The 7 Minute Habit That Tells You What to Practice

Happy Monday,

If your scores have plateaued, this one's for you — here's a simple 3–7 minute process to finally know exactly what's holding your game back.

This Week:

• Video – The 7 Minute Habit That Tells You What to Practice

• Practice Challenge – Don’t Miss Right Driving Challenge

• Short Video – How To Deal With Nerves

The 7 Minute Habit That Tells You What To Practice

🏌️ Rapid-Fire Takeaways

✅ Logging your shots with a strokes gained app takes just 3–7 minutes per round — but gives you a data-driven roadmap for every practice session.

✅ Your biggest minus in the strokes gained chart is your priority — improving it translates directly to lower scores (one shot gained = one shot off your handicap)

✅ Don't stop at "I need to work on my putting" — drill into the distances and miss directions to really give your practice direction.

✅ Once you know your target area, you need two things: technical work on the cause of your bad shot, and skills games to learn to perform that skill under a little pressure.

✅ Turning up to the driving range or putting green and hitting balls aimlessly is one of the most common ways golfers practice, and it’s one of the least effective – this is why so many golfers get stuck at their current handicap, despite ‘practicing’ and ‘working hard’.

⛳ A Challenge for Your Next Round

🔷 High-Handicapper (20+): Log your next round with a strokes gained app — even just 9 holes (free tool below). Don't worry about what the numbers mean yet. Just collect the data and find your biggest minus category. Focus on this in practice.

🔷 Mid-Handicapper (7–20): Find your biggest strokes gained minus, then drill one level deeper. Which distance range or shot type within that category is costing you most? That's your next practice focus.

🔷 Low-Handicapper (<7): Find your biggest strokes gained minus and analyse your miss direction. In practice, work out a swing feeling that prevents this shot. On the golf course, see what happens when you allow for this miss by aiming slightly left/right or taking more club.

Already a BxG subscriber? The new beta app does all of this automatically — log your rounds, get your strokes gained breakdown, and build a personalised practice session in a couple of taps. Download it here →

Not using the app yet? We've got a free strokes gained calculator on the website — it's a simple way to get your SG outputs for 1 to 18 holes and see where your game stands right now. Try it free here →

Don’t Miss Right Driving Challenge

This is a great practice game if you struggle with a slice or a block on the golf course.

How To Deal With Nerves

Not for you? No hard feelings —