Golf Quotes That Make Me Cringe On The Golf Course
I'm sure you have heard at least one or two of the below quotes on the golf course recently. If so, please understand that you'll usually hear these quotes coming from an above 90 Golfer rather than a below 80 Golfer. So if you hear a Golfer that happens to break 90 "every-once-in-a-while" say one of these -- it doesn't mean that you should take his/her advice.
“I picked up my head” - (As Harvey Penick said – “Looking up is the biggest alibi ever invented to explain a terrible shot. By the time you look up, you’ve already made the mistake that caused the bad shot. Even Ben Hogan has told me that he loses sight of the ball somewhere in my downswing.” So stop using this excuse – again – if you feel you’re picking up your head – you probably have a problem in your golf swing prior to when you feel you picked up your head. Find out what that problem is – and you won’t have to use this lame excuse ever again.)
“I need to swing slow to hit the golf ball far” (OK, then why does Tiger hit the golf ball farther than you - because he swings slower? And for even more perspective – Ernie Els doesn’t swing slow – his clubhead speed with his Driver is about 115 mph. The average male is about 85 mph and average female is about 70 mph.)
“I need to follow-through to make the golf ball go up in the air” (What happens after the golf ball is gone doesn't affect how the golf ball reacts. The golf ball should be in the air before your follow-through even starts.)
“I'm trying to lag this putt to within 2 feet of the hole” (Why don't you try to get it a foot or two past the hole so that the golf ball has a chance to go into the hole? It should be just as easy to get the golf ball 1 or 2 feet past as it is to stop it 1 or 2 feet short!)
“You have to get worse before you get better” (Not true – I can point to 1,000’s of Golfers that haven’t gotten worse first. In the end, I guess it has to do with the talent level of the Instructor whose giving the Instruction that counts the most.)
“The grain got my ball on that putt” (The grass on a normal green is so short - grain has very little effect on the golf ball. Blaming the grain is just a good sounding excuse for a poor putter.)
“The problem with my golf swing is that I have a baseball swing” (If you have a good baseball swing - you should also have a good golf swing. If you feel that your baseball swing is giving you a poor golf swing … your poor golf swing probably has more to do with you having a poor baseball swing.)
“I need some time to get used to this new Driver” (If you need time to get used to it - you bought the wrong Driver. Because trust me – once you get your golf swing adapted to that new Driver … you’re now going to see your irons go bad.)
“I can’t decide whether I need to be a swinger or a hitter of the golf ball” (Who cares if you’re a swinger or a hitter? A good ballstriker is a good ballstriker.)
“I need to see myself swing on video” (Video doesn't improve golf swings. All it does is make you even more mechanical than you are right now, as well as making you think way too much while standing over the golf ball. Thinkers are Stinkers. Use drills to learn how to feel your golf swing instead of thinking about it!)
“I’m trying to learn how to sweep my fairway woods” (Sweepers are Weepers. If you’re trying to sweep your fairway woods or hybrids – you’re probably weeping about how inconsistent you’re hitting them.)
“I’m struggling right now because this new Golf Instructor I’m taking lessons from has changed my grip” (Your grip is probably fine. Leave it alone and work on impact. It’s amazing that once your impact position improves – it always seems as if your grip improves … but not vice versa.)
“This is the worst golf I have ever played” (It seems like the people that are saying that are saying it every round they play. How many times can you play the worst you have ever played?)
“The Pro was trying to get me to come more from the inside” (Don't try to come from the inside, don't try to come from the outside, don't try to come straight down the line - just work on having everything moving together in your golf swing and good things will happen as opposed to trying to manufacture a golf swing by manipulating the club to the inside.)
“I'm going to try to slide this club under the golf ball to get it up quick” (Backspin gets the golf ball up - if you try to slide the club under the golf ball, you'll hit the ground first before the golf ball, the club will bounce off the ground and skull the ball on a line drive and go flying over the green. But you’ve probably never done that before – so don’t worry about it.)
“This downhill putt is going to be fast” (On a downhill putt, your golf ball will actually be rolling slower than an uphill putt on the same line.)
“This uphill putt is going to be slow” (Read above.)
“I signed up for six 30-minute golf lessons” (How much are you going to accomplish in 30 minutes? You’d accomplish a lot more in one 180 minute golf lesson than you will in six 30 minute lessons. We see this week after week.)
“I need to rework my golf swing” (Why? Improvement doesn't mean you need to drastically change your golf swing. 99.99% of the time – you really don’t have to do much to improve your golf swing. Too much is made about redoing golf swings. Most Golfers just need a tweak here and there to see tremendous improvement.)
“I'm in between clubs on this shot, I have a choice between either a hard 7 iron or an easy 6” (Never change your Pace Of Swing by swinging harder or easier – instead hit the 6 iron with a shorter length of swing.)
“I'd rather be 100 yards away from the green than 50 yards” (So you'd rather try to hit a target from twice as far away? Regardless of the distance - be more conscious of the angle you’re hitting to the green. Yet, if all angles are the same … the closer you are to target – the easier it will be to hit.)
“I don't have time to read the green and walk off my putts” (There's plenty of time to walk off your putts. You just got to be focused on your PLAN and find the time. It takes less time to make your PLAN and one putt than it does to not make a PLAN and three putt.)
“I have got to find the line on this putt” (First find your speed. Speed determines your line. Speed is just about everything in putting!)
“I need to make this putt for a Par” (Anytime Par matters to you, you’re most likely going to miss the putt. If you don't know you're putting for Par, you’re more likely to make it.)
“Women can't play till after noon on weekends at our club” (I know a lot of Women Golfers that play much faster than Men Golfers, along with working just as many hours during the week as the Men do - let's grow-up!)
“I was told to play my short irons in the back of my stance, my mid irons in the middle and my long irons in the front” (I guess nobody ever told Jack or Tiger that they were doing it wrong because Jack Nicklaus said it over 30 years ago and Tiger Woods says it today - the ball should be played in the same position regardless of iron. Imagine how much better they both could’ve been if they knew they were doing it wrong?)
“I was told to position my shoulders parallel with the slope of the hill” (If you're standing balanced on an uphill slope - you're shoulders will naturally position themselves parallel to the hill. Why? Because your back foot is lower than your front foot … so your back shoulder will be lower than you front shoulder. The more you think about it - the more you're thinking too much. "Thinkers are Stinkers!")
“I'm very inconsistent - I shot 90, 88, 94 and 96" (If the difference between your lowest score and highest score is only 8 strokes - you're very consistent. The Pro's on Tour regularly have 8 stroke swings over the 4 days of a single tournament - 68, 65, 71, 73 happens often.)
“I was told that I always need to land the golf ball on the green and get it rolling as soon as possible” (Always is a very strong word.)
Monkeys believe what they believe because that's what they've always have heard … so it must be true
Players base their answers on Results
Regards,
Marc Solomon -Your Instructor For Life
www.GolfMadeSimple.com
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"One PGA Tour Player Shoots 59 - Another Shoots 76 In The Same Round - Why?"
Whenever a Golfer scores 59 – it should be examined to see how they did it. And Stuart Appleby did that this past weekend. Yet, I believe the best way to examine it is to compare it to other Golfers in the field. So why not compare Appleby’s 59 to John Daly’s 76.
What’s interesting is that although Appleby hit the golf ball better – it certainly wasn’t 17 strokes better. Appleby hit 11 out of 14 fairways and Daly hit 9 out of 14 fairways. 2 more Fairways certainly doesn’t come close to 17 strokes (or almost 1 stroke per hole). Appleby averaged 301 yards off the tee and Daly averaged 308 yards. Appleby hit 15 out of 18 Greens in Regulation and Daly hit 12 out of 18 Greens in Regulation. A difference of 3 greens shouldn’t cause a 17 stroke difference!
Well, I guess it again goes back to putting as Appleby had 23 putts for the 18 holes and Daly had 36 putts. Ahhh – well, I guess we found 13 out of those 17 strokes! Yet the funny thing is that 95% of the Golfers reading this average over 36 putts per round, but you’re more likely to go to the driving range rather than to the putting green. No wonder everyone loves Daly so much – he’s certainly the everyman … his putting is further evidence of that!
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“From Mid To Upper 80's To Now 7 Rounds In The 70's!”
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I am enjoying golf more now than I ever have thanks to GMS! Let me repeat that...I am enjoying golf more now than I ever have thanks to GMS! But let me back up first...
In May of 2009, I was playing okay (mid to upper 80s) but thought that in order to get better I needed lessons. I purchased a 5 lesson package from a well respected pro in my area and was so frustrated that after lesson 3 I didn't go back for the two remaining lessons. He had me thinking about 10 different things while swinging the golf club and I was incredibly uncomfortable. Not one word about "impact" or drills to work on by myself. But he assured me that I would improve after getting worse! So I stuck with it for the remainder of 2009 because the pro said "this was the right way to swing a golf club." I wasn't enjoying golf...at all.
This year started out much the same way. I was searching for "the swing." One plane versus two plane, no turn versus lots of turn, make a loop, etc. On a whim (7 days before class started), I signed up for GMS at Lake Geneva. WOW!!
I loved the instruction and the drills and continue them today, a month after returning home. My handicap has improved from 10.4 to 7.8 and I have had 7 rounds in the 70s since GMS! I use the following phrases (that were burned into my head) religiously...Tick Tock, tempo-tempo-tempo, and "Get forward" (a favorite phrase of our instructor before and after a shot). I am continually improving and that is exciting!
See you next year!
Todd G - Mason, Michigan - Sent July 19th, 2010
Attended Lake Geneva, Wisconsin location on June 11th to 12th, 2010
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“Stuck Between 18 To 20 Handicap Before GMS - Now I'm A 10!”
Hi Alex,
My golf game is at its best thanks to GMS. Before GMS my index was stuck between 18 to 20 and not going anywhere. After GMS, I am now down to a 10. And I feel it will slowly continue to improve. And, this is coming from someone who plays just about once a week, and rarely hits golf balls at the driving range. All I do is what I call "virtual golf" where I practice GMS drills, with or without a club at home or in my office, in the elevator, whenever I can. When I do go to practice, I spend most of my time with putting and short game.
I am thankful for your insight and giving me pointers specifically for my swing. I tell everyone about GMS!
Pauling C - San Francisco, California - Sent July 22nd, 2010
Attended Tampa, Florida location on January 19th to 21st, 2009
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"It's Always About The Weather!"
Wow, it’s been a hot one on the East Coast of the United States this summer. Luckily GMS has some locations with some cooler weather for you.
At our location in the Midwest in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin at Grand Geneva Resort – the forecast is calling for temperatures to be moving into the 70’s and low 80’s over the next few weeks. Oh, doesn’t that sound nice?
At our Denver location – which has experienced a hotter than usual summer - it's starting to move back to normal. With the temperatures predicted to start moving into the 70’s and low 80’s over the next few weeks.
And of course we have our Lake Tahoe area location where the days start out at about 60 degrees and make their way up to 75 to 80 each perfect day.
Yes, the weather is getting much better in August for golf at these 3 locations. And just wait till September comes around. How many places can you name that will have better weather conditions for doing a GMS program in September than Washington DC, Lake Geneva, Denver and Lake Tahoe?
Oh wait – don’t wait – because if you do – we might not have the dates you’re looking for in the latter half of August and into September.
For dates and information on our GMS locations – go to our GMS All Locations web page by clicking here or give me a call.
Regards,
Alexandria - Director
Golf Made Simple, Inc.
Alexandria - Director
Golf Made Simple, Inc.
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