Last post, I sent you parts 1 to 5 of the most common golf mistakes Raymond Floyd sees amateurs make.

(I was off to butcher my final round of a golf tournament, so I
didn’t have the time to complete the email yesterday.)

Without much ado… here are the final 5 mistakes!

If you missed the first 5, check ‘em out here:
http://clubhouse.swingbyswing.com/blog/10-most-common-golf-mistakes-part-1/

(6) Trying for too much out of trouble

When was the last time you thought you could make it through a
group of trees after a poorly placed tee shot? You probably knew
it was a long shot… but ‘what the hell, I’m gonna do it
anyway’!

I’d be willing to bet you hit your shot right into the trees,
only to take your next shot from under another tree!

… yeah, it’s hard to regulate the natural bravado and shoot it
sideways back into the fairway … but try it for a round and see
what happens to your score!

(7) Trying shots you have never practiced

Seriously… Phil can get away with the flop. Can you?

(Here’s a hint: Phil has practiced his flop shot for thousands of
hours. Have you?)

(8) Panicking in the sand

Please, practice it first! (Or, warn me to move from the other
side of the green so I don’t have to dodge your bladed ball.)

(9) Misreading turf and lie conditions

This one relates closely to #1
(http://clubhouse.swingbyswing.com/blog/10-most-common-golf-mistakes-part-1/)
in that, it’s easy to mis-judge the club you need when your ball
is laying poorly.

Another easy way to screw up your shot is to fail to take into
account an up-hill or down-hill lie.

Another common way to inflate your score

(10) Consistently underreading the break on the greens

This is one that caught me off guard.

But, when I was playing in my tourney last weekend, I noticed
just how true it is.

Consistently, on a putt with any significant break, the ball
would slide beneath the hole.

That’s it for the 10 Most Common Golf Mistakes!

Take these factors into account during your next round, and you
can’t help but score better! In fact, if you concentrate on just
2 or 3 of these mistakes, you can significantly improve your
score.

Now go play a round!

Travis

PS. The easiest way to take strokes off your score is to
improve your short game. http://bit.ly/9pr06I

My virtual mentor, Raymond Floyd, says: “improving the short
game is the quickest and easiest way to cut strokes from your
game. It’s the place you can turn three shots into two. For any
player, it’s the key to being a scorer.”

http://bit.ly/9pr06I