33 Guidelines for Successful Golfers
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33 guidelines for successful golfers
1. People by and large become what they think about themselves.
2. A person with great dreams can achieve great things.
3. Golfing potential depends primarily on attitude, skill with the wedges and the
putter, and how well a golfer thinks. Great golfers are simply ordinary people
thinking well and doing extraordinary deeds.
4. Free will is a golfer's greatest source of strength and power. Choosing how to
think is a crucial decision.
5. Golfers who realize their potential generally cultivate the three D's - desire,
determination, and discipline; the three P's - persistence, patience and
practice; and the three C's - confidence, concentration, and composure.
6. There is no such thing as a golfer playing over his head. A hot streak is simply
a glimpse of a golfer's true potential.
7. A golfer must train himself in physical technique and then learn to trust what
he has trained.
8. Before playing any shot, a golfer must lock his eyes and mind into the smallest
possible target.
9. To score consistently, a golfer must think consistently. A sound, consistent
pre-shot routine makes it easier.
10. The correlation between thinking well and making successful shots is not 100
percent. But the correlation between thinking badly, and unsuccessful shots is
much higher.
11. Golfers must learn to quiet their minds, stay in the present, and focus tightly on the next shot to be played.
12. The loss of focus on four or five shots a round makes the difference between
great golf and mediocre golf.
13. A golfer must learn to enjoy the process of striving to improve the short game.
14. Attitude makes a great putter.
15. As ball-striking skills improve, it becomes a greater challenge to love putting
and the short game and to maintain a positive attitude toward them.
16. It is more important to be decisive than to be correct when preparing to play
any golf shot, particularly a putt.
17. Confidence is crucial to good golf. Confidence is simply the aggregate of the
thoughts you have about yourself.
18. A golfer cannot let the first few holes, shots or putts, determine his thinking for the rest of the round.
19. A golfer should strive to be looser, freer, and more confident every hole. This
will combat the tendency to get tighter, more careful, and more doubtful.
20. Being careful, tightening up , and trying to steer the ball will likely cause
disaster. Good golfers gain control over the ball by feeling that they are giving
up control.
21. Golfers need selective memories, retaining the memory of great shots and
forgetting bad ones. Selective memory helps a golfer grow in confidence as he
gains experience and skill.
22. Golf is a game played by human beings. Therefore, it is a game of mistakes.
Successful golfers know how to respond to mistakes.
23. Golfers must learn to love the challege when they hit a ball into the rough,
trees, or sand. The alternatives - anger, fear, whining, and cheating - do no
good.
24. Patience is a cardinal virture in golf. To imporve, a golfer must learn how to
wait for practice and good thinking to bear fruit.
25. At night, a golfer can program his mind with great expectations. But he must
throw them away when he steps onto the first tee.
26. On the first tee, a golfer must expect only two things of himself: To have fun,
and to focus his mind properly on every shot.
27. Players with great attitudes constantly monitor their thinking and catch
themselves as soon as it begins to falter.
28. A good competitor never allows himself to intensely dislike another player. He
might be paired wiht him for an important round.
29. The quality of a golfer's practice is more important than the quantity,
particularly for better golfers.
30. If a golfer chooses to compete, he must choose to believe that he can win.
Winners and losers in life are completely self-determined, but only the winners
are willing to admit it.
31. Courage is a necessary quality in all champions. But an athlete cannot be
courageous without first being afraid.
32. In sport, the bad news for the present champion is that tomorrow is a new day,
when the competition starts again from scratch. But that's the good news for
everyone else.
33. On the course, golfers must have the confidence of a champion. But off the
course, champions must remember that they are not more important than
anyone else.
John
33 guidelines for successful golfers
1. People by and large become what they think about themselves.
2. A person with great dreams can achieve great things.
3. Golfing potential depends primarily on attitude, skill with the wedges and the
putter, and how well a golfer thinks. Great golfers are simply ordinary people
thinking well and doing extraordinary deeds.
4. Free will is a golfer's greatest source of strength and power. Choosing how to
think is a crucial decision.
5. Golfers who realize their potential generally cultivate the three D's - desire,
determination, and discipline; the three P's - persistence, patience and
practice; and the three C's - confidence, concentration, and composure.
6. There is no such thing as a golfer playing over his head. A hot streak is simply
a glimpse of a golfer's true potential.
7. A golfer must train himself in physical technique and then learn to trust what
he has trained.
8. Before playing any shot, a golfer must lock his eyes and mind into the smallest
possible target.
9. To score consistently, a golfer must think consistently. A sound, consistent
pre-shot routine makes it easier.
10. The correlation between thinking well and making successful shots is not 100
percent. But the correlation between thinking badly, and unsuccessful shots is
much higher.
11. Golfers must learn to quiet their minds, stay in the present, and focus tightly on the next shot to be played.
12. The loss of focus on four or five shots a round makes the difference between
great golf and mediocre golf.
13. A golfer must learn to enjoy the process of striving to improve the short game.
14. Attitude makes a great putter.
15. As ball-striking skills improve, it becomes a greater challenge to love putting
and the short game and to maintain a positive attitude toward them.
16. It is more important to be decisive than to be correct when preparing to play
any golf shot, particularly a putt.
17. Confidence is crucial to good golf. Confidence is simply the aggregate of the
thoughts you have about yourself.
18. A golfer cannot let the first few holes, shots or putts, determine his thinking for the rest of the round.
19. A golfer should strive to be looser, freer, and more confident every hole. This
will combat the tendency to get tighter, more careful, and more doubtful.
20. Being careful, tightening up , and trying to steer the ball will likely cause
disaster. Good golfers gain control over the ball by feeling that they are giving
up control.
21. Golfers need selective memories, retaining the memory of great shots and
forgetting bad ones. Selective memory helps a golfer grow in confidence as he
gains experience and skill.
22. Golf is a game played by human beings. Therefore, it is a game of mistakes.
Successful golfers know how to respond to mistakes.
23. Golfers must learn to love the challege when they hit a ball into the rough,
trees, or sand. The alternatives - anger, fear, whining, and cheating - do no
good.
24. Patience is a cardinal virture in golf. To imporve, a golfer must learn how to
wait for practice and good thinking to bear fruit.
25. At night, a golfer can program his mind with great expectations. But he must
throw them away when he steps onto the first tee.
26. On the first tee, a golfer must expect only two things of himself: To have fun,
and to focus his mind properly on every shot.
27. Players with great attitudes constantly monitor their thinking and catch
themselves as soon as it begins to falter.
28. A good competitor never allows himself to intensely dislike another player. He
might be paired wiht him for an important round.
29. The quality of a golfer's practice is more important than the quantity,
particularly for better golfers.
30. If a golfer chooses to compete, he must choose to believe that he can win.
Winners and losers in life are completely self-determined, but only the winners
are willing to admit it.
31. Courage is a necessary quality in all champions. But an athlete cannot be
courageous without first being afraid.
32. In sport, the bad news for the present champion is that tomorrow is a new day,
when the competition starts again from scratch. But that's the good news for
everyone else.
33. On the course, golfers must have the confidence of a champion. But off the
course, champions must remember that they are not more important than
anyone else.
John
