Happy Thanksgiving 2012
When you’re counting your
blessings and enjoying your feast. Consider creating good golf shot memories
similar to the good memories you have at special occasions like today on
Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is a good memory in itself. Yes, it is good for your
golf game to also have stored memories of good shots. Purposely get thankful out on the course.
I just finished reading Golf is Not a Game of Perfect Dr. Bob Rotella
writes to golfers to celebrate,
remember and be thankful for the good shots. "I encourage players to do that.
It will help make the game more enjoyable. It will help make the memory of good
shots stronger." Do you realize "a great golf shot is a thing of beauty" and do
you "savor it and celebrate it?" (p.
131)
I have been working on this
same thing with my game. Yesterday at Camelback Mountain in Paradise Valley,
AZ I was faced with a low punch shot between four trees and the other side
awaited a bunker in front of the raised green. I was 125 yards out. Since I’ve
been working on my good memory golf shots I recalled a good low shot out of the
woods I hit recently in Washington. I went for it and punched an amazing fade
that needled through the narrow tree opening and faded just enough to bounce
beside the bunker tossing my ball pin high in regulation. It was tempting to fall back on negative feelings of concern when I first
seen where my ball was. I considered even chipping out 30 yards side ways just
to get an easier shot and take a stroke; but Rotella’s book helped me to "trust
my golf swing" by relying on past good shots.
If you want to create a
better game for yourself that has more to do with what and how you think than your actual golf swing mechanics, then
order Golf is Not a Game of Perfect
You won’t be disappointed and
maybe you can even get one as a gift for your negative playing golf buddies
that toss their clubs, pout in the cart, and well you know how some of us play!
Happy Thanksgiving!
