As a young man, I didn’t have the perspective that while my father certainly hoped I’d play well, for him it was mainly about sharing time and the game he loved with me. Talk about if-I-knew-then-what-I-know-now perspective.
George Knudson, the late legendary Canadian golfer, often said: “Give up control to gain control.”
Mired in mediocrity? If you feel stuck in your zeal to improve, why not start with looking at how the world occurs to you and your beliefs.
My job is not to swoop in, save the day, and tell them what to do. My job is not to solve their issues with information. Rather, my job is to empower the student.
Most golfers rarely spend the time to learn a new move or uncover a problem before they flit off to something new. And they don’t practice deliberately
But as golfers, we’re not supposed to get mad. If you’re read one article in your life on the mental game, it likely said anger makes you play crappy.
Getting angry and feeling disappointed about golf is absurd and irrational, but we do many absurd and irrational things anyway.
Tim O’Connor discusses pressure, stress and excitement and how we can deal with each both in our golf game and our everyday lives.
I’m telling myself what to do. “Don’t leave it short. What will go wrong.” I have so much noise in my head. I just want to learn how to quiet everything. And I want to putt better.
