The best way to play better golf... is to get better at "PLAYING" golf
Kirk Triplett
PGA Tour winner
It's hard to swing like a pro...It's easy to play like one!
Stop watching my swing, and start watching how I play the game.
It wasn’t my swing that made me a successful PGA Tour player for more than four decades. It was my mastery of the INVISIBLE SKILLS. My recipe for success was simple: play my own game, focus on execution instead of technique, and stay resilient no matter what the game threw at me.
Sure, it’s nice to have a pretty swing, but how you play the game is ultimately far more important than how your swing looks.
So if you really want to play better golf, stop trying to copy my swing and start copying how I play the game.
Golf is a game of shots, not swings.
Good shots come from good swings, but the question you should be asking yourself is: Where do my good swings come from? The swing is just the most visible component of the shot. Proper shot selection, managing interference, and maintaining your competitive spirit are the INVISIBLE SKILLS that give you the best chance to make your best swing. Organizing and developing these skills is the real path to not just playing better golf, but to becoming a better golfer.
Better Practice = Better Golf
We all know that improvement requires practice. But not all practice is created equal. Are you practicing the right things? Are you practicing those things the right way? Or, like most golfers, are you blindly hitting shot after shot with little or no regard for how these shots are actually executed in the playing environment? At some point, every succesful golfer learns that you can't take your range game to the course. You have to bring the course to the range if you want to improve.