Francesco Molinari wins his first PGA Tour title at the Quicken Loans National, edging out host Tiger Woods in the process.
The most disciplined golf on tour
Molinari's breakthrough season was built on eliminating mistakes rather than adding brilliance. Fairways, greens, no doubles.
It is the least glamorous route to winning and one of the most reliable.
Bogey avoidance as a strategy
When you remove the big numbers, an ordinary birdie count becomes a winning score. The scoreboard rewards the absence of disasters as much as the presence of heroics.
That is why bogey avoidance correlates so strongly with scoring average.
Apply it this weekend
Count your doubles over five rounds. If the number is above two per round, that is your entire improvement plan.
Nothing else you practise will produce a comparable drop in handicap.