Writen by John Toepel
We continue with playing golf and Rick’s story. It could be and will be your story. The principles and ideas you will learn about playing golf will affect your score for the better from this moment forward. Because we are not changing your swing, there is no chance for you to score higher than you do right now. There is more than a real good chance for you to score lower today and for the rest of your life. And the fun thing is that you didn’t have to change your grip to shoot your lower scores. Yippee!!!
Let’s now continue with the ideas that will lower your scores.
What Rick said is true. The Concept Golf way of learning how to play golf is for all levels of golfers, from the beginner to the Tour Player. You can benefit from these principles at your current playing level. The ideas in this book will immediately open your thinking to how to play the game of golf and have lower scores.
You can become a good golfer. Good doesn’t mean better than your neighbor. It means making pars, some birdies and shooting in the 70’s, maybe lower sometimes.
This book was written to help you improve your golf game, and consistently score lower, by making you a better player of the game. This book will reveal to you exactly what you need to do to become a good golfer. The ideas in this book will change your approach to the game -- your game -- and how you think about the game. You will shift your focus from the swing to playing the game. This book is not about the golf swing. This book is about playing the game -- and knowing how to do it well.
You don't have to be a great ball
striker to be a good player.
Be aware of these two traps: First, that “fixing” your golf swing will make you a par golfer; second, that you have to be able to hit mostly good shots before you should consider learning how to play golf. Nothing could be farther from the truth.
The swing is one of golf’s tools. You should learn the foundation for your swing in a couple of hours. Most golfers think they will improve their golf game and shoot lower scores by “fixing their swing problems.” They think getting a swing lesson will fix everything.
Fixing your swing MAY help your game improve for a period of time -- or it may not. At best, fixing your swing will result in a short term improvement in your game. BUT, by trying to fix your swing, you do run the risk -- and it is a real risk -- that you may do serious and permanent damage to your game and ability to score. It probably seems counterintuitive that trying to fix your swing may cause irreparable damage rather than fixing your golf game -- but it is the truth. Many tournament winners on the PGA Tour have tried to fix or improve their swings after they have won -- with disastrous results.
Concept Golf's five swing principles were covered in detail in Golf Can't be this Simple-The Swing, and they will be reviewed in this book. That review will be our only peek into the swing. Instead, we are going to help you become a better golfer by addressing the playing of the game and how to think like a professional. We are not going to get bogged down by the swing. I am going to define your goal and the goal of this book as helping you to become a par golfer. You should expect to shoot par for 18 holes more often than not. If this goal initially seems unrealistic and hard to accept, I encourage you to read the entire book, then make your decision.
Isn’t the swing supposed to be the most important aspect of your golf game? Many of the very best don’t seem to think so. Byron Nelson doesn’t have the classic swing, yet his 1945 record-low scoring average of 68.33 held for 55 years. Arnold Palmer's swing isn't a classic, but he won many tournaments and several majors. The list of winners who do not have classic swings can go on and on; Billy Casper, Fuzzy Zoeller, Ray Floyd, Billy Joe Patton, and so on.
The swing is just square one of the game of golf’s matrix. The wrong aspect of the game has been emphasized for some time. To a fault, traditional golf instruction has focused on the mechanics of the swing with the assumption that the swing is the only key to the game. Very little is actually said about how to play golf.
The second trap is that you must be a good shot maker to be a good player. You don't have to be a great ball striker to be a good player. You certainly don't need a picture-perfect swing to be a good player. You don't need the latest high-tech equipment to be a good player. But you do need to know how to play the game.
You must change your thinking if you are to become a par golfer
Playing golf is not a science, it's an art. There are not hundreds of rules you “must” follow in order to play well. It is not a science that allows the golfer to choose the right club to have the shot end up exactly next to the pin more than occasionally.
How you think is everything. You express what you think - what you hold as true and real - be it wrong or right, false or true. Your golf swing reflects your concept of the swing. Your golf game reflects your concept of the game. Watch your thoughts very carefully.
This book will give you ideas that will change how you think about playing the game. These idea may actually get you thinking more about playing the game than about fixing your swing. That, in itself, would be a revolution for many golfers today.
You must change your thinking if you are to become a par golfer. You will change your thinking about yourself, the game, what's important, and what's not important. I will teach you how to plan each round, each hole, and every shot.
Golfers have gotten away from playing the game of golf and instead are in search of the “perfect” swing that will deliver the perfect shot every time. We have stopped asking, “What is the right shot?” and “What shot will make the next shot the easiest one?”
The questions I hear these days are, "How does my swing look?” “Am I holding my hands right?” “How can I hit it 300 yards?” and “Where did you get that driver?" There is little thought about the strategy of playing the game.
Knowing how to play the game is important -- far more important than how to hold the club or how to make a backswing. Are you ready to learn how to play golf and consistently lower your score, forever? Read on!!
Palmer ....On Winning
“Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to is.” -Arnold Palmer, golf legend
John Toepel is a Veteran PGA Tour Player, instructor, author, and professional speaker. He is also the discoverer of Concept Golf, the quickest way to immediate, life-long lasting improvements to anyone's golf game. To learn more about Concept Golf, including the most comprehensive golf instruction system ever, "The Concept Golf Perfect Shot Making System", please visit Progolftip by Guproadsense.co.nr PSMS.htm and Discover the Par Golfer in You!
