— Golf for NutsWhat a week we had. A total of nearly 1500 balls between all of us. Glad I still have my arms hanging from the sockets. Golfnick has been most impressed by the improvements of these guys. Kudos to all of you. However I must admit, ole olaf may not have the proper qualification for guiding these newbies but I think we are on the right track. Here are some of my views on how we can improve them from hence…
Olaf has been nursing a back injury for the past 4 months now. It’s not really as bad as it sounds but it is a really big annoyance. But the time has finally arrived for Olaf to rejoin the lush greens. Having spent a few sessions with the golfer’s meet in the driving range with my fellow beginners, seems Olaf has learned more from them than vice versa. My first round and in the very first tee, a par four 380 meter. Being very careful not to hurt my back (and my pride), I swung very smoothly and wow! A two hundred and twenty meter drive! I must be dreaming but no, it was still there! I’m back and with a vengeance!
It has been said by many a wise golfer that there are two sides to the game of golf. Is there? I had always thought that there had only been one invented by the Scots. But No! That wasn’t the point that these wise golfers were talking about. It is more towards the “physical” side and the “mental” side of golf. Olaf, never one of the intellectuals of any games (to start with) had a look at this “mental” side from his angle and bought a book called “Golf is a game of confidence” by Dr. Bob Rotella. It has been a good read thus far and helps me to understand why Olaf has never been able to break 90 in a round.
Who doesn’t love the big “easy”? The big giant golfer from South Africa with his quiet demeanor and almost effortless swing has golfers around the globe mesmerized. Every time he plays, a good amount of his fans are quietly waiting to see his name atop the leader board. But sadly, it hasn’t happened for the past two years. Reason being, he was held back with a knee injury and out for about ½ a season.
Golfnick has recently been busy helping to bring up the numbers of golfers into the world. And in the future posts, we hope to bring forth to our viewers the very own diaries of these individuals. Each coming from a different background and most of them have never held a club until our very own golf meet a fortnight ago. Please note that all of them share only a common interest, they are all bloggers! Let’s introduce them as well as what Olaf thinks each have to do to improve their swing:
Olaf has started in only a handful of charitable tournaments thus far. But the experience that he has been getting from fellow tournament go getters has given him invaluable advise, for future ones. This list is never complete as each person or professional will always prepare differently, based on their own needs. But if you are a newbie in this area, check out these things which I find are very useful.
No wonder Golfnick gave this man the top marks at our recent post as the man to challenge Tiger Woods for his No. 1 spot. His short game was tremendous! Phil had made shots out of nowhere even he was staring at big numbers. His scrambling ability was nothing short of miraculous. And the most apparent improvement came from his once suspect long game (especially his driver). I wonder who is laughing louder, Phil or Butch Harmon (his new swing coach). Can we credit at least 30% of this success to Butch? This man has already proven his worth with (who else!) Tiger, Olazabal, Adam Scott and former great Greg Norman. But let’s not take the full credit away from Phil, who has been knocking at the door for too many a year now.