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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

The best way to learn how to play is to learn from the green back.

Learn to putt, then chip, then pitch, hit half wedges, and then progress to full shots.

It will teach you the importance of the scoring shots while also showing you how all shots share common movements.

Most people do the exact opposite and start hacking away with a driver when they first begin, which does nothing but ingrain bad habits.

Ideally, you wouldn't even hit a full shot this year.

Great advice.

Amateurs add 85% of their shots from 100 yards in. You improve your short game and putting, then your score comes down quickly. The only other big waster of shots for amateurs is trying to hit a once-in-a-lifetime shot all the time from deep in the woods, over a lot of water to a small green, or sky a shot over a tree.