a lot of golfers need to
05:26think a lot more carefully on the course about when they're using their driver use it in the right
05:30situations and on shorter par fours play for position. Okay so you join me here on the 12th
05:35and after I was just telling you about playing for position not taking your driver too often I found
05:40myself out of position on a very short par four so I'm not best pleased and that brings on to the next
05:45thing loads of golfers forget when they're out on course and that is to stay calm. I think if you can
05:51check yourself when you're out on course you'll save at least I think two shots a round especially if
05:55you're an angry golfer you know you won't hit the angry chip or the angry putt when your head's not in the
06:00right space. Now I know there's nothing worse than someone else turning you to stay calm that often
06:03actually has the adverse effect but I think if you can check yourself out on course remind yourself to
06:08stay calm it's a really important thing to remember throughout the entire round. While I'm here another
06:13thing I think golfers forget is that bogey is your friend and it is more often than not it's not a card
06:19killer and while it's not a great score it's not going to ruin your entire round. Now obviously I'm hoping
06:23to make a par from here and I'm not going to say I'm not you know I do want to try and make up and down
06:27but I'm going to remind myself that if I don't come off here with a par a bogey is okay and I'm not
06:32going to get too angry and the bogey is my friend it's not a double it's not something worse. So
06:36stay calm, bogey is my friend and whatever I hit here I'm not going to get too wound up about it.
06:45And I hit a good shot so I've got a look at par if I get a bogey it's okay so two things stay calm
06:50bogey is your friend. Okay so another mistake I think a lot of golfers make is not playing for position
06:55on par fives. Now I know we've already spoken about not taking driver all the time I don't want to come
07:00over as overly defensive on the golf course but I think every now and again we need to look at a
07:04par five for what it is, take a bit less club and score a little bit better for it I think in the
07:10majority. Example here 17th at West Elf it was Sunday best drive here pretty pleasing myself but it's into
07:15wind we've got trouble left there's trouble right should I really be trying to hit a three wood to get
07:20this green that's barely in reach probably not so so take the situation to account on par fives
07:25but I think a seven iron is the play here so away with the three wood I'm just going to play hopefully
07:31I'll have about 100 yards left in something like that with just an easy seven iron
07:35not 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 club
07:58when the conditions warrant it so I'm talking about heavy wind like it is today colder temperatures and
08:05even 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
08:19for this as well I'm going to flash up some data from one of my recent rounds my Arcos data which
08:23shows I missed 10 out of 18 greens on a recent round not my not my finest round and they were all
08:29short all 10 were short and that's because it was a windy day it was a little bit cold and as you
08:33can see I wasn't hitting the ball that well what I didn't do was take into account the temperature
08:37the way I was striking the ball that day which wasn't very good and the fact it was really really
08:41windy so I was ending up short a lot of the time missing all my greens and regulation and my scoring
08:46suffered for it so when you're out on course think about all those conditions re-evaluate midway
08:50through a round and don't forget to take more club right the final thing that golfers forget to do when
08:55they're out on course and you've probably heard it before and you're going to hear it again from me
08:58is to take your medicine playing partners would have said it coaches would have said it to you you've
09:04probably told this yourself when you've hit a bad shot but it's something we forget every now and
09:07again as we're trying to chase that score out on course I've got a great example of it here at the
09:12second at West Hill that gap in that trees is quite appealing to me and I think I might suddenly turn
09:16into Tiger Woods for this shot but I've got to carry over the heather I've got to go below this tree
09:22through that gap it's a very high tariff shot and for not that much gain a chip out would make a lot
09:27more sense so I'm going to show you what goes wrong when you don't take your medicine when you try
09:32and take one on class bonks into the tree there it goes in the heather what I should have done and
09:40I'll show you with this ball it's come way out to the left all that fairway over there take your
09:46medicine and I'm going to go and try and make a par now so let me say it one more time take your
09:53medicine help you score out don't think you Tiger Woods so there you have it those are the 11 things
09:58that I think all golfers forget to do out on course as I said at the top of this video consider this
10:03your checklist to remind yourself before every round of golf and I'm thinking you'll save at least
10:08a couple of shots per round if you follow those rules are there any I've forgotten are there any
10:12mistakes that you commonly make out on course that you know you do but you forget halfway through a
10:16round let me know down in the comments I'd love to hear what you have to say but for now thank you
10:21very much for joining me I'll see you next time
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