Dependency On Results

It's good to care about how you're playing because that's what makes golf fun, but there comes a point where you care too much or you care about the wrong things. Playing to impress people counts as one of those things. I would call this "ego golf".

You know you're an ego-golfer when your happiness hinges on your success on the golf course. When the good shots provide emotional highs and the bad shots make you feel depressed. A simple round of golf can be an emotional roller coaster for the serious ego-golfer. If you find that your good shots make you feel the desire to snap your clubs and throw them into the nearest pond then the diagnosis is coming out positive for ego golf. But you know you've really got it bad if you lie awake the night before a tournament worrying about your performance. (That has been me at times).

Other signs of the ego-golfer include bragging about your achievements and making excuses for your failures. And anything that involves straining to hit the ball further than your playing partners for no reason other than to see the look of awe on their face and know that you are more of a man than them. Alright, I still enjoy that one, but hell who's perfect ;).

The irony, the bitter irony, of this whole situation is that being an ego golfer makes you play worse. It's utterly self defeating. You get tense, nervous, sometimes euphoric and sometimes angry and make a lot of bad decisions. And golf really isn't much fun any more because as we all know golf has a nasty way of knocking you down one way or another.

Fortunately there is a definitive test to determine whether you are an ego golfer, which happens to be the cure as well.

Here's what you're going to do:

It is incredibly easy. You are going to play a really bad round of golf. Intentionally.

If a normal round for you is 80 then go out and take 100. If you're normal round is 90, aim for 110... go crazy and shoot 120, you get the idea. The whole point of this is to play about as well as the average baboon on ecstasy and have your playing partners believe that you are really trying.

A golfer who has no desire to impress anybody will probably find this an amusing thing to do, but overall it won't be a big deal at all. Maybe even a bit pointless.

However for an ego golfer this could be a huge epiphany. It can completely destroy the mindset of trying to impress other people. To intentionally play badly in front of others is the ego's worst nightmare, right? Topping the ball off the first tee in front of a large crowd. But soon you'll realise that nothing bad happens at all when you do this. Playing badly does not hurt you. The worst that can happen to you is people will playfully joke about it with you and that's just fun. In fact, you'll probably have a great time without the pressure of needing to impress people.

The key to this process helping is to make it seem believable to other people. If they find out what you are up to the whole thing will be ruined. Your acting must be on top form. If somebody mentions how badly you are playing appear to be distressed and be all like, "Yeah, I don't know what's wrong with me." If your ego forces you to tell someone well then you'll just have to do it again!

If you're feeling conservative just do this on a practice round but it's most effective to do it in a competition and completely screw up. Get the dreaded point one on your handicap. The most bold amongst you will do it whilst playing foursomes when the need to impress is highest. NOTE: www.goodatgolf.com will not be held responsible for any bloody noses inflicted by your partner's fist after you have hit two of his brand new ProV1's out of bounds, followed by lipping out from 4 inches for birdie after he has hit the best approach shot of his life.

But seriously, try this out. If you're scared all I have to say to you is you must be an ego-golfer, otherwise you wouldn't care! That's right I have you now, mwahahaha. Meh.

Happy hacking to one and all.

Fraser Hasell is the owner of www.goodatgolf.com.

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Golf Swing - Top Tips

Many golfers are looking for way in which they game improve their game so that they no longer end up just hacking around the course. Certainly if you are considering learning to play golf or have just taken it up you will soon find out what a difficult game this is to master. plus like many others unless you are one of the worlds top professionals will not have enough time to spare to spend practicing in order to help your game to be improved significantly. However in this article we are going to provide you with some golf swing top tips which should help in some way to improving the way you play the game of golf.

one of the best tips we can give you when it comes to playing the game of golf and making improvements to your swing is by visualizing where it is you would like the ball to land after you have hit it. It is important that you approach this and any other game with a positive attitude and keep affirming to yourself that you can play great golf and this should then help with increasing your confidence levels in the way you play the game.

When it comes to actually swinging the club try to use the muscles in your legs and torso as much as possible. As you get into the back swing position you need to be rotating to the right and therefore your weight should then be shifting towards the right side of your body. At the same time both your shoulders and pelvis should be twisting and the arms should be raised with the elbows and wrists being flexed. As soon as your hands have been raised above the right shoulder you should then check to see which way the club is pointing. If you have carried out this move correctly the club should being pointing in the direction that you hopefully want the ball to go to when it is hit.

Another one of the golf swing top tips that you should consider using if you want to improve your golf swing and so the speed and accuracy at which the golf ball is hit is through using a golf swing aid. These are ideal for golfers whether they are just novices or have been playing for some time. The best place to learn more about the various different ones available is by taking a look in various golf magazines. Often they will have carried out a test of all the latest devices and these would have been carried out by experienced golfers. So it will certainly be much easier to choose the right kind of aid that is going to help you with improving your game.

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