Morning golf strategy
Smart Morning Golf Strategy for High Handicappers
Higher-handicap golfers can save strokes in morning golf by choosing the boring success more often.
Take the easy win
The fastest gain in dew and cool-air adjustment is avoiding the shot that brings double bogey or worse into play. For an early tee time, aim wider, use more loft, or accept a lay-up when the lie is asking for humility. A calm bogey from a difficult morning golf spot often beats a heroic swing that never clears the trouble.
Keep these rules handy
- Choose the club that removes the first obstacle in morning golf.
- For an early tee time, swing smoothly when contact matters more than distance.
- For an early tee time, leave a full next shot instead of a nervy half-swing.
- Treat a smart exit in dew and cool-air adjustment as a saved stroke, not a surrender.