I Disqualified Myself!!!!

Hi Guys,

Well not a great golfing weekend for me but definately a golfing lesson learned.

This past weekend I was playing in the Armada Deutsche Bank Pro Am here in Poland and had managed to make the cut for the final round.

I was one of the early starters on Day 2 and was teeing off on the tenth. After bogeying my first hole I then pulled my tee shot on my second hole into rough.

My ball was sitting down and I could only see that it was a Titleist 1, so I turned my ball to identify that it had a green R marked on it.

I then took my second shot which I could only move forward about thirty yards and again in thick rough.

My playing partner found the ball and yes it was a Titleist 1, but this time I did not check and played my next shot up onto the green about ten feet from the cup.

When I got up onto the green I marked my ball and put it in my pocket, my playing partner holed out and I reset my ball back on the green using the Titleist logo to line up.

From there I holed the putt and put the ball in my pocket. It was not until I got on the next tee that I realised that the ball I finished with was not my own. It was my mistake which of course was too late.

I played on for the next three holes until we could find a marshall. I explained that I thought I should be disqualified and he confirmed this.

Not one of my best golfing days but a serious lesson learned.

All the Best

Richard

Learning the Chip Shot "Tigers Way"

This is the infamous chip shot from Tiger Woods at the 2005 Masters........

Take a look, I have added my own instructional and fun comments to the video



Enjoy and please post any comments you have on the blog

All the Best

Richard

Mental Golf Instruction - Making Par 5s Easy!!!

Hi Guys,

Today I want to ask you if the mental part of the golf game is important and maybe at the end of the post you could leave your comments and tips for other readers of the blog.

Today i want to give you a mental golf practice routine that you can use on your home course to more or less guarantee a par on the long holes.

I want you to visualise the first Par 5 at your course and write down the easiest way to play it. Now please take note i said "easiest way to play it" and not the way you would usually play it

I'll give you an example.......the first hole on my home course is a 490 yard Par 5 with a tee shot over water of about 170 yards to find the fairway, this would be followed by a shot of about 180 yards to leave you a third shot of about 140 yards (again over water) to a nice big green.

Now when you read that it sounds quite easy apart from the water.

Lets break it down:

Shot 1 170 yards (4 or 5 iron) Everyone usually takes a driver
Shot 2 180 yards (4 iron or 5 wood) A lot of people are already in the water or in rough because the shot with the driver has gone AWOL
Shot 3 140 yards (7 or 8 or 9 iron)
Shot 4 Putt
Shot 5 Putt

There you go!!! A nice Par to start the round with and I didn't need to take a driver.

This is just a mental thought!!! Does a tee shot mean you take your driver out of the bag every time? It does not have to.

Sorry for rambling but this golf lesson and instruction will help you lower your scores without a shadow of a doubt.

I want you to do what I have done above and write out for every hole the easiest way to reach the green in regulation by breaking the hole down into small pieces (One shot at a time)

If you then plan your game around this i guarantee you will shoot your lowest round. I can say this because other golfers who have subscribed to my free mental golf drills course have had the same results.

All the Best

Richard