flomarilius
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The life of a grinder for me has officially begun. Big Big BIG!! junior tournament in early august that has the medalist get into the Jr. Orange Bowl golf classic. Now if you have never heard of this, this is the tournament that is bigger than the AJGA this is worldwide best junior golfers in one golf course 15 minutes from my house. Golf is now everyday, I am literally eating, sleeping, drinking golf. I know it is not gonna be easy but it is a par 70 course and only 66and change from the tips. I figure if I get one round under par (have a new mindset that might help) and two just around par I have a shot at this. I read a book written by Dr. Winters one of the premier golf psychologists, resident psych at the Bedwetter Academy.
He says you should not think of anything but about the shot in front of you. Not the shot you just hit nor the shot you want to leave yourself. If you make bogey on a hole don't say to your self "I gotta get this one back". There is no back that stroke is now permanent. There are no birdies, there are no pars, hell there are no bogeys the whole point is to make every stroke have 100% of your concentration and focus. He offers one simple $.01 training aid that everyone has at their disposal. It is the rubber band just attach one of these bad boys to your wrist and when ever you have a thought that is not about your current shot stretch it back and let it go right at your wrist.
I know many have said they want to be a tour pro and this and that but we have to think of reality. You can't play once a week and get better? Yea sure you could shave a whole .25 stroke in a month if your lucky but what good is that gonna do you? Constant lessons (unless of course you have a good supporting cast that can analyze CORRECTLY) are a key and man it really is just being able to take your mat game to the course where OB and water exists. Anyone can hit a beautiful 7 Iron onto a pin from a perfect lie with the perfect conditions and a nice mat that you can't chunk. How about adding water to the sides of the greens, a little OB, ahh you cant think these things. The minute you tell yourself "don't go into that water" your body hears "all right boy's to the hazard we go!".
Essay over but I would be damned if this book didn't inspire me. Bring it on man I am after what little can achieve and hell it may even cost me by future but I have got to get to +strokes as quick as I can. If you think of it the best person you know is shit. Scratch players are just it Scratch, scratch is shit in the world of pro golf. Your lesson pro, he is shit also he can teach you all the right things but he himself can't do it. The top 1 percent of 1 percent are those guys who are 4-7+ caps.
He says you should not think of anything but about the shot in front of you. Not the shot you just hit nor the shot you want to leave yourself. If you make bogey on a hole don't say to your self "I gotta get this one back". There is no back that stroke is now permanent. There are no birdies, there are no pars, hell there are no bogeys the whole point is to make every stroke have 100% of your concentration and focus. He offers one simple $.01 training aid that everyone has at their disposal. It is the rubber band just attach one of these bad boys to your wrist and when ever you have a thought that is not about your current shot stretch it back and let it go right at your wrist.
I know many have said they want to be a tour pro and this and that but we have to think of reality. You can't play once a week and get better? Yea sure you could shave a whole .25 stroke in a month if your lucky but what good is that gonna do you? Constant lessons (unless of course you have a good supporting cast that can analyze CORRECTLY) are a key and man it really is just being able to take your mat game to the course where OB and water exists. Anyone can hit a beautiful 7 Iron onto a pin from a perfect lie with the perfect conditions and a nice mat that you can't chunk. How about adding water to the sides of the greens, a little OB, ahh you cant think these things. The minute you tell yourself "don't go into that water" your body hears "all right boy's to the hazard we go!".
Essay over but I would be damned if this book didn't inspire me. Bring it on man I am after what little can achieve and hell it may even cost me by future but I have got to get to +strokes as quick as I can. If you think of it the best person you know is shit. Scratch players are just it Scratch, scratch is shit in the world of pro golf. Your lesson pro, he is shit also he can teach you all the right things but he himself can't do it. The top 1 percent of 1 percent are those guys who are 4-7+ caps.