7. See where you want the ball to go before every shot. When players are properly into the target, its as if there were a laser beam linking the mind and the spot where they want the ball to go. Nothing else exists for them. Theyre single-minded. Hazards such as woods and water dont distract them. Once they have picked the target, they think only of the ball going there. I recall talking to Davis Love III after he won the 2003 Players Championship. One of the many great shots Davis hit that day was a 6-iron out of the trees to the 16th green, where he made a putt for eagle. If youve played the TPC at Sawgrass or seen it on television, you know that the 16th green is perched on the edge of a lake. Its protected on the dry side by mounds, rough, bunkers and a tree. On the day of the final round, the hole was cut very close to the lake, and Davis shot ended up very close to the hole. I asked him whether he had aimed for the middle of the green and pushed the shot. Doc, I was so there and so into the target I could see nothing but the flag, I promise you. I hit that exactly where I was looking, Davis said. That kind of focus on a target greatly improves the prospect that the ball will go to it. The more youre consumed with your target, the more your instincts and subconscious will help you find it. Its as if you have an automatic guidance system, like a heat-seeking missile. Not all missiles hit their targets, and you wont always hit yours. But if youre into the target, the ball will go there more often. Youre less likely to mis-hit a shot, and your misses will be more playable. I dont know why the human organism works this way. I only know that it does.
Posted on: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 03:29:42 +0000
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