Month: April 2021

Scraping the score and focusing on fun, hole by hole is mastery. It takes keen attention and intention to bring the power that lies in the NOW moment into awareness. The most creative sticks in the bag are your clubs, not the pencil. The wealth of imagination you can muster from fourteen clubs is astounding…each one providing an array of options to devise a stupendous shot each and every time.

It’s best to remove and release all emotional charges from the score.  It takes practice, since this has become an ingrained habit. It willl afford freedom to your mind and soothe your body for a fluid unencumbered motion. Worry restricts the flow of good vibes and brings in the shanks, yips, yanks and possibly even a chili dip—and we don’t mean at the turn!

It’s a given that you and all golfers wishes to score low every round.  By removing fret and anxiety from your round is freeing, allowing the Universe to shower you with magical moments and lucky breaks beyond your wildest dreams.

Here’s what the Golfing Angels have to say about score…

“We find humor in the way you gauge your enjoyment of golf, with a pencil.  It’s all about the score, rather than enjoying an extraordinary shot you may have executed out of the bunker or possibly one of your longest drives. Judging yesterday’s round to tomorrow’s is nonsensical too, since there is no way to adequately compare—that was that and this is this. Every moment is different—from the weather to your physiology—on any given day. How well you played is determined by a number at the end of your round, instead of by your quotient of joy, exhilaration, relaxation, laughter, magical moments, sunshine, fresh air, nature, comradery and achievements.”

Recently I played in a tournament with a man who took an extraordinary amount of time over each shot. It was tedious, draining, exhausting and extremely time-consuming. Was he having fun?  It certainly didn’t appear to be so. Being in the zone is going with the flow, without any stress and strain. When you are connected, your intuition and inspiration is the most valuable source of guidance. Go with your first instinct and you will successfully succeed.

Golf is meant to be more than just a game; it’s a path to mastery, a journey towards self-improvement and a mirror which reflects our true selves back to us. It can serve as a masterful teacher if one commits to self-observation, awareness, and mindfulness, which will reveal the hidden aspects of one’s thoughts, allowing for change to occur.

 

 

When I stood on the tee box of an 120 yard par 3 with the wind blowing steady into my face, I realized I needed to use more club and to keep the shot low. The angels overheard my request and manifested that precisely. They recommended I hit my hybrid. After watching a fellow player’s ball get swept up into the wind and pushed right into a bunker, I agreed with the angels’ club selection.

As I was addressing the ball,  I saw in my mind’s eye the ball cutting through the wind and landing pin high. Well, needless to say, the angels had something more absurd up their wings. I hit the ball thin, which made it travel on the ground for 120 yards, through thick grass at times, down a hill and up another, onto the back of the green. Certainly the longest putt I’ve ever hit—with a hybrid! How could that happen?  What about physics?

In hindsight, the message (and there’s always one!) I discerned is not to be concerned with the dreaded hows. The angels, the Universe, God, whatever you believe, orchestrated the most outrageous outcome in alignment with my request. It just wasn’t what I visualized or how I thought would happen, but the end result materialized precisely.

Understanding this demonstration was a mirror for my daily life, affording me greater freedom as I ask, plead and command their help on an array of things, from parking spots to publishing my book.  With my daily intention and focus on my dreams and goals, and with their infallible support, it will materialize—maybe not as I had plan—but nonetheless, as dramatic and fulfilling beyond what my mind can conceive. It’s all in the request!