Cutting your handicap is one of the most exciting feelings in golf but with a big handicap drop comes a new pressure to live up to it. Suddenly you’re not getting a shot per hole and pars become the goal rather than a bonus.
As you move through those milestones, from the 30s to the 20s, the 20s to 18, 18 to 15, 15 to 12 and then…single figures, the shots you get shrink but the expectation to perform lifts.
