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Are Double Bogey's in Your PLAN?
It's so easy to lose your focus and PLAN after making a Double or Triple bogey on the golf course. For most Golfers, a Double or Triple is often followed on the next hole with another Double or Triple. And that's precisely why you constantly hear Golfers saying things like – "Ohh, I could've broken 90, but I had a 3 hole stretch where I went Double, Triple, Double. If I could've just limited those to Bogey's, I'd have scored in the 80's!"
Yet, with the Player – when they experience a Double or Triple – they often follow it up with a Birdie, Par or at worst a Bogey. Why is this?
Well, I believe it's easier to understand why the Player is successful after an unsuccessful hole – rather than talk about why the frustrated Golfer becomes more frustrated and starts collecting Doubles and Triples like some people collect stamps.
The Player understands that Double and Triple Bogeys are part of the game – they're going to happen from time to time. The Player doesn't expect to make these big numbers, but they understand that it'll happen – nobody's perfect.
What makes the Player different is that they can refocus after the bad hole. The Player doesn't feel that they now need to make a Birdie on the next hole or if it's a Par 5, they don't feel they have to get there in two shots. The Player makes their PLAN based on their Strengths and Weaknesses.
And just because you might've messed up a shot or two on the last hole, doesn't mean that you should abandon your PLAN. It just means you messed up like every other human does from time to time. At this year's Masters – Trevor Immelman, made Double Bogey on the 16th hole of the final round. If he did what most Golfers do after they make a Double Bogey – we wouldn't be calling him a Masters Champion.
But Immelman was able to get back to his PLAN and Par the last two holes to become a Legend.
Every round you play, you're in the same position as Immelman was going into 17. Maybe you're not playing for a Green Jacket and immortality – but you're playing to shoot the best score you could possibly shoot. And although Trevor probably has a better golf swing than we do, you're most likely not playing many holes as difficult as 17 and 18 at Augusta National - 440 yard and 465 yard Par 4's with greens that are so difficult that I know some scratch Players that celebrate after 2 putting.
I can't be 100% positive, but I'm sure enough to wager a good sum of cash that Trevor wasn't thinking about what score he needs to make before playing 17 and 18. My guess is that he was using the old cliché of ‘Playing one shot at a time'. My guess is that he went back to his PLAN of playing to his Strengths and staying away from his Weaknesses. And we all know that he made the right decision because he made two Pars to secure the Green Jacket.
When's the last time you made a big number on a hole and stood on the next tee thinking that you needed a Birdie or Par to make-up for the last hole?
No, the Player isn't trying to make Par the next hole. And no – they're not trying to make Birdie either. All the Player is trying to do is make a PLAN for the hole and then make a PLAN before each golf shot. If the ball ends up in the hole in 4 strokes on a Par 4 – great! But the goal of the hole shouldn't be score. The goal of the hole should be to play to your PLAN.
'Play for your PLAN, don't plan for your score!'
The Monkey plays for score on every hole and ends up making bad golf swings and big scores
The Player plays for their PLAN on every shot and ends up making good golf swings and low scores
Go ahead, Be a Player!
Regards,
Marc Solomon - Your Instructor For Life
www.GolfMadeSimple.com
By the way Golf Made Simple has just completed our first DVD. After years and years and offers upon offers from people that wanted to produce a DVD for us we decided we wanted to do it our own way. We've created a DVD to help you become a Player, as opposed to all the other Monkey stuff that's already out there.
Our DVD - How To Improve Your Golf Swing Indoors is improvement GMS Style. What's GMS Style? It's a Results Based Approach as opposed to a Theories and Assumptions Based Approach.
Please Click here to purchase through our website or call us at 1 (888) 580 - 3635.
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"I Had Never Gotten Compliments Before GMS"
Scott,
Just wanted to take a minute to give you an update.
I ended up playing 15 holes because play was very slow and I had a previous commitment, but when I left, I was 9 over. My irons were great - I was on the green on all of the par 3's. On the longer holes, if I wasn't on the green in regulation, I was close enough to use my newly developed chipping and pitching abilities to take up the slack.
I played with two kids from UT, and they even commented on the fact that I always seemed to be close to the pin on my approach shots. I have NEVER gotten compliments on my short game before GMS. It is really a great feeling knowing that if I miss the green, I have the ability to get the ball close and can give myself a chance to score well. I think that I had more birdie and par putt opportunities than I have ever had in a single round before.
I look forward to continued improvement and also to eventually returning for more instruction.
Thanks again
Brad S – Baytown, Texas – Sent May 27th, 2008
Attended Amelia Island, Florida location on May 19th to 21st, 2008
"I Broke My Personal Best Score!"
Wataru,
I broke my personal best score while playing in cold, wet, windy weather today. One of the toughest rounds of golf I have ever played weather wise - it got worse as the round went on. I would have normally quit, but I had a guest who really wanted to see the course.
I shot a 38 on the front with 12 putts and 40 on the back with 14 Putts. 78 with 26 putts - lowest score ever, lowest number of putts as well. A lot of one putts for par or bogey!
You told me during the class that the low handicappers found the putting drills to be the most valuable lesson. I think I would now agree!
Dr. Rick Z – Calgary, Alberta, Canada – Sent May 23rd, 2008
Attended Palm Springs/La Quinta location on November 27th to 29th, 2007
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Here We Come Toronto, Canada
GMS is excited to announce that we'll be conducting GMS Programs in Toronto this summer! Along with hosting 2 and 3 day Level 2 GMS Programs that are open to returning GMS Golfers that have seen us in Florida, California and Arizona - we'll also be hosting Level 1 Programs for Golfers that haven't been to see us yet.
Why Toronto? Well the Toronto area is the 3rd biggest supplier of Golfers to Golf Made Simple's programs in Florida, California and Arizona. So when we received the opportunity to come ‘North of the Border' this summer – we jumped at the chance.
Why should a Golfer that came to see us earlier this year come to see us again? We've found that Golfers that have come to see us two times in a year, improved at a faster rate. The typical statement from a Returning Golfer is that "I improved a lot the first time I saw you, though I believe I improved even more the second time."
And we hear that the main hindrance to Golfers coming to see us for a 2nd time is the travel, "it's hard to travel to see you twice a year". So this summer Toronto, we're coming to see you. And since the golf course is juat outside downtown Toronto – commuting each day is simple!
We heard a lot of "You need to open up in Toronto because I'll be your #1 client" and "If you ever come to Toronto, I'm sure all my friends will sign-up!" Well Toronto, here we come!
For dates, rates and location of our facility in the Toronto area – just give us a telephone call at 1-888-580-3635 or email at IWantToBe@GolfMadeSimple.com.
Regards,
Alex Director
Golf Made Simple Inc.
Toll Free - 1-888-580-3635
International 001.904.460.8355
Email: Alex@GolfMadeSimple.com
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Let's Play – Who Won The Money
If you look at the stats of the two Players below – which one would you guess would've had the better score and won the tournament?
Player A was ranked 3rd in Driving Accuracy hitting 40 out of 56 fairways, 14th in Driving Distance averaging 302 yards per tee shot and 19th in Greens in Regulation hitting 51 of 72 Greens.
Player B was ranked 8th in Driving Accuracy hitting 39 out of 56 fairways, 38th in Driving Distance averaging 292.9 yards per tee shot and 50th in Greens in Regulation hitting 45 of 72 Greens.
Well, even though Player A (Paul Casey) hit the golf ball better than Player B (Miguel Angel Jimenez) in every major ball striking category – Player B beat Player A by 5 strokes (or more than 1 stroke per round). Why? It could be that Player B averaged 2.3 less putts per round.
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"Repeat after me by reading this out loud - All my irons are swung the same way. I do not swing my 'short irons' more upright and my 'long irons' more flat. Keep repeating out loud, you're not done yet - If I try to change my swing according to the number on the bottom of my club, I'll end up with 13-different swings for the 13-different irons and woods in my bag.
Stay with me, take a deep breath and keep repeating out loud - And if I want a consistent golf swing, I need to have one consistent swing for every club as opposed to the frustrated Monkey who has many different swings and besides worrying about all the bad places to hit the ball on the golf course like into the water or into the trees, the Monkey also has to make the decision if I'm going to hit down on the ball, sweep the ball, or do whatever I need to do with my so called 'mid irons'.
Which causes me to be a Thinker on the golf course. And you know what Thinkers are?"
'Thinkers are Stinkers!'
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