The Secret To My Golf Game

March 12th, 2010 by articles

All us newcomers to the game of golf love to get tips from people who are more experienced. I myself can sit for hours and listen to people talk about the techniques the used to improve their game. I too have tried a great many things in the quest for this better game, and I finally realize, that only one point holds true in regards to golf.

But even with all these tips, I felt I was missing something. In my gut I knew that something was out there that I needed, but I could not figure out what it was. I tried just about everything I read about or anybody would share with me to improve my game. I even enlisted some personal training in order to find my way and feel like I was as competitive as anybody else.

The feeling of lacking something began to take me over. I tried to put my finger on it, but my mind could not come up with what it was. I entered a lot of different tournaments, and in some showed well, and in others tanked out. My game seemed to be stuck where it was. An understanding friend loaned his best golf instruction book to me, and I eagerly read it through and added some of the strategies to my game. I still had that lacking feeling.

Deep inside, it was like I knew if I ever found what it was, I would be in full swing and on top of my game. I just knew that I would have a newfound confidence that seemed to allude me at this time. If only I could put my finger on the missing ingredient. I purposely played really tough courses, hoping to stumble onto something that would suddenly make my game over. But it was no use.

I had to face the fact that maybe my game was just as good as it would ever be. I had ups and downs and began to feel really stale and losing heart. My level of skill was flat and I had no ideas how to improve. I would stay awake at night with that gut-wrenching feeling, and wonder why I felt I was so close, but could never find it. But it never showed, and I thought I was stuck where I was.

Finally, I decided just to let it go. Forget this thing that nagged me day in and day out. The days passed as I tried to push it out of my mind. I was tired of being troubled about it all the time. I went out on the porch one day to read my paper on the swing. I saw some little children in the next yard playing. They had dug up a pretty blue marble from the ground, and they were all excited about finding it. Then, they took turns holding it and making wishes while they held it. A light came on suddenly in my brain.

The kids were making wishes on a little blue marble they had found in the dirt. And it made me realize, that even from our childhood, we all believed in good luck charms, and I had left that out of my game. At the next tournament, before I teed off, I kissed my rhodium plated wedding ring, and golfed my best score in all my years of golfing. So simple, so powerful - Belief.