Two recent golf magazine covers had these tantalizing headlines.
Add 15 yards in three seconds.
Rip it like Rory.
197 ways to save strokes now.
Hit every fairway.
Pure every iron.
Knock down the flag with my square face secret.
My 5 fixes to launch it higher, longer & straighter.
These lies sell magazines. These lies create frustrated golfers. And you pay to read them.
Car nuts would never buy a magazine that claims a simple adjustment made to a Formula One Grand Prix car can make your minivan a super car.
If you want to be better I do believe you can learn from the best. Work out like they do. Focus like they do. Practice like they do. Watch your diet like they do. And start playing golf competitively at 6 like they did.
Moe Norman, the greatest ball striker of all time, did hundreds of clinics showing people how to do what he did. And at every clinic he repeated the same thing, "Only I can do this. Only I have the feeling of greatness." He knew that to be true because only Moe put in the required time, effort and money required to achieve the feeling of greatness.
There are no shortcuts.
