Well, it has taken three weeks for me to get my act together to start writing about the Ontario Open Hickory Championship. Over the next few days, I plan on writing four articles with one being a product review on a Bushnell V7 Range Finder that I used extensively at the event. The blah blah to why I am late is not important at this time; the fact I am going to recount my experience of this amazing event is what needs to be told. I will have my first article tomorrow that starts with the fun scramble on the Friday!
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Breaking The Golf Cycle Of Routine
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result. This quote by Writer Rita Mae Brown is constantly used by athletes, coaches, scholars and of course golfers to portray the hamster wheel cycle of mediocrity. As golfers we have a tendency to play the exact same way using the same club over and over again hoping we score lower by the end of the round. From time to time, this happens, but more often than not we score worse than expectations. It is a crazy way to play golf and most golfers fall into that category. How do change the results, well the quick answer is to break the golf cycle of routine and step out of our comfort zone.
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Today started off amazingly on the golf course. The Mattawa Golf and Ski Resort is in great shape, the sun was shining, the bugs were almost non-existent and my playing partner was fantastic. Overall, my round started off great and I was playing very well on the front nine. Actually, Blair and I were both playing great until we hit the back nine and the wheels fell off. There seems to be no rhyme or reason for our poor play…..it just happened. I am not sure what happened and yet it did. Such is golf and I am still trying to find the reason for the change and I think I have the solution.
Continue readingMaking More Adjustments To My Golf Swing
Every golfer I know works on their golf swing. They try different aspects or make small changes in order to gain the advantage they need to lower their golf score. Well, I am no different. Over the past six months of playing (about a year due to our winter layoff) I have tried to change my golf swing. I can honestly tell you that it my efforts have not produced the changes expected, so it is time to change back and start fresh. It has been a fun, frustrating and fruitful adventure and I will explain how my journey produced all three, yet differing results.
Continue readingIs Your Golf Game Evolving?
It is a challenge to figure out it our golf game is moving to the next level. One of the key goals is to find out what drives you to improve your game. I have played golf for over 50 years and I still try to find a way to lower my score each spring. This year is no different and I think I have found the area to which I want to focus. I am going to work on my mental game in the area of hitting off the tee. I know that most of the time I hit the fairway with a reasonable distance. So, this year I am going to work harder on setting up my next shot in order to avoid hitting over any obstacles. I realize that this might seem like a silly area to focus, yet I am convinced it will save me a stroke or two each round. Let me explain further.
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