5 Tips to Break 100
7/1/20269 min
Breaking 100 is one of the most rewarding milestones in golf, and it is closer than most people think. In this episode, Tommy walks through five practical tips covering scoring strategy, practice habits, course management, and mindset that will help you get there faster. Whether you are stuck at 105 or hovering right on the edge, these are the adjustments that actually move the needle.
What You'll Take Away:
- Why minimizing triple bogeys matters more than eliminating doubles
- How to get out of trouble without compounding one bad shot with a second bad decision
- Why spending the majority of your practice time inside 100 yards fast-tracks your improvement
- Simple short game alternatives to the 60-degree wedge that will quietly save you strokes
- How to manage the tee box and stop giving away penalty strokes before the hole even starts
- Why aiming for the center of the green and taking one extra club changes everything
- The counterintuitive mindset shift that may lower your score faster than any technical tip
Timestamps:
(0:00) Introduction
(0:32) Tip 1: Minimize Triple Bogeys
(1:57) Tip 2: Practice Inside 100 Yards
(3:44) Tip 3: Keep the Ball in Play Off the Tee
(5:10) Tip 4: Aim Center and Take More Club
(6:22) Tip 5: You Are Not Your Score
Transcript preview
First 90 secondsTommy Thompson· Host0:00
[upbeat music] One of the most exciting accomplishments for a golfer is that first time they break 100. And so these tips today are practical ways that you can move, just by simple strategy, to break 100. So the first tip for breaking 100 is a scoring tip, and that scoring tip is to minimize triples as best as possible. Now, you're still going to have triples. We all do, no matter what our handicap is. But if you can take specific strategies to avoid those triples and turn just a few of them into doubles or even single bogeys, your score will come down so quickly. So there are a couple of things that you can do specifically to help minimize those triples. One thing is you can avoid the penalty areas. Do whatever you can. If there's water in play, aim away from it. If there's trees in play, try to do your best to play away from it, even taking less club to avoid those areas. The second thing, avoid hero shots. When you do hit that bad shot that ends up