Episode #163: Tee It Forward to Go Low (Bryson's Scoring Trick)

Learn why you need to tee it forward in practice to go low and play your best golf! Here is a chapter from my book - Wicked Smart Golf - which expands the concepts discussed in this podcast episode.

If you’re like most golfers, you always want to shoot your lowest score ever. Maybe it's breaking 90, 80, 70, or even eclipsing par. 

While you might have the ability to shoot those numbers, sometimes the mental side of things might hold you back. Often we get in our heads when trying to shoot a new low number. I hope the tips in section one will help you master your mind, but there is another way I’ve used to get comfortable shooting lower scores. 

While on-course practice is a super effective way to improve your game, another way is to tee it forward. Sometimes playing up a tee box from normal is a great way to get comfortable going low and breaking through plateaus. 

After playing in a two-man scramble tournament with my buddy Jacob each month, I realized this. We consistently finish in the top five and have epic days of eight birdies in a row and shooting in the 50s to get the win.

Sure, we fired low rounds because it was a scramble, but we also don’t play the tips like normal. After playing up one tee box and making the course about 400 yards shorter, it made us both get comfortable going low. It made it easier to attack pins and drain more putts under pressure. When I found myself in a normal tournament weeks and months later, I had the same “attack” mentality. 

For example, if you’ve never broken 80 and always play the same tees, go up a box. I’ve found that often it’s in our head more than anything else. You should be able to break 80 quickly and can get the monkey off your back. Not only do you finally score in the 70s, but it will feel more normal to your mind. 

Soon enough, you will be comfortable going low and can do it from your normal tee box too.