Dealing with pressure
With the Masters over for another year I thought it would be a good time to talk about playing golf under pressure. It doesn’t matter how good a golfer you are, you will experience pressure on certain shots, and if you don’t know how to cope with the pressure and nerves you’ll NEVER be able…
Sublime St. Andrews
“Freezing, challenging and just totally sensational. I just didn’t want it to end” Mark, from the Old Course, St. Andrews Scotland G’day golfer, This is my 100th blog post and I want to tell you about a success story. Mark came to me in December frustrated with game. He had been playing for about five…
Thoughts on Tiger
Dear golfer, I’ve been asked quite a bit lately about Tiger Woods, and specifically why he is so good. Not an easy question to answer. I would place him in the ‘freak’ or ‘one in a billion’ category. He is so good that he makes everyone else look like they’re second rate. Not many sports…
Oh so close
Dear golfer, A mate Andrew called a few weeks ago and asked if I’d join him for a hit in our club fourball event. A fourball is a popular game, with the best score per team counting, it allows you to have a bad hole or two if your partner can chime in at the…
I Don't Offer Miracle Cures
Dear Golfer, I’ve just spent a few days away with family and friends. As usual I took my clubs and manged to get in a game of golf. I was joined by my brother, a family friend and my girlfriend. Being the only golfer (also known as the ‘golfer guy’) it was expected that I…