If you want to take shots off your scorecard sounds like one of those titles for an uninvited email with the objective of selling you a performance enhancing drug of some sort. But actually its the start of wise words from almost every golf coach and they are referring to your putting.
It doesnt matter whether you are a scratch, low handicap, middle of the road golfer or an
inexperienced beginner, for most of you the least effort, highest return improvement for your game, will be your putting.
The top Pros who are all seriously good putters know that the difference between also ran in the field and a top 10 finish is: not making mistakes and putting.
They take it very seriously, starting with understanding their current performance. They record the most detailed stats on their game.
For instance Phil Mickelson, leading money winner on the PGA Tour, knows that on average he is making his first putt 29 feet from the hole and that he takes an average of 1.72 putts to get down. That leaves him with 28.2 putts per round.
Tiger isnt having a bad year, but its not his best. Look at the stats and youll see that he is taking, on average 1 putt...