As I study the professional golfers on the PGA Tour, I have begun to notice that even the pro’s make poor shots. Just like you and me they will have a poor drive that puts them in the trees or rough. They will hit it into a bunker or have a strange lye. But what I have noticed that really separates the amateurs from the pro’s is what they make of the shot they have in front of them. The pro will make the best of a shot no matter where it sits on the course. For instance for a bunker shot an amateur might try to scoop the ball out of the sand instead of opening the club face and slicing between the ball and the sand. A pro keeps a cool head when in a poor lye and looks at the best possible shot options. Where an amateur will get frustrated and let that mentally block them from choosing the correct shot, making there position even worse then the last. Now when I have a poor shot off the tee or towards the green I take a deep breath and ask myself what would the pro’s do? This has helped me to make some great recovery shots that gets my confidence level back up and gets me back into the game mentally. If there was one thing I could recommend to beginning golfers it would be to stay calm no matter what the situation and just think that after every poor shot is a chance to make an even better one!
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Great post. Could not agree more.
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