Equipment

Nov
08
2007

Wedge Gaps Part Deux

In July, I wrote a post concerning my move to four wedges to create better yardage gaps from within scoring range (100 yards).

You might recall that I dropped my 4-iron and got a few new wedges, replacing my existing pitching wedge in the process. You may further recall that replacing the pitching wedge from my Callaway X-16 set with a Cleveland 588 left me with 3 additional degrees of loft on my pitching wedge.

At the time, I had intended [...]

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Oct
22
2007

The Tougher the Climb, the Harder the Fall

Back in June, I did a post about what separates the best from the rest, a look at what elevates tour pros above scratch (or better) players.

With that always in the back of my mind, I was recently reading Johnny Miller’s book, I Call the Shots while I’ve been recuperating from surgery.

There’s a chapter in there about players that could give Tiger Woods a run for his money. The book was published in 2004 with most of the information [...]

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posted in Golf Psychology 3 Comments

Aug
01
2007

Target Awareness in Golf

One aspect of the mental game that I’ve been paying serious attention to recently is target awareness.

Golf is a 100% target-oriented game. Can you ever think of a time when you hit a shot without a target in mind? That’s a bad idea, even on the practice range. Especially on the practice range.

I’ve always known about the importance of targets in golf, at least on some level. However, I’m not sure I had a real awareness.

It [...]

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Jul
04
2007

Want Proof that Golf is Mostly Mental?

I’ve been struggling with my comeback and with my press onward. I’m spraying the ball all over the place. It’s gotten to the point where I made all my planned rounds optional with range sessions waiting to take their place.

Up until now, even my range sessions were a struggle. I’ve taken a little time the last few days to recover some, with my new fitness regimen beating me down (I love it, but I just need to [...]

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posted in Mental Game, My Progress 3 Comments

Jun
30
2007

Realistic Expectations

Something I think an awful lot of players could stand to work on is management of expectations. This includes me. Big time.

I was watching an episode of Playing Lessons from the Pros on the Golf Channel recently that featured PGA Tour Pro Stewart Cink. At one stage in the show, he was talking about power and about keeping it in the fairway. He remarked something to the effect of (I’m paraphrasing), “Sure I could get it [...]

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  • A huge percentage of high handicap golfers have swing flaws that cause them to slice the ball. For anyone unaware, a slice is a shot that curves excessively to the right for a right-handed player or to the left for a left-handed player. The basic cause is an open club face at impact (where the club face points to the right of the target for a right hander). But there are other flaws that lead to that [...]

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