Golf Revisited

[Overpaid Slacker]

Timothy Galway summed up BeyGon's points years ago in a book entitled "The Inner Game of Golf". Galway had been a tour tennis pro, and written a book "The Inner Game of Tennis". He took up golf, applying essentially the principles of IGT, and was a scratch golfer within a year.

He emphasized that in golf, you initiate all movement, unlike in other sports (such as tennis or baseball) where something is coming at you, which gives your "conscious" something to do/react to. No distractions, no multivariate analyses going on immediately prior to your initiation of the action... You've picked your club, checked the wind, aligned your shot, and then it's just you, waiting for you.

In golf, you're standing there, waiting to take a shot, with your "conscious" telling you "keep your head down. chin up. left arm straight. easy grip, etc.", essentially pestering your "subconscious", which, if left alone, knows how to swing the club.

He also made the point that, unlike in tennis, every mistake you make shows up in the final score, and determines your winning or losing. Whereas you can lose several points in tennis and still win, or you can say that your opponent just played a Heck of a (lucky) game to beat you.

Great book -- recommend it to many golfer friends.

JP

[scottmandue]

I tried playing golf but the darn windmill kicks my a$$ every time!

[sammyg2]

Nope, not wasting anyone's time.
the salesman's job is to make sure the customer knows him, how to contact him, and knows what services the vendor provides.

I never said I don't buy from that vendor or salesman, I just said I don't buy anything as a return favor for the golf. I make it very clear that I am not for sale and will use his company only if it makes sense from a business standpoint, no paybacks.

He does his job by establishing a professinal relationship with a customer, and his company picks up the tab for that effort.
the customer (me) learns more about the vendor. If their services are needed in the future, the customer will know who to call.
that is how it works.
There is full disclosure and we keep a log of all gifts and gratuities.
We follow a strict code of conduct which allows business meetings over lunch or golf as long as business is discussed and no hanky panky goes on. All above board.

[BeyGon]

Originally posted by Steve F
Getting warmer

Cobra??

[Steve F]

Originally posted by BeyGon
Cobra??

And the winner also with Titleist under the same roof. Best job I've had ever









edited for typo

[the]

Originally posted by cmccuist
Agreed, what is it with these hackers who test for the wind, plumb bob their putts, take multiple practice swings, pace off their distances and then top it 20 yards or simply lay the sod over it.

Pull the trigger, you hack!! I used to play with a guy who was about a 6, and he never took a practice swing. His argument was that practice swing has just as much chance of being pure as the next one.

Practice on the range turtles!!

That is the only bad part of the game. The golf threads got me all fired up, so I woke at 5:30 and played this morning.

Some actual quotes:

In the group ahead of me first tee, first guy tees off.

His friend ("Mr. Optimist") says: "Well, at least you put it out there."

after the second guy: "Well, at least you kept your head down."

after the third guy: "Well, at least nobody got hurt!"

Later, after watching them take their 15 minutes on the green, carefully plumb bobbing each putt, checking all the angles, from both sides of the hole, I hear dne say to the other after sinking a putt: "Was that for a 10?"

At least it was a little humorous.

[dmcummins]

I play 4 or 5 rounds a week. I always play at private clubs and slow play is usually not a problem. I've met many interesting people through golf and enjoy the competition.

But it is very expensive. I'd hate to figure out what I spend in a year on club dues, equipment, bets, and bar tab. I did get a supplier to pay $4000 to get me into a pro am though.

[84porsche]

Originally posted by widgeon13
Pelican Hill, great spot. One of my favorites in that area.

Reopens toward the end of September with quite a few renovations after a 2 year closure. The Resort will follow about a year after. It's truly amazing what they are doing there.

[Tobra]

don't have the time to play golf, only sport I ever had to work at or practice

[mattdavis11]

If I may, the hockey stick rule applies, but the age is extended due to late starts. The kids need to grab a hold of a persimmon driver/fwy wood, no graphite stuff. Pick the sides of a range clean for free balls, find your swing. Learn how to hit a 1 iron in the process.

My entire set is older than most of your kids.(1990, at the latest) My irons are older than I.

Good ball strikers can be made, but not taught.

[trader220]

I hit a set of PGA Tommy Armour forged blade irons and I have the set of 1,2,3,4,5 persimon woods that are a matched set but I dont use the woods. There is no reason to use those woods they're classics but they're not worth useing anymore.