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.
I put myself into many tournaments. Sometimes I did pretty well, sometimes I stunk. But one thing no good golfer can be lacking in, is determination. This is a must-have quality for any golfer. A friend of mine made me a loan of his best golf instruction book which I soaked up and memorized, and put into action. I made many parts of that book a permanent addition to my game. But something was still missing.
I felt inside that whatever I was searching for, would give me that extra needed edge. A new vein of confidence that just was not there. In my mind I was almost obsessed with it, trying to bring it to the front of my brain where I could finally see it, and add it in with all my other knowledge, and be the golfer I desired to be. I played the toughest courses, in order to gain skills some others may lack.
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.
Days passed, and tournaments passed, and still my game was average. I made up my mind I would stop trying to figure it out, and let my mind rest and stop being troubled. I wanted to let go. I went out on my porch one day, and I watched as some children were playing in yard next door. A light came on in my head, and I knew I had found the missing piece to the puzzle. Simple, yet powerful.
They reminded me of when I was a little boy, and the kids I played with. We always had a lucky charm of some sort with us. I watched them making their wishes, and I knew then exactly what the missing ingredient was. It was belief. I went to a tournament the very next day, and before I hit the first ball, I raised my rhodium plated wedding ring up to my lips, gave it a kiss, and turned in the best performance of my career.
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