There is a real opportunity to enjoy the game more, with less stress and better thinking. The best golf of your life might not be behind you. It might just look a little different than you expected.
At Good Thinking Golf, we believe golf is a thinking game, played with a swing and a club. If you’d like better results this season why not skip mechanics and consider your mindset.
When you raise an axe and let it fall, there’s a natural rhythm to it. Weight shifts. Hands release. Body follows through. You don’t have to think about any of it. It just happens. —Martin Chuck
Here’s a great video from Martin Chuck about shifting your weight on short chip chots.
Intentions also foster heightened awareness of what we’re doing, thinking and feeling. They help us stay present. They remind us that when we react when we inevitably screw-up, we can respond by focusing on our intentions.
Confidence comes from being under pressure, making mistakes and recovering from them. From these experiences, you learn that you can overcome the many vagaries of the game and those in our life.
Something was released in me that had always been there, but I had bottled it up behind a façade of reserve, a need to stay vigilant and protected.
Very few things in golf are more satisfying than making a birdie. A birdie always delivers a welcome dose of momentum to your scorecard.
Maybe this loss, which sucked and still sucks, will be one day be looked upon for the Jays, for the hard-core fans and everyone who jumped on board, as a gift.
