| The secret to great golf is actually not a secret. The | | | | management, mental golf, short game mastery, and |
| only component of great golf is a game that is | | | | how to practice. The next time you go to a PGA |
| centered on a sound and fundamental principle. The | | | | Tour event, watch what "most" of the players are |
| golfers that excel and defeat others are the ones | | | | working on. |
| that have mastered the fundamentals of golf. Such | | | | After an hour or so of observing the to golfers, one |
| golfers don't err in the sense that they avoid careless | | | | will find that their secrets for success are really their |
| mistakes and they always do the required such as | | | | short game excellence and the strenuous golf course |
| hitting easy putts that some miss due to a lack of | | | | strategy they execute. Tiger Woods without his |
| focus or a burden of pressure. The best golfers are | | | | strategic and mental skills would be a fairly successful |
| not always the ones that have the longest drives, | | | | low handicap golfer. A great accomplished and |
| the prettiest set up and swings, or the best clothing | | | | famous golfer, such as Tiger Woods, may lack a |
| attire, but rather the ones that follow the strict | | | | perfect golf swing but may still be the world's best |
| regiment of rules rather than deviate. | | | | and highest ranked player and may probably go on to |
| Golf fundamentals, the swing plane, and the | | | | win many tournaments. Tiger has rebuilt his golf |
| sequence of motion in the golf swing are only the tip | | | | swing three times since joining the Tour. He may not |
| of the iceberg. We all remember from science | | | | have been consistent, but he found a way to adjust |
| lessons back in middle school that the tip of the | | | | consistently, offsetting any previous faults he may |
| iceberg represents between 15 and 20 percent of its | | | | have. |
| total size. This is the same case with golf, as the | | | | During those rebuilding efforts his swing was |
| sport is much more detailed and intricate than it may | | | | marginally effective, by his standards, but he |
| appear. This sport is much more than a ball being | | | | continued to win because he has superior strategic |
| struck by a club into a hole. | | | | and mental skills. That skill set of his is just an added |
| There are so many aspects to golf, and that is why | | | | bonus to the mastery he has in fundamentals. The |
| the golfers that are fundamentally sound actually | | | | fundamentals of golf teach one how to perform to |
| have a distinct and clear advantage over other | | | | the best of their abilities depending on whatever |
| golfers that have elementary knowledge of the | | | | situation they are in. Therefore, Mr. Woods' |
| game. Golf's great champions all know that pursuing a | | | | excellence in this area makes him a cut above the |
| perfect swing is a waste of time. They invest most | | | | rest. By learning this analogy of Tiger Woods and his |
| of their time, energy, and talent learning how to play | | | | excellence in fundamentals, many young golfers may |
| the game which includes; golf strategy, course | | | | hopefully follow suit. |