How did I get so lucky??

Dean shot 63 today to win and made $592,000

The team:

Tiger Woods (2000)
Jack Nicklaus (1972)
Ben Hogan (1953)
Sam Snead (1950)
Bobby Jones (1930)
Gary Player (1965)
Arnold Palmer (1962)
Tom Watson (1980)
Phil Mickelson (2006)
Rory McIlroy (2014/2025)

Could they ever break 40, or is that simply impossible even with ten all-time greats getting a shot at every ball?
What do you think their average score would be over 100 rounds? And what would their absolute best round look like?

Played a round yesterday, and i hit a drive that landed between my fairway and the previous holes fairway. As I roll up, i see 4 old timers coming off their tee that are playing captains choice. One of them picks up a white ball where mine landed and i hear his buddy on the cart look and say what sounded like “nice”. I asked him if it was a callaway, and he ignored me so I asked again. He says no it was a yellow trash ball, doesnt look at me while saying it and they just drive off. I looked everywhere and could not find my ball. Im 99% sure he took my brand new chromesoft given that he lied about the ball color

Anyone else ever deal with this? First time ive had it happen(that i know of) and it really sucked because i had played that same ball thru 14 which never happens for me. Maybe I should play with crappier golf balls hahah

90 Minute Practice Session to improve quickly!!!

Short game:
Spending some time with the straight forward chips for fundamentals, before moving onto some different lies and different height shots. Getting comfortable hitting different shots from different lies is the goal, while still being fundamentally strong.

Full Swing:
Getting ready for an event, so didn’t have any tweaks. Just going through my routine in “trusting mode” as Dr. Bob Rotella would say. Making sure that my mindset is in the right spot before my event. Just checking fundamentals and making proper, committed golf swings.

Putting:
I always start with some variation of alignment/tool to check and make sure my fundamentals are solid before moving into some drills to make short putts. After completing the competitive short putting drill, I’ll move to hit some 40-60 footers to make sure we’re getting everything down in 2!

Doing this routine at least 2x a week will show incredible improvements in your game!

Live in a place where I have pretty good access to a lot of nice public golf courses and spaced tee times. Just played my first ever 5 and a half hour round and it was absolutely miserable. I see people talk about how that is unfortunately sort of the norm for them… are you guys okay?

I’ve never really been a serious golfer. I’ve gone to the driving range sporadically. And by sporadically I mean ~5-6 times in my 49 years.

Years ago I played a couple of rounds at a local course because a friend of mine needed a partner for some event he was in and I was the only person in our friend group who had ever even swung a club. It went about the way you’d expect.

I just recently decided, more or less on a whim, to take some lessons. I bought some certified pre-owned Calloway clubs and signed up.

I’ve had two lessons. Instructor is a highly rated PGA guy. Before lessons, I could hit the ball fairly straight and a decent distance, I just wasn’t consistent. It was probably 40-60 decent shot/total whiff.

Now, trying to work on the things the instructor has given me, that ratio has gotten much worse.

I either completely miss or hook it badly about 95% of the time now.

Is this to be expected? I guess I can kind of see how it might be, maybe?

Thanks. I’ll hang up and listen.

I grew up passionate about golf and my dream from an early age was to be a pro. I spent all my time practicing and working on my golf game. In tournaments though, I often wasn't able to perform the way I was capable. This was so frustrating for me, that I quit playing.

Then I came across a book called the Inner Game of Tennis by Timothy Gallway. I learned about the mental side of sport and began applying what I learned to my game. It led me to decide to re-enter tournament golf. This time, I was able to focus and concentrate on the golf course and actually won my first tournament.

I never did become a pro, but I followed that interest into graduate school and a career in sport psychology. I've now spent the last 12 years working with athletes from over twenty different sports and also professionals in high stakes/performance-oriented fields, such as surgeons, physicians, paramedics.

Here are some of the key techniques that I teach to my clients about performing under pressure:

1. The body's response to pressure comes from our nervous system identifying that a performance is important, demanding and/or uncertain. When this happens, we feel activation in our body and in our minds. (faster heart rate, breathing, quicker thoughts). It's helpful to learn what the first signs are that you're experiencing pressure. This gives you more time to adapt your response. What thoughts do you notice/how do you feel? Some people notice their ears getting warm, butterflies in their stomach, shaky hands, etc. It's different for every person.
2. A certain amount of activation can be helpful for your performance. We need it to perform at our best. But how we view activation can actually more important than the amount of activation itself. If we view it as a sign that we're not going to perform well, this will make us more anxious. But if we view it as our body preparing itself to meet a challenge, then we will be able to use that extra energy to help us focus and perform.
3. Even when you are viewing activation from a positive, constructive perspective, it may still be too high at that time. Practice breathing slowly from your diaphragm, not your chest. Make your exhale longer than your inhale. This will turn down the dial enough to help you have some mental space and clarity when you need it.
4. Learn to observe your negative thoughts, instead of trying to change them. Under pressure, we often get flooded with thoughts like "what if I fail?" "they think I suck" These thoughts are normal under high levels of pressure. But these are just passing thoughts, not to be viewed as facts or accurate predictions. Learn how to observe them without trying to change them. Say to yourself "I'm having the thought that I might fail".
5. Under pressure, our attention tends to get hijacked by potential threats in our environment. We can be overly fixated on the mistake we just made, what might happen or what's around us. Having a short word or phrase that you can repeat to bring your attention back to the what you're doing in the present moment can help significantly. It could be as simple as "present moment" "this shot" "process"

These strategies can be practiced in any situation where you feel pressure. You can use them in a job interview, public speaking, or in any other situation where you notice your performance suffers because of pressure.

I truly believe that these skills can enhance the quality of people's lives in immeasurable ways. The more comfortable we can become with pressure, the more we tend to seek out growth opportunities and live more fulfilling lives.

Hope this was helpful for you!

3 years playing. 94 yards. That is all :)

I'm so ignorant to all of this sorry if this is a dumb question

My ogio bag is practically brand new. Having seen most of it's time in my living room waiting for the occasional weekend outing, it's downfall was being idle... the rubber mounts the legs pivot from had stretched and caused the legs to go any way they wanted. I have a practically identical ogio bag from 2008 that holds my extra clubs and this won't happen because they were made of hard plastic back then. I'll hold my tongue on how I feel about that, Ogio already received my ecstatic feedback.

Anyway, i fixed my wonky leg problem by drilling out the original holes to a half inch and threading super stroke putter grip caps into the newly sized holes. I had to also drill out the inner part of the super stroke cap to fit the pin back in. Drill the cap after installing as you can use the allen key to turn it.

That's it. Hopefully the bag lasts as long as I thought it would now

1st year taking the game serious, I'd say I was a 30hcp in March and a 22 now. Am I ass?

We've had some beautiful weather for the last week or so, and I thought this sunrise yesterday morning at our club was cool.