Do You Talk A Good Game?

When you sit in the 19^th hole, regurgitating scenes from the prior 18, do you talk up the good shots, or the bad ones? Is this the point where you decide you’ll never sink anything outside the glass in front of you, that you’re putting stinks, your chip shots are barbecued and your concentration abandoned you on the beach where it took two shots to get out? Or do you treat the 19^th hole as a temple for your new found religion, praising your mighty driver and confessing devotion to your saintly putter.

Well… can you talk a good game?

Here are a few benefits to talking a good game

• Your playing partners don’t really care to hear you whine

I want to hear cheers of rejoice out there. Besides it slows down play looking for clubs in the trees and water. It is a two stroke penalty for whining, especially if you scream your own name.

• Friends and family want to hear about the good ones

Consider how much more supportive your other half will be if you come home sounding like you actually enjoyed your game, or better yet, improved it. Enough said.

• The body only goes in the direction the brain sends it

Now think to yourself. Anchor the good. Reframe the bad.Get mad at poor outcomes if you must. Never get mad at yourself.

Hi, my name is Linda Jervis. I am a Member of the L.P.G.A. T. &CP and a Professional here at the Northview Golf Club, help me change the tradition of golf by talking a good game.

“Learning is in the experience. The rest is just information” Albert Einstein

“I figured if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.” Muhammad Ali

Here are a few more tips to make play easy:

• Warm up your mind and body(we are here to play golf)
• Make a decision
• Hit the ball
• Chase the ball
• Gather information for the next shot
• Make a decision
• Hit the ball
• Fall in love with the next shot
• Play
• Hit the ball in the hole
• The end