This past Monday I headed out to Lincoln Park to play a round and see just how far along my inner game quest has taken me. The hard part lately has been expectation management, which is pretty much a constant with this game. It was overblown expectation that sank my ship the last time I [...]
The weather in San Francisco has been absolutely stunning for the past couple of weeks. If you don’t live in the city, allow me to explain how incredibly rare this is. Our summers consist of fair mornings that give way to windy and foggy afternoons, usually with an afternoon high in the low-60’s or high-50’s. [...]
Yesterday I played in the Queen of the Valley Hospital Foundation’s Day for the Queen fundraising golf tournament. The format of the event was a shamble, which I enjoyed immensely and wrote about extensively on my Examiner golf blog. The basics of a shamble are this: everyone tees off, you choose the best ball to [...]
When I first took up golf, my wife said, “Well, at least it’s not a gear sport.” I presumed she was kidding. It took us both a few months to figure out she wasn’t, and it is.
The product cycle of new golf technology is now down to a staggeringly short six-month time period. Drivers that [...]
When I found out that the event I was doing in Birmingham was going to be held at Renaissance Ross Bridge Golf Resort and Spa, I started making contingency plans in case my schedule would permit a round of golf. When it all fell into place and I got dropped into an 8:30am threesome on [...]
Summertime always seems to be the time of year when business slows down, the sun stays out later, the opportunity to play more golf becomes a distinct possibility…and I injure myself. Two summers ago we got rear-ended while on vacation in Kauai, and it threw my whole neck and right shoulder out of whack. Just [...]
Played Harding today with JV on a wonderful San Francisco day. The day started off completely fogged in, and burned off to a nice, windless afternoon. I was looking forward to seeing how well I could let go of focusing on performance, and simply enjoy playing golf on a beautiful course.
One of the reasons I [...]
In the final chapters of Gallwey’s book, he lays out the true core of his approach, and asks the question at the heart of the matter: why do you play golf?
I would love to answer that question to the effect of, “I enjoy it,” or “I love the challenge of golf.” And while they are [...]
The sports talk radio shows, columns and blogosphere all took time today to focus on the USGA’s 18-hole playoff system for the US Open. I drove over the Bay Bridge to a meeting in Oakland and back again, listening to Gary Radnich, Jim Rome, and Dan Patrick on all of their respective shows tackle [...]
It is extremely difficult to not focus on outcome in a sport that is so incredibly outcome oriented. I went out to Lincoln today to plunk down my money and play 9 holes, more if the course was moving quickly. I figured that anyone interested in golf who had the free time would be watching [...]