| ne awkward shot ever thrown you off your | | | | mind that the ball is going to have contact with |
| entire game? Do you know the kind I mean? A | | | | the club head for several inches through my |
| shot that throws you so off balance you take it | | | | swing. |
| into the next shot, and the shot after that, until | | | | After a few practice swings I judge what |
| you've made a complete mess of your | | | | relationship my feet should have with the line and |
| scorecard? | | | | I find a comfortable stance - then relax. |
| The kind of shot that has you begging for golf | | | | Relaxed focus and attitude are keys to golf |
| instruction from your golf equipment supply guy? | | | | success. |
| Here is a great way to discover the scoring | | | | When you try this, first be aware of any |
| opportunities hidden in every one of those | | | | problems you may encounter keeping your |
| awkward shots and how you can gain the | | | | balance. Shift if necessary until you find a |
| edge-up on your opponents who are not aware | | | | comfortable position where there is no tension in |
| of what I'm about to tell you. | | | | your swing. Keep from swaying as you are about |
| Please forget about your swing for one moment | | | | to the hit the ball, but stay loose. |
| and burn this piece of golf instruction made simple | | | | I free my muscles and focus my mind on |
| into your brain. | | | | swinging my Callaway golf club smoothly. Thumbs |
| Golf is a mind set. | | | | down keeps my relaxed focus as I address the |
| It is cerebral. It is a thought process. Of course a | | | | ball, which enables me to stay square on impact. |
| little good luck never hurts, but, to achieve the | | | | Remember, if you are fidgety when you address |
| advantage of that winning mind set, you have to | | | | the ball, you are not going to achieve relaxed |
| acquire an attitude that is becoming of relaxed | | | | focus. This is not a time to be thinking of golf |
| focus. | | | | instruction from your golf equipment supply guy. |
| Use whichever attitude works best for you to | | | | It is a time to keep your feet still and make sure |
| gain that winning mind set and get ready to lower | | | | you see the ball from the beginning of your swing |
| your score and add 20 yards to every club in | | | | through the end. An awkward shot demands |
| your bag - except your putters of course. | | | | relaxed focus. |
| Now, for me, it's a little secret I call my thumbs | | | | This will be your edge-up on opponents. |
| down attitude - which is perhaps a story for | | | | You really can discover the scoring opportunity |
| another day - and my Callaway golf attitude. If | | | | hidden in every awkward shot. Just remember |
| I'm swinging what the best in the game swing, | | | | that a relaxed golfer is a focused golfer and a |
| my attitude toward my game improves. | | | | focused golfer usually scores lowest. |
| When I'm faced with one of those awkward | | | | Don't let the awkward shots beat you. Relax and |
| shots, I think it through. I put on my Callaway golf | | | | think them through. Maintain the edge-up on your |
| and thumbs down game face, and I focus. | | | | opponents and you'll beat them every time. |
| I see myself swinging true. I see myself keeping | | | | That's what I did today, despite the rain and 30 |
| my balance and my head from moving, then... | | | | mph wind gusts. |
| I see the line my Callaway golf club must travel. I | | | | Now, there is some "golf instruction made simple" |
| set up my shot by considering where the club | | | | worth sharing with my golf equipment supply guy: |
| head is in relation to where it needs to be for the | | | | my focus from relaxation and my attitude from |
| greatest distance and accuracy. And I keep in | | | | Callaway golf and thumbs down. |