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Archives for: January 2009

Who Do You Play Golf For?

Tuesday January 27, 2009 | 03:23:14 pm 1408 words, 11232 views  
As we were looking through Golf Improvement Weekly archives for a quote of the week, we came across a Classic GIW from 2006. As we read it – we couldn’t stop laughing at how true it is. So we want to present this GIW to you to read. This truly is a classic! Who do you play for on the golf course? Or let me put it another way - When you’re on the golf course, are you ever worried what other people are thinking about your golf swing or your game? The Monkey is more worried about ...

Scoring 81

Tuesday January 20, 2009 | 12:36:26 pm 1383 words, 10531 views  
Congratulations to Brian Vranesh. Who’s Brian Vranesh? He’s Mr. 81 on the PGA Tour this year! What’s Mr. 81? He’s the first Player on the PGA Tour this year to score above 80. Now this isn’t to make fun of or ridicule Vranesh – this is just to show that even people who play golf for a living can have a “bad” round. Yet a “bad” score for Mr. Vranesh might actually be a great round for you. As GMS is a big believer in using a Result Based Approach to help Golfers improve – and the results of our Golfers ...

How To Overcome Your Bad Golf Shots

Wednesday January 14, 2009 | 04:48:07 pm 1376 words, 10557 views  
What’s the hardest thing in golf? While you may ask eight different Golfers that question - you may receive eight different answers. Yet, the one answer that will always be in their Top 2 will be … “Moving onto the next shot after a bad shot.” Hitting a terrible golf shot might be the most frustrating aspect of playing golf - however, it’s something that every Golfer will experience at least once a round. So although you don’t want to have the mindset that you’re expecting to hit a bad shot - you shouldn’t be surprised when it does happen. Yet, ...

Your Golf Game In 2009

Tuesday January 6, 2009 | 02:44:18 pm 854 words, 10159 views  
Your Golf Game In 2009 So 2009 is going to be the year you finally commit more time to your golf game. This is the year that you’re going to commit more time to your golf game. 2008 was a rough year for a lot of people and as you look back at it – you wonder: “Why didn’t I spend more time working on my golf game at home before the golf season started?” As it does every year around October or November - golf season came to a close, cooler temperatures started showing up on the thermometer, the winds started ...

Why Henry Hates Golf - The Conclusion

Friday January 2, 2009 | 09:40:17 am 1038 words, 9549 views  
If you have not read Part I or II of ‘Why Henry Hates Golf’, you may be asking yourself “Who is Henry?” Henry is a frustrated Golfer and is in need of some helpful advice about the game of golf. If you missed Part I or II and would like to read how we got to this point, email InstructorForLife@GolfMadeSimple.com, type ‘Why Henry Hates Golf’ in the subject line and we’ll email you the first two parts. So we left off last week’s ‘Why Henry Hates Golf’ speaking about how to get the golf ball up in the air. The common ...

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