Your golf handicap is a reflection of the way you normally play a given round. The handicap system in golf allows players of varying ability levels to compete in a tournament or match. Players with higher handicaps get strokes from players with lower handicaps. The players with the lower handicap numbers are the better golfers so they give their opponents a specific number of strokes to even out the competition. When you improve your handicap, you are lowering your score and your game is getting better.
Step 1
Hit the ball consistently off the tee. You don't have to hit 300 yards to lower your handicap, but you do have to keep the ball in play by putting it in the fairway. If you are going to be solid off the tee, you have to develop a consistent and dependable swing that demonstrates you are capable of hitting the ball 225 yards or more on a regular basis.
Step 2
Learn how to attack the green when you are using your short irons or your wedges. Golfers who are improving understand the short game. Hitting with your 9-iron or pitching wedge is an opportunity to put a low number on the scorecard. Understand that you cannot slow your swing down just because you are hitting with a short iron. Instead, you must get aggressive and go for the flag when you have the opportunity.
Step 3
Learn how to hit the ball out of the bunker. New players and high-handicappers struggle when they have to hit the shot out of the sand. Instead of hitting behind the ball and letting the sand take the ball out of the hazard, they try to pick the ball clean and end up either remaining in the hazard or flying too far out of it.
Step 4
Read the green before you strike your putt. Crouch down 10 feet behind your putt and look for breaks and creases in the green that your ball will have to negotiate. Walk up to your ball, take one practice swing and putt it. Don't stand over their ball and think about the putt for more than 15 seconds. Strike it with confidence and aggressiveness.
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