The Desperate Golfer – part 4

Oct 19, 2012 | Articles

Continued from part 3 And the reason I wasn’t focused was because I was so concerned about my swing. At this point I was taking a lot of golf lessons, weekly lessons on trying to perfect my technique. Maybe it was my fault, maybe the pros but most likely a combination...

An Easy Way To Improve Your Golf Game

Oct 17, 2012 | Golf Instruction

Play more. It sounds obvious but if you want to improve your golf the easiest way could be to get out and play some extra. My golf was going nowhere a few years back. I was busy with work and frustrated at my inconsistent scores. I was also wasting an expensive golf...

The Desperate Golfer – part 3

Oct 16, 2012 | Articles

So far the story of the desperate golfer goes like this; Learned to play fairly naturally and instinctively in a horse paddock – hitting balls back and forth. From here formal golf lessons disrupted the pattern, but there was a brief interlude with a young pro...

Crazy golf psychology

Oct 12, 2012 | Articles

Golf can be a nightmare at times. Just when you think you’ve worked things out, the game jumps right back and grabs you. And before you know it, you’re stuck in a year long rut with your handicap and scores rising. If you’re not careful, you can...

3 Simple Golf Lessons for Josh

Oct 12, 2012 | Golf Instruction

Josh is a young player at my club. He’s a low handicap player and part of the golf team – so he has got a bit of game and plenty of promise. We raced around for nine holes before dark the other night – nothing serious, just a hit and giggle and to...

The Desperate Golfer – part 2

Oct 11, 2012 | Articles

For years I’ve been telling people my first golf lesson was a disaster. It’s a good story but not entirely the truth because there was an informal lesson I had before taking serious lessons. And this lesson was anything but a disaster… The public golf course I started...

The Secrets of a Desperate Golfer

Oct 8, 2012 | Articles

Dear Golfer, Do you receive my emails and read my blog posts? Good, because there’s some good stuff in there. If you implement the concepts then you should see some positive improvements in your game – most notably, better performance with less stress and...

Some golfers aren’t going to like this…

Oct 4, 2012 | Articles

Golf is a changing. Bubba Watson and Ian Poulter showed that perfect silence is not necessary to play golf. This really is nothing special, athletes in other sports have been performing with the crowd screaming since competitions began. Why should golf be any...

The Zen of Golf: How to keep calm under pressure

Oct 3, 2012 | Articles

I was fascinated with the recent Ryder Cup. Watched way too much of it and lost a lot of sleep. But it was worth it – the last day was incredible and it might just be the best golf event staged. In fact, from the opening tee shot on Friday it was a must watch...

A simple way to improve your putting

Sep 30, 2012 | Putting

Here’s a simple way to improve your putting. There’s nothing fancy to remember, no stupid rules or any new technology needed. This technique can be applied right away and I’m willing to bet you’ll see some sort of improvement. If not,...