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19 Jul Focus, not technicalities, is the key

Posted at 08:00h in Golf Tip by

As we watch the end of the Scottish Open, the question of “who’s going to win the British Open?” is being discussed. There are so many players who are capable of winning at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland. A fortuitous bounce here or there together with a long putt to save par is sometimes all it takes to keep a player from getting too disheartened after a bad stretch as these lucky breaks are what you need to win one of the big tournaments. Obviously, a player’s natural ability and a large amount of talent also help but there are so many pieces to golf’s jigsaw puzzle that must fit together in order to have four good rounds in any given week.

It’s essential that you’re in a good place mentally. For example, you’re not going to hit many good shots if you’ve just found out that your wife or girlfriend has run off with someone else, or one of your kids has just been expelled from school for bashing their teacher. You must be healthy, happy and extremely confident with your game.

Thinking back, whenever I’ve ever played well, I was so confident and not bothered at all with the technicalities of my swing. I was just completely focused on how to plot my way around the course. I had a very clear goal on how to play each hole as and when they came up. I trusted my swing and mentally coped with the odd bad shot, or hole, here or there.

Out of Bounds: There’s always the inevitable comparison of who the best golfer is between Ben Hogan and Jack Nicklaus. Interesting to note though is that Nicklaus was seen watching Hogan practise, but no one ever saw Hogan watch Nicklaus.

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