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 Great players know how to feel their swing but they don’t always know what it looks like. I liken it to the player being the pilot and the caddy being the guy in the control tower. The pilot knows how to fly the plane, but the control tower has to guide him to the proper spots. The best players typically don’t have a hard time forgetting their bad shots. They almost never let one bad shot lead to another. Where they sometimes need assistance is in choosing the right shot. The best caddies help players make the right shot at the right time. Most of us aren’t fortunate enough to have a caddy with us during a round. We have to rely on ourselves to make the right choices and that is best accomplished if we take ourselves out of the equation. I encourage my students who are casual players to look at their shot as if it was someone else’s, then decide how to play it. For example, if you hook your ball into the trees on four consecutive holes and the recovery shot calls for a slice, what shot do you try to execute? Do you try to hit the shot you haven’t been able to hit in four holes or do you play back into the fairway and pitch it on the green? Slip yourself out of the equation and look at your situation with a fresh set of eyes. You’ll find yourself making better choices on the golf course and playing the right shot more often. Jamie Mulligan is the chief operations officer at Virginia Country Club. and the SCPGA golf professional of the year. |
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