I often wondered if the average professional golf is as good as we think. As a steady 5 handicap player, I think I have some game. I understand that I have some weaknesses and continue to strive for lower scores. However, the average professional golfer has challenges as well and goes to great lengths to be a more competitive player. Unfortunately, I have never watched a professional event live, but have watched enough on TV to make an informed decision.
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Fighting a Golf Injury
There is nothing worse than having a golf injury when your season is only 7 months long. There is a sense of urgency to try and play through the pain, but generally this is the wrong course of action. As I get older, I find that I have a few more aches and pains than before, but that is not what I am talking about. I mean actual injury where it impacts your golf swing and as such your entire game. This type of injury provides a mental dilemma that most golfers face from time to time.
Continue readingMoving The Yardsticks in Your Golf Game
Continue readingIf you’re serious about improving your play, be brutally honest with yourself.
Greg “The Shark” Norman
Do You Have a Golf Comfort Zone?
We all like making the heroic shot that wins the match or saves strokes. Generally, it happens when we are not in our comfort zone and we have to attempt a shot that is more challenging then we would like. This is not an unusual situation, but one most amateurs (in any sport) try to avoid by staying comfortably in a zone that causes them the least about of stress. Unfortunately, it is the place of comfort what is an anchor to your golf game. I know it was to mine!
Continue readingWho Would You Play Golf With Again?
Over the years I have had amazing opportunities to play golf with some unique and fun players. Through my travels I have played golf with an astronaut, TV celebrity, successful business people, and complete strangers. During all those games, I think the I would like to play golf one last time with Col Robert Springer, Commander of the Space Shuttle Discovery.
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