Author: The Grateful Golfer

Little Drummer Boy Revisited In 2025

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I love the Christmas season. The winter wonderland, the sharing of happiness and joy, and spending time with the special people in my life. Although there is no golf, I will take the time to enjoy some outdoor activities, visiting, and being grateful. For me, it is also the time to give back to the community and to share some of my good fortune by donating to charities, the food bank, and just smiling at those I might encounter. The spirit of Christmas is all around us and I for one am happy to embrace it.

As part of my holiday traditions, I watch the Little Drummer Boy and post it on my golf blog. It does not seem like much, but this video is one of my all time favorites and I like to share its joy with you the readers!

In case you did not notice, I love his mittens!

The Christmas season is a special time and I hope you take the opportunity to take the time and enjoy your family and friends. Although golf is on the back burner, I still am trying to figure out a way to keep swinging. I have a plan now and expect to execute it very soon. This was a bit of a repost from previous years with a few minor changes; but worth the look.

I am a grateful golfer! See you on the links!

Do You Have A Game Plan To Lower Your Golf Score?

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Golf is not a sport where unfocused practice benefits your overall game. I guess you could say that for most sports, however golf is that one sport where it is obvious when not focusing on the proper improvement areas will destroy your golf score. Over the years, I have offered many different drills and possible plans to lower our golf score. Many were proven approaches to successfully becoming a lower handicap golfer. Today, I found a golf plan the ties all of my musing together and it is a great way to lower your golf score.

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Force Movement In Our Golf Swing

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For years, the terminology of weight shift dominate golf teaching. It was a term used to describe the movement of force to your trail leg/foot and the transfer of that force to your lead leg/foot. I would suggest that the concept has not really changed, but describing how it occurs has. It is a topic that many amateurs need to understand in order to create power and consistency in their golf swing. Lets delve into this topic more.

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Consistency Is The Key To Great Golf

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Like all sports, understanding our strengths and weaknesses is vital to improving. Golf is probably that individual sport where you need know other support but your own in order to succeed. Yes, there are some outside influences (lessons is the biggest one) that will propel our game to the next level and then the next. However, without consistency in several areas, your game will remain stagnant for many golf seasons. Many of you know this already, however it think it is important to discuss this topic for the benefit of new or inexperienced athletes taking up golf.

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Leaving Behind The Conventional Wisdom In Golf

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After talking to any professional golf teacher, I understand that I receive a great deal of conventional wisdom on how to fix my golf game. Lets call it the 80% solution. As a beginner, this path to a better game is needed and it helps grow our understanding of the game at an exponential pace. I recommend seeking out your local professional for lessons as early in your journey as possible. Knowing this, I often wonder when it is time to put aside the conventional wisdom and walk the of the path of unconventional. I have played golf for 50 years and I am thinking it might be time to take a different path and here is why.

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