The Importance of Targeting in Golf Strategy

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This is a game-changer In my #golf strategy philosophy, I separate 1. Flag/pin 2. Target 3. Aim into separate things. There's a very important reason why - this thread🧵 explains 👇👇👇👇

Here we see a pin tucked on the left.

The problem is in golf, we all miss left/right, no matter how good we are. Having the flag as your target would result in something like this (over the course of 10 times played) 3 green misses (and a fringe)

If we simply adjusted the target to (in this example) the middle of the green, more of our predicted shot pattern would hit the green.

But the analysis can't stop there. While 2 people may aim at the exact same target, they may have different biases to their shot pattern. For example, PLAYER A may have a tendency to miss right PLAYER B may have a tendency to miss left

So even though both players may have the exact same target on the course (middle of the green), each person may have to AIM DIFFERENTLY to allow for their shot tendency/bias The target is the same for both players - middle of the green

While it would be much easier if our aim/target were the same (and you had no bias to your shot pattern), the reality is most people have a bias they need to account for You're going to have to adjust your aim anyway - things like wind and lie mean you CAN'T aim at your target

This thread simply unravels what good players are already doing - just maybe on a more unconscious level. 1. pick a sensible TARGET that allows for error either side 2. adjust for shot bias/wind/lie etc - this is our AIM It's not that complex really. You even do it in putting

Here's the important part. We should track our full shots RELATIVE TO OUR AIM. Why? Because this gives us much more actionable data. Take, for example, the following 👇👇👇

Player A aims right at the flag and hits a perfect shot Player B aims right side of green (to allow for shot tendency). They hit one of their left "misses" and it lands right next to the flag In traditional stats keeping, both of these would go down as "2ft proximity from pin"

However, when we track the shot RELATIVE TO THE AIM we see a very different shot outcome Player A hit their aim Player B missed their aim a long way left

When you fill out the picture over a number of shots, it may look like this. Now THIS is valuable information when it comes to building your strategy

I know this is a long thread that probably hurt your brain. New information tends to do that to us. But I urge you to study it. 1. pick a TARGET that allows error either side (likely not the flag) 2. adjust AIM to allow for other variables 3. record shot outcome relative to AIM

In The Accuracy plan, I show you how to do all of this INCLUDING a way of tracking shots and patterns that is highly usable on the course (doesn't require a launch monitor or google earth). Learn more here - adamyounggolf.com/the-accuracy-plan/