I've recently been playing old man golf.
What I see as old man golf is the following:
- Off the tee pick a club where 90% of the time you're in play, even if you turn a par 4 into a 3 shots to get the green hole that's perfectly fine
- For me that's hitting a lot of 5/6 iron off the tee, a 5 iron hit well for me goes ~180 metres
- A chunked 5 iron that only goes 100 metres but is dead straight is way better than a sliced or hooked driver where you're taking penalty strokes for being out of play, and that's generally what I find when I hit a bad iron vs a bad driver
- Focusing on having a great short game is the key for old man golf, take your time over putts, don't overthink, 2 putts are great, try to limit 3 putts
- This strategy has seen me play some better golf in recent times, I'm down to a 15.8 handicap
- What I'm now thinking of doing is getting fitted for a 3 hybrid or 3/4 iron similar to my current iron set, I want a club that goes ~200 metres and again is 90% of the time in play
- Driver just isn't necessary for me, it goes far but isn't reliable, it's something I obviously need to work on to be a sub 10 handicap but anything 10-15 handicap; this current strategy works really well