Monday, May 13, 2013

Golf veteran teaches tour player: embrace random bounces

From a New York Times story profiling the Champions Tour player and PGA Champion Mark Brooks, who has spent this week caddying for tour player J.J. Henry:


Brooks said that he has tried to impress upon Henry that the game’s vagaries — mud balls, tricky winds, bad bounces and the like — are as integral a part of the sport as dimples are to a ball. They are challenges to embrace, not excuses to evoke if the execution proves faulty. 
“One thing I try to get him to do is take responsibility for his shots, really do it, deep down, whatever happens,” Brooks said. “And the second thing is to work on his deficiencies. People want to work on what they’re proficient at. As painful as it is, recognize what your deficiencies are and work on them until they are no longer deficiencies.”

Good lessons here: bad breaks are part of any game. As are good breaks. Embrace them, enjoy them, laugh at them. And work on your weaknesses!



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