Break 90 (or 100) with an AI game plan
Give ChatGPT or Claude your goal score, your typical round and your usual misses, and ask for a realistic plan: where you're probably losing strokes, a "bogey is fine" strategy, and the 2 or 3 skills to practice first. Then track a few simple stats each round so the plan is based on your numbers, not guesses.
The problem
Golfers chasing a scoring goal often practice the wrong thing, usually the driver, when the strokes are being lost to penalties, chips and three-putts.
Why AI helps
AI can turn a vague goal into a short plan and a simple tracking habit. Inside a Golf Coach Project, saved round notes build up over time, so each review starts from your real numbers.
Using Projects: Projects are folders that remember your instructions. Per the official help pages (checked October 13, 2026): ChatGPT Projects are available to signed-in users and free accounts can add up to 5 files per project; Claude Projects are available on free accounts, which can create up to 5 projects. In Claude, chats in a project don't share context unless the information is in the project knowledge. See how to set one up.
Step by step
- Open your Golf Coach Project, or a new chat in ChatGPT or Claude.
- Paste the Breaking prompt with your goal (100, 90 or 80) and tap the arrow to send.
- Ask for the stat tracker. Keep it to 3 or 4 numbers, such as putts, penalty strokes and lost balls.
- After each round, paste the Post-Round Review prompt with those numbers.
- Every month, ask it to compare your rounds and update the 2 or 3 skills to practice. In Claude, save each review as a project file, because chats in a project don't see each other.
Copy-paste prompts
Replace anything in [square brackets] with your own details. AI answers vary from person to person, so we don't show a "typical" answer here; try it and see what you get.
Breaking [100 / 90 / 80]
I want to break [goal]. Give me a realistic plan: where I'm probably losing strokes, a "bogey is fine" strategy, and the 2-3 skills to practice first.
Simple stats
Help me track my rounds with a few simple stats.
Post-Round Review
I just played. I shot [score]. Good things: [list]. Bad things: [list]. Number of putts (if you know): [number]. Lost balls or penalties: [number]. Help me review it like a coach: 2 things that went well, 1 thing to work on, and one drill for this week.
Limits and safety
- "Where you're losing strokes" is a guess until you track real numbers. Give it a few rounds.
- Don't change your swing mid-round because of a chat. Save swing work for the range or a lesson.
- Scoring goals should stay fun. If it's not, ask the AI for a few fun side games to play with your group.
Sources
- Prompts adapted from the AI Starter Pack newsletter and the AI for Golfers prompt pack by Austin Christensen.