Hi, this is Dave Kern from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and I play at Diamond Run Golf Club.

Golf Smarter number 473 published on January 27, 2015.

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I get a lot of these people who shoot between like 90, 105. That's probably two-thirds of my new students are in that range. And I say, well, do you want to lower your scores as quickly as possible by any means necessary? And you'd be surprised. Most people say no. They go, no, I don't care about the short term. I just want to learn to hit the ball with both sort of how a pro hits. But for the guys who say, yes, I do, I'll go to that guy's golf bag and I'll start throwing clubs out of the bag on the

ground. Throw the driver on the ground, throw the three wood on the ground, throw the three hybrid are on the ground and maybe leave everything else in. If there's a four or a five on, and I'll throw those on the ground too.

Go play with that set.

And the guy goes, well, I can't play without a driver.

I go, well, that's the club that's costing you a lot of strokes.

To score well from a strategic standpoint, ground too. Go play with that set. And the guy go, well, I can't play without a driver. I go, well, that's the club that's costing you a lot of strokes.

To score well from a strategic

standpoint, you have to know what your limitations

are as a player, what your actual

ability level is in terms of striking

the golf ball. And don't try

to hit any hero shots that are mostly based

on luck.

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