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Have Confidence and Enjoy Golf

November 19, 2007 | under General Golf, Golf Fitness |

Having confidence in yourself is of utmost importance in golf, and practically everywhere else in life as well. How you feel about yourself as a person will carry over into the quality of your game and the enjoyment you seek, or lack thereof. I have seen dozens of golfers increase their overall score and personal happiness with the slightest awareness and increase in their personal attitude and how they valued themselves.

There are of course many other importance factors in helping you become a better golfer and also experience fun and enjoyment in the game.  Other factors can be patience, fitness, practise and even golf equipments. Personally, I think the most important aspect of golf that will help you become a skilled golfer, while at the same time having as much fun as possible is: Confidence.

Increased confidence for the golf game does not stop at your individual self. The next type of confidence would be considered performance-oriented. Let’s be honest here, you can love yourself until the cows come home and still be insecure about your swing on the course.   It is all in the mind.

If you have very little confidence in your ability to play the game then you will not perform well, plain and simple.  And if you do not perform well then, you guessed it, you will leave the course feeling frustrated and angry.

Typically for beginners, when faced with a water hazard, for example, the mind will be focused on overcoming the water hazard when performing the golf swing.  This is a sign of lack of confidence.  Well, you know what happened next….  With confidence, the only focus would be picking a landing zone for your shot and play as if the water hazard is not there.

Normally, golfers play better when they dont think so much.  Pick a spot and hit the ball towards the spot.  Being too conscious or too stressed over a golf shot is not going to make a good golf shot.  Being relax does.

Your confidence levels can be adjusted and worked on step-by-step. With larger personal issues and how you feel about yourself as a person, improvement can take as little as a week or as long as a lifetime.

Low self-esteem levels can be many layers deep and uncovering them far outweighs the scope of this article. However, in terms of performance confidence on the golf course, there are definitely some universal steps which all of us can benefit from.

The most important element to understand, and get through your head, is that golf does not define your life. This sport develops over time.  If you decide that you will only be happy when you become “better” at playing golf, then this happiness will elude you. You will end up chasing it for years.

True joy when playing golf comes by having fun and accepting the fact that golf is a lifelong journey, never a destination. Let me repeat that: Golf is a lifelong journey, never a destination. Write it down, live it, and watch your personal happiness increase along with your golf game.  Especially weekend golfers, like myself… I keep telling myself “why stress over golf ?  have fun.”  This is when I enjoy golf the most… .FUN.

So, have a fun game of golf to relax and rejuvenate.

Cheers

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  4. learn golf on November 29, 2007 4:38 pm

    To start a work first we need to have confidence in ourself that we should complete this job at any cost.Golfers really need that before entering the ground.Golf should be taken in a sportive way,i agree to your point golf is only for having fun.If we think we are getting worse in game its better to quit the game instead of spending the whole life on it.
    To master an art there are some rules which are to be followed while playing this makes learning easy and will have a grip on the golf and will be able to analyze the situation correctly.

  5. Malaga Golf on July 2, 2008 9:20 pm

    I agree, Golf should be taken in a sportive way,I agree on your point golf is only for having fun.If we think we are getting worse in game it’s better to quit the game instead of spending the whole life on it.

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