Faith and Fear
It has been said many times that golf is a metaphor for life. If you are ever thinking of doing business with someone, invite them out for a round of golf. If you want a quick insight into a prospective golf club manager you are contemplating hiring; again, invite him or her out for a round of golf. I am sure we have all been on the golf course with people who, when teeing off on a par-3 over water, always change the ball they are...
Group Golf Instruction
“Hitting a golf ball correctly is the most sophisticated and complicated maneuver in all of sports, with the possible exception of eating a hot dog at a ball game without getting mustard on your shirt.” Ray Fitzgerald (1927-82), acclaimed sports columnist, The Boston Globe The golf swing, learned but never mastered, is an elusive skill. Accomplished golfers know this perhaps best of all. Yet, in passing the torch to new generations of...
Millman’s Barrier-Breaking Golf Clinic A Huge Success
This past autumn, under sunny skies and temperatures in the mid-80s, USGTF professional Scott Millman’s The Simple World of Golf held the first-ever No Restrictions Golf clinic in Plymouth, Michigan, in partnership with the Michigan Paralyzed Veterans of America (MPVA). The clinic was open to anyone with a disability, and over 20 golfers attended the event. Most were military personnel who came from as far away as Lansing, thanks in...
Blind Golf Tournament Action
Recently, The International Blind Golf Association held its annual blind golf tournament in Columbus, Georgia, and was a tremendous success. Fifty blind and visually impaired golfers, from eight participating countries, battled it out for worldwide recognition and for a charitable contribution that will go back to the winning country, to be used to promote golf to the blind and visually impaired. The IBGA is the governing and...
How I Became a More Patient Teacher
37-member golf team which was part of 440 members of Team USA, you have never traveled! What an incredible experience – the most wonderful of my life (so far). We traveled for 14 hours via D.O. Defense jet to the Isle of Rhodes from Baltimore, where we spent four days to acclimate to time and weather. Our flight out of Baltimore was delayed for five hours. This is where I learned their gift of patience. While most of us coaches were...
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