My golf season is a mix of regular rounds, match play events and team events. Every time I play, it is a new experience with respect to putting. The reason for the diverse opportunities is due to the ball never landing in the same place twice regardless of the number of rounds played. Playing in team events, it is a challenge to select the line that fits all the players, hence the statement by my friend Jack: “Putt What You See”. It is a universal statement that all golf teams should understand and employ.
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Golfing Was Fantastic This Week
This week was one of the best of my 2023 golf season. I played in two scrambles and one scramble match play with great results in all the events. Every year I have a week or two like this and in 2023, this was my first. I always look forward to these short periods of lots of golf and it is always better when I play well with positive results. And this week was better that expected!
Continue readingThree Golf Tournaments In Three Days
Today starts the day of three (potentially four) rounds of golf in tournaments. It will be a very busy week, but great fun as well. Unfortunately the three booked are scrambles with the potential of the potentially fourth round being match play. The rounds will all be a different courses and with different players. So, lots of golf with great friends is in my future starting today. Being matched with a variety of players, it will be challenging to keep my strategy in check because each player brings something different to the table.
Continue readingBest Golf Advice From Walter Hagen
If we search golf advice on the internet (about 314,000,000 results in less than .5 seconds), we would quickly be overwhelmed. Every once in a while a great piece of advice comes across my screen that I feel I must share. Well, today’s advice is brought to you by Walter Hagen:
I cannot recount the number of rounds when Hagen’s advice hit home. Everyday is different on the golf course because we never know what will happen from one swing to the next. Of course, we hope our best game will always show, but not always. Therefore to paraphrase Hagen: suck it up and make the best of your swing each day!
I am a grateful golfer! See you on the links!
Full Swing Analysis – It Is Not For Everyone
Trying to emulate a great golf swing is challenging to say the least. It is almost impossible for an amateur to look at a great players swing and say, I can do that no problem! This approach to golf is rife with pitfalls and rabbit holes. Similar to other golfers, I try to improve my swing through observation, knowledge, and experiment. This process is not for those looking for a quick fix to their woes, but a player who is patient and willing to make mistakes (and I have made my fair share). Therefore, as an amateur I do not recommend having your friends analysis your swing and offer suggestions. This would be considered a fools errand at best! However, understanding that you want to improve your golf game, analysis is required.
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The Grateful Golfer 