Fact: Over 90% of golfers will never be able to compete with you if you can do 3 things relatively simple things (disregard putting for now).
- Stay out of trouble with your driver (notice, I didn't say smash the ball 300 yards down the center of the fairway).
- Hit 70% of the greens you face from 150 yards in (in other words, learn to control your 8 iron and down).
- Chip the ball within 20 ft of the pin, almost every time (regardless of what you may think, this is not that tough).