Best peice of advice I ever got

[justhitthething]

I played a 3 handicapper one day. I was playing reasonably well but on about the sixth hole I hit an awful shot that went straight right out of bounds. I asked him what did i do wrong there. His responce
'why do you want to know? Are you planning on doing it again?'
Effectively he was saying stop concentrating on the negatives. remember what you did when you hit a good shot and forget what you did when you hit a bad one.
My game and my enjoyment of it has improved dramatically since I started to play to that ethos.

Has anyone else recieved any really memorable pearls of wisdom?

 

[stevek1969]

Got one tonight from my mate he plays of 2 he said give up your rank rotten.
No honestly he said to enjoy it and not to get ahead of yourself ,thinking i need to pars to have a good score.Just let it happen and not worry about it

 

[viscount17]

five words,

'you can't play yesterdays game'

 

[bobmac]

five words,

'you can't play yesterdays game'

But you can talk it

 

[USER1999]

Endlessly.

 

[need_my_wedge]

the pro at my club told me, after a bad shot, walk tall, breath slow and live in the now. i.e. forget what just happened, you can't change it, only the next shot is important.

Was playing a mare of a round last night. Walking up to the green on the 14th par 3. I'd already been in the deep rough off the green and hacked it out for 3 and still not made the green. Suddenly remembered the advice, stepped up and sunk 20 ft putt from off the green to make a 4.

Gonna have to remember that tomorrow and Saturday when I play the 2010 at Celtic Manor.

 

[CVG]

I was playing with a single figure handicapper a few years ago, this lad could hit 300 yard drives, get back spin off almost any club he hit etc etc it was depressing me....

I mentioned how I felt after about 6 holes and he said the following, "don't get down it's on a simple game, just look down the fairway, that marker down there is 150 yards from the green all you have to do is get the ball there somehow, you know you can get on the green from there, then a couple of putts and it's in the hole. Simple!"

I took that to mean, play your own game don't try and copy anybody else, if you can't hit a ball 300 yards why bother to try, you're more likely to screw up your score.

I enjoy playing much more since I got those thoughts in my head.

 

[Macster]

Played a few holes years ago with a 9 H/Capper, and after watching my ball run off nearly every green, he asked what kind of ball I was playing with ?
I hadnt a clue.

He dug around in my bag for a 'wound' ball, ie Balata/ProV or whatever it was, and solved my problems almost immediately, the difference in the ball staying on the green was remarkable.

*Simples*

 

[CrapHacker]

Dunno about the 'best' bit of advice, but I was told years ago to walk the fairways briskly, keep your head up and chest out no matter how bad you are playing, and swing your arms as much as possible.

The idea being that a) you're maximising the exercise that you're taking, and b) if you always act the same, even if your mind is having a crap day, your body won't realise and you won't carry you bad shots forward with you.

He didn't say forget your bad shots, coz that's not always easy, but to immediately put a positive image in your head be it golf related, or just the view, or a cute bird, herd of cows, etc - keeps the positive vibe going.

 

[USER1999]

I think I would feel a right pillock swinging my arms like a windmill.

 

[Meady]

I thought the advice might have been how to spell 'piece'!

 

[PeterPumpkinEater]

"Try not to knock the skin off the ball"

 

[freddielong]

five words,

'you can't play yesterdays game'

really like this one and the one on the OP very good advice

 

[simplyme]

One of my friends is a pro, having a bad day in the wind and he just said "When it's breezy, swing easy".

I actually apply that to all shots now, it's made the world of difference.

 

[justhitthething]

I thought the advice might have been how to spell 'piece'!

Fair shout. Second best piece of advice I ever got was i before e except after c. Trouble is I can never remember it when the pressures on.

 

[Faldo_Fan]

"Give up the Game....somethings are not meant to be"

And the other one was -

"Ohh did that hurt?"

 

[JustOne]

Best piece of advice I ever got (pertaining to golf) was watching my own swing on video last year.

 

[Brendan]

My Favourite is

"you may hit a provisional"

 

[Smiffy]

If you are ironing a new black polo shirt, always iron it from the inside or else it will go all shiney in places you don't want it to

 

[bobmac]

You may be 150 to the middle but your 170 to the back.
Where are all the bunkers?