Part I: It’s personal! I used to be a pretty good putter. I felt very confident that some lag putts might drop, and everything under 5 feet was automatic. I tried to improve my score and worked on putting trying to follow Pelz, and it ruined my putting. I don’t want to disparage Pelz, lots
Why flying cars are NOT revolutionary It seems like the public was expecting the future to include flying cars as the technological future as seen on the Jetsons cartoon and Back to the Future movies. My golf clubs live in the trunk of my car now, and we’ll get back to them in a moment.
Golf Improvement: Don’t forget why you golf! It’s been about 2 months since I’ve played golf. Life, kids, and work can take precedence. So what happened today? First of all, I had no expectations, no nervousness and no worry about “scoring”. That helped a lot: Seven pars, and 5 doubles. That’s no revelation, I
“Deep Practice”, not mindless buckets of balls I was reading the book Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcom Gladwell, and came across a reference about how it takes 10,000 hours to acquire a high skill level. It was both disappointing and discouraging regarding my golf game. “Excellence or true expertise at performing a complex
Watching golf on TV, you will hear them talk about “Strokes Gained Putting”. That is only one piece of what Strokes Gained analysis can be used for. It’s a very simple, yet extremely useful way to understand every part of your golf game. Here is how simple the math is. Suppose you are 150 yards