On The Tee with Hank Johnson

Start the New Year Off Right
Number One in a Series
Review your golf Facts
Iti s a brand new year and golf season! Perhaps you are content with your performance last year. If so, just repeat the same practice/play program you used last year and hope you get the same result. On the other hand if you would like to do better this year. Start now!
In this segment I am going to deal with the first thing you need to do. Review last years performance in detail. If you record statistics for your on course performance, review them to identify the areas for potential improvement. If you don’t keep statistics, start now! I really don’t know how a player can be sure they are using their practice time most effectively without them. Consider the system that my players use. Shot by Shot! Iti s affordable, easy to use and simply the best program I have found. Get details at www.shotbyshot.com and mention Dewsweepers to get a special deal! It’s one of the best things you can do for your golf game.
I give two awards each year based on the Shot by Shot system. One award is for the most rounds entered, the other is for the greatest stroke reduction in handicap. For 2009, one of my Junior Golfers won both awards. She not only entered the most rounds, she reduced her handicap by six (6) strokes from 12 to 6. A coincidence you say? I don’t think so. I believe that using Shot by Shot let this young lady be certain she was practicing to improve the things that would have the most positive effect on her on course performance. She has just been offered and has accepted a scholarship to enter a top 50 Division I college golf program this coming fall. She would tell you that the discipline of the Shot by Shot program helped her accomplish this goal. It will help you improve as well.
Not keeping accurate and complete statistics on you game and just going by how you feel is a very bad way to manage your on course golf performance. It is the equivalent of running a business without ever reviewing an accurate financial statement to see how you were doing. You would be out of business pretty soon if you just went by how you feel. The same applies to your golf game. Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.
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Hank Johnson, PGA
January 2010

WILL YOU BE A BETTER GOLFER A YEAR FROM NOW?

Are you getting better or worse at golf? Do you want to be a better golfer a year from now? If so, what do you need to do in order to accomplish this general goal?
First you have to be more specific in terms of exactly what you need to improve. You need to define your strengths and weaknesses. Next you have to develop a plan to improve both!
1. The best basis for your plan is statistical data on your overall game. Not keeping up with your stats is like trying to run a business with ever looking at any financial data. If you just depend on how you feel about your game you will eventually fail! If you are not using Shot by Shot, go to www.dewsweepersgolfshow.com and sign up today!
2. Next, you need to make a doable improvement plan for this year. Your plan needs to include some realistic goals and an action plan to accomplish them. You also need to be diligent in monitoring how you are actually doing in carrying out your plan from day to day. Keeping a diary of your activities is the best way to be sure.
3. It is important to keep a long term view of improvement in golf. Golf games just do not seem to change quickly. If you have been operating without any real structure it will take some time to get things back under control and moving in a positive direction. The key is to stay at it on a consistent basis.
4. If you have a teacher, include him/her in the planning process. If you do not have a teacher you should consider starting to work with one. A qualified teacher can help you in a number of ways. Schedule regular lessons to build in some accountability and to make sure that you are not spending time and energy working on the wrong things. It is amazing how many golfers are out there on their own working hard to solve the wrong problem.
To be successful in golf, you have to have a plan and follow it. Otherwise you will probably just keep repeating the past over and over.