Not long ago, I witnessed a young man lose the plot, I mean completely lose the plot with his golf game.
Poor bloke, we’ve all been there and it leaves you wondering if you ever want to play the game again.
But this episode was actually quite funny, although not to be condoned on the course at all, but none the less we all had a good chuckle in our group.
Walking up to the tee we could see the group in front, with aforementioned young fella were still to hit, so we hung back and waited for them to play and then move on.
Our young bloke has his turn to hit, tee’s his ball, takes what I thought was a nice looking practice swing, set’s up to the ball and then……….crickets.
He must have stood over the ball, dead still for what seemed like eternity.
Still nothing, not even a flicker.
I could see the cogs in his brain wherring round as he was desperately thinking about how to swing the club, and what to do to get the club moving away from the ball.
Eventually he managed to make his swing, the result was pretty awful.
And then the funny part.
He literally turned into the incredible hulk, instead of going green he went red.
He uttered such profanity, the kind that’s only ever uttered from an Australian cricketer’s mouth.
And then proceeded to launch his offending club, three wood if memory serves correct, further than an Olympic javelin thrower.
Unfortunately for my angry friend, the three wood managed to lodge itself in the splayed canopy of a nearby fir tree. About 30 ft off the ground.
He spent the next hour trying to retrieve it, much to the dismay and embarrassment of his playing partners as they let group after group through.
There is something perversely funny about someone losing the plot on the course, although not a pleasant sight, I was sniggering and chuckling to myself but the fella’s real issue stems from the amount of time he took over the ball.
I could see all the complicated swing thoughts swishing through his brain. It never works, and it always leads to disappointment trying to think about too much when you play. Keep it simple one thought maximum and just play.
You’ll enjoy it more and play better.
Maybe I should have suggested to the bloke he gets a copy of the “9 Ways To Lower Your Handicap & Shoot Your Best Round Ever” Free E-Book, it won’t turn a chop into a player overnight, but it will help you improve quickly and easily without tons of complicated technical instruction that could turn you into a 3 wood chucking madman.
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Bob James PGA