Golf articles
This post is important. It will be the most valuable golf instruction I’ll give in regards to improving your golf swing. Until this point, much of this golf blog has been about automating your swing. And automatic is important. Because without automation you’ll never be able to take your golf game to the course. You…
A follower of this website was interested to know my thoughts on power. He was getting mixed up on a golf forum – with the forum users arguing about the source of power in the golf stroke. I think golf forums are a dangerous trap. I have been there and done that and found for…
I spent some time with Matt at the end of last year. We worked on some things and the resulting blog posts were very popular. I was pleased to hear that he shot his best score ever on Monday, a 68 off the stick. The 43 stableford points were also enough for him to drop…
It’s normal to try and be a perfect golfer. Make that putt, hit the green and strike the ball with accurate power. But sometimes the perfect mindset leads us to get defensive. We clam up – and end up playing with fear and self-doubt. Playing perfectly seems like the right thing to do but almost…
We can all get a bit overwhelmed on the golf course, worry about our score concern about our swing thinking about upcoming holes And that’s only a start! A great mindset to overcome this thinking is to say to yourself: What do I need to do on this shot? That one question will make you…
Actually it is a series of posts I wrote. They’re from when I spent some time with Matt, a young player from my club. The lessons below are a great way to improve your golf and start playing better. They are not about rebuilding your golf swing or getting tied down with endless golf technique.…
Here’s an analogy: A good karate chop is one technique done 1000 times. Not 1000 different chops done once. The golf swing is the same – you want to find your golf swing and then keep doing it over and over. Why? Because when a karate person gets attacked in the street they want to…
It’s a process not an event. An event is a quick fix, tip or some desperate attempt to hit a good shot right now. It’s the sort of mindset that many golfers revert to under pressure or when things get hard. (here and here for a start). Automatic golf is a process. It takes time…