How
to Get Better at Golf
Mark
Croft PGA
How do I get better at golf? This question haunts 90% of people who wish
to improve their golf game and wish to enjoy better golf without frustration,
confusion and often times absolute depression. The self diagnosed antidote is always more practice
and more balls and more swings and yet, little or no improvement is the result.
Many read magazine articles, watch videos and listen to the advice of the Golf
Channel and again…no improvement.
Why? Both life and golf are often a funny game and can
be very confusing. Does this sound familiar? Often life can be simplified and easier when
we do what we are supposed to do and proceed with what we have learned to do correctly
with our own adaption and adjustments. So as life goes, golf goes.
Improving your golf game can be a very simple process.
Everything we do in life we often find that we do some things better than
others and more likely than not we focus on the things we do well, instead of
focusing on the areas where we need improvement. So how do you improve your golf game simply and with
positive results? Simply follow your personal process of life improvement
through the same process that you use every day to enhance your golf
improvement.
First you need to identify what you do well in a round
of golf. It may be driving, fairway play, chipping or putting. Once you have
identified and recognized what you do best and you are comfortable, confident
and honest in your assessment. Now identify the skill set or sets where you
need improvement. Commit your assessment to paper and be honest about your
assessment. Once you identify your need for improvement for your desired skills
ask yourself a very simple question; what do I need to do to improve those particular
skill sets?
Seriously, how many times have you been asked in
separate columns to write your pros and cons of a project or process? Therein lays
the complexity of golf and life. Pros are always positive and more often than
not cons are negatives. Let’s try to make the cons positive as well. The cons
are the skill sets you wish to improve on. Improvements are never a negative
and always a positive. So make that list and be positive about it. Once you
have identified what you wish to improve on, create a plan that specifically
identifies the improvements you wish to make.
In review there are your three core principals to
improve your golf game and your life game quickly. Remember honesty and commitment
to paper is a very important part of the process:
1 * Recognize
what you do well and be comfortable with your assessment.
2 *Identify
what you wish to improve on.
3 *Create
a workable plan of how you are going to improve.
In the process of creating and implementing your plan, I would strongly suggest
you seek out a competent and understanding PGA or LPGA golf professional who
wishes to join you in your process of improvement. A good golf professional
will not teach you, but they will coach you through your improvement process.
They will become an integral part of your plan and your goals. Your coach will
become your partner in your process.
If you choose to go it alone, that is reasonable and
understandable as well. Be sure you plan your time so it is the most productive
for your improvement goals. Do not get frustrated and give in to just
practicing what you do well. Remember this is a process of improvement and
should not be viewed as a miracle overnight.
Once again, and this is very important, remember these three critical steps:
1 * What
do I do well?
2 *What
needs improvement?
3 * What
must be done to improve?
These are your three simple steps to better golf and
better life.
This is not just a golf lesson…it is an important life lesson! Have fun and play better golf.
You can contact Mark Croft at mark@markcroftgolf.com
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