HOW I GET MENTALLY READY FOR A TOURNAMENT

Obviously practicing and working out is vital to preparing ones self for a golf tournament but i believe, like most gurus, that the most important part of success is belief!!!
If there is one thing that brings belief in my ability it is pictures, videos and visions of success. No matter what is happening in my life or what is going on around me i can always find inspiration and a positive outlook if i take a look at my past success's on the golf course.

I have made a dvd of some of the greatest golf shots i have played in tournaments that i have won. I also have the score cards of my four lowest golf rounds including my card where i shot 29 on the back nine at Kyalami CC to finish with a 9 under par 63. I watch the interviews and the final highlites of the PGA and European Golf Tours current tournaments and seek inspiration from these professional golfers and their results.

The week before i play a golf tournament i watch these golf video's every day at least once to get the goose bumps and hair raising feeling of pressure and success back into my system. This gives me a greater self belief and a more honest reason for being so confidant. It reinforces the fact that i have the ability to succeed and to win golf tournaments. I take these feelings in to a golf tournament and with each passing hole i feel better and more comfortable making me believe that i will be finishing the tournament strongly and have a great chance to win.

I look forward to my up and coming two golf tournaments and will keep the blog updated with my daily results however will not be writing any new blogs for two weeks. Wish me luck and check each day how i am doing!!!!

Lower Your Score

I have had a number of questions from weekend golfers about how they can lower their scores and and what percentage of amateur golfers break 90. The truth to the question is that there are not enough amateurs that break 90 and it is easily possible for all golfers to lower their scores with a simple strategy around the golf course.Click Here!
So many times have i watched golfers take on outrageous golf shots and then complain after that they made a number above a double bogey and that they then continued to produce bad golf shots till the end of the round and signed the score card for a figure way above their handicap. All this is from taking in that one golf shot that didn't have enough reward for the risk.

For those average golfers ( handicap 16-22) scoring an under par gross round may not be easy but to break par by nett is not a tough ask at all. For argument sake i will use a 20 handicap. If this golfer plays to their handicap they should score 24 over par, 96 on a par 72. This means that they can bogey every hole on the golf course and actually double bogey 6 of them. So with this in mind if you went on to the golf course and played all par 3's as par 4's, all par 4's as par 5's and all par 5's as par 6's it should take a great deal of stress out of the round of golf.
If you play with this thought in mind it means that when you have a difficult par 4 to play you do not even need to concern yourself with getting to the green in 2 shots because you no longer need to as it is a par 5 and this means that green in regulation is now 3 shots. You can hit the driver off the tee and then simply play two 7 Irons from there to get onto the green. This will stop you from trying to force that three wood which goes offline and in the woods or sand causing you to take a double or triple bogey. If you play each hole like this you will see that you end up making far less mistakes, enjoying your round more and the score card telling a story of glory.

I am sure that if you just stop trying to be a hero on the golf course and play within yourself using the tip i just gave you, you will be on your way to being one of the small percentage of amateurs who break 90.