Let’s face a simple fact: Golf is a wonderful sport when we are playing well. Everything about the game seems easy and uncomplicated. Perhaps even a bit too easy. It seems that during these times we just look at the target and swing without effort our ball goes right to where we are aiming. What is even more surprising is that when we are playing our best, it seems that we are trying our least and sometimes, not even trying at all. Many players tell me that when they are playing their best golf, they aren’t thinking about anything and everything turns out great. Does this sound familiar to your game?
On the other hand, when we are playing poorly, the game is not just hard, but it is discouraging, frustrating and just plain depressing. Even when we step into our shots with the greatest of intentions, our results just don’t meet or match our expectations. And the harder we try, the worse it gets! If only we could access this feeling of simplicity and know that every time we step into the ball it will go towards the target, how much more fun we could have.
It’s sad, but there is a whole world of golfers who play poorly because they don’t have a clear idea of how to play golf at a consistent level. Simply put, most golfers don’t know what they are doing when they are playing well. They also don’t know what they are doing when they are playing poorly. In other words, their success is at best a random event. This means that when they are successful, they cannot tell you what the components of that successful experience are, let alone repeat it. This type of scattered method not only makes consistency scarce, but it makes improvement almost impossible.
Many of the golfers who I work with have the initial motivation to improve and get better. Now, that’s a good place to start, but it is not enough to just say that you want to get better, you need to take action. Action really does speak louder than words. Thus, my task is to help golfers learn how to think about their games and to really understand what it will take to improve so when they go to the golf course, they are ready to play to their full potential.
Roadblocks to Golfing Success
A major problem for most golfers is that they too often become caught up in what they score or what others think