Golf articles
I‘ve been busy lately. I’ve updated this golf blog and also built a new main golf website. I got a little sidetracked earlier in the year. I lost focus with the core objective of the website and took too much advice from dodgy marketing gurus. That was a big mistake but I’m now back on…
Here’s a short video called “Ego and Score”. Main points: Men let ego get in the way of them shooting better scores Need to differentiate between your ego shots and what is the correct shot to play Can’t worry about what others think about your game Learning to hit the right shot at the right…
Back to the stats night (this is sure getting a fair run 🙂 ). An interesting point mentioned by the presenter is that some coaches are starting to realise that the golf swing is not overly important. They’re now thinking the most important thing is, Scoring and playing the game. Despite what we think, long…
I woke up this morning thinking about golf stats. Probably need to get out more but there’s something else I wanted to add (I got inspiration from Steady here). An automatic game will give you the most accurate stats available. Conscious play always throws a mixed bag of results you way. You never know what…
I went to a presentation tonight on golf statistics. Some great technology and all very interesting but I’m not sure if what I saw will help many golfers. The computer basically had a complicated way of saying that the short-game is vitally important. Probably why USA coaches have been calling it the scoring game for…
Tiger Woods has came and conquered the Australian Masters at Kingston Heath. He now has a win on Melbourne’s famous sandbelt and can tick off another achievement in his long list of accomplishments. But Tiger is not the perfect golfer. He does not hit the ball perfectly all of the time. He makes mistakes and…
Expectations can ruin your score. They take you out of the moment and encourage you to make up stories. Expectations are your conscious mind’s way of hijacking your game and fighting for control. It’s a hard lesson to learn and something every golfer will need constant reminding of. By the morning of the second round…
Would you like to play better golf when the pressure is on? This series will look at how I approached my recent Club Championship and overcome pressure and injury to perform well. There’s some good lessons to be had. Round 1 As usual the first round causes it’s fair share of nerves. Everyone wants to…