Speaking of Professional Golfers in general, you can't
compare yourself to them. In fact, you can pretty much discount almost everything THEY do!
Unless you're lucky enough and
RICH enough to be a member at Augusta National, Winged Foot, Oakmont, or even the TPC at Sawgrass, you don't play courses
that even VAGUELY resemble the courses that the Pros play on. Even members at Oakmont will agree that the course DOES
change for the pros.
They get the VERY BEST of EVERYTHING during a tournament. The courses are IMMACULATELY
conditioned beyond anything we see, EVER!
Their fairways are mown AS tightly, or even MORE tightly than the GREENS
you play on. The greens are PERFECT! 40 yards of roll on drives is the NORM in anything other than "wet conditions."
Sure, the courses are longer, but "green-like" fairways help "shorten" them. They SHOULD
be longer!
These players play golf for a LIVING and for MILLIONS OF DOLLARS in prize money. The length is
the ONLY way to keep pros from embarrassing the courses.
Karma dictates that there SHOULD be SOME kind of "punishment"
for someone who gets PAID to PLAY GOLF as a "JOB!" Other than that, they have it GREAT! WAY
better than "us."
So, you can't compare YOUR golf game to THEIRS. You do it, but you shouldn't.
If you had the absolute best conditioned golf courses in the WORLD to play on, your "stats" would be better too!
I often wonder how the pros would do if they had to play the kind of golf WE'RE forced to play. Shaggy
fairways, lousy greens, unraked bunkers, unrepaired ball marks. I bet they'd melt down! They have it EASY.
We have it HARD!
So, give yourself a break. Try to keep things in perspective. Remember that during
any given PGA Tour Tournament, if a pro hits the ball 30 feet from the hole, fans cheer like they just saw the best golf shot
ever!
Keep that in mind when you hit a shot 20 feet from the hole and are angry about it. Don't beat
yourself up for doing something that would have people CHEERING for you if you were "famous."
The pros also have the best
equipment available. ABSOLUTELY NO PROFESSIONAL GOLFER ON ANY PROFESSSIONAL TOUR plays golf with "out of
the box" golf clubs!
They may have the same "brand" as you, but I ASSURE you, theirs are NOTHING
like yours! They have everything ABSOLUTELY "fit" to their EXACT SPECIFICATIONS! Tweek this, turn that,
grind this, bend that.
So, bottom line? Just because you play "golf" that doesn't mean you play the same
game of golf that the Pros do.
No more that a pickup game of basketball at the church gym is like an NBA Game,
or your softball league is like an MLB game.
You take golf seriously and you should! You PAY good money to play it! You pay good
money for your equipment. You pay for golf balls. The pros don't pay for ANYTHING!
So, just have FUN! You're
supposed to ENJOY golf! Of course, that's not easy to do if you're unsure of your golf swing.
There are two things you CAN do to play a game more similar to that of the Touring Professional.
First, get your equipment checked
to make sure it fits you! The chances that it does right now are very, very slim! The truth is, your clubs might
be a large part of why you struggle.
Ill fitting equipment makes golf a LOT harder than it needs to be and you
DON'T KNOW if your equipment fits unless you GET IT CHECKED!
So, do yourself a BIG favor and get your equipment
checked to see if it "fits" you. If it doesn't, it can be "fixed" so that it does.
The SECOND thing you
can do is break down and buy the ONE THOUGHT-ONE MOVE SECRET!
You
really CAN swing your clubs JUST LIKE A TOUR PROFESSIONAL!
That's a "pro thing" you CAN do!
The good news is, it's NOT DIFFICULT! You may not be able to have their "job, " but you CAN have their
SWING!
Now putting....THAT'S a different story!
