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Golf Tips Newsletter - Issue 255 - July 24th, 2013
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Prepare to play your best golf by doing something now! To comment or respond to this newsletter, please click here ttucker@rochester.rr.com In This Issue - Tom's Featured Tip: Q&A: Tournament Nerves - Tom's Bonus Tip: Striking Your Putt - Time Matters - Lesson Comments: What Students Have To Say - Sponsors: Batavia Country Club Chestnut Hill Country Club Plum Creek Driving Range and PGA AboutGolf.com Golf Simulator GCC Golf Management Program Provoto Putting Systems PLUM CREEK DRIVING RANGE IN BATAVIA, NY, IS OPEN ALL YEAR Outdoors in season; Indoors - simulator available for play or practice. Call 585-993-0930 or email Mark at plumcreek4@rochester.rr.com to reserve your simulator time! 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Tom's Featured Tip: Q&A: Tournament Nerves I'm writing this newsletter on Sunday after the Open finished, and it occurred to me that if my man Tiger had Phil's on course demeanor, he'd be more ahead of the game than he already is. Congratulations to Phil, that was a final round for the ages. For the sake of simplicity, all advice on swings and drills is provided from a right handed perspective; lefties .... well, you know what to do! Q: I just qualified to play in our club championship. I usually qualify every year, the problem is I put a lot of pressure on myself and I get uptight and nervous. I have to force myself to relax and think the right thoughts. I've made it to the final but I choke and usually don't play very well. Any suggestions? P.S. If you remember I had purchased a new set of G-25 Ping irons and I couldn't hit them. The place where I bought the clubs would not do anything for me. He's the one who suggested that I get stiff shafts, I also told him I thought the shafts were too small for me. He told me that neither of these things would hurt my distance, I lost at least one club length. I hit an 8 iron 150 yds. with my Warrior clubs, 140 with the Pings. I called Ping directly and told them my problem and they were very understanding. They took the clubs back at no charge, changed the shafts to regular, and gave me longer shafts. I am now hitting an 8 iron 150 yds., Thanks for your interest! A: The best way to fight tournament nerves is to play more tournaments, but that advice probably isn't very helpful to someone who only has opportunity to play in one - their club championship - every year. So here's what I recommend for you situation - make sure that you have a pre-shot routine nailed down for every situation - driver, approach shots, and putting. When you go through your pre shot routine faithfully for every single shot, you will become more calm about shot execution. Make sure that your time intervals in your routines remain consistent also, meaning don't rush anything - especially when the pressure is on. Getting fast feeds the flames of nervousness, so slow things down. When the pressure is on, walk a little slower, talk a little slower, and think a little slower. Keep everything slow and deliberate and I'm sure it will help. Click here for some pre shot routines: Pre Shot Routines Good luck in your club championship, and good job of hanging in there on your Ping irons. Love your practice, enjoy your golf, own your swing, Tom Tom's Bonus Tip: Striking Your Putt - Time Matters For the sake of simplicity, all advice on swings and drills is provided from a right handed perspective; lefties .... well, you know what to do! This tip is short but sweet, and it complements the tip on tournament nerves. When you are over the ball, execute your stroke quickly. Make it happen no longer than 2 seconds after your final look at the hole. The longer you think about it, the more likely that you will tighten up and execute a poor stroke. Trust your stroke and let it happen. Love your practice, enjoy your golf, own your swing, Tom Golf Lessons I conduct lessons at The Plum Creek Driving Range & Practice Facility there's a link for Plum Creek info here: http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/ Lessons are available for all ages and skill levels, please contact me - Tom Tucker - at (716) 474 3005 or email me at ttucker@rochester.rr.com for more information. Outdoor Lessons Details and Rates: http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/lessonrates.html Indoor Lessons Details and Rates: http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/indoor.html Driver Fitting Rates: http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/indoor.html Testimonials: http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/testimonials.html Sponsors Plum Creek Driving Range and Simulator Outdoor range and play indoor golf on any of our 40 Simulator Courses. Call 585-993-0930 or email Mark at plumcreek4@rochester.rr.com to reserve time for simulator play or practice! Provoto Putting Systems readers get a 30% discount on putting greens. Click on their catalog link, and select the green you want to purchase. After you decide on features, add it to your cart. You'll find the field for "Discount Coupon" near the bottom of the page. Enter PGApro in that field and your product cost will be discounted 30%. Batavia Country Club Best greens in WNY, great rates. Back by popular demand: Friday Night Golf and Dinner at BCC 18 holes of golf, cart, dinner, tax and gratuity - $35. 9 hole package - $27. Choose from 4 entrees' with side and salad bar. Dinner served from 4:30 pm - 9:15 pm. Dinner available for non-golfers also. Menu and band schedule posted at www.bataviacc.com Chestnut Hill CC Great rates, 20 minutes East of Buffalo, NY . GCC Golf Management Program click for information on GCC's degree program for anyone interested in a career in the golf industry or teaching golf. All the best, Tom Tucker Teaching Pro, Plum Creek Driving Range & Practice Facility WGTF ' "Top 100 Golf Teacher" USGTF Class "A" Teaching Professional Cell: (716) 474-3005 Email: ttucker@rochester.rr.com http://www.TomTuckerGolf.com http://www.usgtf.com/top_100_wgtf.html "There are no substitutes in the quest for perfection!" ~ Ben Hogan |
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