Archives for Tournament Golf, The Mental Game
Playing your first golf tournament
Golf and Tournament Golf are two different sports – Bobby Jones once famously remarked. If you have ever played golf competitively – not the weekend scramble variety – but the…
Forget about ‘hitting’ the golf ball
This blog has always advocated ‘feel’ above ‘mechanics’ in golf (a recent post about how to practice ‘feel’ in golf ). Essentially, if you can bring the same ‘feel’ to…
Sense of Timing in Golf Shots
Hitting it CRISP is all about timing. Timing (in golf) is specific to the timing of the weight transfer – especially your weight transfer back to the left ; And…
The day of the golf tournament–Two key concepts for playing competitive golf
Everyone knows that competitive golf is a different game from regular golf (Bobby Jones famously remarked that there are TWO types of golf – tournament golf and weekend golf). There…
The very first swing of your golf round
Do not think of HITTING the ball Do not try to kill it (as in – do not think of out driving your partners). Do not go for distance. Think…
The ultimate (golf) swing killer (and what to do about it)
Apart from ( lack of ) lower body strength, the quickest destroyer of your golf swing is – TENSION. Tension in the arms is the most talked about form of…
Golf–The Dancer’s Advantage
The ‘turning and twisting’ motions in dancing are smooth – not in the least ‘aggressive’. A few notable aspects of dancing include: Dancing is mostly about rhythm. Rhythm will take…
What my club golf championship taught me
Golf is hard. Competitive golf is harder still. Competitive golf is an endurance test - a test of both, physical and mental endurance. Train for it as such. Make sure…
Overcoming fear in golf–especially on the first tee
Fear , in golf, arises from the uncertainty of making solid contact (on the golf course). It takes many forms (some people fear the tee shot, others fear chipping onto…
The Gate to Golf – Swinging from inside out (and feeling the ‘punch’)
Feel the “punch”! Feel the punch! My golf coach in India (who can barely read or write – but knows how to swing a stick) kept repeating. What he was…