What to do when you're on top of your game

[Mr Inconsistent]

Let's say a person is a scratch player and has their game right where they want it and really can't hit it much better than they already are at the range. How much should they still practice? My first thought is that they should mostly play and just hit the minimum amount of balls necessary to make sure they still have it. It seems like in situations like this continuing to hit a lot of balls can only make it get worse. Your thoughts?

 

[Jim Kobylinski]

You should be keeping stats of your game and finding the weak points and improving those.

Could be short game, putting, sand game, long irons/short irons/wedge shots, etc.

you can always keep improving at something.

 

[Mr Inconsistent]

You're kind of missing the point Jim. There aren't really any weak points right now as far as physically executing shots, if I go practice I'm just going to hit a bunch of good shots, there is nothing to work on, just things to maintain. The only thing to work on is on the course and it's mental. But what I'm asking is what is a good maintenance plan. I want to lock in what I've got, I don't want to lose it, and I feel like I could lose it by hitting to many range balls and also maybe if I hit no balls at all. I'm thinking that going Byron Nelson style and just hitting a minimal amount of balls when not playing is the way to go. What do you think Brian?