The Only Golf Advice You’ll Ever Need
How many times have you taken a golf lesson and the instructor starts to explain what is going on and you are instantly transported to another dimension where you don’t know which way is up?
Golf is not that complicated, it’s a game, you don’t need a PhD in Physics to know how to play golf well. I will tell you the only advice you will ever need, to fix any issue you have in your golf game.
1. Golf is Truly a Game of Opposites, the next time you are suffering from an uncontrollable slice, swing your club head in the direction of the slice. When you are suffering from the horrible hooks, swing more in the direction of the hook. You don’t really need to understand the technical reasons of why this work, Just Use It.
2. Expectation Vs. Reality, I know we all expect to go out and shoot the best round of our lives every time we tee the ball up. The reality is… We Won’t. We all expect to not make any mistakes the entire round, but the reality is, WE WILL! The best advice I ever received was, not to worry about making the perfect golf swing or hitting the perfect golf shot but to except each outcome of every shot equally. If you chunk a wedge to within 1ft of the hole, who cares you didn’t hit a crisp chip shot. If you skull an iron shot to 5ft, it doesn’t matter that you almost took someone’s head off. You only have a 5ft putt left to make birdie. Let’s not get caught up in trying to be the perfect golfer, because that’s unattainable. Even tour pros miss hit shots and get away with it and I’d bet $1,000 that most of them don’t care. Don’t be the 15-handicap golfer expecting to hit the ball like a +3 handicapper.
3. “I Need To Make This Putt”, are the words that should never come from your lips. I’m almost certain you won’t make that putt you are dying to make. Here’s the tips… You only have two options, Try to make every putt or Don’t try any putt. One thing you can’t do is pick and choose which putts you want to make at any given time. You either believe you can make any putt on any green or you don’t. If you believe you can make any and every putt, you should read the putt to the best of your ability and make the best stroke you can make, just that simple. A putt for triple bogey is no more important than a putt for eagle, it’s still a stoke.
4. Have Fun, this one is short but sweet. Remember why you play golf, because it’s fun and challenging Before each round of golf, instead of saying to yourself, “ let’s play some good golf today”, say to yourself “ let’s have some fun today.”
Follow these tips and watch your scores drop simply because your stress levels are down and your mind is much quieter during your rounds of golf.
