I got to play Peacock Gap on a beautiful afternoon yesterday and played very inconsistently. As far as score goes, a 98 on that course pretty much sucks in my book; but, you know what? I am clearer than ever before about what went wrong, and that’s a great step in the right direction toward [...]

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It’s so easy to let the little, incremental successes get away. I’m learning that it’s important to make the effort to celebrate them and that true success doesn’t necessarily look like big dramatic breakthroughs. Somehow, it’s so much easier to focus of some swing mechanic flaw or something else that won’t really help. So, I’m [...]

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My “Let It Go” reminder below led me to remark on the second tee yesterday — to my buddies — that I was not only committing to letting every shot go; but more surprisingly, I also said that I imagined it would be like “every swing is a celebration!” It was one of those good [...]

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It’s ironic to play the game of golf for fun and still need to continue to learn to relax and let go. Yet I have seen even top professional golfers on TV “hold on” to shots (rather than letting them go). For me, it’s a fascinating evolutionary process, and a challenge for which there is [...]

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Tomorrow’s the big two-day tournament at Stonetree. Wednesday, I had an awesome time with some members of the Shivas Irons Society at Pasatiempo (even tho, once again, my scoring was not a pleasure.) What a beautiful place! And what a great golf society!
I’m realizing that I am still waking up to my swing and still [...]

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I played better on Saturday. Progress, not perfection. I shot a 93 from the blues at Petaluma’s Rooster Run, but was only 12 over through 15 holes before going 8 and 7 on #16 and #17 (both quadruple bogies). It’s amazing how quickly things can go downhill, isn’t it?
Anyway, in general my putting feels much [...]

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