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Golf’s Greatest Secret

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Have you ever pondered the answer to golf’s greatest secret? Knowing that answer will elevate your standing in the golfing community to guru or at the very least being a really smart player. Knowing the answer can help shape your game, lower your scores, and exponentially increase your fun on the links!

Could the answers be found in the following links?

Well, I think you see my point developing. As I start my research for creating my 2016 golf plan, I have to separate the wheat from the chaff. It takes time to separate the fly by night solutions aimed at selling me something, or the professed expert who knows how to sell.

This part of the process is fun for me. I am always open to new ideas, thoughts, musings and sometimes crazy off the wall suggestions. I think it is important to prepare for the unknown and the only way to do that on a golf course is to be open to new ideas and be willing to openly discuss them without any emotional baggage dragging me down.

What is Golf’s Greatest Secret? That is a great question. I believe the answer lies in all of us. I believe that each of us knows the answer, but we may or may not have let it come to the surface. There are many conventional aspects of golf like flexibility, training, practicing, swing plane, and mental preparation that will improve your game, but what is that one ‘je ne sais quoi’ that brings it all together? What is your greatest golf secret?

I will be searching for my greatest golf secret over the next month or two. I am not sure where I will find it, but if you have any suggestions, advice or just plain crazy ideas, I am listening!

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

Decide – The Only Off Season Golf Strategy You Need

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Decide!

This is the ultimate off-season golf strategy for any golfer. You have heard me mention it before, but now it is time to get the details!

This one little word changes in-action into action!

It empowers all players to get active and do something; anything to help improve their golf game.

Recently, I asked players what they did in the off-season to prepare for the time they hit the links. 50% of the players said that they putt. That was about it. Well, I applaud the fact they do something, I would suggest that it may not be enough to help lower their scores early in the 2016 golf season.

Decide!

This is the most difficult step in using your off-season to your advantage is to make the decision to do something! Deciding to get of the couch and work on your game will be the best decision you ever make to lower your golf scores. Here is what I think:

  • Decide build A Growth Mindset About Golf
  • Decide to become a student of the game
  • Decide to get fit
  • Decide to practice
  • Decide to read about more than mainstream golfing news
  • Decide to decide to improve your game

Well this is it, my fool-proof off-season plan for anyone to improve their golf game! Anyone can do it, anyone, if they decide, can change what they are currently doing to lower their golf scores in 2016!

I have made the decision to do something and I am currently formulating a plan. I hope to share it with you over the next few weeks, but in the meantime, it is your turn to:

Decide!

Off-Season Golf Strategies

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Grateful GolferThere is only one way to prepare for the 2016 golf season! I have a fool-proof way method that will ensure you be ready for that faithful day when golf returns to your neck of the woods. It will not cost you anything for this secret (as this goes against the goal of The Grateful Golfer blog), but if you decide to partake on this journey to lower scores, you must share it with your friends! Are you ready?

Decide!

That is it and thank you for your attention! Details can be found in the next article. I am a grateful golfer! See you on the links!

Golf Strategy: Playing a Par 3

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Playing par 3 golf holes usually provides the most exciting time on the golf course. Every player takes the time to plan and consider all the factors that might affect their shot! They line up and focus with hope that the perfect shot is in their bag at that time. Their thoughts shift to the elusive hole-in-one waiting for them at the end of the rainbow!

It is strategy time again! This picture of a player Patrick McLaughlin playing at the Slieve Russell Golf and Country Club, Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan, Ireland. I received this picture last year, but I thought it would be a great hole to see “How you would play this challenging par 3!”

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The 11th Hole – Heron Haunt. Advice is not to under club!

From the looks of the picture, the hole is about 170 yards (center of the green), downhill to a pin located in the back left. The wind is blowing from left to right. You are playing well and need a birdie to keep your awesome round going! What do you do?

Let us know where you aim, if you play safe, what type of ball shape you would want, and what club you would use! We all want to know!

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

 

 

 

All I Want for Christmas….

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It is that time of year again, it is time for all the grateful golfers to relish in the joy of receiving golf-themed Christmas gifts! Each year, stockings are filled with gadgets and golfing paraphernalia that brings joy and happiness to the receiver!

Through the years, I have received many golf gadgets. Some very useful, others…..

Here is what some of my readers have to say about golf gadgets:

Sometimes, I think golfers forget the real reason for receiving golf-themed Christmas gifts. It is an attempt by our loved ones to share in our joy and love for the game! They worry and fret over the giving the perfect gift to the fanatical golfer. If you think about it, their efforts to share in the joy of our passion is touching! I am always grateful for their the thought of the gift and the intent it was given.

To help the those wishing to buy something special for that special golfer, Josh at Golf is Mental offers 9 great suggestions. I personally like number 8!

The Christmas season is around the corner, I want to offer thanks on behalf of all golfers to our loved ones for their efforts to share in our passion!

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