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The poll in the sidebar asking for your most dreaded shots has been running for a while and as time goes on, I’m getting a much clearer [...]
posted in Course Management, Short Game Tips • 2 Comments
I’m still eagerly following the sidebar poll where I asked you to tell me about your most dreaded shots in golf. Previously we covered tee shots on tight driving holes. Currently in second place with 15% of the vote, we’ll turn our attention toward the universally hated long carry over water.
I’m a little surprised that this type of shot is the subject of such dread because the solution has nothing to do with swing fundamentals. Conquering these shots has everything [...]
posted in Course Management, Mental Game • 6 Comments
I’ve been eagerly watching the poll that I currently have going in the sidebar asking you what your most dreaded golf shots are. It’s early, but as results have been trickling in, many of you have voted that your most dreaded are tee shots on tight driving holes.
We’ve all been there. You stand on the tee and the hole you’re faced with looks about ten yards wide. There is trouble on both sides. Maybe it’s water, woods, out of bounds, [...]
posted in Driving Tips, Mental Game • 10 Comments
I got to thinking the other day that golf presents a lot of challenges that can cause some anxiety, fear, nervousness, dread, and any other negative emotion that might apply.
Certainly, a good mental approach is to train our minds to not be results-oriented and to play one shot at a time and to stay in the moment and all that. Let’s be realistic, though. If we amateurs were good at that, we’d play a lot better than we do.
Every player [...]
posted in Mental Game • 5 Comments
We seem to associate this quality with winning and success, in general. In many cases, it’s a big factor. No risk, no reward. We’ve probably all heard that saying. In business, that attitude is practically a virtue.
In golf, though, it should be used sparingly, because the negative outcome will usually be disaster.
Now, be honest. How many times have you been standing over your ball on a par five, about to hit your second shot, with 220+ yards [...]
posted in Golf Psychology • 7 Comments
Practice is not something we golfers seem to like much. Of course, most of us would rather be out on the course than at the driving range or practice green. That’s only natural. But we put in the time anyway, so that we can play better golf. Unfortunately, we don’t tend to have the best practice habits.
We often approach it like a chore, instead of looking at it like critical preparation for what we really love to do. You can [...]
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My name is Mike Gray and I'm a software engineer pursuing my dream to become a golf pro.
Life in the Rough is a chronicle of my journey. It covers my progress, my successes, my setbacks. I'll share everything I learn and do along the way, including reviews and tips. Maybe what I learn can help you too.
