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Rickie Fowler – He gets it
Feb 25th
Watching Morning Drive this morning, I was in total agreement with the comments that Brandel Chamblee (@BrandelChamblee) made about Rickie Fowler.
“You understand the best way to play golf, this is my opinion, is to go out there and try to hit shots…You know,it’s the big lie to me, that you can go out there and swing perfectly. And I understand why guys do it. I mean literally they’re trying to play this game in the most organized fashion, there’s so much money out there, and if you can stay on tour a long time, you can get ridiculously rich. So what are you gonna do? You’re gonna work out, you’re gonna get a sports psychologist And you’re going to take all these lessons ’cause you want everything to be perfect. And Rickie’s like ‘No, I’m gonna go out and I’m gonna hit golf shots. I’m gonna hit it high, I’m gonna hit it low, I’m gonna draw it, fade it.’ And I know it’s because of the way he was taught the game. His teacher was very much into hitting golf shots. And that’s why he plays fast. Because he’s not out there thinking about a pre-shot routine, and he’s not out there thinking about swing mechanics. He’s out there thinking about golf shots.”
There’s a ton of wisdom in what Brandel said this morning. This is why Rickie is the future of golf. And I think he is going to stun us with what he is going to accomplish in his career.
Never give up
Dec 6th
Never Give Up
GMac’s victory at the Chevron this weekend over Tiger Woods is a wonderful example of not giving up.
He continued fighting even as things seemed to be breaking down around him. His miraculous bogey on 17 kept him in it. Tiger then hit it tight on 18 giving McDowell a must make putt with a lot of pressure. He made a gritty 15 footer for birdie putting the pressure on Tiger’s short putt.
On the first playoff hole, as they played 18 again, Tiger left himself with an almost identical distance for his approach shot. Graham had a shot from about 175 over the trees. He hit a good shot and left himself a nearly identical putt to the one he made to force the playoff.
Steve Williams to support Tiger
Dec 5th
Not exactly a shocker. Tiger Woods’ caddy Steve Williams has stated that he will continue to support his boss.
See the original article.
Tiger Humanized
Dec 2nd
It’s always sad when our heroes let us down.
It’s also a reminder that they are human and make mistakes. When someone is so good, so talented at what they do, that everything they touch turns to gold, it becomes difficult to see them as full human beings with flaws and conflicting emotions. I’m sure we can all think of heroes who have let us down. Andre Agassi recently confessed that he was abusing meth while competing on the professionally on the tennis circuit.
There are probably too many examples to name, and the truth is that almost everyone of our heroes would let us down if we dig deep enough. Together, between our heroes and us the fans, we create an image that is impossible to live up to. This does not excuse his behavior nor should it explain it away. It’s just a reality that we have deep connections to our heroes and they will eventually let us down.
Tiger Woods Rulebook to Success
Nov 11th
A great article (here is the orginal article) about becoming successful.
The Tiger Woods Rulebook To Being A Huge Success
Written on 6/25/2008 by Alex Shalman, creator of the Practical Personal Development blog.
If you believe in evolution, you know there wasn’t some superstar golfer caveman from which Tiger Woods evolved centuries later. His talent and subsequent success were not a genetic lottery win — let’s take a look at 12 factors that we can adapt from this legendarygolfer.
Halloween
Oct 30th
I dressed up as Tiger Woods for a Halloween party we had at the apartment. I edited the background because it was really boring, just a few white walls.
Tiger Woods, first athlete to a billion
Oct 1st
So Tiger’s got another honor. First athlete to earn 1 billion dollars. That’s 1,000,000,000, or 1 thousand million. Crazy.
He has earned it. He has an amazing track record, legions of fans, has singlehandedly kept the golf industry alive, and even when he doesn’t play, he almost wins the tournament (except for the British Open, or The Open as it is called, where he missed the cut).
As someone who is working toward becoming a scratch golfer, Tiger’s accomplishments seem so unreal. Don’t get me wrong, the man is not perfect, and he is not a saint. He is a human being, with an enormous amount of talent, at the right place, and the right time, and has an incredible work ethic to top it off.
It just amazes me that anyone could accomplish what he has. I think human potential is virtually unlimited, and for the most part untapped, except for a few people who somehow make extraordinary things happen.
