PALM COAST, Fla. -- Successful executives make business presentations, quite possibly, as often as they golf. These same executives will tell you that to make a convincing presentation, they do a great deal of preparation, practice what they are going to say, and prepare a plan for how to handle unexpected questions. They would never walk into an important meeting with just a good night sleep and a healthy breakfast and expect to ace their presentation. Yet these same execs will do just this - weekend after weekend at the golf course. Before their car has even cooled down, they are on the first tee ready to tackle 18 holes like Tiger Woods. It’s a good thing they don’t handle business like they do golf, or they wouldn’t be able to afford that new set of clubs they bought at the beginning of the season.
“I wish I could handle my golf game with the same poise as I do in my business presentations. If I knew how to do that, I’d play like Tiger and Annika. I don’t have the time to practice during the week and I just want to have some fun when the weekend comes around, but at the same time, I don’t want to embarrass myself out there,” says Joe, the Typical Weekend Golfer.
Many executives would agree with ‘Joe.’ Yet, even if you do not have the time during the week to prepare for your golf game, each golfer can and should develop a ‘PLAN.’ Marc Solomon, the PGA professional who created Golf Made Simple, helps businessmen struggling with this golf challenge every week.
“We help business executives play socially acceptable golf,” says Solomon.
Why Golf Made Simple ‘Works:’
“Week after week we work with weekend golfers like Joe, who don’t have the time that it takes to really perfect their golf games. Golf is an essential part of their business and personal lives. Executives don’t want to struggle on the golf course in front of their colleagues. Each golfer has a sense of pride, we all want to be capable players. Even when golf is a chance to relax on the weekends, no one wants to struggle through a frustrating round. This is why I created Golf Made Simple,” says Solomon.
Make a Plan:
Solomon believes that a golfer should always play to his strengths and practice his weaknesses. Solomon shows his golf students how to take a few seconds before each shot to reflect and strategize a game plan.
“If golfers can learn how to PLAN and execute their game as well as they prepare for a difficult business meeting, they can increase their accuracy,consistency and most of all, their enjoyment of the game—without spending countless hours practicing with their local golf pro,” says Solomon.
CEO’s of billion dollar companies have precise finely-tuned business plans that they use to run their corporations. Yet these same brilliant businessmen go to the golf course and play shot by shot. Golf Made Simple emphasizes that if you PLAN on the golf course like you PLAN for your business, your game will be more successful and enjoyable.
A Golfer Must Be His Own Boss:
Most golfers like the sport of golf because it is solitary- your successes and failures are yours alone. Golf Made Simple teaches their students the importance of golfers ‘being their own boss’ on the course. Unlike many other sports, your coach or instructor can not play by your side when you go out for your corporate outing. You can’t bring a video or laser tool with you on the course; these high tech gimmicks are useless for real life application. Golf Made Simple emphasizes a lo-tech method.
“We teach golfers how to analyze and understand their golf game so that when they do hit a bad shot, they can correct what they did wrong before their next shot. We teach these executives that it’s alright to hit a bad shot (even in front of a big client) –Tiger Woods hits bad shots every round of golf in front of millions of people. The key is not to hit two bad shots in a row. So we help them to understand their swing and how to correct it before they have to hit again,” says Solomon. Golf Made Simple helps businessmen to have as much confidence on the golf course, as they do in the boardroom.
It’s Simple:
The philosophy of Golf Made Simple is what you would expect- simple. Prior to Golf Made Simple, most golfers have 13 different swings for the 13 woods and irons in their bag, which is complicated to keep consistent. When each Golf Made Simple student returns home to practice the skills they learned on the course, they have one swing for those same 13 clubs. “92% of golfers who come to Golf Made Simple looking to break 90 for the first time have been successful in reaching their goal!”
The nationally recognized PGA professional Marc Solomon leads four person classes for a customized experience. Students can take 3, 5 and 7-day classes in St. Augustine, FL, Amelia Island, FL and Santa Barbara, CA. Their Instructor For Life program guarantees that each student can always contact their instructor for free customized advice, tips, drills and exercises - for life. It’s Golf Made Simple.
For more information, visit www.GolfMadeSimple.com.
