The Mission of Golf

One think that I see beginners try to do when they play golf is to try to hit the ball the farthest they can. Let me remind you that golfers try to do is to get the ball into the hole by using any of the 14 clubs you can use. The ultimate goal is to have the lowest amount of strokes in 18 holes. Some of you may actually think that golfers have to have long distances to get it closer to the hole on longer holes. That may be true, but what will you do when you get shots that are within 100 yards; a driver will be too way too much club. If a person is really thinking about succeeding in golf, they need to focus more on their short game than their long game. As they progress, they can slowly work their way to longer distances. The majority of the game is within the irons, wedges and putter. Most of your strokes come from that area and that is where golfers loose their good score and turn into a bad score.

Shows statistic of why pros tend to have better scores, picture from golf.com

 If a person where to practice more on this part of the game, they will see improvement in their game and lower their scores. Putting is also a strong part of the golf game and if a person has great putting, they tend to have a better game. I would rather be a short hitter with an amazing short game than a person with a beast- like strength but has a mediocre short game.

If you do want to continue to try to hit the ball far, that's fine. There are longest-drive contests in golf and has no become a popular thing. They are the tour players of sasquatch like driving in golf. They are not the best of players because they only try to hit it long and focus more on their power rather than control.

If you want to play the game and become good at it, focus on the important part of the game and don't make hitting it long that goal for playing golf.