{"id":3717,"date":"2017-08-24T12:44:26","date_gmt":"2017-08-24T16:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/?p=3717"},"modified":"2017-09-29T12:29:43","modified_gmt":"2017-09-29T16:29:43","slug":"golf-tips-t-shot-ranch-mistakes-vs-excuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/golf-tips-t-shot-ranch-mistakes-vs-excuses\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf Tips from T Shot Ranch: Mistakes vs. excuses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Janie C. Farina<br \/>\n<\/em><em>mail@floridanewsline.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cMistakes are the portals of discovery\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">~ James Joyce<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If \u201cMistakes are the portals of discovery,\u201d then why do our golf mistakes often lead to excuses as an excuse for the mistakes we make? <\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here\u2019s what I hear:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The greens were too fast<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The greens were too slow<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The wind was wicked<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I never felt comfortable over the ball all day.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My putts kept lipping out of the cup.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If there was trouble, my golf ball found it. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I couldn\u2019t get my tempo because of the slow group in front of us<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I couldn\u2019t get my tempo because the group behind us kept hitting into us<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The sand in the bunker was too wet, too fluffy, too thin, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I didn\u2019t have a decent lie all day.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So why do we think we should be playing better golf than we actually played?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The portals to better golf lie in facing the excuse, not making the excuse. Consider this: Excuses redirected and addressed as mistakes and can be corrected with a good instructor and proper practice plan. Practice uncomfortable circumstances by replicating undesirable conditions that arise while playing golf.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For example, make it a practice to play different courses with different greens and learn how to adjust more quickly to these variations in speed. The same goes for bunker sand and consistency.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instead of dodging windy conditions, get out there and make it common practice to experiment with crosswinds, down winds, and into your face winds. Tossing grass into the air before each shot on these days should be a given, as well as watching the trees behind the green or the flags and their direction. For each knot of wind, a club adjustment should occur.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Finding your tempo and keeping it during rounds of intermittent stops and gos is a developed skill. Make it a mission to alternate play with \u201cSpeedy Gonzales\u201d and \u201cMo Molasses\u201d and focus on keeping a seamless flow to your round with your thought, your walk and your talk. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lipping out putts, feeling uncomfortable over the ball and your ball continually finding trouble may likely be a simple alignment issue. Get a partner\/teacher to video you behind the target and review your aim. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eye dominance plays a key role in direction and how we set up to the target.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Have your equipment checked. Improper lie angle of clubs affect direction as much as 200 yards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Review your course management decisions: On the tee box, set up on the same side as the trouble and allow your shot some breathing room for a mistake so the trouble isn\u2019t staring you in the face.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So in your quest to play the golf you \u201cthink you should be playing,\u201d ditch the excuses and get busy using those mistakes to become the portals to good golfing discovery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Keep the flow and let it go!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Janie C. Farina is a 26-year LPGA teaching and coaching professional who has recently relocated to St. Johns. Her teaching specialty is working with the disabled or students recovering from disabilities who want to use golf as therapy, as well as seniors, women, and juniors. Email her at hitthedirt2@gmail.com. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Janie C. Farina mail@floridanewsline.com \u201cMistakes are the portals of discovery\u201d ~ James Joyce If \u201cMistakes are the portals of discovery,\u201d then why do our golf mistakes often lead to excuses as an excuse for the mistakes we make?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3656,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5,4],"tags":[126],"class_list":{"0":"post-3717","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-creekline-st-johns","8":"category-mandarin","9":"category-ponte-vedra","10":"tag-golf"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Golf Tips from T Shot Ranch: Mistakes vs. excuses - Florida NewsLine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"CreekLine, Mandarin NewsLine, Ponte Vedra NewsLineBy Janie C. 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