{"id":3904,"date":"2017-10-27T13:53:50","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T17:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/?p=3904"},"modified":"2017-11-28T10:05:25","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T15:05:25","slug":"golf-tips-t-shot-ranch-best-beast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/golf-tips-t-shot-ranch-best-beast\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf Tips from the T Shot Ranch | The Best and the Beast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Janie C. Farina<br \/>\n<\/em><em>mail@floridanewsline.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How often do our jobs, our loves, our friends and family, and our golf disappoint us in our lives? In my career as a player, instructor, and coach, I have run the gamut of grimness in my game as well as in my own life.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some people run and hide from disappointment. Some take charge and get a grip. Some get mad and some let the sadness ruin their lives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Golf can cause what the Buddhists call \u201cdunka\u201d \u2014 pain, suffering and dismay. Whatever the source of your own personal \u201cdunka\u201d \u2014 love, family, or job \u2014 golf can certainly rank right up there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Golf can bring out the \u201cbest\u201d and the \u201cbeast\u201d in people. I have witnessed this sport drive a player to throw clubs, fudge a handicap, cheat on the scorecard, throw tantrums and gyrate as though in a prize fight. How can a sport that is supposed to be relaxing and fun cause such anguish?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The secret to bringing out the \u201cbest\u201d and not the \u201cbeast\u201d in our lives and in our golf lies with one thing: Truth. How often are we really honest with ourselves?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When we expect more, and don\u2019t have the ability or the determination to take the time and learn shots, then it\u2019s Dunka, Dunka, Dunka.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Consider these \u201cbests\u201d and \u201cbeasts.\u201d Are they part of your game?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Expectation vs reality: The beast in us would take a lob wedge from 30 feet behind the tallest tree on the course and attempt to hit 100 yards over the tree. Is this a realistic solution?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The best course of action would be the shot you know would work: hit a less lofted shot with a less lofted club and roll it back onto the fairway. But that\u2019s no fun, right? The beast would rather take a 12 on the hole just to prove it can work, rather than make a bogey and move on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Imagination vs knowledge: The beast in us sees a dogleg left from the tee box and tries to hook the ball. He knows he slices the ball 99.9 percent of the time under pressure, but tries to hook anyway. He wants that .01 percent to work because he imagines it so, and blocks the shot right sending it into the next fairway over. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The best choice would be to take an iron and lay-up at the corner of the dogleg for an easy approach to the green. Another bogey, but not an out of bounds for a penalty, or the embarrassment of hitting from the wrong fairway. Taking a penalty shot or two is the alternative. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Skill vs experimentation: The ball lands in one inch of water in the hazard. Rather than dropping the ball in relief and taking the penalty, the beast decides to play the ball as it lies. Frantically he tries to plow through the water at the ball, not realizing that water requires three times the force and has three times the resistance and deceleration of a normal shot from land. Tack on a few extra strokes there, too. Not to mention ruining the shoes, slacks, and ego.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Accountability vs placing blame: So, we add up our round. The beast finds an excuse for shooting high numbers. Instead of evaluating how many three putts, penalties, and suicidal shots that turned disastrous, the beast finds with the course conditions, the person he was paired with, or the pace of play.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So how do we find golf-hope that floats? Ditch the beast and be the best. As Buddha put it: \u201cThe greatest gift of truth exceeds all others.\u201d Be true to yourself and you will play your golfing best.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Remember to keep the flow and let it go!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Janie C. Farina is a 26-year teaching professional recently who relocated to the St. Johns area. She is now available for golf instruction at two local golf courses. Email her at hitthedirt2@gmail.com with comments or questions.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Janie C. Farina mail@floridanewsline.com How often do our jobs, our loves, our friends and family, and our golf disappoint us in our lives? 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