Dealing with pressure

With the Masters over for another year I thought it would be a good time to talk about playing golf under pressure. It doesn’t matter how good a golfer you are, you will experience pressure on certain shots, and if you don’t know how to cope with the pressure and nerves you’ll NEVER be able…

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Playing your best golf under pressure

Dear golfer, Pennant golf started in Melbourne yesterday. Pennant golf consists of playing a golfer of similar standard in match play over a neutral course. For amateur golfers it’s a rare chance to experience team golf, have a caddy and play in front of a (small) crowd. The pressure is intense. Ryder Cup players say…

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3 things to play better golf right away

Dear golfer, Here’s the top three things you can do to start playing better golf straight away. Stop fixing your golf swing: That’s right! Leave it alone and learn to play with what you’ve got. Continually fixing your golf swing leads to golfing misery. You will never find your real potential if you keep searching,…

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Sublime St. Andrews

“Freezing, challenging and just totally sensational. I just didn’t want it to end” Mark, from the Old Course, St. Andrews Scotland G’day golfer, This is my 100th blog post and I want to tell you about a success story. Mark came to me in December frustrated with game. He had been playing for about five…

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Better driving…

Dear golfer, I’ve been getting some comments since I’ve released The Shuggy about driving the golf ball better. I’ve spoken about this before but I think my key concepts are worth mentioning again. Forget about hitting fairways. The ‘fairways hit’ stat is misleading. The best players don’t hit all of the fairways – some days…

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Oh so close

Dear golfer, A mate Andrew called a few weeks ago and asked if I’d join him for a hit in our club fourball event. A fourball is a popular game, with the best score per team counting, it allows you to have a bad hole or two if your partner can chime in at the…

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