If you are not able to recognize danger you cannot expect to eliminate it. Regardless of the player everyone falls into the same category of misses. If those misses match the penalty of the hole you are playing you need to recognize that and apply force on the club in a way that applies force on the ball to eliminate that danger without eliminating your need to play defensively.

To become a great driver of the ball you need to understand two skills:

How to Create Distance & How to Avoid Trouble

Click on the Mechanics link to learn how to create speed and then The Force on The Ball link to learn how to control your golf ball. Then click on the link to the practice portal to test those skills before taking your game to the course

Approach shots account for around 40% of your total score. There is a reason the best players in the world are generally the best iron players - learn the elements of impact you need to become a great approach player. Understand how you need to apply force to the club to bring that impact about.

The area of the game that requires the most variability in applying force on the ball than any other to be able to hit the various distances, heights and spin needed to from the various surfaces to truly be considered a great short game player.

Quite possibly the most mis-understood surface in terms of how you need to bring about force away from the center of mass to create a short shot.

Bunker play is not about putting force behind the ball- its about putting force under the ball.

Learn grain, different grasses, green reading

If practice were about hitting balls on a range everybody would be getting better. Knowing which parts of your game have more or less outcome to your score allow to you to focus on those areas while working on mechanics, playing the game and keeping track of progress or regression.