Be Realistic Regarding Expectations

Golf club by tee at tee box, looking downhill at holeAre you putting in the work to be where you think you should be?

By Bill Reeb

During golf season, I like to hit practice balls at the driving range. I also like to take lessons with my golf professional – mostly playing lessons as opposed to ball striking lessons, because just hitting the ball is far less of a problem than the lapse of synapses striking properly in my brain.

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To clarify, during a normal game, I try to hit shots that I have no business hitting, or forget to stay in the moment, or fail to focus on hitting one shot at a time. But during my playing lessons, I review with the pro what I plan to do and why I am making the shot choices I am proposing. It should be no surprise that with this level of concentration and shot-by-shot focus, I play some of my best golf with my pro in tow.