This time of year happens without fanfare. At the end of each golf season, I wonder what I am going to do with my extra time. Of course this is said with tongue and cheek because I always seem to fill my time with something. After washing my clubs yesterday, sad day for me, I came to realize that I am on the back nine of my career. Time is clicking away and as such the number of times I will hit the links is becoming limited. At this time, the only thing stopping me for golfing (excluding the cold weather for the next six months) is myself. Life has so much to offer and I want to do it all. Hence, golf sometimes takes a back seat and that is okay. With all this in mind, what is next? What am I going to do for the next six months as I wait for my local course to reopen?
Continue readingDoes Watching Professional Golf Help Your Game?
I often wonder if watching professional golf help my golf game. There is no question in my mind that these athletes can perform an a regular basis, however as an aging amateur, I am not sure what they do applies to my game development. I mean, they hit the ball at least 4o to 50 yards farther than me off the tee; hit their irons a country mile; they can putter reasonably well; and they are as slow as molasses trying to roll up hill in January. Nothing they do applies to my game. So, other that watching professional golf for entertainment, I see no value in what they do that helps my golf game. Do you?
Continue readingMy Golf Season Is Officially Over
I have delayed the inevitable long enough. I am putting my clubs away today after a good cleaning. I delayed this final step of my golf season as the weather is wonderful. Unfortunately, other life stuff is getting in the way and I have decided to close the books on my 2025 golf season. As the sad time arrives, I like to look back on my season to determine if there is a way to improve my play in the upcoming golf season. I look at many different aspects to my game and conclude a few things that might or might not be surprising to you.
Continue readingHitting Back At Bad Golf Scores
Every athlete feels that can perform just a bit better even if their original result is a personal best. This is an inherent mental attitude that all champions innately use to be successful. Well, you do not have to be an elite athlete to feel the same way; we amateur golfers often feel we left strokes on the course even when we shoot our lowest score ever. This approach to sports is the same even when we shoot a terrible score…..actually, we want to play better even more. There is a trap in trying to hit back at poor golf scores and it is one most of us have fallen into over the course of our golf journey. Well, I am here to tell you how to avoid this trap in order to correct the ship and sail to better golf scores.
Continue readingA Quick Tip To Read A Green
Reading the greens is a tough skill to develop for most amateurs. There are many factors to consider which change for each putt. I wish I could give you a 100% guaranteed process for sinking more putts, but I cannot. It is a skill that is developed over time as you develop more experience reading greens. There is, however, a quick overview of the five aspects of putting that every player should know. I realized there are a great deal more as you skill improves. However, this is a great place to start.
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The Grateful Golfer 