10 Reasons Why Pitch and Putt Courses Help Experienced Golfers
Once that membership is in your hands the temptation to park yourself at the golf club is real, great facilities, surrounded my people who love the sport as much as you and 18 glorious holes to play whenever you want to. However, we make a case why heading to back where it all began clutching those 3 second hand clubs might help your game on the full course and look at how a few round a year on a pitch and putt course can help even experienced golfers.
In that quest for that oh so sweet perfect drive, golfers, and i am certainly guilty of this, neglect or at least put less emphasis, on their short game. Clearly a course like a Pitch and Putt course, made up entirely of short holes is going to be of benefit to this, but we break down why this maybe and its not just in terms of skills and muscle memory.
You will be, no doubt, pleased to hear that we keep this page short, as being experienced you can probably work out why a short course will help your short game, however we still have a list of ten ways a pitch and putt will help you below, and in the table on this page are our other articles on Pitch and Putt as we feel its often put to one side after that first round of 18 holes on a full size course.
How Does Pitch and Putt Help Experienced Golfers
A Just like a trip to the practice green, or the driving range helps, a trip to a short course can help you nail down those approach shots. We detail in the list below how a Pitch and Putt can add to your game.
- 1. Improving short game skills: There is no need for drivers or long irons on a pitch and putt. So that short game skills is going to get a work out. Skills such as chipping and pitching, and of course putting can all be practiced here ready to take to the full size course. You can also try this in pitch and putt competitions. You certainly don’t need a driver on these courses.
- 2. Increasing accuracy and control on the green. Greens are smaller on a Pitch and Putt course which adds a little difficulty, at least at staying on it. You can try to practice your back spin on these, and of course being smaller will get to the green more frequently in a round as well.
- 3. Providing a fun and relaxed way to play the game: Although a round of golf is supposed to be a relaxing experience we all know there can be moments of stress if playing with others, or if on the course with less friendly members of the golfing community. Pitch and putt is comparably stress free as you wont be surrounded by players going for their handicap or being ushered to hurry up by the players behind. Well less so at least!
- 4. Allowing for practice of mental game and shot-making skills. You can use the quick change in holes to develop your shot judging abilities. Where to aim, strength to hit and club ( to an extent) to use. This provides good practice for those tricky second and third shots on the full course and if you keep a record of your golf scrambling percentage this can be a good way to improve that.
- 5. Helping to maintain the physical fitness level needed for golf: Any round of golf is going to help you keep in shape, and if you don’t have time for a full round then why not half a round on a quick playing course. You can fit this round in much more often than I am sure you can fit in a full round at the club. Helping you stay in shape as well as keeping those skills up to scratch as well. Mix it up with an evening at the driving range and you can cover all aspects of your long game.
- 6. Playing in a faster paced environment: Pitch and Putt is both shorter and quicker gameplay. this allows you to improve your speed of play and your speed of shot selection when you are in the full round. All those behind you will thank you, those in front of you, well not so much.
- 7. Playing on a smaller course helps choose clubs. although only 2 or clubs are needed on a pitch and putt, you can take more – unless it’s a tournament. Trying these out and seeing what you can achieve without full power on say a 6 or 7 iron help you choose clubs later on on the long holes. If you wondered how long is a pitch and putt golf course we have the facts here.
- 8. Open to your whole family: We have an article on introducing and playing golf with your family here on the site, but a pitch and putt is a much more skill levelling experience than a full round and if you want to develop a love of golf with your significant other or your kids this is the place to start. It also brings them into something you find important, even if later they don’t so much.
- 9. Playing Pitch and Putt can help to improve ball striking. There are driving ranges, and practice greens but aside from golf simulators there are not so many chipping ranges. Pitch a putt fills this gap perfectly and of course it lots of fun.
- 10. Playing Pitch and Putt can also be a great way to introduce beginners to the sport of golf. We said something similar on our benefits of Pitch and putt for beginners page so its only fair we include it here. However, it is true, on a pitch and putt you may improve your game, but for beginners its where they learn the game. So why not be one of those bringing people into the sport and bring some of your non golf friends for a quick chip and putt round. You never know they could be joining you at the club in no time.
That’s just 10 ways Pitch and Putt golf course can help even the most experienced of golfers improve and maintain there match play. So if you haven’t tried it since you got your club membership, maybe its time to throw a wedge and a putter in your trunk and give it a go. You can watch the video below for extra confirmation if we failed to convince you!
Conclusion
Of course the main reason we love to play on a pitch and putt is it is fun. As we mention, too much, on this site non of use are world class golfers, and it is why we ask golfers better than us to help with our tips articles. However, i’m sure all of us want to get just that little bit better, and a pitch and putt can certainly help with that.
