How did my golf game go today?

Personally, I thought I did pretty badly. Why? My pre-occupied mind….Troubled, when it shouldn’t be…Many thoughts flowing or stuck in a rut…One lesson from a novice golfer like myself, leave your troubles off the green, your game will be for the better. Golf really really cannot do without focus, concentration, patience and bit of self confidence..

Today, balls are flying all over the range…Left, Right Center…Mishit, etc..Really cannot go to the range with a mind like mine today..But luckily the last ten balls, I managed to convince myself to throw whatever disturbing thoughts off my mind and truly focus on hitting the ball…yes, I managed a clean hit in all ten balls, with 120m using a no.7 iron….Prove: Concentrate and Focus is truly important in a golf game…..

Okay, I guess probably I have hit a plateau…I probably need a break before I head back to the green again.

Summarising:

1. Grip must be soft..In the past, I simply held on too tight. Cardinal Sin!
2. Relax…Rome wasn’t built in a day, so I must be patient to get my swing in order 1st before I go for distance. Today, I managed 120m on no.7 Iron but it is not consistent. Consistency is more important than distance.

Well, nothing in this world is impossible, it all depends on how much u desire that result, that object, etc. Someone once said, anything and everything can be done, it all depends if you can pay the price, whether that object of desire is worth it or not…That said, it doesn’t mean that I work my balls off on my golf game, I will become Vijay Singh, Tiger Woods..Working hard probably won’t bring me there…but perhaps working smart will..but is it worth the price? I don’t think I am that passionate yet…though I must admit it is growing on me all the time. I long to hit that perfect swing that will send the ball flying…..> Keep the faith! Not forget practising!

This applies to my life too. There are certain objects of desire in my life, that I truly desire, like that long awaited to Tibet trip, dive trip to Palau…definitely achieveable with hard work and savings…and yes, work hard I will and smart my working style will be…..yet there are things/objectives that cannot be met with sheer hardwork… will bitch about that in due time..when I am back from my trip again…perhaps there is no need to bitch as it is quite pointless to bitch also…

Started my golf lesson…long last….

Plenty to blog(bitch) about. First and foremost, whatever I know about the golf swing is all wrong. I mean over the past few months, where I have been observing folks hitting their ball…trying to learn golf thru observation doesn’t really work. Okay, this is what will happen when you are the driving range, you observe that a certain guy’s swing allow him to hit the ball to such and such a distance..You will try to adapt..maybe it is the way how he locks his elbows, the way he stands, the way he bend his knees….okay, I mean I will try to adapt it into my swing…wrong wrong…as a result of monkey see, monkey do, monkey learn…my swing is totally wrong…..

Been swinging too hard….Golf is really a game of less force as Uncle Ivan told me a few months back when I inherited his golf set, which is the reason why I am into golf now… amongst host of other reasons…

Mathi(My Golf Coach) suggest that if I don’t change my stance, it is a waste of money and time for me…true..

This brings me to another point, a few weeks back I told my friend about my plans to start golf lessons, he said why don’t you buy a book to learn, hell, I have golf book, magazines, etc but honestly what I learnt in one hour today…really changes my game and I do not think I am smart enough to pick that out from books….besides taking up a course does allow me to meet new people, network, etc…So why not? There are certain money can’t buy though, that’s the human touch…*giak giak*

Now back to lesson #1

Lesson #1

1. Stance
2. The Proper way of holding a club( 3 ways actually)
3. The proper posture
4. The anatomy of a proper swing(Left hand to push up the club up and the right hand to push the club thru, cleanly of course)
5. Hitting the ball, etc

After one & half hour, managed to hit the ball properly, flight path of the ball is better than ever before and the impact of the hit never felt this good. Am I hooked? I guess so…I mean for the 1st time I took up the golf club and can get the ball flying with the least effort ever…

And yet, Mathi warns that we shouldn’t go our own practise, case we revert back to our bad habits again…

Sigh, I must unlearn what I learnt thru observation of others on the golf driving range…Wish me well in lesson #2