| As I give more and more golf lessons, it amazes | | | | remember what we were thinking or working on |
| me how much money people will spend with me | | | | to make the ball react the way we wanted. By |
| and as soon as they leave it is like the golf lesson | | | | keeping a golf journal, you can jot it down as it |
| never happened! | | | | happens or after your practice session. |
| I suggest to all of my students to keep a golf | | | | Whether you take lessons or not, it is important |
| journal. With a golf journal, we can get together | | | | to keep a golf journal or a small notebook (less |
| at the end of the lesson and discuss what their | | | | than a dollar) with you when you practice or play. |
| homework will be until the next golf lesson. The | | | | It is important to note the flight of the golf balls. |
| challenge for me is that less than 5% of my | | | | Do they start by flying to the left or right? Once |
| students do this and then wonder why they are | | | | they get to the top of their flight do they topple |
| not progressing as fast as they would like. | | | | forward or to the left or right? What about the |
| I have attempted to emphasize how important | | | | trajectory of your golf shots? Are they too low, |
| this is by bringing a clip board with a lesson sheet | | | | or too high? Eventually after a couple of rounds |
| on it. I keep notes on it throughout the lesson for | | | | of golf, you will start to see tendencies. If you do |
| myself as well as for the student. After the | | | | take lessons, this will be valuable information for |
| lesson, we discuss what is on the sheet and I | | | | your professional. As we all know, the golf ball |
| then scan the sheet and email it to them for | | | | sometimes tends to fly differently once we are |
| them to use, record in their own way or, I guess, | | | | on the golf course. |
| trash. | | | | You will also want to begin keeping simple stats in |
| You can improve your golf game and handicap | | | | your golf journal. I do this a lot by using a |
| much faster for under a couple of dollars! | | | | scorecard and using each line for a separate |
| Although you can purchase a nice golf journal | | | | statistic. You will want to keep fairways hit or |
| such as The Ultimate Golf Journal by Lisa Bach, | | | | missed, greens hit or missed, up and downs that |
| you can accomplish your goals with a small | | | | are converted and the number of putts that you |
| notebook that you can keep in your pocket, | | | | take on each hole. |
| attach to your push cart or put on the steering | | | | By keeping a simple golf journal with some of |
| wheel of the golf cart while you play. | | | | these easy suggestions along with others that |
| There is no secret to improving your handicap | | | | you will come up with in your own, you will begin |
| and shooting lower scores. The answer is that it | | | | to see good and bad patterns forming. With this |
| practice, practice, and more practice. We have all | | | | information, you can improve your weaknesses |
| had those moments on the driving range where | | | | and lower your handicap. |
| we cannot miss and the next time out we cannot | | | | |