The obvious answers are hole more putts and hit more greens/get closer to the flag, but I'm wondering if there's something else.
I'm usually quite steady. If I play around handicap a typical round might be 1 birdie, 10 pars, and 7 bogeys. Maybe an extra birdie or a double sometimes, but it's usually pretty similar. I probably average between 1 and 2 birdies per round, but closer to 1.
I've played with higher handicaps than me who make way more birdies than I do but have more bad holes. Are they better iron players or putters, or is there a secret ingredient to their games?
I also played a game once with 2 very low guys. They both shot 71 (-1). One did it with 15 pars, 2 birdies and a bogey. The other did it with 8 pars, 6 birdies, 3 bogeys and a double!
The first one was almost boring (in a good way) - fairway, green, 2 putts. You never thought anything exciting was going to happen but at the same time you expected par on every hole. The second one was much less predictable. Shots could go anywhere (within reason) and standing on the tee no score would be a shock.
Pro's will very often have 3 or 4 bogeys a round, but they just make so many birdies that even then their scores are under par.
So for those of you who make lots of birdies, what is your mindset when playing or what do you do differently to the 'steady Eddies'?
Or maybe it's just in our make-up what type of player we are.
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