| | By Max Homa June 28, 2022 |
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| | By Max Homa June 28, 2022 |
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| | How to play your best
without your best stuff |
I know, you go to Golf Digest to find out how to hit great shots. But a big thing I’ve learned—and I get into it in the cover story of the newest issue—is that keeping it together when you don’t have your best stuff is the real separator. Making more birdies is great, but making fewer doubles is the more direct route to lower scores.
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We did this photo shoot in New Orleans ahead of the Zurich Classic, and recorded an Undercover Lesson with my coach, Mark Blackburn, two weeks later—on the day I left to play in the Wells Fargo. The “safety” shots you’ll see in the story are all ones I used that week to win. They’re also an important part of becoming a factor at major championships, where the conditions can make one mistake replicate into a two- or three-hole stretch that ends up sending you home for the weekend.
Right now, we’re deep into preparation for the Open Championship at St. Andrews, working on how to flight shots and still have control over shape and distance. Playing in the Scottish Open the week before is like taking your game to the lab. The goal is to get used to the time change, adapt to the cooler weather and having more layers on, and developing more feel for how wedges interact with very different turf on short game shots. For me, getting more information and putting in the work to expand my options is what makes it easier to feel comfortable when it’s time to compete. It helps when your Plan B is an actual thing—not just something you’re making up as you go along.
I have to admit that I say all of this with somewhat mixed emotions…I do want you to read the story and shoot better scores. But if you improve too much, there won’t be nearly as many bad swings for you to send me to roast on Twitter.
I guess we all have to make sacrifices sometimes.
Max
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