Lets face the facts, all in all, golf is a Billion Dollar Scam. Much like pornography, which teases you into thinking how sexually experimental woman are, golf teases you on how easy the game is. To continue the comparison, people have a better shot finding.....eh.....nevermind, you get the point though, GOLF IS HARD!
So how does one really improve at the game? Well, its actually EASY! Yes, it is easy, as long as you have TWO VERY IMPORTANT THINGS.....athletic flexibility, and TIME...and yeah, a bit of humility. Humility is key. Like I said in a previous post, you have to be willing to SUCK for a while in order to get better. Physical things are different from more conceptual things. Like, learning 2+2=4 as opposed to a golf swing. Which is a misconception. There are a large number of people that feel their intellect, life style, social status will directly translate into their golf game. "Hey, I'm a hot shot at my company, I should be good at golf too". You do need some athletic ability, mostly flexibility. I clearly remember my coach telling me that you have to be willing to take a bunch of steps back to go forward. Also, this book called The Talent Code, talks about how we learn better and faster when we learn from our mistakes instead of hand holding through the process. You literally have to swing your self out of it, as long as you know the correct technique.
That is my view of improving, seeing a coach and hitting a crap load of balls.....simple eh? However, the golf industry couldn't disagree more with me. You need NEW CLUBS, and NEW BALLS, NEW SHOES and contraptions and DVDs and apparatuses galore. You have to have all these things and not a LICK of teaching to improve. Ive improved and the only thing you need to buy are alignment rods. Other than that, save your money. However, there is one thing I will tell you, if you have clubs over 10 years old, buy new ones. That is what I will say about that. It is worth the investment. But most players cant hit their irons anyway, because all they do is wail on a driver for 3 hours. Horrible way to practice. Your brain shuts down after a while where it is not learning anything. In order to get into "a groove" you have to do it over a series of days and weeks and not hours.
That is the other thing needed in order to improve, TIME and COMMITMENT. Not commitment in your mind by buying a bunch of golf publications and contraptions or thinking to yourself that you are good, you have to actually practice and play. Not only that, but knowing how to practice. Practice is not playing and playing isn't practicing......ok im getting off track..... but that costs money!
No matter what you want to do with your hobby, people have in their own mind a diluted view of their own golf talent. One that you will NOT find anywhere else in the world. Maybe soccer, maybe running, but definitely golf. No sport are there more inflated egos and views of ones own talent and the desperate need to indulge us with such talk. They feel the need to just go on and on about where they played and crap. Not interested. Who cares........ makes me want to punch them in the face. I went to Pinehurst, it was fun. That's it..... Im not going to tell you where I stayed, what I ate, where I took a crap, no one cares.
The PGA does a great job with their sanctimonious attitude about how great they are how great the game is and how they want to spread the word of the game. They are frauds. Not as much as the NCAA, but pretty darn close. $$$$$ that is what they want. They will be more than happy to teach you and show you the ropes, as long as you're either a) special interest/protected class b) loaded
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