The following is No Proclamation or Way to cut ten strokes off your game. The Articles have been presented in no specific order beyond As They Come to the Mind. Questions will be brought up and Answers may not be given. Maybe only more questions. But the Questions are as significant…and insignificant…as the Answers.
I'm no Golf Pro. I shoot in the 90s. And I ain't got an ace up my sleeve. What I got- is curiosity. And an interest in trying to understand. NOT KNOW, but just try to understand. I don't find much use in claiming to have the Answers. I'm rather interested in the Questions. In golf- like life- there's always more questions and no definitive answer to anything. There's always a variety of perceptions (Approaches) and you always got to have a little Luck. In Golf, as in Human History, it's all about increments of improvement. "Its a Process". Consistency. Focus. Patience. Practice. Time. And Being In The Moment. This is as much a Journey in My Own Writing as it is Useful to Others. I have no Techniques to offer regarding Swing….Only Thoughts On the Mind and the Approach.
Take this with you before moving onward; The Way of Golf is much like the Way of Life. Success Varies. The Forces of Nature and of the Mind greatly affect One’s Ability and Achievements. To Excel is to Be in the Now.
I welcome any thoughts, conversations, or suggestions as they arise. The Notion Here is To Be A Forum where all discussion is welcomed. But leave your Judgments at the door….there’s only room for the ARETEs in here. Don’t know what it means? Look it up. Answer Your Own Questions.
Golf is the closest game to the game we call life. You get bad breaks from good shots; you get good breaks from bad shots - but you have to play the ball where it lies. - Bobby Jones
No-one will ever have golf under his thumb. No round ever will be so good it could not have been better. Perhaps this is why golf is the greatest of games. You are not playing a human adversary; you are playing a game. You are playing old man par. - Bobby Jones
Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated. - Arnold Palmer
Every shot counts. The three-foot putt is as important as the 300-yard drive. - Henry Cotton
I never played a round when I didn't learn something new about the game. - Ben Hogan
A leading difficulty with the average player is that he totally misunderstands what is meant by concentration. He may think he is concentrating hard when he is merely worrying. - Bobby Jones
I would like to deny all allegations by Bob Hope that during my last game of golf, I hit an eagle, a birdie, an elk and a moose. - Gerald Ford