The best way to play better golf... is to get better at "PLAYING" golf
Kirk Triplett
PGA Tour winner
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Kirk Triplett
PGA Tour winner
When we watch accomplished players, we typically only see their rhythmic swings, their fluid putting strokes, and their clever short-game techniques. At first glance it looks like these visible skills alone produce the results the game demands. But what we rarely see are the invisible skills that make performing those skills look so effortless.
Elite players are adept at choosing the right shot for the situation. They rely on their pre-shot and post-shot routines to minimize the effects of interference. They commit to practice habits that support not only their technique but their on-course execution of that technique. It is these invisible "PLAYING" skills that really make the difference.
The key to playing better golf is this: stop imitating the visible skills of elite players and start modeling their mastery of the invisible ones. Don't just play better, become a better player.
SHIFT from working on your swing,
to working on your game.
I have observed in my lifetime commitment to this game that all players, even the best in the world, can get better at this skill. Golf's Holy Grail is the "Clear Shot Intention". The quest requires you to understand and accept your true golfing identity. It also requires you to understand the dictates of the course and the environmental conditions. Then, and only then, your task is to meld these parameters together to maximize scoring opportunity and minimize risk. I said it was simple, I didn't say it was easy.
Thirty years ago I made the SHIFT from working on my swing to working on my execution. Immediately, I went from battling to keep my card every year to being a tour winner and a consistent top 50 performer. The SHIFT is the secret to my golfing success and now I want to share it with you. I don't trust my swing to deal with the nonstop interference of competitive golf...I trust my routines.
I continue to be reminded daily that most of my students think the #1 cause of poor play is their technique. My guiding principle as a coach is not to ignore this type of thinking but to first create awareness of the many mental and physical roadblocks that are ever present in the playing environment and then bring those roadblocks to the practice tee. When discoveries are made here, and awareness is heightened, both play and practice often become a new and enlightening experience.
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