Be Wary of Small Ideas that can have Big (negative) Impacts I read a magazine article on an airplane a few months ago that said the key to long drives was starting your weight on your rear foot and shifting it to the front foot during your swing. Perhaps good advice, but a small thought
A Poor Name for an Important Shot Dictionary.com has this definition of lag. What poor connotations for an important part of your golf game! The first few words of this definition don’t promote a great shot “to fail to maintain a desired pace” I have a better term to suggest. How about “a close putt”?
It counts the SAME as your Drive Using the 80BREAKR app a couple days ago, I was shocked to see the stats after my round. A 91 at Torrey Pines, and a shocking 7 short putts missed. Take out the brain-lock triple and skulled sandwedge, those 7 short putts would be the difference between breaking 80 and
Arabic Proverb I’m finding even more examples where a philosophy for life works well on the golf course. Alexander Green in The Secret of Shelter Island says “When we complain, we are focusing on what is wrong with our lives instead of what’s right.” He goes on to say “We also use complaints as excuses.”
Don’t overlook a learning opportunity from a bad round Updated 5/19/18: A golfer using 80BREAKR™ emailed me asking what I thought the most important statistic was for the amateur to focus on to break 80. I looked through my blog posts, and the post was missing! I found a whole bunch of articles that did