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Golf Monthly
Golf Monthly
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Barry Plummer

Why You DON'T Need To Make More Birdies To Chop 5 Shots Off Your Handicap

Jezz Elwood hitting a tee shot, with inset images of a graph and a golf scorecard.

For all amateur golfers, shooting lower scores is the overall goal... and one that can be quite elusive. It's a good idea to read the best golf tips, understand how far you hit the clubs in your bag and work on the fundamentals, like the perfect golf grip, but ultimately much of the improvement you are searching for can be found in the latest Arccos data.

The obvious conclusion would be to make more birdies, but it's not quite as simple as that. In fact, for a 10- to 15-handicapper, there are other aspects of the game that you should be working on to find those gains.

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