A congratulations goes out to MyGolfingGoals Academy student, Justin Peters, for moving on to the PGA Tour’s Final Qualifying stage. After a 5th place finish at first stage, Justin went on to fire rounds of 68-67-72-67 in second stage - at the very difficult Hombre Golf Club, in Panama City, Florida.
The final stage of PGA Tour qualifying will be held December 2-7 at Bear Lakes Country Club in West Palm Beach, Florida. This grueling event will be contested over 6 rounds (108 holes) and only the low 25 scores and ties will earn their PGA Tour cards for the 2010 season. The rest of the field will have some degree of status on the Nationwide Tour. The purse for the event is $1,012,500 with $50,000 going to the champion.
Watch live on The Golf Channel. Here are the TV Times:
Dec. 5th 1pm-4pm
Dec. 6th 1pm-4pm
Dec. 7th 12:30pm-4pm
What are your on course goals? While playing a round of golf, the huge majority of golfers put their energy towards what they don’t have control over. Learn to focus all your energy towards what you do have control over and your round will be much more enjoyable. This skill will without question help you reach your true potential!
Controllable Goals
Making crystal clear decisions about the shots you want to hit before you hit them
Making a consistent pre-shot routine before each and every shot you hit
Committing 100% to the shot you are about to hit
Always have control of your emotions (don’t ever let your emotions control you)
Never give up
Uncontrollable Goals
Your score
Winning the tournament or beating your playing partners
For the third consecutive year, Bill McInerney was recognized by Golf Range Magazine as one of the Top 50 Best Golf Instructors in North America working at golf ranges, academies, and learning centers.
Try to spend some time, the next time you go to the driving range, working on coming up with a pre-shot routine. Here’s a quick video from Tiger Woods, on the importance of a pre-shot routine:
MyGolfingGoals Academy student, Justin Peters, continued his solid play this week at the First Stage of the 2009 PGA Tours Qualifying Tournament. Justin fired rounds of 67-66-73-70 for a 12 under par total of 276.
Peters gets through to 2nd Stage of PGA Tours Qualifying Tournament.
I’ve been asked many times in my professional coaching career what I think is the most important piece of advice I could give a golfer. Strangely enough, my answer would be the same as if I were giving a non-golfing friend advice on making more money, furthering their professional career, finding a job… or actually, just about anything. Have a crystal clear vision of what you want, and don’t really waist any energy on what might get in your way, or what you don’t want.
Too many golfers out there put to much energy and focus into trying not to do anything wrong at the driving range. Too many golfers out there put to much energy and focus into thinking about where they don’t want to hit the golf ball on the golf course. If you spend your life trying not to make mistakes, most likely you will not get very far life… and the same goes for your golf.
Try setting the following goal for yourself the next time you go to the driving range, or go out to play on the golf course:
On the golf course - Focus solely on what you want in each golf shot, and nothing more. No need to worry about trying not to hit the golf ball to the left or to the right… consider that wasted energy. If a thought like that creeps into your head, fill it with a thought like “I will hit this ball right in between those two trees in the distance!” And remember, the mind is only capable of thinking of one conscious thing at a time… so make it something you want rather than something you don’t want!
At the driving range - Focus only on the fixes, not the faults. As long as you know what it is that’s making your golf ball react the way it is, there’s really no need to waist your time worrying about what you don’t want to do wrong… instead, put all your energy into working on what you need to do right to get the results you want. Find a good drill that will help you come up with a feeling of what it is that you’re looking for to groove a proper golf swing!
In closing, I can almost promise you that if you set this as a goal for yourself, it’d be nearly impossible for you to get any worse… and you’d have a really good chance of getting better!
This past week, MyGolfingGoals Academy student and Big Break Ka’anapali star, Susan Choi, captured her first professional win as a professional, by winning the 2009 Johnson & Johnson New England Women’s Open Championship. Susan had previously won two other professional titles, both of them coming on the SunCoast Series Golf Tour when she was still an amateur golfer.
If you are interested in keeping tabs on how Susan is doing, visit her website at www.SusanChoiGolf.com
One of my all-time favorite quotes was by Jack Nicklaus… “I never hit a shot, not even in practice, without having a very sharp in-focus picture of the shot in my mind.” This pretty much says it all people!
How bad do you want to be good at the game of golf? Well if you really, really have a desire to improve at this game, then make it a point to never, ever take a shot for granted. Have a purpose, have a plan… have a vision of what you’re trying to accomplish for each and every shot! This will, without question, help you minimize those on course mistakes and bring you closer to your golfing goals.
MyGolfingGoals Academy would like to congratulate seven year old Emma King for her stellar play throughout the 2009 season, on the US Kids Golf Tour. Emma tied for 1st Place in the standings in her age group.
Anne Nowill is shown here accepting the trophy as Woodland Golf Clubs 2009 Ladies Senior Club Champion. All that hard work and patience paid off Anne - GREAT JOB!
