“STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES”

It’s that time of year again when hundreds of players from all of the recognized tours from around the world have lost, will lose or are in the process of losing their “cards” or playing privileges. As the adoring public revels in the successes of the few at the Ryder Cup, Tour Championship or the Race to Dubai, the vanquished are licking their wounds, making their excuses, and they are making plans to stage a comeback. And what are most of them planning on doing? They’re going to look up a new, or old, golf teacher and take golf swing lessons. Then they are going to “practice” really, really hard when they finally find that something they were missing last year. 

Albert Einstein is commonly attributed to have said “the definition of insanity is doing something over and over again and expecting a different result.”

He probably didn't but it sounds good, so let's go with it.

All that playing professionals have done their entire golfing lives has been to practice really hard, hit lots and lots of golf balls and take lessons. Lots and lots of golf balls and lots and lots of lessons. So unless, and until, they are going to learn how to do it in some new and magical way, which could take years, or a lifetime, they already do it well enough. That’s how they became touring professionals in the first place! Do you want to know how a one-time professional golfer becomes the new assistant manager at the neighborhood IHOP? He makes swing changes before he banks a couple of million dollars. That’s how!

Now, I’ll get to the point. Do you want to know what these players need to do to earn and then keep their playing status? They must learn how to score! There is one overriding fact: the guys who shoot the lowest scores make the most money. The guys who, 98% of the time, have the lowest scoring averages keep their cards. Obvious! But, what’s not so obvious is that there is no direct correlation between how well a ball is struck and how low the score will be!


So what am I saying? The art of scoring is always turning, somehow, 3 shots into 2. Which, is almost always accomplished by managing the strengths, the weaknesses and the variables of one's game. And it never hurts to have a short game and putt really, really well!

“Golf is 20% percent talent and 80 percent management” Ben Hogan

My book “Hogan’s Ghost” is available thru Amazon.com. You can see what I do at http://edmyersgolf.com/ #golfsparring. You can contact me at edmyersgolf@gmail.com

ARE YOU READY FOR SOMETHING NEW!

Golf Scoring Academy

I’m going to establish, as featured in my book Hogan’s Ghost, a structured training experience here in Memphis that focuses on Scoring. Meaning turning 3 shots into 2 more often. That is of course if one of my PGA Tour player clients wants to hang his name over the front door. The Academy will not be a short game school, and it will not be a golf school. There will be no golf swing or other forms of instruction. There will be no conflict with any teacher or instructor. In fact we will solicit their referrals! What we do is Practice, Drill and Rehearse, and then we go out and do it.

“There are two things that don’t last very long. Dogs chasing cars and pros putting for pars.” Lee Trevino.

This Academy will offer a Basic Scoring Program where we Practice and Drill and an Advanced Scoring Program where we Train, Prepare and Rehearse. Each program has its own separate and challenging workbook. We also have my highly successful Remedial Program, which is supervised practice, where players will have the opportunity to work on their fundamentals, drills proposed by their instructors or deficiencies as revealed by the scoring program they are enrolled in. All of these programs are demanding, and they are based upon the idea that “it pays to be a winner,” and the concept that “the only easy day was yesterday.”

Who are potential clients?

Over 200 2016 Web.com players will not earn a PGA Tour card this year.

Over 100 2016 PGA Tour players will lose their card this year.

Over 120 2016 PGA Tour Champions will not qualify for the play-offs.

There will be over 500 entrees for the Web.com pre-qualifying Q-school.

There will be over 400 entrees for the Web.com 1^st stage Web.com Q-school.

Those ranked in the Official World Golf Rankings from 200 to 1857.

There are over 1000 players who are ranked 1857 in the OWGR.

I also believe there will be 150 PGA Tour players who don’t qualify for East Lake

Not to mention:

There are over a 1000 players on Division One college golf teams

It is estimated that there is over 153,000 amateurs with single digit USGA handicaps.

Not to mention the 1,000’s of international players.

The secret to success, if you will, is to have and demonstrate the required determination, desire, dedication and discipline to constantly strive for perfection. You will shoot lower scores, while not doing stupid stuff! Stop chasing cars!

My book “Hogan’s Ghost” is available thru Amazon.com. You can see what I do at http://edmyersgolf.com. #hogan'sghost. You can contact me at edmyersgolf@gmail.com