Do You Have The Correct Golf Mindset When Putting? Part I
May 20, 2010 by Parshooters · 2 Comments
If you fear making big mistakes in playing then your not alone. Tiger Woods and other great superstars who stand to win big paychecks from making or losing on short putts have this same fear as a weekend golfer. Taking the safe route has its own costs to bear. Even the best golfers will miss the opportunity to make birdies by taking the safer shot to put themselves in best position to not make bogeys. This is done out of fear, because the agony of having to lose a stroke to par outweighs the thrill of a birdie.
Researchers who keeps statistics calculates this type of decision making can cost the average professional golfer about one stroke during a 72 hole tournament. For the top 20 golfers this can be as much as $1.2 million in prize money lost for the year. The analysis shows that all golfers will avoid the possibility of loss by playing conservatively when they have the opportunity to score big by taking the gamble or risk.
Jack Nicklaus was the best when making short putts when the pressure is on. For myself, I had just made a great third shot to within 3ft of the hole on the 15′th hole, on my home golf course. I made the no brainer putt to put me two under par for the round. It dawned on me waiting on the 16′th tee that I must be leading the club championship and I had the greatest opportunity of my lifetime to break 70 which I’ve never done before. It was a realization moment that woke me up out of my dream state that I was in.
Rules, Etiquette And Equipment Account For Many Questions From Women Golfers
December 22, 2009 by Parshooters · 5 Comments
Women Golfers Follows The Rules And Etiquette Better Then Most Men!
Golf Etiquette, equipment and rules make up most of the recent questions received from women golfers. Here are some of your queries and answers.
How Important Is It To Learn Proper Golf Etiquette Before You Learn To Golf Swing Mechanics?
December 18, 2009 by Parshooters · 6 Comments
Golf Etiquette is a principle that needs to be learned from right in the beginning of learning the game along with how to use the correct golf swing mechanics.
Etiquette is social mannerisms that needs to be taught in order to make everyone else that’s playing with you that much more enjoyable to be with on the golf course.
With the evolution of the game and more average golfers watching golf on television. The popularity of the game has exploded and now everyone feels like that they can play the game just like the tournament professionals.
Know Your Golf Etiquette And Rules Of The Game, Before Learning How To Improve Your Golf Swing!
October 1, 2009 by Parshooters · 10 Comments
U.S.G.A. Is The Governing Body In The United States For Golf Rules And How To Conduct Oneself On The Golf Course!
With this being my first written post I would like to tell you a little story about myself.
I started playing with my father in 1968. There was a golf course owned by my father’s family in Northern New York along Lake Champlain. I would spend all summer playing for close to nothing at all.
In 1973, at the age of 17, I had the opportunity to caddy in the W omen’s United States Open for an amateur by the name of Janice Palmer. I loved it and started caddying every year, not only locally but when the L.P.G.A. came to Rochester, New York every year.
