The Secret to Golf

Most people who start learning golf later in life end up giving up on this magical game. Many retirement dreams of playing the world's best golf courses are broken, along with your driver, on the local municipal golf course. And yet, most people who try, are given a tantalising glimpse of what makes golf so special. When hit well, even a hacker can make the ball fly 200 yards straight down a narrow green fairway. Your heart soars, it is a wondrous sight, and you did it!. Unfortunately to do this, the club head has to be square to the ball to within a few degrees, the club needs to contact the ball in the centre of the face to within a few millimetres, and the club trajectory has to be straight towards the target, all with the club head moving in excess of 90 miles per hour. WOW.
So to consistently hit a great drive, you need to not only need to go through the motions, but execute them with great precision, and automatically. This means that the swing needs to be committed to muscle memory, so that you are not thinking about it. And this is just the start, you also need to master approach shots, pitching, chipping, putting, the mental game, etiquette, and the rules. So learning golf is a complex difficult task. Furthermore, it is a task that for the most part you learn by yourself. Even if you do have some lessons from a teaching professional, most of us cannot afford to have the professional walk with us for four hours during our round of golf.
However, some people are able to learn to play golf well later in life, so what is their secret, the secret to golf? The secret is to learn in a goal oriented, reflective manner. Setting goals helps to keep you on track, and being reflective means that you think carefully about what you are learning. Let us break this down into a number of simple steps:
Write down a set of goals. An example would be "I will lose ten strokes in the next year and during that time I will practice for 2 hours per week and play two times per week.
Write down how you will reward yourself when you meet your target, eg. buy yourself a new driver. Also, write down how much you will donate to charity if you do not meet your target. You will be surprised how effective this combination of reward and financial commitment can be.
At the beginning of each month, write down what aspects of your game you will be working on this month. For example, you might decide to spend 1.5 hours per week on your driving and 0.5 hours on your putting. It is important to focus on just a couple of aspects at a time. Many people fail to improve at golf because they keep switching from task to task without giving the practice time to work
Each time you play or practice, write down what you did, what were your weaknesses when you played and what were the outcomes of your practice sessions.
At the end of each month, review all your notes, and work out your new plan
Celebrate when you reach your target!
In summary, it is possible to improve consistently at golf, but you need to do it in a disciplined manner. Make a clear commitment to how much you will improve, each month plan what you are going to work on, each time you practice or play, write down the results, and continue to do this month by month till you reach your target.

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