Understand what's important with P Cunningham Golf

Golf can be broken into four key areas:

Driving – hitting long and in play.

Approach Play – shots from the fairway or rough to the green.

Short Game – all shots within 50 yards, including chips, pitches, and bunker play.

Putting – strokes on the green.

According to Shots Gained Theory, improving approach play has the greatest potential to lower your scores, because hitting more greens gives you more birdie and par opportunities. Driving comes second in importance, as length and accuracy set up approach opportunities. The short game is next, and putting, while important, typically provides the smallest gains in overall scoring.

However… the short game and putting are the areas where golfers can improve most quickly. Mastering chipping, pitching, and other shots inside 50 yards builds confidence immediately. Many of the skills and feels developed here also transfer to full-swing improvement: good touch, trajectory control, and shot shaping learned in the short game can enhance your driving and approach play.

Nothing is more frustrating than reaching a par-4 green in three shots only to take four more strokes to hole out. Focusing on scoring from 50 yards in and putting can turn potential bogeys into pars, delivering faster, tangible improvement and confidence on the course.