Stop Watching The PGA Tour To Fix Your Game: Why Women’s Golf Holds The Blueprint To Lower Scores
LPGA swing speeds and strategy match the average amateur almost perfectly. Here is why tuning into the women's game will transform your scorecard this weekend
Those who listen to the Kick Point podcast will know that Annika Sorenstam is probably my favorite golfer of all time. My love affair with the game - and my ultimate desire to become a golf professional myself - truly started back in the mid-to-late 1990s.
I still vividly remember the trips to Woburn with my mum to watch the Weetabix Women’s British Open, as it was known back then. Watching Sorenstam plot her way around those tree-lined fairways with robotic precision was utterly mesmerizing. But nothing quite compared to her post-round range sessions, where every single ball flight looked like I was watching the exact same video on a continuous loop!
Annika Sorenstam at the 1999 Weetabix Women's British Open
With the AIG Women’s Open taking place this week, I couldn't help but want to urge just a few more men to settle down and watch the world's best female players navigate the beautiful and brutal layout of Royal Lytham & St Annes.
A Missed Opportunity for the Average Golfer
Sadly, the viewing figures tell us that the vast majority of male golf fans only tune in to watch men’s professional golf, completely bypassing the women’s game. It is a genuine shame, because if you are looking to learn and improve your own game while being thoroughly entertained, chances are, the women’s tour is far more closely aligned with how you actually play golf.
Look at the statistics:
Average UK Male Amateur Driver Swing Speed: 90–95 mph
Average LPGA Tour Driver Swing Speed: 94–96 mph
Average PGA Tour Driver Swing Speed: ~117 mph
The reality is simple: if you are trying to emulate the high-flying, bomb-and-gouge shots you see on the PGA Tour, you simply don't have the physical capabilities to pull them off, and you will quickly get yourself into trouble. Watching LPGA players shows you how to score efficiently at speeds you can actually relate to.
The Strategic Game You’ve Been Asking For
In recent years, golf fans and commentators have been loudly crying out for an equipment or ball rollback. People constantly complain that modern courses are rendered obsolete by raw power and that they want to see players forced to use more clubs in their bag than just a driver and a wedge on every hole.
England's Lottie Woad is a particularly strong fairway wood player
What many don't realize is that that style of golf is already happening every single week on the women's tour.
Watching female professionals navigate a championship course is a masterclass in course management, tempo, and tactical plotting. You get to watch full-bag artistry on display, where strategic positioning, mid-iron accuracy, and fairway wood play matter just as much as distance.
Realistic Equipment Blueprint
This logic extends directly to the equipment in your bag. Far too many club golfers spend hours lusting after the ‘TX Flex’ shafts and ultra-low-spinning driver heads found in PGA Tour bags.
In reality, looking at the equipment specs that women professionals use will be far more beneficial for your scorecard. They maximize launch efficiency, optimize spin rates, and often lean into high-lofted woods, hybrids, and forgiving irons that actually make the game easier - and more fun - to play.
Settle In This Weekend
As the action gets underway at Royal Lytham & St Annes this week, do yourself and your game a favor. Pour yourself a drink, sit back, and appreciate the finest ball-strikers on the planet. You might just learn something that transforms your next weekend round.
