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Golf Game Performance TrackingGolf game performance tracking is just common sense. Nowadays tracking your game is as normal as keeping a scorecard. If you can measure it, you can manage it. If you can manage it, your game is going to get better. Measure what's important. Find out what you're good at, then work on the weaknesses. Jack Nicklaus was one of the first pros to use a yardage card during practice and an actual tournament round. he learned to do it from Deane Beman, a buddy of his who later became the commissioner of the PGA Tour. Jack just used it much more successfully. Measure, monitor, practice and improve. It's as simple as that. When I took my first golf school, the pro taught me a lot about tracking performance. One simple method was to what he called, "Chart Your Round". Charting consisted of recording every shot on your scorecard. At the finish of every hole, while marking my score I would mark a symbol for every shot I hit. If I used driver, I marked a 'D', then:
After every round you could see where you screwed up. After a few rounds, a pattern of weaknesses showed. Work on the weaknesses, the good shots will take care of themselves. The charts also help link the conditions around the shot. Good lie, bad lie, downhill, side hill; all of which helped set the pattern for the follow up practice session. Results? From my first 3-day school on July 1-3 to September of 1997 my average score went from 100 to the high 80's (88-89). I was hooked. Golf became much more fun! Return from Golf Game Performance Tracking to Home Page
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