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Archive for May, 2010

Clutch Putting

I played a match last night and coming into 18 I was all square with my opponent.  My opponent was 35 feet away and ended up making it!  I was 15 feet away, missed it for the half of the hole and match so I ended up losing 1 down.  After the round this got [...]

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Golf Mental Game – Remove yourself from the outcome

How man times have we hit a tee shot out of bounds and creamed the second one down the middle of the fairway.  Or how about missing a 5 footer and then trying it again and making it.  Why does this happen?  It happens because we remove ourselves from the outcome and hit the shot [...]

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Preparing for a round

Yesterday I played one of my better rounds in over well over a year.  I tried to pinpoint why though because honestly, I was caught off guard.  There were two things that I REALLY made a difference in yesterdays round. The first has confidence.  If you have been reading my posts and have signed up [...]

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Mental Golf Game – Confidence

If you’re a first time visitor to my site, you will notice by looking at the my previous posts that the majority of my tips deal with the mental game and short game.  These two areas are the most overlooked when it comes to golf and are the areas you can improve at the quickest [...]

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How to think during a “career” round

How about Rory Mcilroys amazing 62 on Sunday at the Quail Hollow Championship?  It was one of the best rounds I have seen played in a VERY long time.  The thing that impressed me most was that he took COMPLETE CONTROL of the tournament even after he had just tied for the lead.  He made [...]

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Learn from Tiger Woods

Last week was only the 6th event in which Tiger Woods didn’t make it to the weekend.  His round Friday was probably his worst round as a professional under the conditions (he shot 81 at the Open Championship in brutal weather) as they were pretty straight forward.  I was actually expecting this poor performance at [...]

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In The Zone Golf

After watching Rory McIlory absolutely dust the field on Sunday at the Qual Hollow Championship, I asked myself if I had ever seen a better round played.  A few come to mind from Tiger Woods but other then that, there aren’t many.   David Duval shot a 13  under par 59 in the final round [...]

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