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A student I have been working
with has been steadily
improving and his scores
were declining nicely. He
had consecutively posted two
of his better rounds, but then
skied to a very high score and
seemed completely lost on
the golf course.
We discussed the difference
with the round in which
everything came unglued and
found that he had allowed
factors that were out of his
control to affect his play.
While playing in his regular
league, he was paired with
an extremely slow player and
lost
FOCUS
.
This player took an inordinate
amount of time between each
shot, missed several shots in
a row and had an excuse for
every hack, top and chop.
Playing in the same group
with this gentleman became
very unpleasant, to say the
least, and his actions began
to affect my student’s play
and enjoyment of the game.
To top it all off, because of the
inconsiderate player’s slow
play, the group behind them
became agitated and zinged
a few shots into their group.
This added more negative
mental anguish to my student
and he could not find any
semblance of his good golf
swing during this nightmarish
round of golf.
This led us to a discussion
about total
FOCUS
on the golf
Golf Tip:
Focus On Your Own Game
By
Fred Altvater
NWO Golf Links