Peerless Golf

Achieving a lower golf handicap is really easy. How can I say that? Because if you follow this blog on a regular basis and put some effort into your game, you will have all the tools you need.

But before we get into my top 10 posts from 2011, Happy New Year! I truly hope that you read this blog more and more over this coming year as it will only increase your chances of shooting lower scores.

If your a new visitor then this post will help you get up to speed as it’s the best of the best. This blog is much different from all the other blogs on the internet. Why? Simply because I mostly talk about the mental game, short game and course management. From my own personal experience teaching players for the last seven years and playing the game for over 20, you will lower your handicap the fastest by focusing on those three areas. You will find the odd post on the swing but not often.

These are some of the best golf shots in 2011. Instead of just listing the best, I thought it would be better to post what I think were the clutchest ones. Ranking them was tough but I tried to do so based on difficultly, significance of the event and moment during the round the shot occurred.

I would highly suggest reading this book if you’re looking for golf books for beginners. It will give you a better understanding about the game why so many people get hooked on it. Many people have a hard time doing understanding why so many golf this sport.

Originally I started up a blog called Beyond The Score. The concept was to focus on the reasons why we play the game and not so much. With a short period of time I found some great books that talked about these concepts.

So you’ve come here to learn how to cure the shanks in golf. Awesome! I have helped lots of players deal with this problem many times so have to fear, the shank curer is here!

The dreaded “s” word is something just about every golfer has encountered at some point either on the range or on the course. A shank is where the ball hits the hozel of our club and fly’s very low and dead away from our bodies.

This post on proper golf course strategy gave birth while I was thinking about adding onto my post on Royal Melbourne earlier in the week. But I discovered that I was coming up with a notable lesson on the importance of managing ones game around the golf course.

Conditions at the Presidents Cup exemplified what Australian Sandbelt golf is all about. Everything was firm which made the course play fast. The fairways were very wide and the greens were large. But players said all week how hard the course played. Sure they had some rain and lots of wind but those weren’t the major reasons why the course was difficult. On a side note, wasn’t it fun to see those guys play in the wind and rain for once! Outside of the final round at the Open Championship, there weren’t a lot tough conditions the pro’s faced this year.

Although the US team took it to the Internationals from day 1 of the competition, it is in my opinion that Royal Melbourne Presidents Cup course and golf course architecture (GCA) were the real winners this week. Royal Melbourne has been one of the courses I have wanted to play since taking a deep interest in architecture four years ago.

Given the fact that the time difference worked out perfectly this year, I’m not sure how I missed watching the 1998 Cup matches played the same venue. I can remember watching every Ryder Cup, Presidents Cup and major since 1996 but have no idea why I didn’t see any of the ‘98 matches. Obviously this past week’s Presidents Cup was going to garner more attention from me based on the battle field and not so much the combatants.

This post will help you with the problem of how to keep your head down in golf and breaking concentration during the swing. From now on I want you to keep your eye on a dimple and not the entire golf ball.

When you think about it, it’s not hard. In fact, the golf swing is a mere two seconds in duration. At the worst you have to concentrate for a whole 140-220 seconds per round depending on what you shoot. See what I mean by saying it’s not hard to focus the mind during a round?

What else is there to do in Scotland besides play amazing golf courses and go on distillery tours?! Nothing. It’s a good thing we at Peerless Golf do both!

Scotland – It’s All About the Whiskey!

Today’s post is about a good friend of mine and how to avoid negative people by ignoring those who question what you are doing in life. Whether its golf or work, learn to blank out and even disassociate from those who want to drag you down to their level of mediocrity.

Do you wonder how many golf calories you burn? Often times when I’m out on the course I forget about the psychical benefits of playing this great sport. Growing up I was never considered an athlete because golf was not a sport as there was no endurance. Anyone who has played this game and walked a full round can contest that it does take energy out of you.

Just how much though compared to the other sports?

Dale Shaw will answer that. He’s a guest author to the blog so be nice!